Program

09:00 - 10:00

Registration and welcome with coffee and tea (Waaier 2)

10:00 - 12:00

Opening Ceremony
Opening Words

●       Prof. Freek van der Meer, dean of the ITC faculty of the University of Twente

●       Dr Irene Manzella, Head of the Centre for Disaster Resilience

●       Dr Eefje Heindricks, Chair of the Organising Committee of the NEEDS Conference

Keynote Speakers

●       Opening remarks: Global vision and current challenges on disaster resilience by Prof. Thea Hilhorst, Director
of the Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC)                                                                                                        

●       Keynote Prof. Lotte Jensen, Radboud Universiteit, on the role of culture and history on disaster resilience

●       Keynote Prof. Maarten van Aalst, Director of the The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), on the role global climate change

●       Panel discussion in conversation with Prof. Thea Hilhorst                    

12:00 - 13:15

Lunch (Foyer, Waaier 2)

Information: The panels will be held in the Langezijds building. Please allow for some extra time to walk there.

PANEL SESSION 1 - 13:30-15:00 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

Taking on the politics of disasters by storm: Disaster risk reduction in conflict and humanitarian zones

Challenges of practicing nuanced vulnerability assessment

Children and Youth in Disasters: Addressing their Needs across Disaster Risk Management Phases

Cascading disasters: From vulnerability to resilience (1)

Room available for meetings. Please write to the NEEDS email if you want to book it, or feel free to use it if it is available.

Chair: Rodrigo Mena, Laura Peters

Chair: Maren Marie Egedorf, Marianne Mosebo, Kati Orru

Chair: Hamed Seddighi

Chair: Clare Egger & Francesca Giardini

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Laura Peters

1

Kati Orru

1

Hamed Seddighi

1

Saran Prakash

2

Katie Peters

2

Lotte Savelberg

2

Andra Covaciu

2

Laila Shahzad

3

Rodrigo Mena

3

Claudia Cardenas Becerra

3

Elske Marra

3

Davide Di Marcoberardino

4

Juliane Schillinger

4

Nina Blom

4

Raphael M. Ferrer

4

Vandana Choudhary

15:20-15:30 Coffee Break (Location ITC 2203/ Langezijds building lounge)

PANEL SESSION 2 - 15:30-17:00 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

Would future events echo the past ones in highly dynamic environments? Challenges in assessing compounding and multi-hazard risk

Quirky Disaster Research Misfits: Unconventional, Rare, and Exceptional Topics in Disaster Studies

Humanitarian Engineering Design

Adaptive governance by and for poor urban communities in the Global South

Room available for meetings. Please write to the NEEDS email if you want to book it, or feel free to use it if it is available.

Chair: Funda Atun

Chair: Cordula Dittmer

Chair: Alberto Martinetti, Peter Chemweno, Nina Trauernicht and Nikola Nizamis

Chair: Jan Fransen

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Andra-Cosmina Albulescu

1

Sara Bonati

1

Farnaz Arefian

1

Maria Carinnes Alejandria

2

Robert Sakic Trogrlic

2

Shinya Uekusa

2

Milad Zamanifar

2

Mahed Choudhury

3

Yao Li

3

Phoebe Whittington

3

Fredrik Huthoff

3

Emily Ragus

4

Sophie Buijs

4

Rendell de Kort

4

Nil Akdede

4

Ronan McDermott

5

Tesse de Boer

5

Stanley Guevarra (TBC)

5

Syarifah Aini Dalimunthe

 17:00-18:30 Drinks and Meet & Greet: “Meet the future disaster scientists” (Location ITC 2203/ Langezijds building lounge) -  
                      Everyone is invited

08:30 - 09:30 Coffee and tea (Location ITC 2203/Langezijds building lounge)

PANEL SESSION 1 - 09:30-10:50 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

A cultural turn in disaster studies? Exploring epistemological, socio-historical and scalar perspectives (1)

Communication and Decision Making linked to vulnerability and disaster resilience (1)

