Conference Agenda

Session Overview
Location: A-119 Lecture Hall
UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern / Basement level 1, Places: 32, Seating: not fixed
 
Date: Wednesday, 29/Jan/2025
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
  • Discussant: Jurgena Kamberaj, Center for Security Studies ETH, Switzerland
  • Discussant: Stefan Brem, FOCP/BABS, Switzerland
  • Discussant: Fabia Hüsler, FOEN/BAFU, Switzerland
  • Discussant: André Baur, FOCP/BABS, Switzerland
  • Discussant: Michael Rüegger, SCOR, Switzerland

 

Swiss Civil Protection Service Tabletop Exercise on Extreme Drought: Insights for the Insurance Sector

Astrid Björnsen
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
  • Discussant: Jurgena Kamberaj, Center for Security Studies ETH, Switzerland
  • Discussant: Stefan Brem, FOCP/BABS, Switzerland
  • Discussant: Fabia Hüsler, FOEN/BAFU, Switzerland
  • Discussant: André Baur, FOCP/BABS, Switzerland
  • Discussant: Michael Rüegger, SCOR, Switzerland

 
Date: Thursday, 30/Jan/2025
10:45am
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12:30pm		 Contemporary Visualization: Contemporary Visualization and Extended Reality Approaches to Hazard Preparedness and in-situ Emergency & Rescue Response – Current state of user-centered technology, automation and AI
Location: A-119 Lecture Hall
Chair: Arzu Çöltekin

Both sessions will cover visualization and extended (i.e., virtual, augmented or mixed) reality-related research and applications about conference themes (i.e., these presentations and discussions will be directed at work that intersects the common phases of crisis management) and specifically touch upon user-centred technologies (user experience, empirical studies) as well as the latest technology and science breakthroughs in the automation of visualization and 3D modelling and other related processes through, e.g., generative AI and other solutions.

 

Contemporary Visualization and Extended Reality Approaches to Hazard Preparedness and in-situ Emergency & Rescue Response – Current state of user-centered technology, automation and AI

Arzu Çöltekin


Introduction to a Voxel-based Urban Digital Twin for Emergency Response Information Systems (ERISs)

Olga Shkedova, Felix N. Bäßmann, Udo Feuerhake, Monika Sester


User Experience with Geodashboards Visualizing Preparedness and Response to Natural Hazards

Izabela Gołębiowska, Arzu Çöltekin, Tomasz Opach


Designing AR Viewer for QField: Towards Supporting Handling Geospatial Data In Situ For Emergency Response Situations

Anton Fedosov, Elif Gürçınar, Luca Fluri, Marco Bernasocchi, Matthias Kuhn, Arzu Çöltekin


Does Extended Reality Work for Skills Training?

Erion Elmasllari, Kevin Gonyop Kim, Arzu Çöltekin
2:00pm
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3:30pm		 Emergency and Crises Management: Emergency and Crises Management as Core Aspects of HEIs Curricula and Infrastructures: Enhancement of their Resilience and in Support of Secure Societies.
Location: A-119 Lecture Hall
Chair: Aikaterini POUSTOURLI
Chair: Horst Kremers

Speakers:

  • Annika Fröwies (University of Vienna, Austria)
  • Aleksandar Jovanovic(Steinbeis European Risk & Resilience Institute, Germany)
  • Orsolya Székely and Zoltán Székely (3T-IM Innovation Machine GmbH, Hungary)
  • Olga Vybornova (UCLouvain-CTMA, Belgium)
  • Georgios Sakkas (Center For Security Studies [KEMEA], Greece)
 

Civil Protection and especially Emergency Management curricula and administrative services within universities (HEIs)

Aikaterini Poustourli