Program
Workshop Agenda
7 July 2025 - Disaster Risk Knowledge
Risk knowledge represents the first foundational pillar of effective early warning systems. However, significant gaps in terms of risk information and assessments persist worldwide. Less than half of the countries with existing early warning systems have access to appropriate disaster risk information, and even fewer have national legislation and regulatory frameworks for emergency response. To address this, Pillar 1 aims to enhance global risk knowledge and integrate it into inclusive, accessible, and effective early warning systems. Activities under Pillar 1 will focus on strengthening the production, access, dissemination, and use of risk information, fostering stronger stakeholder coordination, promoting innovation, and empowering decision-makers and vulnerable communities to understand, identify, and respond to risks.
Talks (20 min + 10 min questions)
Chairs: Matt Hort (AM)/ Andrew Tupper (PM)
Rapporteurs: Galimira Markova & Jake Lowenstern (AM)/Costanza Bonadonna & Lara Mani (PM)
08:00-08:30 Registration /welcome coffee
08:30-08:40: Welcome from President of IAVCEI - Costanza Bonadonna (UNIGE)
8:40-9:00: Welcome remarks from WMO Director of Services and UNDRR SRSG - Johan Stander (WMO), Kamal Kishore (UNDRR), and Head of Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Secretariat - John Harding
09:00-09:30 Opportunities, challenges and gaps of EW4All (with a special focus on volcanic hazard) - Jonathan Stone (IFRC)
09:30-10:00 Volcanoes: a multi-hazard and multi-scale challenge (including climate forcing and impact) - Anja Schmidt (DLR), Sue Loughlin (BGS)
10:00-10:30 Disaster risk knowledge: UNDRR perspective - Loretta Hieber-Girardet (UNDRR)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Strategies for individual and multi hazard assessment: state-of-the-art and challenges - Laura Sandri (INGV), Daniel Bertin (SERNAGEOMIN)
11:30-12:00 Strategies for exposure, vulnerability and resilience assessment: state-of-the-art and challenges - Sebastien Biass (University of Geneva), Susanna Jenkins (NTU EOS, Singapore), Amy Donovan (University of Cambridge)
12:00-12:30 Strategies for volcanic risk assessment/Risk Ranking: state-of-the-art and challenges - Natalia Deligne (USGS), Julia Crummy (BGS), Costanza Bonadonna (University of Geneva)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Case study 1 (risk assessment/stakeholder requirement): the example of US volcanoes - Jake Lowenstern (United States Geological Survey)
14:00-14:30 Case study 2 (risk assessment/stakeholder requirement): the example of Iceland - Sara Barsotti (Icelandic Meteorological Office)
14:30-15:00 Case study 3 (risk assessment/stakeholder requirement): the example of Goma - Charles Balagizi (Goma Volcano Observatory, DRC), Blaise Mafuko Nyandwi (University of Goma, DRC)
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:00 Case study 4 (forensic analysis of impact) - Lucia Dominguez (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Jeremy Phillips (University of Bristol, UK)
16:00-17:00 Breakout sessions
17:00-18:00 Poster session
8 July 2025 - Detection, observation, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting
Pillar 2 is critical for societies to be better equipped to understand, prepare for, and respond to the evolving challenges of our changing climate: Early Warning Systems rely on worldwide sharing of data collected from the Earth's surface and space. Associated Implementation Plan is focused on delivering 5 outcomes: Improving data quality and access, Sharing data worldwide, Enhancing forecasting capabilities, Proactive measures for early action, Establishing robust leadership frameworks.
