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Session Overview
Location: Lecture Hall S003
UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern / Ground Floor, Places: 232, Seating: fixed
Date: Tuesday, 28/Jan/2025
11:30am
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12:00pm		 Press conference: Press conference RIMMA2025
Location: Lecture Hall S003

Press conference
1:15pm
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1:45pm		 Opening: Opening Session
Location: Lecture Hall S003
Chair: Andreas Paul Zischg
Chair: Christophe Lienert
Chair: Horst Kremers
Chair: David N. Bresch

Opening Session
2:00pm
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2:45pm		 Keynote: Jie Shen: Cartography for Emergency and Disaster Management：Hotspots and Development Trends
Location: Lecture Hall S003
Chair: Jie Shen

The speech will mainly concentrate on three parts: the introduction of the situation of disaster emergencymapping, the current research hotspots and the development trends of cartography for emergency and disaster management.

 

Cartography for Emergency and Disaster Management：Hotspots and Development Trends

Jie Shen
3:00pm
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4:30pm		 Impact Forecasts I: 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:

  • Session II: Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Lecture Hall S003
  • Session II: Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Lecture Hall S003
 

Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Thereof

Gabriela Grisel Espejo Gutierrez


Windstorm Risk Model for the Canton of Zurich: Impact Forecasting and Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Daniel Steinfeld


Hail Impact Forecast Prototype for Switzerland within the scClim project

Valentin Gebhart, Timo Schmid, David N. Bresch


Flash-Flood Alert System Using Ensemble Radar Prediction And Rainfall-Runoff Simulation

Frédéric Gilbert Jordan, Clément Cosson, Marco Gabella, Ioannis Sideris, Adrien Liernur, Alexis Berne, Urs Germann


Enhanced Accuracy And Precision In Meteorological Hazard Warnings Using The EURO1k Numerical Weather Model

Julie Thérese Villinger, Johannes Rausch, Lukas Umek, Sebastien Argence, Christian Schluchter, Martin Fengler
5:00pm
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5:30pm		 Keynote: Jürg Luterbacher,: Early Warning at International Institutions
Location: Lecture Hall S003
Chair: Juerg Luterbacher

The talk will give an overview of the MedEWSa project, which is a 3-year Horizon Europe project started in November 2023 led by the Justus Liebig University of Giessen with 29 partners from academia, research institutions, national meteorological and hydrological services, ECMWF, Red Cross, WMO, SMEs, first responders, civil protections, NGOs, local & regional governments, crisis planners as well as lighthouse stakeholders including UNEP, UNEP-MAP, UNDP, African Union and more.
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
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
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
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
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)
Date: Thursday, 30/Jan/2025
8:45am
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9:15am		 Keynote Georg Gartner: The relevance of cartography in the context of natural hazards and risks
Location: Lecture Hall S003
Chair: Georg Gartner

Georg Gartner (TU Vienna, ICA President), 
4:00pm
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5:30pm		 Keynote and Farewell: *Open to the public* Keynote Talk from Leonardo Milano on 'Using science to enable anticipatory humanitarian action' and Farewell
Location: Lecture Hall S003
Chair: Leonardo Milano
Chair: Christophe Lienert
Chair: Horst Kremers
Chair: Andreas Paul Zischg
Chair: David N. Bresch

Open to the public


This keynote will explore how scientific data, like weather and climate forecasts, can trigger early humanitarian interventions. We'll look at real-world examples where the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has used these triggers in Africa and Asia, discussing how reliable science can help decide when and where to act. We'll also address challenges in scaling this approach, such as the need for strong partnerships and accurate data.This talk will encourage collaboration between scientists and humanitarian workers to refine these methods, ensuring that future actions are both reactive and anticipatory

 

Using Science to Enable Anticipatory Humanitarian Action

Leonardo Milano

 
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