UR Asia Sessions


Below are all the Sessions featured at UR Asia. All videos provided by session leads are now posted. Clicking into a session will provide an abstract, speaker list and the recorded video.


December 02 sessions

Keynote: Climate Risk and Asia’s Response
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Speaker:

Vinod Thomas

From Science to Society via Trust
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Speakers:
Pablo Suarez

Science, Trust and Society
Part One – Watch here
Part Two – watch here
Speakers:
Heidi Larson, David Reid, Leesa Lin,
David Chan, Julian Tang, Tang Tong

Master Lecture: Risk Telling or Risk Listening?
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Speakers:
Lesley Cordero
Peter Gluckman

Is it Really Risky? Why Experts and the Public Disagree about Risks
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Speakers:
Olivia Jensen, Peng Zongchao,
Kalenzi Cornelius, Leonard Lee,
Kim So Young

Post-COP26 Climate Risk Landscape
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Speakers:
Chan Ghee Koh, Melissa Low,
Lutfey Siddiqi, Koh Lian Pin

From Space to Community
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Speakers:
Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Futong Chen,
Peeranan Towashiraporn, Jan Jaap Brinkmann

Urban Heat: Causes and Solutions
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Speakers:
Jonas Jörin, Wen Tung Chiu,
Chao Yuan, Jan Carmeliet

Open Mapping to Address Donor-Driven Risks
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Speakers:
Carolyn Florey, Celina Agaton,
Mahar Lagmay, Stephen Mather,
Ivan Gayton

Using Narratives to Communicate Climate Risks
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Speakers:
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Pontus Wallin,
Zhaoli Song, Reuben Ng

Rapid Assessment of Comparative Climate Risk in Cities
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Speakers:
Leon Kapetas, Hans Gehrels,
Guy van Hemel, Kamlesh Yagnik,
Folayinka Dania, Piero Pelizzaro

Integrating Resilience into the Financial System – the Global Resilience Index Initiative
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Speakers:
Rowan Douglas, Nicola Ranger, Jim Hall,
Ekhosuehi Iyahen, Jenty Kirsch-Wood,
Kamal Kishore, Carlos Sanchez, John Schneider,
Shie-Yui Liong, T-C (Tso-Chien) Pan

Master Lecture: Communicating Climate Science
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Speakers:
Jonathan Lynn
Olivia Jensen

Integrating Resilience into the Financial System – Practitioner Perspectives
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Speakers:
Nicola Ranger, Rowan Douglas, Ila Patnaik
Anders Nordheim, Conor Donaldson,
Benedikt Signer, Calvin Quek

Innovation in Risk Finance: Modelling Matters!
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Speakers:
Hang Thu Vu, Soo Hoon Hauw-Quek,
Paul Maisey, Apoorv Dabral,
Lynette Tan


December 03 sessions


Averted Disasters
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Speakers:
Pablo Suarez
David Lallemant

Dynamic Risk Models for Evolving Cities
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Speakers:
David Lallemant, Graeme Riddell, Rashmin Gunasekera
Maricar Rabonza, Gizem Mestav Sarica,
Hedwig van Delden

China’s First Comprehensive National Survey of Natural Disaster Risks
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Speakers:
Martin Raiser, Baitao Sun, Jianqing Zhai
Ge Gao, Ying Li, Bin Tong, Saini Yang

FutuRisk – Foresight-Based Approach to Explore Multiple Futures and Anticipate Risks
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Speakers:
Cheryl Chung
Anie Febriastati

Enhancing Resilience of Smart Cities through Cognitive Computing Technology
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Speakers:
Jonas Jörin, Kezhi Mao,
Martin Raubal, Majeed Khader

Responsible AI for DRM
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Speakers:
Robert Soden
Caroline Gevaert
Olivia Jensen

Understanding Extreme Urban Heat – Launch of the Digital Earth Partnership Technology Award
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Speakers:
Stéphane Hallegatte, Lynette Tan,
Pedro Santa-Rivera, Nicolette Yeo

Risk Know-How
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Speakers:
Tracey Brown, Mariko Nishizawa,
Bernard Okebe, Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Olivia Jensen

City Leaders Speak: Maintaining Vision in a World with Increasing Risks
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Speakers:
Lauren Sorkin, Francis Ghesquiere,
Mike Gillooly, Hemali Boghawala,
Elaine Tan

Closing Keynote: What Have we Learned about Communicating Risks?
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Speakers:
Alexandra Freeman, Leonard Lee

Closing Ceremony
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Speakers:
Olivia Jensen
Nathaniel Tan Qian Jin


Focus day sessions


Advancing Risk-Informed Decision Making in the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities
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Speakers:
Habiba Gitay, Rashmin Gunasekera,
Aholotu Palu, Litea Biukoto, Herve Damlamian
Garth Henderson, Saane Lolo, Karlos Lee Moresi
Eileen Turare, Simon Hagemann

Making Seasonal Forecast Useful for Decisions
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Speakers:
Lindsey Jones
Andrew Kruczkiewicz
Agathe Bucherie

Open Knowledge Kit Regeneration Program – Local Knowledge, Local Jobs, Local Stewardship
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Speakers:
Celina Agaton

Are You Prepared? Communicating Risk in the Face of Disasters
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Speakers:
Sarah Cumbers
Wandi Bruine de Bruin

Next Generation Flood Modelling for Financial Resilience: Learning from the SEADRIF Experience
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Speakers:
Gary Rynsard, Soo Hoon Hauw-Quek,
Somxay Keovandy, Justin Ward
Alastair Charles Norris, Hang Thu Vu