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2nd Annual Symposium Risk Forum 2019 Thursday, 21 November 2019 / PROGRAM

Welcome to #NRF2019! “The Nicosia Risk Forum 2019 provides the platform for an array of stakeholders –hailing from government, academia and the private sector– to exchange views and experiences, making it a truly multi-disciplinary event that produces a high level of discourse at a timely juncture.

This well-structured forum becomes truly essential since it makes stakeholders to consider why risk analysis is important, why it is, or should be, at the core of statecraft, and why political leadership must be in a position to assess the cost and benefit of their decisions, before these are made. For all these reasons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, actively supports the work of CERIDES and readily yields its auspices for this inspirational –and unique in nature– symposium.” 2nd Annual Symposium Nicosia Risk Forum 2019 Thursday, 21 November 2019 / PROGRAM

CULTURAL CENTRE, EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks, Deputy Spokeswoman of the Republic of Cyprus, Ms Klelia Vasiliou 9:15-9:25 HE the Ambassador of the State of , Mr Shmuel (Sammy) Revel 9:25-9:30 Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Nicosia 9:30-9:45 Introduction and Agenda Setting, Director of CERIDES, Prof George Boustras 9:45-10:00 Christos Stylianides, EU Commisioner Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Managemen Expert Panel On Risks From Natural Catastrophes Chaired By George Boustras 10:00-10:15 Andreas Frantzis, Commander of Civil Defense Cyprus 10:15-10:30 Charalambos Alexandrou, Director of Forestry Department 10:30-10:45 Polys Hadjivasileiou, Director of Cyprus Fire Service 10:45-11:10 Coffee Break Challenges for in Civil Protection in the era of Climate Change Chaired By George Boustras 11:10-11:30 Nikos Chardalias, Secretary General of Civil Protection, Hellenic Republic Regional Dimensions of Risks from Climate Change Chaired by Dr Cleo Varianou - Mikellidou 11:30-11:45 Nikos Tsonakas, Geosysco, “Advances in GIS and Security Technology” 11:45-12:00 Nikos Kamakiotis, CERIDES, “Mati: Post - Mortem Analysis” 12:00-12:15 Nicholas Paris, Civil Defense Force, “Societal risk perceptions: The case of Cyprus” 12:15-12:30 Lydia Vamvakeridou - Lyroudia, KWR International Research Center, “Enhancing the resilience of Critical Infrastructures to Urban Flooding” 12:30-12:45 Benson Chizubem, CERIDES, “Safety Advances in the Oil and Gas Industry” Challenges for Israel in Civil Protection in the era of Climate Change Chaired By George Boustras 12:45-13:10 Keynote Speech - Zeev Tsuk-Ram, VOVA, Head of NEMA, State of Israel 13:10-13:20 Cultural Center - Official Picture of the Forum 13:20-14:20 Networking Lunch, Cultural Center Foyer 14:20-17:30 Cultural Centre Foyer - Illustration of Technologies and Dissemination of EU funded tools 2nd Annual Symposium Nicosia Risk Forum 2019 Thursday, 21 November 2019 / PROGRAM

MICROSOFT INNOVATION CENTER , EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS

Session on EU Technologies and Results Chaired by Dr Christos Dimopoulos & Dr Christodoulos Efstathiades 14:20-14:30 ERMIS-F: Environmental Risk Management Information Service - Floods Cross-border cooperation Greece - Cyprus 14:30-14:35 ALTER, Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction 14:35-14:40 RESPONDRONE, Situational Awareness System for First Responders 14:40-14:45 J-CROSS, The Joint Cross Border Cooperation for Securing Societies Against Natural and Man-Made Disasters 14:45-15:00 Safety of LNG supply at port areas 15:00 -15:10 PALAEMON: A holistic passenger ship evacuation and rescue ecosystem 15:10-15:20 SECUREGAS, increase the security and resilience of the European gas networks 15:20 -15:30 MEDEA, Mediterranean practitioners’ network capacity building for effective response to emerging security challenges 15:30-15:30 COBRA - Confrontation of CBRN-Terrorism Threats 15:35 -15:40 QROC - Quick Response for Operational Centers 15:40-15:50 OENOWATCH - Implementation of a Decision Support System using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and establishment of a Competence Centre for innovative vine-growing to support the sustainable development of precision viticulture in Cyprus and maximize the national oenological potential 15:50-16:00 Erasmus+ projects of CERIDES: Overview of the Erasmus+ projects which CERIDES either coordinates or participates in 16:00-16:10 FIREHUB - EU knowledge hub of forest fires @ DG ECHO 16:10-16:20 ASGARD- Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data 16:20 -16:30 CyberTRUST - Advanced Cyber-Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Mitigation Platform for a Trusted Internet of Things 16:30 -16:35 SSEE- Shielding South-east Europe from CBRN-E threats 16:35-16:45 PrEstoCloud - Proactive Cloud Resources Management at the Edge for Efficient Real-Time Big Data Processing Cybersecurity Chaired by Dr Yianna Danidou 16:45-17:00 Christos Yiacoumi, KPMG 17:00 -17:15 Yianna Danidou and George Hadjichristofi, CERIDES, “EU Risks and Challenges in Cybersecurity” 17:15 -17:45 Evgenios Bardis, National CSIRT, “National Risks and Challenges in Cybersecurity” 17:30-17:45 Christos Ttiniozou, i-spiral, “Case Study of implementing RCMS at the Digital Security Agency” 17:45-18:00 Nicos Bogonikolos, ARATOS SA, “Blockchain applications for climate change” AUDITORIUM BETA, EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS Multilateralism in modern politics and its impact on regional peace Chaired By George Boustras 18:00 HE the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Nikos Christodoulides