DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE CENTRE 4th Annual Scientific Seminar Acting today, protecting tomorrow

Bucharest, 17-18 October 2019 Agenda

drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu Day 1 Thursday 17th October

08:30 - 09:30 Arrival // Registration // Welcome coffee 09:30 - 10:00 Welcoming and Opening ceremony 10:00 - 12:30 Session A - Science and Policy for DRM: latest developments Chairs: Raed Arafat (Secretary of State, Chief of Romanian Department for Emergency Situations) and Dan Chirondojan (Director for Space, Security and Migration, European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

The session will review the main activities of the DRMKC partners inì 2018 to illustrate the collaborative work developed under the DRMKC umbrella in support to the whole policy cycle and to governmental authorities. 10:00 (10 min) Introducing the panellists and the scope of the session 10:10 (25 min) The role of knowledge management in a new era of risks, Alessandra Zampieri (Head of Disaster Risk Management Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre) 10:35 (25 min) Presentation from Peter Billing (Head of Security and Situational Awareness Unit, European Commission, DG ECHO) 11:00 (15 min) Q&A session 11:15 (30 min) Coffee break 11:45 (25 min) The role of R&I in a changing Planet, Philippe Tulkens (Deputy Head of Climate & Planetary Boundaries Unit, European Commission, DG RTD) 12:10 (20 min) Q&A session, discussion and wrap up 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break 13:30 - 17:00 Session B - Hybrid Threats: A change of the security paradigmin Europe! Chairs: Adrian Tudose (Intelligence analyst, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Romania) and Georgios Giannopoulos (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

The session wll discuss how to address challenges in the context of Disaster Risk Management that emerge from new security threats, which aim at undermining our democratic values and the trust of citizens towards public entities (such as disaster risk management entities and first responders). 13:30 (10 min) Introducing the panellists and the scope of the session 13:40 (25 min) Hybrid threats: the context of crisis management, Marius-Haientz Patriche (Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Directorate for Internal Protection) 14:05 (25 min) Emergency management and hybrid threats: a new threat landscape in Europe, Georgios Karagiannis (Civil Protection, ) 14:30 (25 min) Early Warning and Hybrid Threats: Civil-Military cooperation in a whole of government approach, Patrick Cullen (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) 14:55 (20 min) Q&A session 15:15 (30 min) Coffee break 15:45 (25 min) Communication as Critical Infrastructure in a Hybrid Context, Oana Popescu (Global Focus Center, Romania) 16:10 (25 min) Presentation on a medical-based scenario, Jukka Savolainen (European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats) 16:35 (25 min) Q&A session, discussion and wrap up

2 Day 2 Friday 18th October

09:00 - 12:30 Session C - Enhancing Resilience to Global Challenges Chairs: Francisc Senzaconi (Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations) and Alanna Simpson (World Bank)

This session will focus on learning from global, regional and EU efforts to build resilience and opportunities from early warning systems to ensure early action to safeguard lives and property, to opportunities embed resilience in infrastructure and the built environment through reduction of existing risks and avoiding the creation of new risks, to ensuring that resilience efforts consider all threats now and into the future In this context, speakers in this session will share stories of success and how these could be scaled to other countries and also challenges faced and how these were overcome or are still being overcome. 09:00 (10 min) Introducing the panellists and the scope of the session 09:10 (20 min) Presentation from Raed Arafat (Secretary of State, Chief of Romanian Department for Emergency Situations) 09:30 (20 min) Presentation from Christian Resch (Disaster Competence Network ) 09:50 (20 min) Observed changes and trends on climate conditions in Romania, Elena Mateescu (National Meteorological Administration of Romania) 10:10 (20 min) Q&A Session 10:30 (30 min) Coffee break 11:00 (20 min) Enhancing resilience. Seismic risk in Romania – assessment and premises for reduction, Radu Văcăreanu (Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest) 11:20 (20 min) Romania: the challenges and uncertainties of developing a landslide risk culture, Mihai Micu (Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy) 11:40 (20 min) On the activities in the risk management in the nuclear activities field in Romania, Dan Șerbănescu (National Nuclear Company, Romania) 12:00 (30 min) Q&A session, discussion and wrap up 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 - 15:30 Session D - The rescEU legislation and applied science for disaster risk management Chair: Alessandra Zampieri (Head of Disaster Risk Management Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

