10:00-10:15

Disastrous disadvantages of affordable housing

Kit Miyamoto

Miyamoto International

10:15-10:30

From vulnerability to resilience: RIADIS and the path to an inclusive climate future

Rosa María Juárez Cobeñas

Red latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Personas con Discapacidad (RIADIS)

10:30-10:45

How science reduces disaster risk and saves the public and private sectors billions

Dr. Louis Gritzo

FM Global

10:45-11:00

Heroines of Resilience: Women at the forefront of anticipatory action in Southeast Asia

Ipsita Sircar

Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)

11:00-11:15

The virtual reality classroom: Engaging students and communities in collaborative learning with virtual reality to understand disasters and climate change

Binod Prasad Parajuli

Climate, Risk & Resilience Lab (CRR)

11:15-11:30

Election Emergency and Crisis Monitor: Mapping impact and response to disasters

Erik Asplund

International IDEA

11:30-11:45

The Community Trust Index: understanding community trust for effective early action

Gefra Fulane

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

11:45-12:00

Pacific Owned Women-led Early Warning and Resilience (POWER) systems: Solutions from Pacific Island women-led innovation

Carolyn Kitione

Shifting the Power Coalition

12:00-12:15

Promoting a culture of disaster preparedness through children

Juan Manuel Arribas Berendsohn

Hombro a Hombro

12:15-12:30

Make every warning count: Resilience for the first mile

Carina Fearnley

Warning Centre, University College London

12:35-12:50

Every school day counts: a new era for reducing disaster risk in the education sector

Petra Heusser

Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (EiE Hub)

12:50-13:05

Creative risk communication: carrying forward the legacy of Pablo Suarez

Bruno Haghebaert

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

13:05-13:20

Serious fun: Using creativity to communicate global catastrophic and existential risks

Lara Mani

Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge

13:20-13:35

From crisis to resilience: Integrating displacement into local DRR planning

Karla Lienhart, Lorenzo Guadagno

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

13:35-13:50

Deemed to drown?! How to save the world’s sinking cities

Philip S.J. Minderhoud

Wageningen University and Research

13:50-14:05

Unravelling the complexity of systemic risks using conceptual models: lessons from risk assessments in Asia, Africa and Europe

Edward Sparkes

Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University

14:05-14:20

No districts left behind: Meeting at-risk residents halfway for next generation DRR

Nashin Mahtani

Disaster Map Foundation

14:20-14:35

Belt and Road transit infrastructure protection from the financial consequences of large disasters

Kirill Savrassov

Phoenix CRetro Ltd.

14:35-14:50

Empowering youth and children for a resilient future:
GRMI’s actions for flood risk reduction

Taiwo Ogunwumi

Geohazard Risk Mapping Initiative (GRMI)

14:50-15:05

Enhancing coastal resilience for DRR with CoastWAVE

Bernardo Aliaga Rossel

UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Resilience Section

15:10-15:25

Saving lives in Yemen: Climate-resilient actions in support of conflict-affected populations

Gamal Ahmed Ali Bahaj

Yemen Alkhair for Relief and Development Foundation (YARD)

15:25-15:40

Design and implementation of the disability annex of the Resilient Cities initiative in Latin America

Carlos Kaiser

Disability inclusive DRR network for Latin America and the Caribbean (Red GIRDD LAC)

15:40-15:55

Human-tech nexus: Building a safe haven for coping with climate extremes

Shivangi Chavda

Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)

15:55-16:10

Disaster loss and damage data to develop better DRR and CCA Policy

Yuta Hara, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University

16:10-16:25

Technology and data sizing the climate crisis

Luiz Marchiori

Codex

16:25-16:40

Sentinel Asia: Space-based international cooperation for disaster management in the APAC region

Natsumi Ueda, Yuki Tanaka

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

16:40-16:55

Bridging the gap: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Rio Conventions

Jamie Cummings, Abraham Bugre

UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism

16:55-17:10

Inclusive municipality anticipatory actions protocols

Mauricio Mogollón

ADISA Guatemala, CBM Germany

17:10-17:25

Vigirisque Inondations System

Hadine Achraf

Ministry of Interior of Morocco - Natural Risk Management Directorate

17:25-17:40

The Corporate Chief Resilience Officers (CCRO) network

Gianluca Pescaroli, Guy Gryspeerdt

University College London, Honeywell International Inc.

