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Wednesday 27 November
13:00 – 14:30 A.I. CUZA Room
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Welcome remarks
14: 30 – 16:00 A.I. CUZA Room
Dr. Raed Arafat, State Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Romania
Cătălin Harnagea, General Director, RoAid
Tatiana Proskuryakova, Country Manager Romania and Hungary, World Bank
To be moderated by Alanna Simpson, Senior Disaster Risk Management, World Bank
Video of the Welcome remarks
Key Note
Pablo Suarez, Artist in Residence, National University of Singapore
Video of the Key Note
Ignite presentations
16:00 – 17:30 A.I. CUZA Room
Video of the Ignite presentations
Welcome reception & Artistic moment
17:30 – 19:30 A.I. CUZA Room
Thursday 28 November
08:00 – 09:30 Ground floor
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Session 1
09:30 – 11:00 Nicolae Balcescu Room
Assessing and addressing the fiscal and economic impacts of natural disasters
Session 2
09:30 – 11:00 Nicolae Iorga Room
Managing earthquake risk at a national scale: from strategic planning to on-the-ground actions
Session 3
11:00 – 12:30 Nicolae Balcescu Room
Leveraging regional systems to improve national forecasting and early warning of weather-related hazards
Session 4
11:00 – 12:30 Nicolae Iorga Room
Community engagement, raising awareness and driving action
12:30 – 14:00 Ground floor
Lunch
Session 5
14:00 – 15:30 Nicolae Balcescu Room
Challenges and opportunities for assessing flood risks
Session 6
14:00 – 15:30 Nicolae Iorga Room
Private sector and business continuity
15:30 – 16:00 Ground floor
Coffee break
Session 7
16:00 – 17:30 Nicolae Balcescu Room
Determining disaster and climate impacts on the poorest and most vulnerable and optimizing solutions for resilience
Session 8
16:00 – 17:30 Nicolae Iorga Room
Scaling up safer and quality learning environments
Friday 29 November
08:00 – 09:30 Ground floor
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Session 9
09:30 – 11:00 Nicolae Balcescu Room
Building urban resilience – integrating climate and disaster risks into urban development
Session 10
09:30 – 11:00 Nicolae Iorga Room
Critical Infrastructure risks and why investing in resilience makes financial sense
Session 11
11:00 – 12:30 Nicolae Balcescu Room
Innovations in Geospatial Data Collection and Analytics: Shaping the Future of Understanding the Built Environment
Session 12
11:00 – 12:30 Nicolae Iorga Room
Assessing and Managing Risk to Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Future
12:30 – 14:00 Ground floor
Lunch
Session 13
14:00 – 15:30 Nicolae Balcescu Room
The threat of emerging risks (cyber, pandemics, extreme heat)
Session 14
14:00 – 15:30 Nicolae Iorga Room
An urgent matter in our homes: tackling challenges of earthquake risk reduction in the housing sector at scale
15:30 – 15:45 Ground floor
Coffee break
Closing remarks & Farewell cocktail
15:45 – 17:30 A.I. CUZA Room
Dr. Raed Arafat, State Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Romania
Alanna Simpson, Senior Disaster Risk Management, World Bank
Video of the Closing remarks
Key Note
Otilia Ciotau, Senior Portofolio Manager, World Bank Treasury
Video of Key Note