The updated rescEU legislation was adopted in March 2019 The European Commission is developing several initiatives to facilitate the delivery of applied scientific knowledge and support evidence based policies including the Applied Science for Disaster Risk Management AS 4 DRM) concept and to a certain extend the Union Civil Pro- tection Knowledge Network. These initiatives are closely coordinated with the DRMKC, so as to ensure adequate complementarity and added value. 14:00 (10 min) Introducing the panellists and the scope of the session 14:10 (20 min) ARISTOTLE (All Risk Integrated System TOwards The hoListic Early-warning), Alberto Michelini (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy) 14:30 (20 min) Presentation from Peter Billing (Head of Security and Situational Awareness Unit, European Commission, DG ECHO) 14:50 (20 min) Presentation from Beata Janowczyk (Government Centre for Security, Poland) 15:10 (20 min) Q&A session, discussion and wrap up

15:30 - 16:00 Closing ceremony

3 About the Seminar The DRMKC Annual Seminar is the occasion in which the different actors engaged in Disaster Risk Management are invited to sit at the same table to exchange views, identify emerging challenges and to define all together the way forward to effectively approach the changing landscape of risks to be faced. The 4th Annual Seminar is co-organised with the Department for Emer- gency Situations (DSU) and is hosted in Bucharest, Romania, on 17th and 18th of October 2019. It is foreseen the organisation of one back-to-back session on the morning of the 16th of October entirely focused on the development of web-platforms to facilitate Risk Management tasks such as the DRMKC Risk Data Hub and the GRRASP (Geospatial Risk and Resilience Assessment Platform). This session will be followed by an ice-breaker exhibition. Considering the international progress and actions taken at Global, European and National level, it is time to review how the common challenges have been addressed by different communities working to reduce disaster risk. The goal of this year’s edi- tion is to discuss about how to develop Integrated Disaster Risk Management: capitalising on existing research results and from synergies across policies. The sub-title of the seminar is Acting today, protecting tomorrow, to emphasise the need to react now to prevent and mitigate the impacts of future events. More effective and efficient DRM actions will result from the establishment of a sound link across policies. Their natural linkage point resides in their common need to relay on science-based evidences. In order to strengthen the links across Disaster Risk Reduction and Risk Management policies we need to smooth the path for scientific key findings and experiences from the field to be exploited in disaster risk management related policies and in its implementation. During the event, the emphasis would be on discussing how different sectors could contribute to an integrated Disaster Risk Management by providing new perspectives and solutions to prevent and get prepared for disaster risk.

Venue Phoenicia Grand Hotel Bulevardul Alexandru Șerbănescu nr. 87, București 014286, Romania https://phoeniciahotels.ro/en/business/phoenicia-grand-hotel

Transport service from/to airport In the Bucharest-Otopeni Henri Coandă International Airport, a minibus with a capacity of 15 persons (red, marked with “Pompierii” – meaning firefighters) will leave each hour. The distance from the airport to the hotel is 10-15 minutes according to the traffic. There will be also an info point in the airport, so the participants can find the right way to the minibus. Transport from the hotel back to the airport at the end of the meeting will be also offered.

Transport service From/to the airport

Venue/Accomodation Phoenicia Grand Hotel

4 Chairs and speakers bios Raed Arafat (Secretary of State, Chief of Romanian Department for Emergency Situations) Being specialized in anesthesia and critical care and having a European Master in disaster medicine, Dr. Raed Arafat is the founder of Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD), that was established since 1990. Starting with 2007, he coordinated the activity of many institutional structures and strategic programmes for Emergency Situations, among them: Healthcare System for Emergencies and Disasters in the Ministry of Health, as well as the Department for Emergency Situations that coordinates the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, General Inspectorate of Aviation, Emergency Medical Services and Mountain Rescue in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Dr. Arafat has a wide experience in operational coordination of emergency services, he participated and organized numerous training courses and seminars in the field of emergency medical care, control and coordination of emergency services, emer- gency management, etc. On the same line, Dr. Arafat is a member of several scientific and professional organizations in the field of emergency medi- cine and disaster medicine (both at domestic and international level), as well as author and co-author of several textbooks, books, documents and articles. Dr. Raed Arafat received academic titles and distinctions conferred by prestigious, national and international organisms, such as Legion of Honour at the class of Chevalier offered by the President of , International Emergency Medicine Leadership Award from American Academy of Emergency Medicine, National Order For Merit at the class of Chevalier and Officer offered by the President of Romania for the whole scientific and research activity, for the outstanding contribution to the development and promotion of information technology and communications in Romania.

