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Conference programme
Wednesday 25th November
2009 |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Registration
and coffee |
11:00 – 12:30 |
Opening
Session: Enhancing European Resilience
Stavros Dimas,
Commissioner for the Environment, European Commission
Håkan
Jevrell, State
Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Sweden
Margareta Wahlström, Assistant
Secretary-General, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Luc
Van den Brande,
President, European Committee of the Regions
Chair:
Rick Thompson, former BBC International News Editor |
12:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30 – 16:00 |
Debate
1: Prevention & Precaution: Can we prepare for the unpredictable?
Rudolf
Niessler,
Director for Policy Co-ordination,
Directorate General Regional Policy, European Commission
Dr.
Volker Deville,
Executive Vice President, GPP Analysis & Strategy, Allianz SE
Henk Geveke, Director of National Security, Ministry of the
Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Netherlands
Dr.
Alex Bowen,
Principal Research Fellow, Grantham Research Centre for Climate Change and
the Environment, London School of Economics
Dr.
Nicolas de Sadeleer, Environmental Law, Saint-Louis University, Brussels
Moderator:
Ms Anya Sitaram, BBC World presenter
Debate
2: Risk Perception, Citizens' Self Sufficiency and Civil Protection Response
Pia
Bucella, Director
Legal Affairs and Civil Protection, Directorate General Environment, European
Commission
Shoichi Hasegawa, Deputy Director-General, Disaster Management
bureau,
Cabinet Office, Japan
Bruce
Mann, Head Civil
Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office, UK
Pilar
Gallego, Director
General for Civil Protection and Emergencies, Spain
Prof.
Ira Helsloot, Mass Psychologist, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dr
Brooke Rogers, Lecturer in Risk and Terror, Department of War Studies, King's College
London, UK
Moderator:
Aminda Leigh, former BBC journalist, Director Amros Media Solutions |
16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee
Break |
16:30 – 18:00 |
Seminar
A: European Civil Protection: progress made, challenges and opportunities
Opening
speaker: Volodymyr Shandra, Minister of Ukraine of Emergencies and Affairs of
Population Protection from the Consequences of Chernobyl Catastrophe
Peter
Simoncelli, Civil
Protection expert, Interior Ministry, Germany
Patricia
Gaspar, National
operations assistant, National Authority for Civil Protection, Portugal
Philippe
Nardin, Head of
International Relations, Operational Crisis Centre, France
Ingrid Nordström-Ho, Officer-in-Charge, Civil-Military Coordination
Section, Emergency Services Branch, UNOCHA
Moderator:
Hans Das, Acting Head of Unit Civil Protection - Disaster Response, European
Commission |
Seminar
B: Joint Needs Assessment in the immediate aftermath
Vladimir
Vlcek, Chief Fire
Officer, City of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Ralph
Michael James Stone,
Risk consultant, Great Britain
Niels
Scott, Head ACE
project, Disaster and Vulnerability Policy Section, UNOCHA
Kjell
Larsson, Head of
Operations Section, Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Sweden
Johannes
Luchner, Head of
Unit General policy affairs, relations with donors, evaluation, Directorate
General ECHO, European Commission
Moderator:
Peter Billing, Head of Sector Monitoring and Information Centre, Civil
Protection – Disaster Response Unit, European Commission |
Seminar
C: Raising citizens' trust and preparedness
Takashi
Imamura,
Programme Specialist, Section for Disaster Reduction, UNESCO
Patrice
Dallem, Director,
First Aid and Emergency Department, French
Red Cross
Katarina
Rydberg, Head of
Safety of the Individual Section, Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Sweden
Moya
Wood-Heath,
Emergency Planning/Civil Protection Advisor, British Red Cross
Moderator:
Ian Clark, Head of Unit Civil Protection – Disaster Prevention and
Preparedness, European Commission |
18:00 – 20:00 |
Reception |
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