The Conference consists of following three panels: “Lessons Learned from Disasters Relief and Humanitarian Assistance”. The panel will serve as a platform for sharing and exchanging of expertise and best practices concerning that topic. Furthermore the aim of this panel is to engage participants in open, interactive discussions aiming at increasing their knowledge and better understanding of interaction between different services and organizations during the actions conducted in the local and multinational environment. “Consequence Management and the Mitigation of the Natural and Manmade Disasters” is for the purpose of presenting solutions for post disaster recovery and mitigation the impact of Natural and Manmade Disasters. “ Modeling &Simulation Support for Crisis and Disaster Management Processes and Climate Change Implications”. The panel will shed light on modeling and simulation capability in Disaster Management particularly in the event of Natural Disasters as a consequence from Climate Change. Time Activities DAY ONE: 31/05/16 Tuesday – in Marinela Hotel Conference hall 0830 - Registration 0900 0900 - Welcome speeches, Mr. Dimitar KYUMYURDZHIEV, Deputy Ministry of Defence Republic of Bulgaria 0920 Col Vassil ROUSSINOV, Director of NATO CMDR CoE Keynote speakers: Prof. Jose Julio GONZALEZ, University of Agder, Norway 0920 - Mr. Grzegorz GRUCA, Vice president of Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) 1020 1020 - Administrative remarks LTC Bisser ZLATKOV (CMDR CoE) 1030 Group photo & Coffee break 1030 - 1100 First plenary session: Lessons Learned from Disasters Relief Chair: Col Jaroslaw KUBISZ (CMDR CoE) and Humanitarian Assistance

1100 - Participation of the Polish Armed Forces in backup LTC Paweł KUCHARCZYK (GC of BoAF) 1140 of the UEFA EURO 2012 Championship 1140 - Participation of the Polish Read Cross in Ms. Katarzyna STĘPIŃSKA (PRC) 1220 humanitarian assistance for the flood’s victims in Poland 1220 - Activities of PHA as an example of the engagement Mr. Grzegorz GRUCA (PAH) 1300 of NGOs in international assistance 1300 - Lunch 1400 1400 - Common Humanitarian Civil-Military Ms. Ingrid NORDSTROM (OCHA) 1430 Coordination Standards 1430 - Lessons Learned from the exercise Trident WG CMD David COLE J9 CIMIC – JFC BRUNSSUM 1500 Juncture 2015 1500 - Coffee break 1520 1520 - EU Training requirements analysis on military Col. Milen MILKOV (CMDR CoE) 1600 role and task on Crisis Management and CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 34A Totleben Blvd, Sofia 1606, Republic of Bulgaria tel: 359 2 9224700, 359 2 9224705, fax: 359 2 9224755, www.cmdrcoe.org TENTATIVE AGENDA

Disaster Response 1600 – Cognitive and Advance Analytics solutions for CMDR Mr. Herro ZOUTENDIJK (IBM) – 45’ 1645 Summary and closing remarks 1645 – 1700

DAY TWO: 01/06/15 WEDNESDAY – Marinela Hotel Conference hall

Second plenary Modeling &Simulation Support for Crisis and Chair: Col Orlin NIKOLOV (CMDR CoE) session: Disaster Management Processes and Climate Change Implications 0900 – Admin remarks Col Orlin NIKOLOV (CMDR CoE) 0910 M&S support to crisis and disaster management Col Orlin NIKOLOV (CMDR CoE) 0900 – processes and climate change implication 0940 0940 - M&S support to disaster management and Walter DAVID (M&S CoE) 1015 humanitarian logistics in interagency interaction: challenges and opportunities. 1015 - Coffee break 1045 1045 - TBD Mr. Veselin VASILEV (CASTRA) 1120 Expanding the Usefulness of Crisis Management Harry THOMPSON (C4i Training and Technology) 1120 - and Disaster Response 1200

1200 - Crisis Management and disaster response tools in IMPRESS project Nina DOBRINKOVA (BAS) 1230 Lunch 1230 - 1330 1330 - Crisis Management and disaster response tools in Nina DOBRINKOVA (BAS) 1400 IMPRESS project Nikolay TOMOV (BULSIM) 1400 - A Roadmap of Crises Management Simulation 1420 &Training in Bulgaria CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 34A Totleben Blvd, Sofia 1606, Republic of Bulgaria tel: 359 2 9224700, 359 2 9224705, fax: 359 2 9224755, www.cmdrcoe.org 1420 - TBD Mr. Irena NIKOLOVA (Synergy Horizons) 1440 1440 - Coffee break 1510 1510 - Monitoring Land Cover in Support of Disaster Michael CAMPBELL (USACE-ERDC) 1600 Preparedness and Response Flow and Flood Inundation Simulation Over Large Extents using an Open-Source Model Crisis in the Ukraine 1600 - TBD 1615 Summary and closing remarks 1715 - 1730

DAY THREE: 02/06/15 THURSDAY – in Marinela Hotel Conference hall

Third plenary Consequence Management and Mitigation of Chair: Col Milen MILKOV (CMDR CoE) session: Natural and Manmade Disasters. Hot topics related to crisis management overview

0900 – Admin remarks 0910 On the necessity of improving the research Col Milen MILKOV (CMDR CoE) 0910 – infrastructure in the Western Black Sea for the Mrs. Lyubka PASHOVA (NIGGG-BAS), Mrs. Anna KORTCHEVA and Mr. 0940 purposes of flood risk management Vasko GALABOV (NIMH-BAS) Early Warning System for the hydro-meteorological Mr. Vasko GALABOV & Mrs. Anna KORTCHEVA (NIMH-BAS) 0940 - hazard along the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea 1010 1010 - Some Comments on Civil Engineering Coupling Mrs. Mihaela Kouteva, Mrs.Lyubka PASHOVA (NIGGG-BAS) and Mr. Kr. 1040 with IT for NDR Mitigation in Bulgaria. Boshnakov (BAS) –

CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 34A Totleben Blvd, Sofia 1606, Republic of Bulgaria tel: 359 2 9224700, 359 2 9224705, fax: 359 2 9224755, www.cmdrcoe.org TENTATIVE AGENDA

1040 - Coffee break 1110 1010 - NATO Warsaw Summit Jaroslaw KUBISZ (CMDR CoE) 1140 HQ SACT thoughts on resilience Ms. Tracy CHEASLEY (HQ SACT) 1140 - Gender Perspective in Crisis Management Ms. Gergana VAKLINOVA (CMDR CoE) 1200 1200 - 1230 1230 – Lunch 1330 1330 – Military Medical Detachment for Emergency Col Dr Rostislav KOSTADINOV, PhD (MMA MOD) 1400 Response – Tool for Disaster Medical Education and Interaction Col Panagiotis APOSPORIS (CMDR CoE) 1400 - Migration crisis in Europe Col Col Alexandar GEORGIEV (CMDR CoE) 1430 Crisis in Ukraine 1430 – Coffee break 1500 1500 – 1515 1515 - Wrap-up and Closing ceremony 1530

Selection and the final order of the speeches / lectures is up to the chair of the panel.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 34A Totleben Blvd, Sofia 1606, Republic of Bulgaria tel: 359 2 9224700, 359 2 9224705, fax: 359 2 9224755, www.cmdrcoe.org