Event Summary

Speakers

  • Boby Emmanuel Piard, CNIGS Haiti
  • Jerry Chandler, DPC Haiti
  • Roland Bradshaw, World Bank
  • Samira Philip, UNDP
  • Helene de Boissezon, CNES France
  • Michalis Vousdoukas, JRC EC
  • Giorgio Boni, CIMA Foundation
  • Andrew Eddy, Athena Global

Description

Date: Tuesday, May 15, 9:00am – 11:00am

Room: La Capilla

The event aims to showcase the very rich experience currently underway in Haiti to improve risk management using satellite data, which ranges from use of the International Charter by Haitian organisms, to risk reduction measures tied to improved satellite based risk assessment to the creation of the 1st Recovery Observatory, where the post hurricane Matthew recovery experience serves as a full scale demonstrator for satellite support to recovery over a multi-year period.

Agenda

9:00       Welcoming Remarks – Boby Piard

9:05       Haitian Civil Protection Department and the use of satellite data for hurricane response: the Charter experience –  DPC Haiti – Yolène Surena

9:20       World Bank and GFDRR support to Geomatics capacity building in Haiti: HaitiData.Org and other examples – WB/GFDRR – Roland Bradshaw

9:35       UNDP Risk Management activities in Haiti – UNDP – Samira Philip

9:50       The Post-Matthew Recovery Observatory (RO) in Haiti: a pilot – CNES – Helene de Boissezon

10:05     Early achievements of the RO project – CNIGS – Boby Piard

10:20     Contribution of Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping service to RO project – Michalis Vousdoukas

10:35     RASOR (Rapid Analysis and Spatialisation of Risk) in Haiti: an advanced tool for risk assessment and risk information integration – CIMA – Giorgio Boni

10:50     Next steps for satellite data exploitation in Haiti: a round table discussion – moderator – Andrew Eddy

Organizers

Boby Emmanuel Piard, CNIGS Haiti

Helene de Boissezon, CNES France

Jerry Chandler, DPC Haiti

 

In association with :

Chiara Mellucci and Martine Therer, UNDP NYC and Port-au-Prince

Mare Lo and Roland Bradshaw, WB/GFDRR Washington DC and Port-au-Prince

Simona Zoffoli, Chair CEOS WG Disasters, CEOS/ASI, Italy