European Congress on Disaster Management27th / 28th August 2019, bcc Berlin Congress Center

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This international conference of experts in Berlin keeps the different decision-makers and players in the field of disaster control informedof the latest developments.

The Congress promotes an active dialogue among authorities, univer-sities and experts in the area of disaster control and civil protection. Every year, this conference was a meeting place for 500 participants from more than 40 nations in Berlin. Together they reflect political develop-ments, deepen cooperation and create networks. The Congress will be held in English and German.

This event allows the significant actors in European and International civil protection to exchange Ideas, strengthen their contact and to discuss future challenges. The European Congress on Disaster Management is an integrated part in the calendars of decision makers from home and abroad.

Der Kongress in Kürze» Advisory Board of European personalities» International platform for decision makers of civil

protection and disaster management» High level contributions from representatives from

Ministries and the European Commission» Main Program with international prominent figures

from politics, administration and economy» Discussions with international experts» Accompanying exhibition of leading manufactures

Jochen SteinChair of Working Community of the Headof Professional Fire Brigade Germany,Head of the Fire Department Bonn

Mag Robert StockerHead of Department Deployment, Crisis and Catastrophe Coordination, Federal Ministry of the Interior Austria

Rainer SchwierczinskiVicepresident (rtd.), Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)

Christoph UngerPresident of Federal Office of CivilProtection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)

Peter-Michael KessowPresident DLRG State AssociationBrandenburg e.V.

Prof Dr Wolf-Dieter LukasHead of Department Key Innovations –Research for Innovations, Federal Ministryof Education and Research (BMBF)

Mag Siegfried JachsHead of Division Federal Crisis andCatastrophe Protection Management aswell as Civil Protection , Federal Ministryof the Interior Austria

Dr Johannes Richert Deputy General Secretary and Head of theNational Relief Society, German Red Cross

Albrecht BroemmePresident, Federal Agency forTechnical Relief (THW)

Christoph Flury Deputy Director of the Federal Officeof Civil Protection (BABS) Switzerland,President of the Congress 2019

Colonel (medical Corps)(ret.) Ulrich GrüneisenVice President of the German Society ofDisaster Medicine e.V.

Major General Carsten BreuerCommander, Command Territorial Tasksof the German Federal Army

Advisory Board

Franz-Josef Hammerl

Director-General, Directorate-General KM Crisis Management and Civil Protection, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Community

27th August 2019 Main programme

7.30 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration / Welcome Coffee

9.00 Welcome to the CongressChristoph Flury, Deputy Director of the Federal Office for Civil Protection (BABS) Switzerland, President of the Congress 2019R. Uwe Proll, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Behörden Spiegel

9.15 Opening SpeechFlorian Pronold, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

9.45 Models for mutual civil protection assistanceRaed Arafat, Secretary of State, Head of the Department for Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania

10.15 Current developments in researchVolker Rieke, Head of the department „Provision for the Future – Basic Research and Research for Sustainable Development“, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

10.45 Effects of climate change on disaster risk management – a new role for the federal government?Franz-Josef Hammerl, Head of the Directorate-General KM Crisis Management and Civil Protection, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Community

11.15 COFFEE BREAK

11.45 Panel – Session 1• 1A: Impacts of climate change: droughts & forest fires room B 05 - B 06 • 1B: Operations in case of CBRN-hazards: training, practice, operational tactics room B 07 - B 08 • 1C: Logistic in Disaster Medicine I room B 04 • 1D: Constructional Protection room B 09

13.15 LUNCH

14.30 Panel – Session 2• 2A: Areas and possibilies for practice for security authorities room B 07 - B 08 • 2B: Digitisation: Challenges and opportunities for civil protection room B 05 - B 06 • 2C: Logistic in Disaster Medicine II room B 04 • 2D: Networks for flood protection - results, trends and discussion room B 03 • 2E: Civil protection: modern equipment room B 09

