Programme

Wednesday, October 8th

08:00 Opening of the Exhibition

Session I: Information

08:45 "Welcome to the Conference", Albrecht Broemme, President, THW; Christoph Unger, President, BBK; R. Uwe Proll, Editor in Chief, Behörden Spiegel; Reimar Scherz, Conference Chairman

09:00 "Future political Initiatives for a European Disaster Management", Dr. Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels

09:30 Discussion Round:"Information Management for European Disaster Management"
Chairman: Dr. Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels
Introduction: Albrecht Broemme, President, Federal Technical Relief Agency, Bonn

Dr. Wolfram Geier, Head of Section II – Emergency Planning, Protection of ciritcal Infrastructures, BBK, Bonn
Brigadier General Friedrich-Wilhelm Kriesel, Commander, Bundeswehr Strategic Reconnaissance Command, Rheinbach
Delilah Al Khudhairy, Institute for Security and Civil Protection, Joint Research Centre, Ispra
Guy Weets, Chairman, Public Safety Communication forum Europe
N.N., Sponsor

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 "An Information Model for coordinated Disaster Management in Europe", Delilah Al Khudhairy, Institute for Security and Civil Protection, Joint Research Centre, Ispra

12:00 Industry Note N.N., Sponsor

12:30 "Civil use of military reconnaissance Satelites", Dr. Fritz Merkle , Member of the Board, OHB Systems, Bremen

13:00 Luncheon

14:15 "Disaster Management in Europe – results of the trio council presidency and future perspectives"

Regimantas Ciupaila, Minister of the Interior, Lithuania
Dragutin Mate, Minister of the Interior, Slovenia
Rui Pereira, Minister of the Interior, Portugal tbc
Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, Minister of the Interior, Germany
Dr. Guusje Ter Horst, Minister of the Interior, Netherlands

16:00 Coffee Break

16:30 Panel Sessions I-V

18:00 Coffee Break

18:30 "Natural disasters in South-East Asia – lessons learned and perspectives", Prof. Dr. Nizamuddin Dato Zainaddin, University of Utora, Malaysia

19:00 "A Road Map: Integration of the Community Disaster Volunteers with the Provincial Disaster Management System",
Zeynep Sanduvac Turkmen, Istanbul Seismic Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness Project

19:30 Reception / Buffet

21:00 End of the first day of the conference

Thursday, October 9th

08:30 Opening of the Exhibition

Session II: Coordination

09:00 "The EU Community Mechanism", Esmé Dobson, European Commission

09:30 "Supporting Risk and Disaster Management from Space –The Role of UN-SPIDER", Dr. Joerg Szarzynski, Senior Expert, UN-SPIDER, Bonn

10:00 "Cross Border simulation for the training of Disaster Management Forces", Oliver Bruzek, Director Marketing International, CAE

10:30 "NATO's Role in Disaster Response in the Framework of NATO Civil Emergency Planning", Guenter Bretschneider, Head of the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), NATO, Brussels

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Discussion Round: "Coordination Operations? Strategies and international perspectives"
Chairman: Gerold Reichenbach, MoP, Berlin
Introduction: Christoph Unger, President, Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Bonn

Esmé Dobson, MIC, European Commission, Brussels
Guenter Bretschneider, Head of the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), NATO, Brussels
Brigdier General Giovani Manione, EU-Military Staff, Director CiMiC
Volker Strotmann, Head of Unit Operations, Federal Technical Relief Agency, Bonn
Ralf Küsters, CEO, Safe-Tec
N.N., Sponsor

12:45 Luncheon

Session III: Operation

13:30 "Joint operation – a challenge for personal and logistics", Amer A. Daoudi, Chief Logistics Service, WFP, Rome

14:00 "Operation logistics from the industry perspective", N.N., Sponsor

14:30 "Preparedness in the EU - the module system of the European Union", Steffen Schmidt, Senior Officer, Danish Rescue Services

15:00 Coffee Break

15:30 Panel Sessions V-IX

17:00 End of Conference

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