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PROGRAM 4th July 2013 |
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8h30-9h00 |
REGISTRATION + POSTER POSTING |
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9h00–9h20 |
WELCOME & VIDEO PRESENTATION "Do you want to know if it will rain in a few hours?"
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Daniel Sempere-Torres HAREN Coordinator (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) |
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9h20-9h45 |
INAUGURATION |
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The Challenge of facing weather-induced hazards at European Scale in the XXI century. |
Juha Auvinen (DG ECHO) Philippe Quevauviller (DG ENTR) Paola Albrito (UN ISDR) Michael Staudinger (Director of ZAMG) Antonio Amorós Mayoral (DG Protección Civil y Emergencias) Steve Noyes (EUMETNET) |
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THE RELEVANCE OF THE COOPERATION AT EUROPEAN LEVEL |
Chairperson: Daniel Sempere-Torres (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) |
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9h45–10h00 |
The Role of National Platforms in reducing the risk of disasters in a changing climate |
Paola Albrito (UN ISDR) |
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10h00-10h15 |
The role of the Emergency Response Centre in the framework of the Civil Protection mechanism. |
Peter Billing (DG ECHO) |
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10h15-10h30 |
The importance of the European cooperation facing rainfall-induced hazards. |
Steve Noyes (EUMETNET) |
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10h30-10h45 |
Fostering cooperation between Meteorological Services and Civil protections at European Scale. |
Michael Staudinger (METEOALARM Chair and Director of ZAMG) |
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10h45-11h00 |
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION |
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11h00-11h30 |
POSTER SESSION With Coffee |
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THE CHALLENGE OF SHORT-TERM HIGH-RESOLUTION RAINFALL NOWCASTING |
Chairperson: Taito Vainio (DRS MoI) |
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11h30-11h45 |
From Rainfall Nowcasting to Hazard assessment at European scale: The HAREN project. |
Daniel Sempere-Torres (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) |
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11h45–12h00 |
The OPERA radar composites: An opportunity to provide high-resolution rainfall information at European scale. |
Bojan Lipovscak (OPERA representative) |
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12h00–12h15 |
Adding value to the OPERA composites through short-term high-resolution rainfall nowcasting. |
Marc Berenguer (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) |
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12h15–12h30 |
Providing probabilistic rainfall nowcasts at European scale. |
Jarmo Koistinen (FMI) |
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12h30–12h45 |
Advanced products: forecasting heavy rainfall cells at European Scale using OPERA composites. |
Vera Meyer (ZAMG) |
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12h45-13h00 |
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION |
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13h00-14h15 |
LUNCH |
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VERIFICATION TESTS AND REAL APPLICATION CASE STUDIES |
Chairperson: Pekka Rossi (FMI) |
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14h15-14h30 |
Learning from EFAS to develop European Flash Flood Hazard identification capacities. |
Jutta Thielen (Joint Research Centre) |
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14h30–14h45 |
How to integrate in the HAREN products the experience of an Emergency and Rescue Service. |
Taito Vainio (DRS MoI) |
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14h45–15h00 |
Case study of the floods of September 2012: Test of the HAREN products by the Spanish Civil Protection. |
Ariane Alvarez (DG Protección Civil y Emergencias) |
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15h00–15h15 |
Case study of the floods of May 2013: Test of the HAREN products by the Lower Austria Civil Protection. |
Johann Dantinger (LWZ-NO) |
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15h15–15h30 |
Transforming Science into innovation for Civil Protection and Efficient Disaster Risk Reduction. |
Philippe Quevauviller (DG ENTR) |
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15h30-15h45 |
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION |
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15h45-16h15 |
POSTER SESSION With Coffee |
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ROUND TABLE AND OPEN DEBATE |
Chairperson: Juha Auvinen (DG ECHO) |
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16h15–17h15 |
Barriers and challenges for a more efficient response face the rainfall-induced risks at European Scale. |
Juha Auvinen (DG ECHO) Demetrio Innocenti (UN ISDR) Michael Staudinger (Director of ZAMG) Steve Noyes (EUMETNET) Bojan Lipovscak (OPERA representative) Philippe Quevauviller (DG ENTR) Jutta Thielen (Joint Research Centre) Lola Ortíz-Sánchez (Spanish DG Coastal Protection) Daniel Sempere-Torres (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) |
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17h15–17h20 |
Closing words. |
Daniel Sempere-Torres (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) |
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