16.00 COFFEE BREAK

16.30 Energy transition: what does the introduction of LNG means for the fire brigads?Mag Franz Petter, Development and introduction of drones ,Hamburg Fire Department

16.50 Climate change - Challenge for the Red Cross/Red Crescent movementDr Johannes Richert, Deputy General Secretary and Head of the National Relief Society, German Red Cross

17.10 Outlook: how will the European climate evaluate in the future?Tobias Fuchs, Head of Unit Climate and Environment, Deutscher Wetterdienst

17.30 DEBATE: The adaptability of the European disaster management to the climate changeChair: Marian Wendt, President, THW Federal Association of Volunteers and Sponsors & CDU/CSU-parliamentary group, German

BundestagSpeakers: • Paola Albrito, Chief Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)• Albrecht Broemme, President, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)• Luigi D‘Angelo, Director of the Operational Office for Emergency Coordination, Italian Department of Civil Protection of the

Presidency of the Council of Ministers• Dr Andreas Marx, Head of Climate Office for Central Germany, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

18.30 Hanno-Peter-Awardawarded by Prof Dr med Leo Latasch, President, German Society of Disaster Medicine e.V

18.45 Buffet and Networking

Media partner

THE MAGAZINE FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE

www.euro-defence.eu (“The European”)

28th August 2019 Main programme

7.30 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration / Welcome Coffee

8.55 Lessons Learned: flood catastrophe in Iran in March 2019Prof Hamidreza Khankeh, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

9.25 DEBATE: Protection of mass eventsChair: Bernd Manthey, Commander-in-Chief of the Public Order Support Forces (rtd.)Speakers: • Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Fiedrich, Public Safety and Emergency Management, School of Mechanical Engineerung and Safety

Engineering, Wuppertal University• Dirk Fleischer, Managing director Operations, DB Sicherheit GmbH• Jochen Stein, Chair of Working Community of the Head of Professional Fire Brigade Germany, Head of the Fire Department Bonn• Fred Weingardt, Head of Unit National Relief Society, DRK district of Dortmund e. V

10.30 COFFEE BREAK

11.00 Panel – Session 3• 3A: Artificial intelligence: an instrument for disaster management? room B 05 - B 06 • 3B: warn, alert, inform I room B 09 • 3C: Building the case for a European CBRN Support Center room B 07 - B 08 • 3D: Research for Civil Security room B 04

12.30 LUNCH

13.30 Panel – Session 4• 4A: Protection of critical infrastructure room B 05 - B 06 • 4B: How do I save volunteering? room B 07 - B 08 • 4C: Hanno-Peter-Award room B 04 • 4D: warn, alert, inform II room B 09

15.00 COFFEE BREAK

15.15 DEBATE: Territorial Hub – architecture for a common situationChair: Jürgen Schreiber, Secretary General, German Society of Disaster Medicine e.V.Introduction: Major General Carsten Breuer, Commander, Command Territorial Tasks of the German Federal ArmySpeakers: • Andreas Backhoff, Commander-in-Chief of the Public Order Support Forces, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building

and Community• Dr Rod McCall, Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology • Christoph Flury, Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Civil Protection (BABS) Switzerland• Daniel Lohmaier, Head of Division, German Joint Information and Situation Centre (GMLZ/BBK)

16.15 End of congress

Congress partner

Chair of the congress: Rainer Schwierczinski, Vicepresident (rtd.), Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)

Forschungsforum Öffentliche Sicherheit

Panel SessionPANELS 1 27TH AUGUST 2019, 11.45 – 13.15

Panel 1A

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 05 - B 06]

Impacts of climate change: droughts & forest fires

Dr Alexander Götz, Head of Unit 3, Ministry of the Interior and Sports Lower Saxony

Frank DegenRaimund Engel, Chief Forester, State Forestry Service Brandenburg Alexander Esser, Division II.1General Policy Issues of Civil Protection; Voluntary Service; Risk Analysis, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)Jochen Stein, Head of the Fire Department Bonn Chair of Working Community of the Head of Professional Fire Brigade GermanyDennis Wolf, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), State association Bremen, Lower Saxony

Panel 1B

Chair and intro:

Speakers:

[room B 07 - B 08]

Operations in case of CBRN-hazards: training, practice, operational tactics

Jürgen Schreiber, Secretary General, German Society ofDisaster Medicine e.V.

