RIMMA2025 - International Conference on
Forecasting, Preparedness, Warning and Response
Visualization, Communication and Information Management
28 - 30 January 2025, Excursions 31 January 2025
University of Bern, Switzerland
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 29/Jan/2025 | ||||
| 8:45am - 9:15am |
Keynote: Katrin Schneeberger: Management of natural hazards in Switzerland: a retrospective and outlook Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Katrin Schneeberger Katrin Schneeberger
Director of the Federal Office for the Environment,
Chair of the Steering Committee on Intervention in Natural Hazards
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Communication & Visualization I: Effective and Useful Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazards Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Franziska Angly Chair: Michèle Marti Effective Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazard Warnings, Including Communication of Uncertainties
Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, Lecture Hall S003.
Integrating Probabilistic Flood Impact Forecasting into Early Warning Systems: A Web-Based Visualization Tool From Information to Action: Standardizing and Harmonizing Warnings in Germany's Natural Hazards Portal for Effective Public Communication “Social Verification” as a Means to Close the Cycle of End-toend Warning Communication MeteoSwiss App and Natural Hazards: Opportunities and Challenges |
Side event CB: Crossing Borders Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Horst Kremers A growing number and spectrum of European cross-border exercises are devoted to special aspects of first-aid training. In addition, Cross-Border interaction also implies finding solutions to cross-border Information Interoperability and legal and administrative obstacles. This RIMMA2025 session presents results of cross-border situations in various facets of the complex RISKs topics domains.
Why Consistency Matters: On Assessing and Communicating the Avalanche Danger Level Across Forecasting Centres in Europe Natural Hazard Emergency Management in Cross-Border Areas: Governance Strategies and Tools from GESTI.S.CO. |
Heat & Drought I: Forecasting for Heat and Drought Assessment Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Olivia Martius Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, Room A-122.
A Drought Early-detection and Warning System for Switzerland Enhancing Drought Analysis with User-Centered Data Structuring Climate Change Impact on Drought Risk With Respect to MeteoSwiss SPEI Index Reference Period How Good is my Drought Index? Evaluating Predictability and Ability to Estimate Impacts Across Europe |
Poster Session 1: Posterpresentation Location: A017 and A019 Connected Seminar Rooms Chair: Marcela Alejandra Vollmer Quintullanca Each poster will be presented in a 2-minute session to the entire audience, with presentations proceeding sequentially. Authors will be available at their posters after the presentations to address questions and facilitate discussions.
Bridging the Vulnerability Gap: Innovative Risk Assessment for Natural Hazards through User-Centric Solutions The Potential of Tailored Early Warnings - A Case Study of Heat Warnings in Switzerland IGNIS - The National Forest Fire Information And Warning System The Process Of Co-Production Of Knowledge In The Field Of Climate Services Flood Forecasting and Warning in Rhineland-Palatinate Future Changes in Global River Flow from 250-years of Routed CMIP6 Runoff Debrisflow Hazard Assessment in Georgia A Comprehensive Tool for Accurate Forecasting, Warning Systems, and Real-Time Weather Analysis for the Czech Energy Sector The (story-) Line Between Numerical Simulations for Hazard Assessment, Visual Communication, and Risk Perception |
| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Break Wednesday 1: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Communication & Visualization II: Effective and Useful Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazards Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Franziska Angly Chair: Michèle Marti Effective Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazard Warnings, Including Communication of Uncertainties
Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am, Lecture Hall S003.
Connecting Warning with Decision and Action: the Challenges of Communication for Risk Information Management Making Warnings More Effective with Tailored Messages: A Case Study of Switzerland Seismic Risk Communication in Europe: a Scoping Review We do Not Always Know Better: the Importance of Evaluating Communication Efforts |
Forest Hazards I: Forest Hazards: Forecasting and Mitigating Natural Hazards in and around Forests Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Colin Kretz Bloom Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Room A022.
Understanding Community Wildfire Preparedness and Needs in Switzerland Using ECOSTRESS Data with Machine Learning Approaches to Predict and Analyze Wildfires Predicting and Mapping Drought Effects on European Beech Forests Under a Changing Climate Hydro-Meteorological Drivers of Forest Damage over Europe |
Heat & Drought II: Forecasting for Heat and Drought Assessment Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Olivia Martius Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in Room A-122.
Skillful Heat Related Mortality Forecasting During Recent Deadly European Summers Using Machine Learning To Enhance Community Preparedness Through Determination Of Climate And Environmental Predictors Of Childhood Diarrheal Disease In Bangladesh Developing a Multi-Hazard approach for Drought and Heat Wave in the arid region of Rajasthan: Community level risk assessment |
Poster Session 2: Posterpresentation Location: A017 and A019 Connected Seminar Rooms Chair: Marcela Alejandra Vollmer Quintullanca Each poster will be presented in a 2-minute session to the entire audience, with presentations proceeding sequentially. Authors will be available at their posters after the presentations to address questions and facilitate discussions.