Community Engagement in Disaster Management (1)

Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Disaster Studies (1)

Flood Risk Governance: International Perspectives to Building Flood Resilient Societies (1)

Chair: Verena Flörchinger, Isabelle Desportes, Vicente Sandoval

Chair: Sten Hansson, Heather Handley

Chair: Selby Knudsen

Chair: Kaira Zoe Alburo Cañete

Chair: Steven Ashley Forrest, Anne Bach Nielsen

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Isabelle Desportes

1

Sten Hansson

1

Annekha Chetia

1

Dennis John Sumaylo

1

Zequiang Pan

2

Claudia Gonzalez-Muzzio

2

Mhari Gordon

2

Laura Petersen

2

Massimo Cattino

2

Annemargreet de Leeuw

3

Barsha Shrestha, Sanjaya Uprety

3

Kristi Nero

3

Phoebe Whittingon

3

Matthias Kokorsch

3

Mahmood Fayazi

4

Terry Cannon

4

Kate McNeil

4

Caroline Sorge

4

Christelle Juin Ancha

4

Nina Blom Andersen

5

Tugba Altin

5

Thaisa Comelli

5

Kaniska Singh

10:50-11:20 Coffee Break (Location ITC 2203/ Langezijds building lounge)

 PANEL SESSION 2 - 11:20-12:40 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

Room available for meetings. Please write to the NEEDS email if you want to book it, or feel free to use it if it is available.

Communication and Decision Making linked to vulnerability and disaster resilience (2)

Community Engagement in Disaster Management (2)

Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Disaster Studies (2)

Flood Risk Governance: International Perspectives to Building Flood Resilient Societies (2)

Chair: Eefje Hendriks

Chair: Selby Knudsen

Chair: Maria Carinnes Alejandria Gonzalez

Chair: Steven Ashely Forrest, Anne Bach Nielsen

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Andrew Powell

1

Dennis John Sumaylo

1

Tugba Altin

1

Anne Bach Nielsen

2

Kaniska Singh

2

Zeqiang Pan

2

Abigail Ewen

2

Verena Flörchinger

3

Thomas Kox

3

Christian Webersik

3

Melody Teodoro

3

Willi Bauer

4

Lisa Köhler

4

Renz Prudenciado

4

Jesusa Paquibot

4

Sylvia Kruse

5

Xu Shiying

5

Terry Cannon

5

Karl Daniel Begnotea

5

Hyeonggeun Ji

Marc van den Homberg

Marijke Panis

Rodrigo Mena

12:40-13:40 Lunch

 PANEL SESSION 3 - 13:40-15:00 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

The Role of Social Media in Disaster Risk Management (1)

The Urban Problem of Disasters (1)

Community Engagement in Disaster Management (3)

Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Disaster Studies (3)

Cascading disasters: From vulnerability to resilience (2)

Chair: Matthieu Branlat, Robert Larruina

Chair: Maansi Parpiani

Chair: Selby Knudsen

Chair: Yvonne Su

Chair: Clare Egger & Francesca Giardini

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Sten Hansson

1

Mrudhula Koshy

1

Laura E.R. Peters

1

Suchismita Goswami

1

Ahlke Kip

2

Mahmudul Hasan

2

Tolulope Ajobiewe

2

Mayank Ojha

2

Steven Forrest

2

Enrique Arias Arostegui

3

Everjoy Grace Chiimba

3

Desire Mpanje

3

Renz Prudenciado

3

Jacquelyn De Asis

4

Tanu Gupta

4

Ranjan Datta

4

Harianne Gasmen

3

Likha G. Minimo

5

Anne Bach Nielsen, Emmanuel Raju

5

Yvonne Su

4

Daniel F. Lorenz

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break (Location ITC 2203/ Langezijds building lounge) 

PANEL SESSION 4 - 15:30-16:50 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

Room available for meetings. Please write to the NEEDS email if you want to book it, or feel free to use it if it is available.