Dr Carlos Rojas-Palma, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN)André Schild, Professional firefighter, Fire department Essen Christian Spörri, Deputy head of fire brigade, Head CBRN brigade, GVZ Gebäudeversicherung Canton ZurichN.N., Robert Koch Institute

Panel 1C

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 04]

Logistic in Disaster Medicine I

Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Müller, GGerman Society ofDisaster Medicine e.V.

Dr med Andrea Vincenzo Braga, MBA Rochester, CEObragamed GmbHUrsula Steffens, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disas-ter Assistance (BBK)Dr med univ Erika Wichro, International Consultant

Panel 1D

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 09]

Constructional Protection

Prof Dr-Ing Norbert Gebbeken, Faculty of CivilEngineering and Environmental Sciences, ResearchCentre RISK, University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Jan Bäumer, Directorate II - Risk Management, Internatio-nal Affairs, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)Dr Bernhard Fischer, Federal Institute for Research onBuilding, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR)Jörg Michael Rock, Head of Supervision Berlin Uniformed Police, Berlin Senate Department for the Interior and Sport Paul Warnstedt, Institute of Structural Analysis, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich

PANELS 2 27TH AUGUST 2019, 14.30 – 16.00

Panel 2A

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 07 - B 08]

Areas and possibilities for practice for security authorities

Ulf Langemeier, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)

Lieutenant Denis Burada, General Inspectorate for Emergen-cy Situations, Romania Ministry of Internal AffairsDr Christos Katzidis, MP, CDU parliamentary group North Rhine-WestphaliaJürgen Schart, President, German Search and Rescue Dog AssociationLieutenant Colonel Ralf Wippich, Command Territorial Tasks of the German Federal Army

Panel 2B

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 05 - B 06]

Digitisation: Challenges and opportunities for civilprotection

Erko Grömig, Head of section, Association of German Cities

Veith Bosenbecker, Disaster Prevention & Planning Section, Frankfurt Fire & Rescue ServiceAlbrecht Broemme, President, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)Pablo Gómez, Strategic Marketing Director of Genasys, LRADDr Monika John-Koch, Head of Division II.3 Critical Infrastruc-ture Protection Strategy; Cyber Security, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)Dr Klaus Pfaffelmoser, research associate, ModulaTeam GmbHMartin Schuster, Senior Incubation Champion, Deutsche Telekom ISP GmbH

Panel 2C

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 04]

Logistic in Disaster Medicine II

Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Müller, GGerman Society ofDisaster Medicine e.V.

Sebastian Gold, THW-Commissioner of the regional office Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)Dr. Andreas Müller Cyran, Crisis intervention team (KIT) MünchenJürgen Schreiber, Secretary General, German Society ofDisaster Medicine e.V.

Panel 2D

Chair:

Speakers

[room B 03]

Networks for flood protection - results, trends and discussion

Dr. Christian Illing, Project coordinator DAREnet, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)

Dirk Barion, auditor for the flood and heavy rain risk manage-ment, German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)Marc Scheibel, HochwasserKompetenzCentrum (HKC)Iris Schneider, FIRE-IN and MEDEA, Federal Agency for Tech-nical Relief (THW)Prof Dr Uwe Ulbrich, Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universi-tät Berlin

Panel 2E

Chair:

Speakers

[room B 09]

Civil protection: modern equipment

Peter-Michael Kessow, President DLRG State Association Brandenburg e.V.

Dietmar Massino, CEO, CTM Fahrzeugbau Berlin GmbHMag Franz Petter, Development and introduction of drones,Fi-re Department HamburgMikael Svanberg, President, European Fire Fighters Unions Alliance

Panel SessionPANELS 3 28TH AUGUST 2019, 11.00 – 12.30

Panel 3A

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 05 - B 06]

Artificial intelligence: an instrument for disaster management?

