Ignite Stage Agenda
Ignite Stage agenda
The GP2025 Ignite Stage provides an opportunity to expose ideas and initiatives in disaster risk reduction to the global DRR community. Its objective is to complement and expand the range of topics and projects discussed at the GP beyond those presented in the main sessions and side events. Each of the selected participants has an opportunity to speak for 15 minutes.
Venue: International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Rue de Varembé 17, Level 0, Espace Jeanne Hersch
- 4th June
4th June
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
5 min break
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 reductionTaiwo 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
5 min break
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
- 5th June
5th June
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)
5 min break
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)
5 min break
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
5 min break
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
- 6th June
6th June
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
5 min break
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
5 min break
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)