4th European Civil Protection Forum Disasters – Protecting and responding together

Programme , 15-16 May 2013 www.cpforum2013.eu

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“Disasters – Protecting and responding together”

The European Civil Protection Forum organised by the takes place for the fourth time this year, following successful editions in 2002, 2007 and 2009.

This major event will be preceded by the official opening of the new EU Emergency Response Centre, the Commission’s central hub connecting 32 Participating States through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, will open the European Civil Protection Forum which includes not only a conference but also an indoor and outdoor exhibition. This year’s edition will focus on the challenges faced by the civil protection community in the current context of economic crisis.

Conference

The conference will feature: • Two high-level debates: a plenary panel on the future of civil protection on the European and international stages and a panel with high-level Member States representatives focusing on their expectations from the EU. • Six panel discussions on aspects and new challenges of the three major phases of disaster management (prevention, preparedness and response). • Special addresses from Ms Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Home Affairs and from Ms , Commissioner for Climate Action

Exhibition

An indoor and outdoor exhibition takes place throughout the conference. The indoor exhibition on the ground and second floor of the Charlemagne building features innovative technology projects and civil protection training centres.

An outdoor exhibition simulating an On-Site Operation and Coordination Centre (OSOCC) after severe floods affecting large areas of EU Members States and third countries is organised on Rond-Point Schuman. The OSOCC will be composed of European Civil Protection Experts and Technical and Administrative Support Teams from Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, as well as UN Disaster and Coordination Experts and International Humanitarian Partnership experts as associated members. The OSOCC will act as in a real situation and be linked with the Emergency Response Centre via the satellite communication system provided by emergency.lu – a project funded by Luxembourg.

NB: Speakers and exhibitors listed in this programme were correct at time of going to print. 4

4th European Civil Protection Forum Disasters – Protecting and responding together Brussels, 15-16 May 2013

Room Debates taking place in Room Wednesday 15 May 2013 GASPERI will be live streamed. 13:00 – 14:30 Registration and opening of the indoor and outdoor exhibition

Opportunity to visit an On-Site Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC) as well as an indoor exhibition featuring innovative technology projects and the work of training centres in the field of disaster management.

14:30 – 15:00 Opening address by Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for Room GASP International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Interpretation: Impressions of the inauguration of the Emergency Response Centre EN-FR-DE-IT- and the address by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European ES-PL Commission

15:00– 16:15 Plenary session: The European and international framework for disaster Room GASP management: Prospects for the future Interpretation: Elisabetta Gardini, Member of the EN-FR-DE-IT- Michèle Striffler, Member of the European Parliament ES-PL Fergus O’Dowd, Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Ireland Rudolf Müller, Deputy Director and Chief, Emergency Services Branch, UN OCHA Geneva Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, European Commission

Moderator: Laura Shields, The Media Coach

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break 5

Room 16:45 – 18:15 Panel 1: Better disaster response coordination – Room GASP – Support from the Union Participants will discuss the potential benefits and actual challenges of Interpretation: the Emergency Response Centre and its expanded role in implementing EN-FR-DE-IT- the innovative elements of the new Union Civil Protection Mechanism. ES-PL Bruno Maestracci, Head of the COGIC, General Directorate for Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Arabela Vahtaric, Head of International Relations, National Protection and Rescue Directorate, Republic of Croatia Mariusz Feltynowski, Deputy Director, National Center for Rescue Coordination and Civil Protection, Poland Adelina Kamal, Head of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Division, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Department, ASEAN Secretariat Klaus Rösler, Director of Operations Division, FRONTEX Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director for Strategy, Policy and International Cooperation, DG ECHO, European Commission Moderator: Shada Islam, Friends of Europe

