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Florianopolis
Day 2
Speakers
Joaquin Toro
Pablo Suarez

WELCOME TO UR22 – DO LOOK UP!

09:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Kara Siahaan
Maricar Rabonza
David Lallemant

Avoiding Disasters

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Marcelo Sabanes
Massimiliano Pittore
Seda Kundak
Funda Atun
Cees Van Westen

PARATUS: Promoting Disaster Preparedness and Resilience

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Carmine Galasso
Anil Pohkrel
Ramesh Guragain
Thaisa Comelli
John McCloskey
Gemma Cremen

Democratising the Concept of Multi-Hazard Risk toward a more Equitable, Disaster-Resilient Future

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Edward Anderson
Pierre Chrzanowski
Tukupala Mwalyolo
Mercy Mbise
Msilikale Msilanga
Niina Käyhkö

Resilience Academy – Unlocking a Digital and Resilient Generation?

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Steffen Lohrey
Shreyasi Choudhury
Fionne Marshall
Misha Khan

Interactions with the HydroMet Community

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Jared Mercadante
Michelle Forbes
Naraya Carrasco
Jerry Chandler
Cristobal Mena
Mary Elinor Boyer

Building a Culture of Preparedness

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Lealou Reballos
Hijme Inoue
Awad Mataria
Mersedeh Tariverdi
Jun Rentschler

Preparing Health Systems for the New Age of Shocks

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Rosane Duque Estrada Vieira
Camila Dalla Porta Mattiuzi
Frederico Peixinho
Luciana Cordeiro

Design Principles for Disaster Alerting

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Satchit Balsari
Niels Souverijns
Nokuthula Dubazane
Nicholas Jones
Ross Eisenberg

Extreme Heat in Cities: From Assessment to Action

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Omar Sweeney
Fred Pedroso
Stephen Hutton

IEG: What Next for Disaster Risk Reduction at the World Bank?

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Giulia Baldi
Maureen Tejeda
Hared Hassan
Pak Maliki
Asha Williams
Mirtha Escobar

Adaptive Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management: Case Studies

14:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Carlos Uribe
Ramon Soto
Ricardo Quiroga
Manuel Sosa
Claudia Herrera Melgar
Mirtha Escobar

Investing in a More Resilient Central America and Dominican Republic

14:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Jerry Chandler
Fernando Alvarez
Bernardo Astudillo Basulto
Lucy Jones
Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch

Multicultural Risk Communications: Experiences from around the World

14:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Diego Monsalve
Juan Bazo
Bastian Manz
Bridget Hickey
Jonathan Gascoigne
Colin Doyle

When Is “Early Enough” for Effective Anticipatory Action for Flooding?

14:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Naima Imam Chowdhury
Eliana Rubiano-Matulevich
Jamie Saunders
Diana Maria Galeano Servian
Kelera Kolivuso-Ravono
Urška Zrinski

How to Strengthen Social Capital in the Caribbean?

16:00Florianopolis
Speaker
Roilan Valdes

Exploring the Past to Prepare for the Future: an Energy Company View

16:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Flor Acevedo
Diogo Nogueira
Gustavo Manrique Miranda
Carlos Nobre
Anna Wellenstein

Working Together – Regional, National and Local Action in the Amazon

16:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Fathimath Shaufa
Muchi Juma Ameir
Fernando Castanaza
Keiko Sakoda
Soichiro Yasukawa

Towards a Safer Built Environment: Risk-Informed Policy Making

16:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Patricia Ramirez
Carlos Uribe
Mario Ordaz
Edward Sparkes
Michael Hagenlocher

Understanding, Assessing and Managing Systemic Risk

16:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Rafael Melara
Hon Dr. Renato Solidum, Jr.
Nicolas Pondard
Shanna N. McClain

Risk: What Do We Really Need to Know to Take Action

17:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Pak Maliki
Wayne Girard
Roberto Ramirez Alvarenga
Mirtha Escobar

