Thursday, 23 April 2009
Room 6
Chairperson: Matt Foote; Rashmin Gunasekera
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I. Public Policy and Natural Hazards
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08:30–08:45
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EGU2009-14107
Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment
(solicited)
M. Schaerer and M. Arnold
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08:45–09:00
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EGU2009-8453
HORA - an Austrian platform for natural hazards
(solicited)
T. Hlatky
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09:00–09:15
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EGU2009-2894
When the levee breaks - public policy and holistic risk management - lessons from Katrina for coastal cities faced with rising storm surge flood risk
R. Muir-Wood
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09:15–09:30
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EGU2009-12384
Flood risk and insurance loss potential in the Thames Gateway
J. Eldridge and D. Horn
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09:30–09:45
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EGU2009-11749
Mapping for the masses: using free remote sensing data for disaster management
R. Teeuw, N McWilliam, N Morris, and C Saunders
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09:45–10:00
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EGU2009-13126
Risk communication for practitioners
P. McSharry
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COFFEE BREAK
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II. Risk Assessment and Natural Hazards
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10:30–10:45
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EGU2009-6395
Science & (vs.) Insurance: the (non-)Modelability of Catastrophe Insurance Risk
(solicited)
G.W. Michel, M. Thomas, and P. Mosquera
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10:45–11:00
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EGU2009-14134
On modelling parametric risk transfers: A fertile field for scientific research
L. Zeng
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11:00–11:15
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EGU2009-9977
Challenges of Modeling Flood Risk at Large Scales
J. Guin, M Simic, and J Rowe
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11:15–11:30
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EGU2009-11894
Seasonal Hurricane Prediction: a User Perspective
J. Kleinn
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11:30–11:45
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EGU2009-6904
Atlantic Hurricanes in Future Scenarios and Associated Insurance Losses
S. Kleppek, M. Wüest, C. C. Raible, A. Kitoh, H. Murakami, T. F. Stocker, V. Muccione, and D. N. Bresch
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11:45–12:00
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EGU2009-8091
Risk assessment at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat
WP Apsinall, RSJ Sparks, and G Wadge
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LUNCH BREAK
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III. Earthquake Risk Assessment and Public Policy
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13:30–13:45
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EGU2009-3517
Prevention and Mitigation of Seismic Risk in Italy
(solicited)
M. Dolce
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13:45–14:00
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EGU2009-6654
Turkish Compulsory Earthquake Insurance and “Istanbul Earthquake
E. Durukal, K. Sesetyan, and M. Erdik
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14:00–14:15
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EGU2009-4104
GEM - The Global Earthquake Model
A. Smolka
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14:15–14:30
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EGU2009-12387
Estimation of vulnerability functions based on a global earthquake damage database
R.J.S. Spence, A. W. Coburn, and S.J. Ruffle
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14:30–14:45
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EGU2009-3451
Modelling the Epistemic Uncertainty in the Vulnerability Assessment Component of an Earthquake Loss Model
H. Crowley and A. Modica
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14:45–15:00
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EGU2009-13039
Applications of modelling historical catastrophic events with implications for catastrophe risk management
A. Sorby, P. Grossi, A. Pomonis, C. Williams, M. Nyst, T. Onur, P. Seneviratna, and A. Baca
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15:00–15:15
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EGU2009-13834
Seismic Risk Assessment and its Limits: the Dubai/UAE case
M. Treml, S. Steimen, and O. Novak
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COFFEE BREAK
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IV. PANEL and AUDIENCE: Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment:
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TOPIC 1: Impact of natural hazards on effective decision making in public policy.
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TOPIC 2: The relevance of Commercial Applications of natural hazards.
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TOPIC 3: Future trends in Natural catastrophe risk assessment.
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17:30–18:00
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Three Presentations
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18:00–19:00
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Panel and Audience Discussion
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