The Urban Problem of Disasters (2)

Workshop: Research Safety, Security, and Ethics

Latinx perspectives on

slow disasters: Conceptual reflections from Latin America and beyond

Filmmaking as a Research Method and Output in Disaster Studies

Chair: Maansi Parpiani

Chair: Rodrigo Mena

Chair: Ricardo Fuentealba, Valentina Carraro, Karen Paiva H., Fabio de Castro

Chair: Emiel Martens

Speakers

Organisers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Monia Del Pinto

1

Rodrigo Mena

1

Tomás J. Usón

1

Sara Bonati

2

Tristian Stolte

2

Lea Liekefedt

2

Débora A. Swistun

2

Rico Kongsager

3

Jacquleen Joseph

3

Thea Hilhorst

3

Enrique Arias Arostegui

3

Yvonne Su

4

4

Martha Welander

4

Marcelo Gonzalez Galvex

17:00-18:00   Poster Session & Drinks (Location ITC 2203/ Langezijds building hallway) - Facilitator: Robert Larruina

19:00-22:00   Conference Dinner (Location ITC 2203/Langezijds building Restaurant)

08:30 - 09:30 Coffee and tea (Location ITC 2203/Langezijds building lounge)

PANEL SESSION 1 - 09:30-10:50 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

Governing systemic disaster risk: perspectives from the south (1)

Localizing disaster risk reduction strategies: humanitarian assistance, all-hazards approach, and Inclusivity in DRR (1)

Research as a means of capacity building: challenges and options (1)

A cultural turn in disaster studies? Exploring epistemological, socio-historical and scalar perspectives (2)

Cascading disasters: From vulnerability to resilience (3)

Chair: Annisa Triyanti

Chair: Sebastien Boret

Chair: Nina Baron and Matthias Kokorsch

Chair: Isabelle Desportes, Verena Flörchinger, Vicente Sandoval

Chair: Clare Egger, Francesca Giardini

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Robert Sakic Trogrlic

1

Shinya Uekusa

1

Annekha Chetia

1

Abigail Ewen

1

James Kendra, Maggie Leon-Corwin, Adam Andresen, Rachel Davidson

2

Niti Mishra

2

Abigail Ewen

2

Massimo Cattino

2

Enrique Arias Arostegui

3

Likha G. Minimo

3

Bikash Chetry

3

Jacob Taarup

3

Miranda Simes

2

Mark Bosmans

4

Mrudhula Koshy

4

Phoebe Whittingon

4

Rico Kongsager

4

Vicente Sandoval

3

Marleen de Ruiter

5

Thaisa Comelli

5

Carla Vitantonio

5

Sara Heidenreich

5

Verena Flörchinger

4

Tjorven Harmsen, Ina Hennen

6

Matthias Kokorsch

5

Yvonne Su

10:50-11:20 Coffee Break (Location ITC 2203/ Langezijds building lounge)

PANEL SESSION 2 - 11:20-12:40 (ITC Building Langezijds)

Room 1: LA2315

Room 2: LA 2310

Room 3: LA 2312

Room 4: LA 2409

Room 5: LA 2405

Governing systemic disaster risk: perspectives from the south (2)

Localizing disaster risk reduction strategies: humanitarian assistance, all-hazards approach, and Inclusivity in DRR (2)

Research as a means of capacity building: challenges and options (2)

Special panel:
Children as agents of change in the face of the climate crisis

Room available for meetings. Please write to the NEEDS email if you want to book it, or feel free to use it if it is available.

Chair: Annisa Triyanti

Chair: Sebastien Boret

Chair: Nina Baron and Matthias Kokorsch

Chair: Funda Atun

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

1

Davide Cotti

1

Cordula Dittmer

1

Joris Haagen

Vedant Menon (11 years old) and Nora Nepa (11 years old)

2

Fafali Roy Ziga-Abortta

2

Swati Sharma

2

Kerstin Eriksson

3

Gusti Ayu Ketut Surtiari

3

Takako Izumi

3

Laurits Rauer Nielsen

4

Kwabena Frimpong Nyarko

4

Sebastien Boret

4

Mikkel Nedergaard

5

Patience Oputan

6

Jacob Taarup

12:40 - 13:40 Lunch (Waaier Foyer)

Information: The closing ceremony will take place in the Waaier building. Please allow for some extra time to walk there.