Money Talks: The Risk of Not Knowing Your Risk

14:00Florianopolis
Day 3
Speakers
Lisa Robinson
Thomas Lehmann
Lauren Devoll

Risk in the Era of Digital Platforms

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Mesfin Addisu Zike
Hon Dr. Renato Solidum, Jr.
Elizabeth Emanuel
Claudia Herrera Melgar
Janeil Johnston
Lukas Loeschner
Shubharoop Ghosh
Ronald T. Eguchi

Connecting the Dots on Multi-Hazard Risk Management

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Catalina Ramirez
Jo Read
John Bevington
Boris Van Zanten

Slow, Spread & Retain: a Real-Life Demonstration of Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Resilience

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Kerri Cox
Mary Boyer
Rashmin Gunasekera

Hurricane Hurry: Can you Protect your Country’s Finances in a Crisis?

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Maximiliano Laina
Joaquin Ezcurra

Aerocene Backpack Flight Demo

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Jerry Chandler
Carlos Uribe
Jaime Eraso
Sabine Kast
Kit Miyamoto

How to Turn Risk Data into DRR Policies and Implementable Actions

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Esraa O.Elgadi
Ameneh Karimian
Barbara Babweteera Mutambi
Amira Sadik Aly
Aline Vieira de Carvalho
Repaul Kanji

Learning from Old Tides to Ride Future Waves

10:15Florianopolis
Speakers
Philip Hippolyte
Andrew Schroeder
Nuala Cowan
Alberto Lorenzo
Alex Chunet
Pierre Chrzanowski

Digital Earth Partnership: how to Make Earth Observation for the Most Vulnerable?

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Simon Heck
Stacy Kimmel
James Tefft
Fatime Souckar Terab
Alexander Mirescu
Makoto Suwa
Cécile Lorillou

Urban Food Resilience: New Risks, New Technologies, New Opportunities

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Gina Sanguinetti Phillips
Jorge Barrientos
Raja Nazaruddin
Isabel Ponce de Leon
Flavia Lorenzon
Elizabeth Emanuel

360 Degree View of Inclusive Insurance and the Linkages with Social Protection Mechanisms

11:45Florianopolis
Speaker
Swarna Kazi

Innovative Approaches to Improve the Resilience of Coastal Communities

11:45Florianopolis
Speaker
Frederico Pedroso

Remaining Connected: Building Resilience in the Transport Sector, Public Sector

11:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Frederico Rudorff
Anil Pokhrel
Ramon Soto
Claudia Herrera Melgar

Governments: How Are We Making Risk Informed Decisions

13:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Naraya Carrasco
Amb. Francine Baron
Min. Wayne Girard
Michelle Forbes
Elizabeth Riley

How Much Is Enough? Experiences from Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

14:45Florianopolis

Remaining Connected: Building Resilience in the Transport Sector, Private Sector

14:45Florianopolis
Speaker
Joao Rocha

Resilience through the AWS Cloud

14:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Marina Tamara Mendoza
Mary Elinor Boyer
Charles Huyck
Nicholas Jones
Shanna N. McClain
Claudia Herrera Melgar

Simplifying Decisions with Indices

14:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Solape Hammond
Eliot Pernet
John Bevington
Ross Eisenberg

Making Urban Flood Protection More Accessible: Decoding Risks, Democratizing Assessment, and Expanding Insurance Access

14:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Sella Nevo
Newton Neto

Leveraging AI for Social Impact @ LATAM

15:45Florianopolis
Speakers
Araújo Gomes
Paula Padrino Vilela

UR22 Closing Ceremony

16:30Florianopolis
Day 4
Speaker
Aslam Perwaiz

Upscaling Innovative Financing for Nature-based Solutions in Asia

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Malin Ed
Janaína Mapurunga Bezerra de Miranda
Paolo Gonzalez
Marina Carvalho De Lorenzo
Tiago Falco Silva