Peter Billing (Head of Security and Situational Awareness Unit, European Commission, DG ECHO) Head of Unit “Security and Situational Awareness“, Directorate-General „European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Op- erations – ECHO“, European Commission, Brussels Peter holds a PhD in Political Science. He joined the European Commission in 1996. He has held various positions in the field of disaster management since 1999..

Dan Chirondojan (Director for Space, European Commission, Joint Research Centre) Dan Chirondojan is Director for Space, Security and Migration since 2016 in the DG Joint Research Centre, the scientific and knowledge service of the European Commission. The mission of the Directorate is to focus on research and knowledge man- agement regarding technology innovation in security, disaster risk / emergency management, cyber security, hybrid threats, transport and border security, safety and security of buildings and public spaces, critical infrastructure protection, space-based services and applications, as well as migration and demography. Prior to that, for five years he was Director for the manage- ment of infrastructure and services for the JRC site of Ispra, Italy (the third largest site of the Commission). Before joining the European Commission, he spent 17 years in the private sector of electronic communications in Romania, being in charge with operations of the infrastructure associated with the radio and fixed networks, business continuity planning, security risk assessment and crisis management. Previously, he held various positions in the Romanian public administration in the area of regulations for Information and Communications Technologies and regional implementation of Government policies. Mr. Chirondojan holds a degree as Engineer in Electronics and Telecommunications, at Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania and an MBA in “Economies in Transition and Managing Global Companies”, at Vienna University of Economics and Business - WU Wien, Austria.

Patrick Cullen (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) Patrick Cullen is a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. He led the multinational MCDC Counter Hybrid Warfare project from 2015 to 2018 and continues to work with various government and defense organizations on countering Hybrid Threats.

Georgios Giannopoulos (European Commission, Joint Research Centre) Dr Georgios Giannopoulos holds a degree in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, a PhD in Engineering from Vrije Univer- siteit Brussel and the Royal Military Academy of Belgium and a Management degree from Solvay Brussels School in Economics and Management. He is currently carrying out research for supporting EU Policies in the domain of critical infrastructure risk and resilience assessment, interdependencies and economic impact of critical infrastructure disruption, as well as on stand- ardization and certification in CBRNE and CIP domains (including cyber). He has been involved in several training activities in various European Countries in order to support their efforts on improving the protection of their technological systems and critical infrastructures. He is currently leading a research team for developing a conceptual framework for Hybrid Threats.

5 Georgios Karagiannis (Civil Protection, Greece) George M. Karagiannis is the Special Secretary for Civil Protection at the General Secretariat for Civil Protection (GSCP) in Greece. From 2016 to 2019, he was Technical Officer at the European Commission Joint Research Centre. His area of expertise revolved around emergency management, critical infrastructure security and resilience, and hybrid threats. Prior to joining the Joint Research Centre, he was a Research Scientist at the Technical University of Crete, Greece. His interdisciplinary research lay at the intersection of disaster resilience and systems engineering. At the same time, he also was a Disaster Management Consultant and worked in 3 European countries. Among others, he has developed two strategic national risk assessments, organized over 60 disaster management exercises, led the development of emergency operations plans and responded to dis- asters in the field. He received his Ph.D. from Saint-Etienne School of Mines, France, in Environmental Science and Engineering. In his dissertation, he developed a methodology for the assessment of emergency operations plans. He also holds degrees in Civil Engineering, Disaster Management and Business Administration. Elena Mateescu (National Meteorological Administration of Romania) 2011 Executive Director of the National Meteorological Administration of Romania; 2013 Associate Professor at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (USAMV), Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering of Bucharest (FIFIM-USAMV), Specialization: Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, Discipline: Climate change – causes and effects in agriculture; 2014 Associated Member of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti” (ASAS); 2015 Corresponding Member of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti” (ASAS); 2016 Director General of the National Meteorological Administration of Romania.

Alberto Michelini (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy) PhD in geophysics, UC Berkeley, 1991. Research Director at INGV since 2003. Director of the National Earthquakes Center of INGV from 2013 to 2016. Author of more than 80 scientific publications in international journals. President of the ORFEUS ExeCom from 2008 to 2017. Coordinator and group leader of the ARISTOTLE projects 2016-1018 and 2018- , respectively. Expertise in many fields of seismology.