14:00 - 14:10

Screening of Micro-Presentations (TBC)

14:10 - 14:30

Announcement winner photo and video competition

14:30 - 16:00

Keynote Speeches:

●       Ceremony Opening: From global perspectives to local action by Peter Heintze

●       Keynote Nathalie Olijslager-Jaarsma, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

●       Keynote Jacquleen Joseph, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS),

●       Keynote Sherwan Qasem, Humanitarian Aid Practitioner working for the Emergency Department of MSF Operation Centre Amsterdam

●       Prof. Karin Pfeffer, University of Twente

●       Panel discussion guided by Peter Heintze                                                                                           

16:00 - 16:15

Coffee break

16:15 - 17:15

Closing Ceremony with all keynote speakers

19:00 - 22:00

Invitation: Following the closing ceremony, everyone is invited to join us for a celebratory moment at the Stanislaus Brewskovitch bar in the city. This is an optional activity, and expenses are on an individual basis.

 09:00 - 10:00 Women in Disaster Resilience round table café: "Empowering Women in Disaster Resilience: Roles and Challenges"   
                        (Location ITC 2409/Langezijds building) - Everyone is invited

SIDE EVENTS

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Important:

To register for the side events and learn more about them, please visit our website and click on the 'Side Events' tab.

Keep an eye on that page because we have more side events in the making.

Stay tuned for updates and join us in these exciting events!

Urban Climate Change Adaptation Cycle Shop

Rotterdam Urban Resilience

Disastrous Information: Embedding “Do No Harm” principles into innovative geointelligence workflows for effective humanitarian action

Warming Up Festival

Time: 10:00 - 14:00

Time: 12:00 - 18:30

Time: 10:00 - 15-30

Description: The Warming Up Festival present an extensive program about climate justice. During the Warming Up Festival you can visit various locations across Amsterdam for art routes, concerts, talks, films and workshops on climate issues. Warming Up develops, (co)produces and presents arts & entertainment projects around climate change, focused on systemic change: not just tech solutions, but social justice first. Unlike anything else, the arts provide a safe space for imagining, experimenting and practicing new ways of relating to the world. In the context of a long running impact campaign inspiration then turns into action.

More info about and tickets, please visit: www.wearewarmingup.nl/festival

Location: ITC Langezijds Building

Location: Central Station Enschede (depart to Rotterdam)

Location: (Location ITC 2405/Langezijds building)

Description: Cycle through Enschede on a guided tour with an expert in green urban infrastructure to understand green urban infrastructure measures and why they are critical for the city, as well as discuss opportunities for your own town. Lunch will be provided.

Max. Participants: 30

Description: The group leaves at 12.00 from CS in Enschede by train to Rotterdam to introduce participants to the resilient journey of Rotterdam which led to its integration within the Resilient Cities Network. The goal of the excursion would be to present different projects covering a large span of dimensions of resilience: social cohesion and education; the energy transition; adaptation to climate change, infrastructure & changing governance.

Max. Participants: 25

Description: This event examines the question of what the use of geospatial intelligence (i.e., satellite and drone imagery combined with AI) does to the core principles of the “Do No Harm” humanitarian imperative. It will begin with project presentations on topics such as group privacy in disaster response and regulatory measures to uphold the core principles of humanitarian action, followed by lunch, and concluding with an interactive session on identifying potential harms when using drone technologies for disaster response.            

Additional costs: Free

Additional costs: Train ticket

Additional costs: Free, but please register if you are planning to attend

Organisers: Eefje Hendriks, Zoe Aldrich

Organisers: Clara Egger, Convergence

Organiser: Caroline Gavaert