Oral Programme NH10.1/EG5

Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment
Convener: M. Foote 
Co-Conveners: R. Muir-Wood , D. Bresch , A. Smolka
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Thursday, 23 Apr 2009
Room: 6
Chairperson: Matt Foote; Rashmin Gunasekera
I. Public Policy and Natural Hazards

08:30–08:45
EGU2009-14107
M. Schaerer and M. Arnold
Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment (solicited)

08:45–09:00
EGU2009-8453
T. Hlatky
HORA - an Austrian platform for natural hazards (solicited)

09:00–09:15
EGU2009-2894
R. Muir-Wood
When the levee breaks - public policy and holistic risk management - lessons from Katrina for coastal cities faced with rising storm surge flood risk

09:15–09:30
EGU2009-12384
J. Eldridge and D. Horn
Flood risk and insurance loss potential in the Thames Gateway

09:30–09:45
EGU2009-11749
R. Teeuw, N McWilliam, N Morris, and C Saunders
Mapping for the masses: using free remote sensing data for disaster management

09:45–10:00
EGU2009-13126
P. McSharry
Risk communication for practitioners

COFFEE BREAK
Chairperson: Anselm Smolka; Iman Karimi
II. Risk Assessment and Natural Hazards

10:30–10:45
EGU2009-6395
G.W. Michel, M. Thomas, and P. Mosquera
Science & (vs.) Insurance: the (non-)Modelability of Catastrophe Insurance Risk (solicited)

10:45–11:00
EGU2009-14134
L. Zeng
On modelling parametric risk transfers: A fertile field for scientific research

11:00–11:15
EGU2009-9977
J. Guin, M Simic, and J Rowe
Challenges of Modeling Flood Risk at Large Scales

11:15–11:30
EGU2009-11894
J. Kleinn
Seasonal Hurricane Prediction: a User Perspective

11:30–11:45
EGU2009-6904
S. Kleppek, M. Wüest, C. C. Raible, A. Kitoh, H. Murakami, T. F. Stocker, V. Muccione, and D. N. Bresch
Atlantic Hurricanes in Future Scenarios and Associated Insurance Losses

11:45–12:00
EGU2009-8091
WP Apsinall, RSJ Sparks, and G Wadge
Risk assessment at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat

LUNCH BREAK
Chairperson: Robert Muir-Wood; David Bresch
III. Earthquake Risk Assessment and Public Policy

13:30–13:45
EGU2009-3517
M. Dolce
Prevention and Mitigation of Seismic Risk in Italy (solicited)

13:45–14:00
EGU2009-6654
E. Durukal, K. Sesetyan, and M. Erdik
Turkish Compulsory Earthquake Insurance and “Istanbul Earthquake

14:00–14:15
EGU2009-4104
A. Smolka
GEM - The Global Earthquake Model

14:15–14:30
EGU2009-12387
R.J.S. Spence, A. W. Coburn, and S.J. Ruffle
Estimation of vulnerability functions based on a global earthquake damage database

14:30–14:45
EGU2009-3451
H. Crowley and A. Modica
Modelling the Epistemic Uncertainty in the Vulnerability Assessment Component of an Earthquake Loss Model

14:45–15:00
EGU2009-13039
A. Sorby, P. Grossi, A. Pomonis, C. Williams, M. Nyst, T. Onur, P. Seneviratna, and A. Baca
Applications of modelling historical catastrophic events with implications for catastrophe risk management

15:00–15:15
EGU2009-13834
M. Treml, S. Steimen, and O. Novak
Seismic Risk Assessment and its Limits: the Dubai/UAE case

COFFEE BREAK
Chairperson: Matt Foote; Anselm Smolka; Robert Muir-Wood
IV. PANEL and AUDIENCE: Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment:

TOPIC 1: Impact of natural hazards on effective decision making in public policy.

TOPIC 2: The relevance of Commercial Applications of natural hazards.

TOPIC 3: Future trends in Natural catastrophe risk assessment.

17:30–18:00Three Presentations

18:00–19:00Panel and Audience Discussion


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