Mihai Micu (Romanian Academy – Institute of Geography) Mihai Mcu is Senior Researcher at the Romanian Academy – Institute of Geography, Bucharest, Romania. He is the Coordinator of the Geomorphology Working Group within the Institute of Geography and also of the Patarlagele Natural Hazards Research Centre, situated in Buzau Carpathians, Vrancea seismic region. He acted as Co-Chair of the Geomorphological Hazards Work- ing Group of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) between 2014-2017 and was elected Secretary General of the IAG for the 2017-2021 period. He is the President of the Romanian Association of Geomorphologists (2017-2021). He participated, as coordinator or key-person, in several national and international projects (FP6, FP7, EC EUR-OPA, AR-WBI, BBF, COST-Actions) and was session Convener at several prestigious international conferences (IAG, EGU, EUGEO, ICG). He is member of the editorial and reviewing committees of several geomorphology journals (Landslides, Natural Hazards, Journal of Maps, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Quaternary International, Environmental Earth Sciences, Romanian Journal of Geomorphology/Revista de Geomorfologie). His main topics of research are focused on the morphodynamic analy- sis of slope processes, with a special focus on landslides for assessing susceptibility at local and regional scale, landslides frequency-magnitude correlations, landslide hazard evaluation, landslide risk analysis, assessment and management, earth- quake-induced landslides. His main area of research is the Romanian Curvature sector of the SE Carpathians, an area recog- nized as a European multi-hazard risks hotspot. He published more than 50 papers (articles, book chapters) in international peer-reviewed journals and books.

Oana Popescu (Global Focus Center, Romania) Oana Popescu-Zamfir is an international consultant and media commentator, writer and lecturer, with numerous authored publications and articles, as well as appearances on national and international media, high-level expert events and public conferences. She coordinates international research, public and expert strategy events, track 2 processes and publishes an international affairs quarterly with a regional focus, after serving for years as senior editor of Foreign Policy Romania. Her expertise covers mainly geopolitics and security in the EU/NATO neighborhood, transatlantic relations, global political risk and strategic analysis, EU policies, democratization and transitions, hybrid threats (cyber, hybrid, stratcom, terrorism), shifting models of governance.

Christian Resch (Disaster Competence Network Austria) As managing director of DCNA (Disaster Competence Network Austria), Christian Resch is coordinating security and disaster research activities in Austria to facilitate bridging the gap between science, policy and users. Besides managing DCNA as- sociation he is working in the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense as Research and Development Manager. Christian Resch was working more than 15 years in CBRN and Disaster Response Operations at national and international level. He studied CBRN Defense and Civil Protection at military academy and after his graduation as an officer, continued with a master degree in process and plant safety, where he is at the moment finishing his PhD in emergency planning and response at releases of toxic industrial chemicals.

6 Francisc Senzaconi (Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations) Mr. Francisc Senzaconi is a chemical engineer and works for General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations as chief of Disaster Risks Control Office. In this role, he is responsible for organizing and coordinating disaster prevention activities at national level, implementation of the Seveso III Directive, Hyogo and Sendai DRR framework implementation and create specific legal framework. He has an experience of more than 20 years in the field of Civil Protection and disaster risk prevention and he published over 10 articles in national and international science journals. Mr. Senzaconi is member of several national and international technical groups, among Seveso Expert Group responsible for the implementation of Seveso Directive, Technical Working Group 2 – Seveso II Inspections, Committee of Competent Authorities (CCA) on implementation of the Seveso Direc- tive, Working Group of Implementation of the UNECE Convention on transboundary effects of the industrial accidents, Working Group on National Risk Assessment (GLERN). In the period 2011 – 2015 he was Co-chair of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents. In the last 10 years, he participated as key-person, assistant and project leader to the implementa- tion of various national and international projects, among PPRD East, EMERSYS, RO-RISK.

Dan Șerbănescu (National Nuclear Company, Romania) Mr. Șerbănescu is a senior nuclear safety expert working for National Nuclear Company (Romania). He hold a PhD in nuclear engineering from Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering. He has 40 years of experience in nuclear safety and risk and a huge expertise gained working for different authorities, organizations and research institutes, among , CITON Institute, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, European Commission (DG Energy) and JRC. Author of a numerous articles and books on risk evaluation in the nuclear field, including contributor for technical documents published by IAEA. He participated, as external consultant for European Commission, in several international FP6 projects. In the period 2010 - 2012 he was chief editor on Risk for Industrial Activities part for the Safety Science journal of the Elsevier Publications. From 2014 is member of the Division of Logic and Models in Science of the Romanian Committee for the History of Science of the Romanian Academy and from 2018 is member of the National Technical Support Group on Risk evaluations for Nuclear Emergencies, under National Platform on DRR.