17:40-17:55

Enhancing media's institutional strategies for disaster preparedness, response and risk reduction

Xu Jing

UNESCO

17:55-18:10

Inclusive resilience: A specialised disaster preparedness forum for persons with disabilities and senior citizens

Jessica Bianca T. Sy

SM Cares

08:45-09:00

Promoting a culture of disaster preparedness through children

Juan Manuel Arribas Berendsohn

Hombro a Hombro

09:00-09:15

Connecting communities: The role of iRespond in inclusive emergency management

Christine Noemi Santos

City Government of Muntinlupa, Philippines

09:15-09:30

From local to global: Critical insights from piloting ASRA's systemic risk framework

Sarah Hendel-Blackford

Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA)

09:30-09:45

Glacier-related disaster risk reduction: Enhancing resilience from mountains to valleys

Alex Mackey

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Zoï Environment Network (Zoï), University of Geneva, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

09:45-10:00

Ni-Vanuatu women leading disability inclusive DRR

Flora Vano

ActionAid Vanuatu

10:00-10:15

Multi-risk anticipatory action: Opportunities for scaling up

Tesse de Boer

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

10:15-10:30

Risk communication for early action in Barbados: Findings, learnings and opportunities for scale

Christal Benjamin

Early Warning Early Action Future Leaders Network, Anticipation Hub

10:30-10:45

Disability inclusion in building disaster resilience

Sofia Karma, Evangelia Kallimani

European Center for Forest Fires (ΕCFF), Institute of National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases in Greece

10:45-11:00

Urban benchmark: Exploring the accountabilities in businesses in disaster risk reduction in cities

Tony H. Widjarnarso

World Benchmarking Alliance

11:00-11:15

Real-time Impact-based Tsunami Forecast Facility and Tsunami Ready

Shunichi Koshimura, Denis Chang Seng

UNESCO IOC

11:15-11:30

Data for resilience

Maria Ignacia Rojas

Chilean institute for disaster resilience (ITREND)

11:35-11:50

Messy maps: Integrating local knowledge through qualitative GIS to enhance resilience

Faith Taylor

King's College London

11:50-12:05

Fortalecimiento de la resiliencia en Ecuador: Transformando la resiliencia empresarial con el modelo BEOC de Filipinas

Alejandra Lasso

Cámara de Industrias y Producción of Ecuador, the OCHA/UNDP Connecting Business initiative

12:05-12:20

CoastalSense: Empowering community with low-cost technology for coastal resilience

Giovanni Cynthia Pradipta

U-INSPIRE Indonesia

12:20-12:35

The multi-hazard platform for Early Warning Systems for All

Nurfashareena Muhamad

Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

12:35-12:50

Harnessing local strength: a bottom-up approach to building resilient and sustainable communities

Siti Mariam Abu

National Disaster Management Agency of Malaysia (NADMA)

12:50-13:05

Piloting a disaster connectivity map for AI-enhanced disaster connectivity risk assessment

Paul Hamilton

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

13:05-13:20

Sendai BOSAI TECH: Innovative DRR platform via creation with multiple stakeholders

Satoko Shibuya (Shibata)

City of Sendai

13:20-13:35

A methodology to listen to missing voices for more inclusive disaster risk reduction

Mirianna Budimir

Practical Action

13:35-13:50

Strengthening weather, water, climate services for DRR and CCA - the NGO potential unlocked

Christina Aebischer

Swiss NGO DRR Platform

13:50-14:05

Spatial risk assessment in urban planning for DRR localization and combating inequality

Makiko Ohashi

Cabinet Office (Japan), Japan International Cooperation Agency (Japan), Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (Brazil)

14:10-14:25

HANDA program: Empowering MSMEs and local communities to build forward better

Joanna Rose T. Laddaran

University of the Philippines, Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP ISSI)

14:25-14:40

Cities 4 Women: inclusive and climate resilient urbanisation in Nepal

Ilija Gubic

UNOPS, UN-Habitat and Cities Alliance

14:40-14:55

Fostering locally-led disaster resilience through community-led Innovation partnership

Jessica Novia

YAKKUM Emergency Unit

14:55-15:10

A resilient recovery: Empowering communities through Cash for Work

Ghulam Asghar Kansro, Sana Parveen

Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project - Planning and Development Department, Government of Sindh, Pakitsan

15:10-15:25

Enhancing operational responses to CBRN events: The role of the eNOVATION project and related initiatives in strengthening national and international disaster response capabilities and supporting the Sendai Framework for DRR

Sarah Arnaert

Belgian National Crisis Centre (NCCN)

15:25-15:40

PRORED initiative for risk management and urban resilience in 7 cities of Ecuador

Edison Calderón

Ecuadorian Network of Climate Change, WFP, USAID-BHA

15:40-15:55

SOPs on admission and stay for cross-border disaster displaced persons

Nicodemus Nyandiko

Platform on Disaster Displacement, Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

15:55-16:10

Act today, for tomorrow! COPE: Empowering children in disaster resilience.

