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: Tuesday, 28/Jan/2025 | |||
| 1:15pm - 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 |
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| 2:00pm - 2:45pm |
Keynote: Shen Jie: Cartography in Early Warning Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Jie Shen Shen Jie Nanjing Normal University, ICA Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management |
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Side-Event Risk I. M.: Risk Information Management: From Strategy to Implementation Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Horst Kremers National, cross-border, international, and global actions in all phases of disaster management are in due need of technical, organizational, and legal standards that allow for the required cross-organizational and cross-cultural harmonization.
While first international regulations on transnational information flow and processes have already been implemented successfully (transnationally, European, globally) in other domains for years (Environment, Geoinformation, etc.) and furthermore, overarching regulations already have been decided upon (European Data Act, Interoperable Europe Act etc.), implementation in the RISK domains still lack the concepts of how to approach the associated complexity, encourage and promote the elaboration of lighthouse realizations, discuss and make available suitable Testbeds, and mobilize the adequate workforce to achieve Facet Components that support data, information and workflow in predefined achievable timeframes.
This side event allows international... |
RS & Rapid Mapping I: Remote Sensing, Monitoring, and Rapid Mapping Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Johanna Roll This session focuses on remote sensing applications for disaster risk management and rapid mapping of natural hazard events. Session II will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in room A022. |
Impact Forecasts I: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: S101 Seminar Room 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:
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| 4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Break Tuesday 2: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Keynote: Jürg Luterbacher,: Early Warning at International Institutions Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Juerg Luterbacher Overview of the Horizon EU project MedEWSa (Mediterranean and Pan-European Forecast and Early Warning System against Natural Hazards) |
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| 5:30pm - 8:00pm |
Apéro: Icebreaeker Apéro Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| Date: Wednesday, 29/Jan/2025 | |||||
| 8:45am - 9:15am |
Keynote: Kathrin Schneeberger: Early Warning in Switzerland 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 |
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. |
Communication & Visualization I: Effective and Useful Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazards Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Franziska Angly Chair: Michèle Marti Focus Session I: 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, Room A-126. Speakers:
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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. |
Poster Session 1: Posterpresentation Location: A017 and A019 Connected Seminar Rooms Further information regarding the proceedings and details of the conference will follow soon. |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Break Wednesday 1: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Precision Forestry I: Forcasting and Mitigating Natural Hazards in Forest Ecosystems Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Yousef Erfanifard Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Room A022.
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Communication & Visualization II: Effective and Useful Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazards Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Franziska Angly Chair: Michèle Marti Focus Session II: impact-oriented warnings: roles and responsibilities of public administration and research/science.
Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am, Room A-126. Speakers:
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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. |
Colombia Resilient: Colombia Resilient: Preparation And Anticipatory Action For The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (Enso) Phenomenon And Implementation Of The National Location: A-119 Lecture Hall Chair: Pedro Alberto Ortega Moderator: Jairo Bárcenas Sandoval, UNPD, Columbia Rapporteur: Emilio Gil Toro, UNPD, Columbia |
Poster Session 2: Posterpresentation Location: A017 and A019 Connected Seminar Rooms Further information regarding the proceedings and details of the conference will follow soon. |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch 1: Lunch Wednesday Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Table Top Drought I: From Meteorological Forecasts to Impact-Based Warnings: Challenges and Interdisciplinary Synergies Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Astrid Björnsen Part II of the Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 4:00 pm to 5 pm in Room A027.
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Precision Forestry II: Precision Forestry: Forcasting and Mitigating Natural Hazards in Forest Ecosystems II Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Yousef Erfanifard Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in Room A022.
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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. |
Impact Forecasts II: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: S101 Seminar Room 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:
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Break Wednesday 2: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Session Loss & Damage: Loss and Damage Location: A022 Seminar Room More details will follow soon. |
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. |
Table Top Drought II: From Meteorological Forecasts to Impact-Based Warnings: Challenges and Interdisciplinary Synergies Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Astrid Björnsen Part I of the Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, in Room A027.