Talks (20 min + 10 min questions)
Chairs: Costanza Bonadonna (AM)/ Jake Lowenstern (PM)
Rapporteurs: Jonathan Stone & Matt Hort (AM)/Path Joseph & Andrew Tupper (PM)
08:30-09:00 Arrival and coffee
09:00-09:30 Detection, observation, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting: WMO perspectives - Cyrille Honoré (WMO), Ian Lisk (UK-Metoffice)
09:30-10:00 Volcano monitoring: a multi-hazard and multi-scale challenge - Nico Fournier (GNS - WOVO Chair), Jake Lowenstern (USGS), Laura Sandri (INGV), Sara Barsotti (IMO), Benoit Taisne (NTU EOS, Singapore)
10:00-10:30 State of volcanic eruption forecasting: needs, challenges and opportunities - Warner Marzocchi (INGV), Graham Leonard (GNS Science), Kyle Anderson (USGS)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 State of volcanic hazard forecasting: needs, challenges and opportunities - Mattia de Michieli Vitturi (INGV, Italy), Soledad Osores (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Argentina), Öcal Necmioğlu (UNESCO)
11:30-12:00 State of volcanic hazard data access and sharing (local to global): needs, challenges and opportunities - Danilo Reitano (INGV, EPOS), Benoit Taisne (NTU EOS, Singapore), Christina Widiwijayanti (NTU EOS, Singapore), Sara Ogburn (USGS)
12:00-12:30 Case study 1 (country centric capabilities and challenges): the example of Vanuatu - Levu Antfalo Boaz (Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department), John Junior Niroa (Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Case study 2 (country centric capabilities and challenges): the example of Philippines - Mariton Bornas (PHIVOLCS), Christopher Perez (PAGASA Weather and Flood Forecasting Center, Philippines)
14:00-14:30 Case study 3 (country centric capabilities and challenges): the example of Indonesia - Agie Wandala Putra (Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia - BMKG), Muhammed Wafid (Indonesian Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources), Heruningtyas Desi Purnamasari (Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geologic Hazard Mitigation - CVGHM)
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-17:00 Breakout sessions
17:00-18:30 Poster session
18:30 Workshop Dinner
9 July 2025 - Warning dissemination and communication / Preparedness and response capabilities
When disaster strikes, just a little bit of extra time can prepare people to act or evacuate. This is how alerts save lives and will continue to do so amid the onset of climate change and a rising incidence of extreme weather events and natural hazards. In addition, for early warnings to result in life- and livelihood-saving actions by and for communities at risk, it is necessary for plans and procedures to be in place at the local, subnational and national levels. In this way, communities, local government actors and national agencies and partners know how to respond when warnings are received. These plans and standard operating procedures need to include clear roles and responsibilities for early/anticipatory action, clearly defined thresholds for action and appropriate actions to take once warnings are issued. In addition, people need to be prepared and ready to react to warnings, and have the capacities and knowledge to do so.
Talks (20 min + 10 min questions)
Chairs: Luca Rossi & Jonathan Stone
Rapporteurs: Muhi Usamah & Sara Barsotti
8:30-09:00 Arrival and coffee
09:00-09:30 Preparedness and response capabilities: IFRC perspectives - Jonathan Stone (IFRC)
09:30-10:00 Warning dissemination & communication: needs, challenges, uncertainties and opportunities – ITU perspectives - Mira Markova (ITU)
10:00-10:30 State of pre-event risk communication: needs, challenges, uncertainties and opportunities - Carina Fearnley (University College London), Albrecht Beck (Prepared International - PPI)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Case Study 1 (Anticipatory actions): the example of St Vincent, West Indies - Pat Joseph (UWI Seismic Research Centre), Richard Robertson (UWI Seismic Research Centre)
11:30-12:00 Case Study 2 (Pre-event risk communication and behavioural change): the example of White Island, New Zealand - Nico Fournier (GNS)
12:00-12:30 Case Study 3 (Forecasting & warning communication): the example of Campi Flegrei, Italy - Mauro Di Vito (INGV-Naples), Luigi D'Angelo (Protezione Civile Italiana)
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Outcomes of the workshop (Organising Committee)
14:30 Workshop close
14:30-17:00 Write up of consensus summary of current state, gaps, challenges and opportunities in the integration of volcanic hazards within the EW4All initiative, with prioritised recommendations for focused actions to be taken (Organising and Scientific Committees)
Version 25.06.2025
