The "3rd International Disaster and Risk Conference Davos, Switzerland Risk, Disasters, Crisis and Global Change"
will be held at the city of Davos, Switzerland from the 30rd May 2010 to the 3rd June 2010.
Topics of the conference include:
* Risk Reduction & Disaster Management
* Sustainable Development & MDGs
* Climate Change Emerging Risks
* Early Warning Desertification and Land Degradation Risks & Ethics
* Urban Risks & Mega Cities
* Gender Aspects
* Vulnerability Reduction
* Risk Governance
* Critical Infrastructure
* Humanitarian Logistics
* Mega Catastrophes
* Resilience Increase
* ICT in Risk & Crises Management
* Financial Tools for Risk Transfer
The conference entails a set of plenary session, parallel sessions and training sessions, catering for a comprehensive overview of matters related to disasters and risks, as well as the various measures being undertaken in order to address them.
Some of the speakers include:
Anisya Thomas Fritz Co-founder Fritz Institute
Walter Fust Former CEO, Global Humanitarian Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
Domenico Giardini Prof. ETH Zurich and Director, Swiss Seismological Service, Switzerland
Saroj Kumar Jha Director, GFDRR, World Bank, Washington, USA
Luc Gnacadja General Director,UNCCD, Bonn, Germany
Alfred Lokuji Prof. University of Juba, Sudan
Granger Morgan Prof. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Maria Mutagamba Minister for Water and Environment, Kampala, Uganda
Janos Pasztor Director, UN SG Climate Change Support Team, New York, USA
Stefan Pickl Prof. University Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany
Saifur Rahman Prof. Virginia Tech (VT), Alexandria, USA
Stephan Rahmstorf Prof. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, Germany
Haresh Shah Prof. Stanford University and Founder RMS, Newark CA, USA
William Sabandar Special Envoy of the ASEAN Secretary General for Post Nargis Recovery
Myanmar, Indonesia
James Stavridis Admiral, US Navy and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO
Zhijian Wang Vice-Director, China Emergency and Rescue Management Institute, Beijing, China
A detailed programme and information on registration is available at the conference web site.