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Impact Forecasts III: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: S101 Seminar Room 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:
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| 5:15pm - 5:45pm |
Keynote P. Probst & T. Röösli: Early Warning Systems for UN Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Thomas Röösli Thomas Röösli & Pamela Probst (Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss | Weather4UN pilot project) |
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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, the Altes Tramdepot promises a memorable experience for conference attendees and visitors alike. |
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| Date: Thursday, 30/Jan/2025 | ||||
| 8:45am - 9:15am |
Keynote Georg Gartner: The international cartography association and decision making in disaster response Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Georg Gartner Georg Gartner (TU Vienna, ICA President), |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Side Event Humanitarian Disaster: Humanitarian Disaster Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Horst Kremers The United Nations SENDAI framework enforces the requirements for coherence and synergies for significant improvements in planning, operational response and recovery. Information governance is needed to promote medium- and long-term cross-domain and cross-organizational national and international implementations for all phases of disaster management, especially in crisis and emergency management. This session offers a comprehensive number of experiences in applications of advanced information management principles to best support societal, natural, technical, inclusive, humanistic and ethical aspects in the RISKs domains. |
RS & Rapid Mapping II: Remote Sensing, Monitoring, and Rapid Mapping Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Johanna Roll This session focuses on remote sensing applications for disaster risk management and rapid mapping of natural hazard events. Session I will take place on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm in room A022. |
Mapping Natural Risks I: Mapping Natural Risks: Bridging Risk Modelling, Map Communication, Uncertainty and Emotional Response Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Pyry Kettunen Chair: Tumasch Reichenbacher Session II will take place on Thursday, 30. January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in room A-126. |
ML & Forecasting I: Impact-Based Forecasting and Early Warning Systems Leveraging Machine Learning Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Pascal Horton Chair: Olivia Martius Session II will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in room A-122. Chairs:
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Break Thursday 1: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 10:45am - 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. |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
IRM Alps & Arctic: Integrated Risk Management in the Alps and the Arctic Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Nina Schuback Chair: Danièle Rod Expert panel:
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Mapping Natural Risks II: Mapping Natural Risks: Bridging Risk Modelling, Map Communication, Uncertainty and Emotional Response Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Tumasch Reichenbacher Session I will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in room A-126. |
ML & Forecasting II: Impact-Based Forecasting and Early Warning Systems Leveraging Machine Learning Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Pascal Horton Chair: Olivia Martius Session I will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in room A-122. Chairs:
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| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch 2: Lunch Thursday Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Discussion Session R. Schnürer: Disaster Management with Deep Learning Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Raimund Schnürer Invited experts:
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Weather & Health: Forecasting and Warning for Health Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Joan Ballester This session covers presentations on the topic of weather forecasts for health management |
Emergeny 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 HEIs must frequently adapt broad, varied emergency management policies to deal with the scope of emergencies and disasters that can occur in on-campus settings. Fires, earthquakes, floods, and some of the most common natural disasters possess the capacity for losses of life and property, with the potential to effectively disrupt and damage a university community. Artificial crises, such as cybersecurity threats, CBRN hazards, protestors and campus shootings, among others, also pose a severe danger to life and property; to preemptively reduce or prevent the severity of emergencies, universities must coordinate and implement policies to effectively eliminate unnecessary risks' and decrease potential losses. |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Break Thursay 2: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Keynote and Farewell: Discussion of the Keynote Leonardo Milano and farewell - open to public Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Leonardo Milano Chair: Christophe Lienert Chair: Horst Kremers Chair: David N. Bresch Chair: Andreas Paul Zischg First part Keynote Leonardo Milano:As climate-related disasters and humanitarian crises become more frequent, faster and more effective responses are crucial. Based on scientific forecasts, Anticipatory Action (AA) shifts from reacting to disasters after they happen to take action before they strike. 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 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. The goal is to show how science can improve humanitarian efforts, making them faster and more effective, ultimately saving lives and reducing suffering. This talk will encourage collaboration between scientists and humanitarian workers to refine these methods, ensuring that future actions... |
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| Date: Friday, 31/Jan/2025 | |
| 7:30am - 6:30pm |
Jungfrau: Excursion Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Location: Excursion Jungfraujoch Only available for registered participants
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| 9:00am - 12:00pm |
swisstopo: Excursion swisstopo Location: Excursion swisstopo Only available for registered users |
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