Martha Keswick

COPE Disaster Champions

16:10-16:25

How artificial intelligence is enabling a culture of disaster preparedness & risk reduction in Peru

Juan Manuel Arribas

Hombro a Hombro (Peru), the OCHA/UNDP Connecting Business initiative

16:25-16:40

Impact of resilient bridges on the enhancement of the resilience of the transportation network and region

Sachidanand Joshi

UBMS Research Group

16:45-17:00

Invisible heat: Connecting lives, cities and the urgency to act

Martyn Clark

Group on Earth Observations (GEO), C40

17:00-17:15

Cool surfaces for buildings and pavement areas to mitigate urban heat

E V S Kiran Kumar Donthu

National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh, India

17:15-17:30

April 2015 earthquake and dead body management in Nepal: Lessons and future preparedness

Shankar Prasad Koirala

DPNet Nepal

17:30-17:45

Enhancing climate resilience in Togo: multi hazards early warning system for communities

Colonel Yoko Baka

CREWS initiative, Civil Protection of Togo

17:45-18:00

Learning from community experience of everyday risks and repair practices – lessons from Nairobi and Karachi

Arabella Fraser

Open University UK, University of Oslo, Karachi Urban Lab Pakistan, Kounkuey Design Initiative Kenya

18:00-18:15

Media and communication for community resilience and trust through DRR systems

Melissa Eveleigh

BBC Media Action

09:00-09:15

Building resilience in Afghanistan: Inclusive early warning systems in fragile and conflict-affected contexts

Yunziyi (Lisa) Lang

CREWS initiative

09:15-09:30

Financing resilience: Building Resilience Index at IFC - World Bank

Ommid Saberi

International Finance Corporation

09:30-09:45

Transgender inclusive DRR and humanitarian response - Pakistan floods 2022: a national case study based on humanitarian and human rights frameworks and practices

Nayyab Ali

Peace and Justice Network Pakistan

09:45-10:00

HERitage of resilience: a model for gender-responsive and inclusive disaster risk reduction

Maria Campuzano Perez

Women’s Resilience to Disasters (WRD) Programme, UN Women Pacific

10:00-10:15

Children and youth as advocates and champions of change on DRR and climate action

Mohammad Shazed

Plan International

10:15-10:30

Protection, gender and inclusion in anticipatory action

Chiara Ambrosino

Plan International UK

10:30-10:45

Watershed-based intercommunal multi-hazard early warning system

Manuel von der Muehlen

Plan International El Salvador

10:45-11:00

“Every Day Really Counts”: the power of buskers as DRR rapid messengers

Anggun Angelina

Senior High School Negeri 48 (SMPN 48), Jakarta, Indonesia

11:00-11:15

Global Status of School Safety - Key Findings from the 2024 Comprehensive School Safety Policy Survey

Janaina Hatsue Barrozo Hirata

The Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector

11:15-11:30

Building resilience, one school at a time

Zulekha

National Disaster Management Authority, Pakistan, National Database and Registration Authority, Benazir Income Support Program

11:35-11:50

Addressing systemic risks in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan

Haris Mushtaq

GIZ - GIDRMc

11:50-12:05

Reaching the last mile: Makati’s Advance Warning for Actionable and Risk-Informed (MAWARI) system

Zean Denice Campo

City Government of Makati

12:05-12:20

Community-based risk reduction: The IFRC road map to community resilience

Blessed Mbang

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

12:20-12:35

Strengthen disaster risk reduction in urban resettlement processes

Emmanuel Raju

Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research, University of Copenhagen

12:35-12:50

Nature-positive disaster risk transfer and financing

Alina Bill-Weilandt

Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University

12:50-13:05

Tsunami United: Connecting the next generation to build coastal resilience

Giovanni Cynthia Pradipta

U-INSPIRE Indonesia

13:05-13:20

Water scarcity disaster risk reduction in Iraq through digitalization of water resource management

Sarra Ghazi

Save the Children International

13:20-13:35

EWS1294 in Cambodia and Laos: Scaling inclusive early warning systems through regional collaboration

Lukas Laube

CREWS initiative

13:35-13:50

Gender Observatory for Disaster Risk Reduction

Cynthia Rodríguez

LAC Women’s Network for Disaster Risk Reduction

13:50-14:05

Building trust networks: How crisis partnerships transform disaster response

Amy Sins

Fill the Needs, Ukraine NGO Coordination Network

14:10-14:25

Harnessing the power of youth volunteerism and technology in resilience building

Ma Thessa Ramos

Eastern Visayas Society of Native Tree Conservation and Youth for Resilience Network

14:25-14:40

Constructing flood-resilient, gender-inclusive latrines in Limbe, Cameroon

Tanda Godwin Ade

Environmental Protection and Development Association

14:40-14:55

Understanding and acting on interconnected risks, locally-led, gender responsive Mothers’ Clubs in Chad

Guinbe Arnaud

Red Cross of Chad

14:55-15:10

Science meets actions!

Ranit Chatterjee

U-INSPIRE Alliance

15:10-15:25

Integrate Pasifika: Co-creating Pacific knowledge networks

Orisi Naivalurua

The Pacific Community (SPC)

15:25-15:40

Multi-Hazard Sustainability (HazSus): from earthquakes to global sea-level

Ting Lin

Texas Tech University

15:40-15:55

Global model for cost effective minimum humanitarian standards through Nepal's Sphere localization

Raju Thapa

Disaster Prepardness Network, Nepal (DPNet)