Alanna Simpson (World Bank) Dr. Alanna Simpson is a Senior Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Specialist and the DRM Regional Coordinator for the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia region. In this role, she works with governments to assess and commu- nicate disaster and climate risks towards policy reform and investment in preparedness, risk reduction and broad- er resilience. Previously at the World Bank, Alanna led the technical team responsible for supporting the Glob- al Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery Innovation Lab which supported World Bank teams across the globe in assessing climate and disaster risks and promotion of innovation and disruptive technologies for resilience. Dr. Simpson also worked for the Australian Government, where she led efforts to improve capacity to assess and manage disaster risks in the Philippines, Indonesia and the Pacific. A dual New Zealand and Australian national, Dr. Simpson holds a PhD in Geoscience from the University of Queensland, a M.Sc. from the University of Otago and a B.Sc. from the University of Auckland.

Adrian Tudose (Intelligence analyst, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Romania) In a security context dominated by uncertainty and information overload, a question comes to mind: How to make efficient decisions? It is my role and vocation to support that process by providing insight and shedding light from the large amount of data avail- able. I offer expertise to my superior echelons in taking rational, time effective and relevant decisions. Through the analytical prod- ucts delivered I contribute to the development of a comprehensive situational awareness picture. In this respect I consider the latest technological developments and the possibility that they can be employed by a hostile actor for interfering with or disrupting essential processes/services of state. My educational background includes a Master in Management and a Bachelor degree in Economics Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Outside of the office, I am committed to expanding my knowledge, as I am an avid reader. I am fluent in English, I understand and speak some French and I am always looking to brush up my language skills over coffee and drinks.

Philippe Tulkens (Deputy Head of Climate & Planetary Boundaries Unit, European Commission, DG RTD) Since June 2019, Philippe Tulkens is deputy head of the Unit “Climate and Planetary Boundaries” in the Research and In- novation Directorate General of the European Commission. The Unit he works for manages the programming of EU Research and Innovation activities and contributes to relevant R&I policies in the areas of climate, biodiversity, natural disaster risk reduction and environmental observation. During the recent years, he worked on accelerating clean energy innovation in the context of the Energy Union and as policy assistant to the Deputy Directorate General of DG Research and Innovation. He holds a PhD in climate physics and worked throughout his career at the interface between climate science and policies, in academic institutions, for the Belgian government, for the Chairman of the IPCC and, since 2006, for the European Commis- sion.

7 Radu Văcăreanu (Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest) Radu Văcăreanu graduated Civil Engineering in 1991 from the Technical University of Iasi, Romania. He got his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest (UTCB) in 1999 in the field of seismic risk assessment. Currently, he is Professor of Structural Reliability and Seismic Risk Analysis at UTCB. Radu Văcăreanu is Vice-President of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE), National Delegate of Romania at the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) and Executive President of the National Commission for Earthquake Engineering of Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration of Romania. In between 2002 and 2008 he was the director of the National Centre for Seismic Risk Reduction, implementing the JICA (Japan Technical Cooperation Agency) Project on Seismic Risk Reduction for Buildings and Structures in Romania. Radu Văcăreanu participated in international projects and coordinated national pro- jects aiming at seismic risk reduction. He published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences proceedings. His research interest covers the seismic hazard, fragility and risk analyses. Since March 2016 he is Rector of the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest.

Alessandra Zampieri (Head of Disaster Risk Management Unit, European Commision, Joint Research Centre) Alessandra is the Head of the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. The mis- sion of this Unit is to strengthen the EU’s resilience to crises and disasters and to help implement the EU’s aim to promote stability and peace through its research in crisis management technologies as well as in information mining and analysis. Alessandra is also responsible for running the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre on Disaster Risk Management. Her career started in Brussels, where she joined the European Commission immediately after graduating in Economics, at the University of Genoa. She spent several years formulating transport policies, first in the competent Commission services and then in the Cabinet of Vice President De Palacio. In 2009 she joined the Joint Research Centre as Head of the Maritime Affairs Unit tasked with developing scientific and technological methodologies for EU policies related to the sea. Subsequently she was appointed Head of the Demography, Migration and Governance Unit where she run the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) that aims to provide EU migration policymakers with policy-relevant knowledge and evidence-based analysis.

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