Heinz-Dieter Meier, Director Bundespolizei a.D.

Dr Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová, Organizational unit Multilinguality and Language Technology, German Research Center for Artificial IntelligenceAnnika Nitschke, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)Aleksandar Stojanovic, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, AVA

Panel 3B

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 09]

warn, alert, inform I

Gerd Lehmann, Behörden Spiegel

Dipl-Ing Stefan Grobelny, research associate at the Institute of Fire Service and Rescue Technology (IFR), Fire Depart-ment DortmundTobias Herr, Head of BOS digital radio of HesseJürgen Kormann, Leiter Produktmarketing Funk-Systeme, SELECTRIC Nachrichten-Systeme GmbHHarald Rickmeyer, Development & Projects division, HÖR-MANN WarnsystemeHendrik Roggendorf, Head of Division I.2 Warning of the Population, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)Dirk Warneke, Sales Executive Public Services, F24 AG

Panel 3C

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 07 - B 08]

Building the case for a European CBRN Support Center

Dr Carlos Rojas-Palma, Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK•CEN)

Dr Per-Erik Johansson, European CBRNE Centre, SwedenJohn Jones, senior expert in CBRN CoE Project 65 in Central AsiaJoão Oliveira Martins, Head of the Department for Emer-gencies and Radiation Protection, Portuguese Environment AgencyPeter Tulkens, Politics Matters, Belgium

Panel 3D

Chair:

Speaker:

[room B 04]

Research for Civil Security

Dr. Olav Teichert, technology consultant, VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH

Dr. Julia Gerz, project manager, Kühn Geoconsulting GmbHHarm Bastian Harms, Head of Unit for International Projects and Cooperation (IPC), Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.Achim Six, consultant for project „HoWa-innovativ“ at depart-ment 45 (flood forecasting centre), Saxon state office for environment (LfULG)

PANELS 4 28TH AUGUST 2019, 13.30 – 15.00

Panel 4A

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 05 - B 06]

Protection of critical infrastructure

Dr Hans-Walter Borries, Deputy Chair, Federal Association for the protection of critical infrastructure (BSKI e.V.)

Per Kleist, Fire brigade BerlinChristian Kunz, Federal Office of Civil Protection (BABS) SwitzerlandDr Marcus Wiens, Institute for Industrial Production (IIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Panel 4B

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 07 - B 08]

How do I save volunteering?

R. Uwe Proll, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Behörden Spiegel

Roland Draier, CEO, topocare GmbHDr Serge Embacher, Civil Society and Democracy, National Network for Civil SocietyHarm Bastian Harms, Head of Unit for International Projects and Cooperation (IPC), Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.Dr Matthias Münch, Landesfeuerwehrverband Berlin e.V.Wolfgang Lindmüller, Federal spokesman, Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)

Panel 4C

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 04]

Hanno-Peter-Award

Colonel (medical Corps) (ret.) Ulrich Grüneisen, Vice Presi-dent of the German Society of Disaster Medicine e.V.

Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Christoph AmelunxenLars Burmann, M.A. Nils Ellebrecht, M.A. Jens Tobias von den Berken, M.Sc

Panel 4D

Chair:

Speakers:

[room B 09]

warn, alert, inform II

Gerd Lehmann, Behörden Spiegel

Dipl-Ing Stefan Grobelny, research associate at the Institute of Fire Service and Rescue Technology (IFR), Fire Department DortmundTobias Herr, Head of BOS digital radio of HesseJürgen Kormann, Leiter Produktmarketing Funk-Systeme, SELECTRIC Nachrichten-Systeme GmbHHarald Rickmeyer, Development & Projects division, HÖR-MANN WarnsystemeHendrik Roggendorf, Head of Division I.2 Warning of the Population, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)Dirk Warneke, Sales Executive Public Services, F24 AG

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