Conference Agenda

Session Overview
 
Date: Wednesday, 29/Jan/2025
8:45am
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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
9:30am
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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

Markus Mosimann, Martina Kauzlaric, Olivia Martius, Andreas Paul Zischg



From Information to Action: Standardizing and Harmonizing Warnings in Germany's Natural Hazards Portal for Effective Public Communication

Bodo Erhardt, Christoph Brendel, Mario Hafer, Michael Haller, Christian Koziar, Katharina Lengfeld, Dinah Kristin Leschzyk, Armin Rauthe-Schöch, Hella Riede, Ewelina Walawender



“Social Verification” as a Means to Close the Cycle of End-toend Warning Communication

Nathalie Appenzeller, Saskia Willemse, Markus Aebischer, Marcel Belz



MeteoSwiss App and Natural Hazards: Opportunities and Challenges

Markus Aebischer

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

Christoph Mitterer, Simon Legner, Norbert Lanzanasto, Matthias Walcher, Patrick Nairz



Natural Hazard Emergency Management in Cross-Border Areas: Governance Strategies and Tools from GESTI.S.CO.

Daniele Fabrizio Bignami, Manuel Bertulessi, Christian Ambrosi, Maurizio Pozzoni, Giovanni Menduni, Federica Zambrini

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

Fabia Huesler, Vincent Humphrey, Simone Bircher-Adrot, Adel Imamovic, Luca Benelli, Johannes Rempfer, Jana von Freyberg, Yannick Barton, Therese Buergi, David Oesch, Joan Sturm



Enhancing Drought Analysis with User-Centered Data Structuring

Annina Brügger, Ramón Bill, Fabia Hüsler, Hélène Salvi, Vincent Humphrey



Climate Change Impact on Drought Risk With Respect to MeteoSwiss SPEI Index Reference Period

Ivor Mardesic



How Good is my Drought Index? Evaluating Predictability and Ability to Estimate Impacts Across Europe

Anastasiya Shyrokaya, Florian Pappenberger, Gabriele Messori, Ilias Pechlivanidis, Hannah Cloke, Giuliano Di Baldassarre

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

Hannes Suter, Jonas Loetscher



The Potential of Tailored Early Warnings - A Case Study of Heat Warnings in Switzerland

Lorena Daphna Kuratle, Michèle Marti



IGNIS - The National Forest Fire Information And Warning System

Davide Enrico Ferriroli



The Process Of Co-Production Of Knowledge In The Field Of Climate Services

Sofia Foladori-Invernizzi, Christine Jurt, Patrick Laederach, Andrea Rossa, Maria Julia Chasco, Raul Polato



Flood Forecasting and Warning in Rhineland-Palatinate

Michael Kraft, Margret Johst, Norbert Demuth



Future Changes in Global River Flow from 250-years of Routed CMIP6 Runoff

Pauline Seubert, Stephan Thober, Dominik L. Schumacher, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Lukas Gudmundsson



Debrisflow Hazard Assessment in Georgia

George Gaprindashvili, Merab Gaprindashvili, Giorgi Dvalashvili, Otar Kurtsikidze, Zurab Rikadze



A Comprehensive Tool for Accurate Forecasting, Warning Systems, and Real-Time Weather Analysis for the Czech Energy Sector

Petr Štěpánek, Patrik Benáček, Pavel Zahradníček



The (story-) Line Between Numerical Simulations for Hazard Assessment, Visual Communication, and Risk Perception

Alessandro Cicoira, Daniel Tobler, Rachel Riner, Lars Blatny, Michael Lukas Kyburz, Johan Gaume

10:30am
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11:00am
Break Wednesday 1: Coffee Break
Location: Foyer/Mensa
11:00am
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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

Anna Scolobig, Markus Stoffel



Making Warnings More Effective with Tailored Messages: A Case Study of Switzerland

Lorena Daphna Kuratle, Marti Michèle



Seismic Risk Communication in Europe: a Scoping Review

Gemma Musacchio, Angela Sarao, Susanna Falsaperla, Anna Scolobig



We do Not Always Know Better: the Importance of Evaluating Communication Efforts

Michèle Marti

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

Judith A. Kirschner, Christine Eriksen



Using ECOSTRESS Data with Machine Learning Approaches to Predict and Analyze Wildfires

Soe Win Myint, Yuanhui Zhu, Shakthi Bharathi Murugesan, Ivone Masara, Josh Fisher



Predicting and Mapping Drought Effects on European Beech Forests Under a Changing Climate

