CEU Summer University
Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction
JULY 1-5, 2019, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Application deadline: March 3, 2019
Workshop Information
The Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) workshop will highlight recent advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and how they are empowering both decision-makers and citizens to play a proactive role in managing disaster risks and providing more effective disaster response. The workshop will build upon experience and expertise in ICTs and DRR by both UNDP and a diverse network of organizations, who have come together over the past several years to train environmental professionals in the field. Combining regional UNDP experience, ICT industry expertise, and accumulated first-hand knowledge by this global community of practice, the workshop will offer both theoretical and practical skills in disaster risk reduction, monitoring, and recovery.
Best practice case studies will be highlighted, through which technologies have been proven to be highly effective tools in disaster management. The transformative digital opportunities provided by the workshop will allow its participants to integrate know-how in a decision-making process, facilitate response and establish multi-stakeholder partnership for regional and global cooperation.
Program themes will include ICTs for DRR, Early Warning Systems, innovations in climate risk management (CRM) and disaster preparedness and response, smart cities, and integration of relevant innovative solutions into sectoral and municipal development. A range of technologies will be presented including remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), big data, citizen science, mobile technologies, data portals, and more.
Target Group
The workshop is targeted at representatives of regional and country offices of UN agencies, National Focal Points of international conventions, relevant government agencies (e.g. Ministries of Emergency Situations, Environment, Communications), researchers and civil society. Proven experience to any aspect of disaster risk reduction, whether in a professional or academic context, is a prerequisite for the workshop.
Workshop Directors
Viktor Lagutov, Central European University, Hungary
Armen Grigoryan, UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and CIS, Turkey
Workshop Faculty
Douglas Cripe, Group on Earth Observations Secretariat, Switzerland
Lorant Czaran, United Nations
Gyorgy Domokos, Airbus DS Geo Hungary Ltd., Hungary
Iain MacInnes, DigitalGlobe, USA
Ed Parsons, Google, UK
András Szöllősi-Nagy, UNESCO
Application Information
For further information on the workshop and application procedures, please visit: https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/disaster-2019 or contact us at info@isepei.org.
Additional Information
This workshop is a joint activity between United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Central European University through the ISEPEI project. This course is a part of the “Bridging ICTs and Environment” workshop series. It is run under the organizational framework of the CEU Summer University.