Monitoring And Forecasting Scenarios Of The Cadegliano-Viconago Landslide At The Swiss-Italian Border Evaluating the Added Value of Impact-based Models for Flash Flood Detection in the French Mediterranean Region Global Tropical Cyclone Impact Model for Anticipatory Action Enhancing Flood Resilience Through a Community-led, Impact Driven Framework for Data-scarce Regions Towards an Operational Groundwater Level Forecasting System in Switzerland |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch 1: Lunch Wednesday Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Impact Forecasts II: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Gabriela Grisel Espejo Gutierrez Chair: Firdewsa Zukanovic Chair: Evelyn Mühlhofer Chair: Irina Mahlstein From Meteorological Forecasts to Impact-Based Warnings: Challenges and Interdisciplinary Synergies (organized by young researchers and dedicated to young researchers)
Further Sessions will be:
Session I: Tuesday, 28 January 2025, from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Lecture Hall S003
Session III: Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Lecture Hall S003
Towards Objective Warning Verification At MeteoSwiss SAFE – Snow Avalanche Forecast Editor for integration of avalanche model predictions Automatization and Innovation in the Production of Severe Weather Warnings – Insights from MeteoSwiss |
Forest Hazards II: Forest Hazards: Forecasting and Mitigating Natural Hazards in and around Forests Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Colin Kretz Bloom Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in Room A022.
An Application For Forecasting Tree-fall Hazard On The Czech Railway Network Visualization of a Database of Road and Rail Blockages in Czechia Caused by Natural Hazards Improved Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment by Monitoring Large Wood Transport |
Session IM I: Information Management I Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Horst Kremers Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in room A-126.
Bringing Flooding Simulation Into Operational Use Institutional Mechanism For Policy Coherence Between Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction And Food Security In South Africa. Terrain Passability as an Important Factor to Consider in the Emergency Management Process |
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| 2:00pm - 3:15pm |
Table Top Drought I: Swiss Civil Protection Service Tabletop Exercise on Extreme Drought: Insights for the Insurance Sector Location: A-119 Lecture Hall Chair: Astrid Björnsen Part II of the Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 3:45 pm to 5 pm in Room A-119.
Please register for this workshop by writing an email to astrid.bjoernsen@wsl.ch
Chair/Rapporteur: Astrid Björnsen, Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
Co-Chair/Discussant: Matthias Röthlisberger, Mobiliar Versicherungen, Switzerland
Discussant: Stefan Rimkus, SCOR, Switzerland
Discu...
Swiss Civil Protection Service Tabletop Exercise on Extreme Drought: Insights for the Insurance Sector |
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| 2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Roundtable/Panel: The Benefits of Integrated Catastrophe Management - an International Comparison Using the Example of 2021 European Floods. Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Reimund Schwarze Chair: Peter Moser Chair: Corinne Singeisen Prof. Peter Moser (FHGR/ZWF)
Prof. Raimund Schwarze (DKKV)
Corine Singeisen (PS/VKG)
The Benefits of Integrated Catastrophe Management - an International Comparison Using the Example of 2021 European Floods. |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Break Wednesday 2: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 3:45pm - 5:00pm |
Table Top Drought II: Swiss Civil Protection Service Tabletop Exercise on Extreme Drought: Insights for the Insurance Sector Location: A-119 Lecture Hall Chair: Astrid Björnsen Part I of the Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm, in Room A-119.
Please register for this workshop by writing an email to astrid.bjoernsen@wsl.ch
Chair/Rapporteur: Astrid Björnsen, Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
Co-Chair/Discussant: Matthias Röthlisberger, Mobiliar Versicherungen, Switzerland
Discussant: Stefan Rimkus, SCOR, Switzerland
Di... |
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| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Impact Forecasts III: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Gabriela Grisel Espejo Gutierrez Chair: Firdewsa Zukanovic Chair: Evelyn Mühlhofer Chair: Irina Mahlstein From Meteorological Forecasts to Impact-Based Warnings: Challenges and Interdisciplinary Synergies (organized by young researchers and dedicated to young researchers)
Further Sessions will be:
Session I: Tuesday, 28 January 2025, from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Lecture Hall S003
Session II: Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Lecture Hall S003
DeepWaive: Probabilistic 2D Flood Forecasts using a Generalized Hybrid Model User-centred Evaluation of Cold Wave Forecasts for Disaster Risk Reduction in Lesotho Flood Forecasting, Preparedness and Early Warning case studies from South East Asia |
Session IM II: Information Management II Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Horst Kremers Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm in room A-126.
Tsunami Evacuation plan of Paço de Arcos beach, Oeiras, Portugal "Hazards Of Natural Floods And Their Management In Mountainous Regions Of Georgia" Assessing Terrain Passability for Effective Crisis Management Informatization Era and Disaster Risk Reduction |
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| 5:15pm - 5:45pm |
Keynote T. Röösli & A. Pache: Early Warning Systems for UN Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Thomas Röösli Chair: Alicia Pache Thomas Röösli (MeteoSwiss, Weather4UN Project)
Isabelle Bey (Head of the Western Regional Center of the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss)
Alicia Pache (Weather4UN Project Coordinator, MeteoSwiss) |
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| 7:00pm - 11:30pm |
Dinner: Conference Dinner 'Altes Tramdepot' Located next to the iconic Bear Park, Altes Tramdepot is the venue for the RIMMA2025 conference dinner. This historic brewery restaurant offers a unique dining experience with freshly brewed craft beers and a diverse menu of Swiss and international dishes. Guests can enjoy a warm, rustic atmosphere and stunning views of Bern’s Old Town and the Aare River. A perfect spot for our special evening... |
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