Towards Shock Responsive Social Protection in Brazil

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Francisco Dourado
Rafael Schadeck
Frederico Pedroso

From Talking to Walking the Road: How to Implement the Vision

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Evandro Holz
Luciano Peri
Regina Panceri
Mário Freitas

Simple and Affordable Software Solutions for Disaster Risk Contingency Processes

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Clara Ariza
Roberto Mendez
Deborah Brown
Naraya Carrasco

Understanding Sectoral Recovery Capacities to Accelerate Recovery, a Contribution from the Caribbean to other Regions

09:30Florianopolis
Speaker
Ross Eisenberg

Turning Risk Understanding into Actionable Projects: A Resilient Cities Investment Workshop, with a Hands-On Urban Heat Study Tour

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Daniel Stephens
Kerri Cox
Mary Boyer
Rashmin Gunasekera

Hurricane Hurry: Protecting Your Country’s Finances in a Crisis

09:30Florianopolis
Speaker
Claudia Herrera Melgar

Consolidate Safe, Inclusive and Resilient Development

11:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Regina Panceri
Frederico Rudorff

Alerts Communication and DRR Education in Santa Catarina

11:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Luis Sousa
Swenja Surminski
Eduard Plana Bach
Valentina Bacciu
Teresa Deubelli-Hwang
JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer

Nature-Based Wildfire Risk Management: what Role for Insurance?

11:00Florianopolis
Speaker
Reinaldo Estelles

Nature-Based Solutions, Adaptation and Resilience in Recife/PE

14:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Derek Rowan
Mary Boyer

Designing and Managing Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs)

14:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Diana Maria Galeano Servian
Urška Zrinski

Gender-Responsive Disaster Preparedness, Recovery and Budgeting Equitably for DRM Policies

14:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Marta Pertierra
Enrique Galdón
David López

Climate Hazards Risk Reduction Approaches by Implementing Asset Management Systems

14:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Kevin Blanchard
Victor Marchezini
Mirtha Escobar
Carina Fearnley
Claudia Fernandez de Cordoba Farini
Ilan Kelman

Inclusive Warnings

15:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Pedro Mello e Cruz
Alan (Alby) Lee
Tilly Alcayna
Nickolle de Abreu
Pablo Suarez

Suspension for Belief: Harnessing Aereal Circus Arts for Risk Communication

15:30Florianopolis
Day 5
Speakers
Allan Lavell
Claudia Herrera Melgar
Walid Afifi
Conor Seyle
Raquel Lejtreger
Carlos Uribe

Behavioural Science – The Key to Unlocking Resilience

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Roxana Ciurean
Julius Schlumberger
Ana Clara Cassanti
Timothy Tiggeloven

Bridging Science to Practice for Multi-Risk Adaptation in a Diverse World: an Interactive Lab

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
David Lallemant
Lindsay Davis
Karen Barns
Robert Soden
Sabine Loos

Incorporating Equity into Risk Modeling: Setting a Vision for the Future

09:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Lorenzo Marchetti
Rachele Gianfranchi

Public Safety end-to-end: the Future of Early Warning Systems

14:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Nancy Nuñez
Thomas Lehmann

Social Media Workshop

14:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Shanna McClain
Lisa Robinson

Risky Conversations

14:00Florianopolis
Speakers
Yazmin Charrez Quezada
Osmar Velasco
Ana Sofia Estrada Mejía
José Sergio Martínez Santana
Claudia Herrera Melgar
Francisco Álvarez
Rodrigo Reynoso Wilde

Real-Time Disaster Assessment and Monitoring

15:30Florianopolis
Speakers
Louise Foulkes
Juan Caballero
Manuela Pinilla Rodriguez
Monica Schroeder

A World Tour of Resilient Housing: Lessons from Colombia, Philippines, and the Caribbean

15:30Florianopolis