Panel 2: Disaster management finance – Room JENK Available funding in times of economic crisis Participants will assess the availability of disaster management finance, Interpretation: public and private, for all phases of the disaster management cycle. EN-FR Raed Arafat, Secretary of State, Ministry of Health, Jack Radisch, Risk Policy Analyst, OECD Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development Reto Schneider, Director and Head of Emerging Risk Management at Swiss National Reinsurance Company Peter Glerum, Glerum Consultancy Harald Schölzel, Water Sector Specialist, European Investment Bank Normunds Popens, Deputy Director General, DG REGIO, European Commission Moderator: Jacki Davis, Meade Davis Communications

Panel 3: Risk management – Enhancing our capability to Room MANS understand risks at all levels Participants will debate advances and challenges in risk management, Interpretation: both in the scientific field and at all levels of government. EN-FR-IT Debarati Guha-Sapir, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), University of Louvain, Belgium Felicity Oswald-Nicholls, Deputy Director: Risks, Infrastructure, High Impacts; Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office, UK Scira Menoni, Associate Professor for Urban and Regional Planning, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Tone D. Bergan, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) and Task Leader, Council of the Baltic Sea States Delilah Al Khudhairy, Head of Unit, Global Security and Crisis Management, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), European Commission Joint Research Centre Franco Gabrielli, Head of Civil Protection Department, Italy Moderator: Anya Sitaram, Rockhopper TV

18:30 – 20-00 Walking dinner 6 4th European Civil Protection Forum

Room Debates and speeches taking Thursday 16 May 2013 place in Room GASPERI will be live streamed. 09:30 – 10:15 Special address by Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs “The Internal Security Dimension”

Special address by Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action

“The Adaptation Strategy as a Contribution to Risk Management in Europe”

10:30 – 12:00 Panel 4: Disaster response planning – Room GASP Procedures, plans, people, practice Disaster response planning must ensure that in case of emergency, Interpretation: the right people react, properly aware of each other’s roles, according EN-FR- DE-IT- to appropriate plans and procedures that have been practiced in ES-PL well-designed trainings and exercises. Participants will review the contributions of different levels of government and other decision- makers (local, regional, national, EU) to disaster response planning. Helena Lindberg, Director General of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Sweden Timothy Manning, Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness, FEMA Alexey Avdeev, Deputy Director, International Cooperation Department, EMERCOM Wolfgang Krajic, Synergies, Slovenia Paul Matthews, Commander Royal Navy, Action Officer, EU Movement Planning Cell, EU Military Staff, European External Action Service Moderator: Anya Sitaram, Rockhopper TV 7

Room Panel 5: Solidarity and responsibility in the EU – Room MANS Tackling costs of disasters Drawing on experience from around the world, participants will explore Interpretation: different cost-sharing models for common assets in the field of disaster EN-FR-DE-IT management. In this context, the tricky question of “who pays what” has to be nuanced between disaster prevention, preparedness and response actions. Dr. Herbert Trimbach, Head of Public security and order, police, public order law, fire and civil protection, Ministry of the Interior of Brandenburg Luigi D’Angelo, Head of International Relations Unit, Italian National Civil Protection Department Kim G. Connors, Director, Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) Mark Jones, Chief Fire Officer of the Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service (UK) and participating expert in the International Working Group on Cooperation in Wildfire Preparedness and Response Bernd Bluhm, Head of Unit, Pollution Response Services, European Maritime Safety Emergency (EMSA) Dr. Laurens M. Bouwer, Senior Advisor Risk Analysis, Deltares Moderator: Oliver Wates, The Media Coach

Panel 6: Future Disaster Management – Room JENK A global responsibility This panel will look beyond the immediate challenges into the future Interpretation: disaster risk management frameworks emerging at international level EN-FR and the contribution that science and technology can make. Alicia Dela Rosa Bala, Deputy Secretary General, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, ASEAN Tomoo Inoue, Director for Water Management Coordination International, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan Lee Howell, Managing Director, Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum and Editor-In-Chief, Global Risks 2013 Rowan Douglas, CEO Global Analytics, Willis Group & Chairman, Willis Research Network Maxx Dilley, Team leader, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UN Development Programme Ian Clark, Head of Unit, DG ECHO.A3, European Commission Moderator: Laura Shields, The Media Coach

