Switzerland

To promote and support the availability and application of science and technology to decision-making in Disaster Risk Reduction.

The conference will bring together the full diversity of the science and technology community, policy makers, practitioners and researchers from all geographical regions, at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss how the science and technology community will best support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

International Disaster and Risk Conference Davos 2016 "Integrative Risk management - towards resilient societies". The conference contributes to the post-Sendai process and will cover different risk and disaster areas andcross cutting themes such as resilience, urban risks, mega catastrophes, sustainable development, climate change adaptation, underlying risks, and more.

Join geospatial professionals from international organizations and non-governmental/nonprofit organizations at the 2015 GIS for the United Nations and the International Community Conference from May 18 to 20, 2015 at Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn how GIS can help you identify and map the locations of vulnerable populations, communicate complex situations with simple web maps, plan where to execute program activities to meet objectives and deliver results, and more.

Don’t miss this chance to further your professional development, get up to speed on the latest updates to the ArcGIS Platform, and connect with other groups that use GIS to transform our world. The event is jointly hosted by UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Application Programme (UNOSAT) and Esri.

Registration and the agenda for 2015 will be available soon. Come, be inspired, and discover how geography and location-aware applications can improve the effectiveness of your programs and missions.

The aim of this Flood Management Course is to provide basic principles and technical overview for flood management

Content:

Basics of flood hazards

•Meteorology
•Flood generation processes
•Sediment transport processes

Flood hazard evaluation (scenarios: inundation, alluviation, erosion)

•Flood hazard modelling
•Flood hazard mapping: hazard map, hazard index & intensity map

Flood management strategies:

•Integrated risk management
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Under the theme, "Taking the Pulse of the Planet”, 275 members of the GEO community, from more than 45 countries, will chart the next steps in creating and implementing a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) during the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Eleventh Plenary Session to be held on 12-14 November in Geneva, Switzerland. One highlight of the conference will be announcement of the winners of the GEO Appathon, a global “app” development competition built on the 80 million-plus resources currently available through GEOSS. The Appathon attracted 250 competitors from 50 countries and will generate easy-to-use decision tools for mobile devices and computers. GEO’s mandate is to harness the power of Earth observations from sources across the globe to provide more and better information to leaders in government, industry, and civil society confronting fundamental decisions affecting people and societies world-wide. Key GEO initiatives that will be highlighted during...