Colin K. Bloom, Romana Paganini, Tiziana L. Koch, Katrin Meusburger, Lorenz Walthert, Daniel Scherrer, Arun Bose, Andri Baltensweiler



Hydro-Meteorological Drivers of Forest Damage over Europe

Pauline Rivoire, Sonia Dupuis, Antoine Guisan, Pascal Vittoz, Daniela Domeisen

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

Emma Holmberg, Marcos Quijal-Zamorano, Joan Ballester, Gabriele Messori



Using Machine Learning To Enhance Community Preparedness Through Determination Of Climate And Environmental Predictors Of Childhood Diarrheal Disease In Bangladesh

Ryan van der Heijden, Parker King, Donna Rizzo, Elizabeth Doran, Kennedy Brown, Kelsey Gleason



Developing a Multi-Hazard approach for Drought and Heat Wave in the arid region of Rajasthan: Community level risk assessment

Vandana Choudhary, Milap Punia

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

Alessandro De Pedrini, Maurizio Pozzoni, Christian Ambrosi



Evaluating the Added Value of Impact-based Models for Flash Flood Detection in the French Mediterranean Region

Juliette Godet, Eric Gaume, Pierre Javelle, Thomas Dias, Pierre Nicolle, Olivier Payrastre



Global Tropical Cyclone Impact Model for Anticipatory Action

Federico Moss, Tristan Downing, Marc van den Homberg, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Andreas Kaltenbrunner, Yelena Mejova, Pauline Ndirangu, Daniela Paolotti



Enhancing Flood Resilience Through a Community-led, Impact Driven Framework for Data-scarce Regions

Mark Bawa Malgwi, Candace Chow, Mirjam Mertin



Towards an Operational Groundwater Level Forecasting System in Switzerland

Raoul Alexander Collenteur, Konrad Bogner, Christian Moeck, Massimiliano Zappa, Mario Schirmer

12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch 1: Lunch Wednesday
Location: Foyer/Mensa
2:00pm
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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

Christian Zeman, Jonas Bhend, Irina Mahlstein



SAFE – Snow Avalanche Forecast Editor for integration of avalanche model predictions

Christoph Suter, Kurt Winkler, Jürg Trachsel, Jonas Knerr, Ueli Niederer, Gerd Weiss, Marc Ruesch, Frank Techel



Automatization and Innovation in the Production of Severe Weather Warnings – Insights from MeteoSwiss

Irina Mahlstein, Evelyn Mühlhofer, Lea Beusch, Saskia Willemse

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

Michal Bíl, Jan Kubeček, Vojtěch Cícha, Vojtěch Nezval, Richard Andrášik



Visualization of a Database of Road and Rail Blockages in Czechia Caused by Natural Hazards

Jan Kubeček, Michal Bíl, Vojtěch Nezval



Improved Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment by Monitoring Large Wood Transport

Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva, Janbert Aarnink, Francis Bangnira, Gabriele Consoli, Bryce Finch, Javier Gibaja del Hoyo, M. Sheikh, Llanos Valera-Prieto

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

Arpitha Gowda, Luzius Ammann, Dr. Uwe Jasnoch



Institutional Mechanism For Policy Coherence Between Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction And Food Security In South Africa.

Annegrace Zembe



Terrain Passability as an Important Factor to Consider in the Emergency Management Process

Krzysztof Pokonieczny, Wojciech Dawid

 
2:00pm
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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

Astrid Björnsen

2:45pm
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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.

Reimund Schwarze, Peter Moser, Corinne Singeisen

3:30pm
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4:00pm
Break Wednesday 2: Coffee Break
Location: Foyer/Mensa
3:45pm
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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...
4:00pm
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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

Julian Hofmann, Adrian Holt



User-centred Evaluation of Cold Wave Forecasts for Disaster Risk Reduction in Lesotho

Katherine Egan, Calum Baugh, Rebecca Emerton, Christel Prudhomme, Daniele Castellana, Sebongile Hlubi



Flood Forecasting, Preparedness and Early Warning case studies from South East Asia

Sujana Dhar

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

Juan Fernandes, Angela Santos, Nelson Mileu



"Hazards Of Natural Floods And Their Management In Mountainous Regions Of Georgia"

Sopio Gorgijanidze, Tedo Gorgodze, Giorgi Dvalashvili, Mirian Silagaadze, Gocha Jinjaradze



Assessing Terrain Passability for Effective Crisis Management

Wojciech Dawid, Krzysztof Pokonieczny



Informatization Era and Disaster Risk Reduction

Milan Konečný

5:15pm
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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)
7:00pm
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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...