12:00 – 12:20 Coffee Break 8 4th European Civil Protection Forum

Room Room GASP 12:20 – 13:00 Highlights from the panel sessions (plenary)

Interpretation: EN-FR-DE-IT- ES-PL

13:00 – 14:45 Buffet lunch

14:45 – 16:15 Plenary Session: The European and international framework for disaster Room GASP management: Perspectives from the Member States Interpretation: EN-FR-DE-IT- Panel Discussion with Directors-General of Civil Protection ES-PL Helena Lindberg, Sweden Norbert Seitz, Germany Michel Papaud, France Piotr Kwiatkowski, Deputy DG, Poland Raed Arafat, Secretary of State, Romania Pentti Partanen, Finland Jérôme Glorie, Belgium Moderator: Shada Islam, Friends of Europe

16:15 – 16:30 Closing remarks by Claus Sørensen, Director-General of DG ECHO, Room GASP European Commission Interpretation: EN-FR-DE-IT- ES-PL 9

Stand Stand Exhibitor Projects exhibited Exhibitor Projects exhibited number number European Assistance Team for Citizens in Areas of Evacuation Tsunami Information (EURACARE) Centre for the North- European Technical 8 eastern Atlantic and 1 Assistance Mediterranean - Cooperation (EUTAC) Intergovernmental NEAMTIC Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., European Aerial Oceanographic Commission, Germany Medical Evacuation UNESCO Team (EURAMET)

Highly Mobile Network 2 METEOALARM – official Node (HiMoNN) weather warnings IABG, Germany 9 ZAMG: Central Institute of each participating for Meteorology And country’s national Geodynamics, weather agency

CONAIR Group, Canada Aerial suppression 3 products and services Aerial delivery system

Second generation FALKO Regional Aircraft, UK locator for USAR 10 Operations (SGL for USAR) 112-European 4 emergency number National Technical University of Athens,

Alpine Search and 11 Rescue “Raising earthquake HITEC Luxembourg, Awareness and Coping Luxembourg 5 Children’s Emotions”- RACCE project Natural History Museum of B-Life Project - Crete, GREECE Biological Light 12 Fieldable Laboratory CBRNE equipment and Université catholique de for Emergencies 6 systems Louvain, ASTRIUM, EADS Company Centre for Applied Molecular Technologies, Belgium

FP7 BRIDGE project: High Altitude Platform Bridging resources 13 7 and agencies in large- Stations - HAPS scale emergency QUACOMHAPS, Ireland management Represented by FRAUNHOFER FIT 10 4th European Civil Protection Forum

Stand Stand Exhibitor Projects exhibited Exhibitor Projects exhibited number number

Danish Emergency Management Agency The EU CIVIL 14 PROTECTION DG ECHO – MECHANISM Civil Protection Units

Technische Hilfswerk, Germany

JRC- EFAS and EFFIS

Swedish Contingency Agency Cyprus Civil Defence EU TRAINING – 16 Operational courses

EU Training – Induction 15 courses

Italian Civil Protection Department

Bulgarian DG Fire Safety and Civil Protection Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Slovenia Academy of the Hamburg The Fire Service College Fire and Rescue Service Moreton in Marsh, England

The National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management in Ireland

EU TRAINING – High 17 level courses Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Germany (BBK) 11

Stand Exhibitor Projects exhibited number

18 Satellite mapping

JRC – GIO EMS/Copernicus

Electronic triage and tracking of patience German Red Cross – Disaster for mass casualties 19 management incidents (SOGRO) The Emergency Support System

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20 BBK’s Projects

Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Germany (BBK)

International 21 Humanitarian INTERNATIONAL Partnership projects HUMANITARIAN PARTNERSHIP

Projects with iSafety 22 solutions INDRA, Spain Alert4All – project on alert and 23 communication to the population during German AeroSpace Centre crisis

MIRTO - Minimizing 24 forest fire Risks for Tourists

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