UN-GGIM

List of Documents

• Annotated Agenda (16 August 2013)
• Program Agenda (30 September 2013)
• Information Note
• Registration form
• Conclusions

Opening Ceremony

• Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
• Mr. Xu Deming, Vice Minister, Ministry of Land and Resources; Director General, NASG of China
• Dr. Wang Ning, Vice Governor, People's Government of Sichuan Province of China

National Address

• Dr Li Pengde (NASG, China), Development and Applications of Emergency Mapping in China
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  • Presentation

Keynote Address

• Mr. James McConnell (OEM, USA), Delivering Reliable Geospatial Data during Emergencies
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• Presentation
• Prof. Victor Jetten (University of Twente, the Netherlands), Methodological Approaches to Urban Hazard Analysis
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• Presentation

Presentation Materials

• Session 1: Understanding Urban Hazard and Risk Processes
• Mr. WANG, Keran (UNESCAP, Bangkok), ESCAP's Efforts in Broadening and Deepening the Applications of Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and Pacific
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• Presentation
• Dr. James O'Brien (Macquarie Univ., Australia), Natural Hazard Risk Assessments: Using Geoinformation & Quantitative Analysis to Improve Natural Disaster Planning and Preparation
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• Session 2: Hazard and Risk Modeling Applications
• Mr. Chris Chiesa (Pacific Disaster Center, USA), Applied Science and Technology supporting Risk Assessment, Hazard Monitoring, and Early Warning around the Globe
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• Dr. Trevor Dhu (Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction, Indonesia), Indonesia Scenario Assessment for Emergencies (InaSAFE)
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• Session 3: Geospatial Challenges in Responding to Urban Disasters
• Mr. Yang Sheng (Sichuan Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, China) Establishment of Emergency Mapping System after Wenchuan Earthquake
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• Presentation
• Mr. Hiroshi Une (Geospatial Information Authority, Japan), Role of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan in Disaster Response as Exemplified in the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
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• Presentation
• Mr. Rob Deakin (New Zealand Geospatial Office, New Zealand) Responses and opportunities for recovery and SDI development following the Canterbury Earthquakes in New Zealand
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• Mr. Rolando Ocampo Alcantar (INEGI, Mexico) Geospatial Information for the evaluation of damage related to Natural disasters. Some cases in Mexico
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• Session 4: Geospatial Challenges in Responding to Urban Disasters (cont)
• Dr. Vanessa Lawrence (Patron, MapAction, United Kingdom), On the ground rapid response geographic support for disaster and humanitarian decision making
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• Presentation
• Dr. Lee Sanghoon (NGII, Republic of Korea), The roles and challenges of national geospatial information for enhancing adaptive capacity of urban flood disaster
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• Mr. Kyoung-Soo Eom (Department of Field Support, New York), Geospatial challenges in responding to Haiti Earthquake 2010 UN Cartographic Section (UNCS)
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• Session 5: Hazard and Risk Geospatial Information Requirements
• Mr. Shirish Ravan (UNOOSA, Switzerland), Current state and challenges for effective use of geospatial information for disaster management- Lessons learned from the UN-SPIDER technical advisory missions
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• Presentation
• Mr. Tevita Boseiwaqa (Fiji), Geospatial Challenges faced by Small Pacific Island Developing States - Fiji Perspective
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• Mr. Dominic SIU (Lands Department, China), Slope Maintenance Responsibility Information System (SMRIS)
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• Mr. Shri P. S. Acharya (Dept. of Science and Technology, India), Geo-spatial Information Requirement for Hazard and Risk Assessment in Urban Environments in India
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• Session 6: Hazard and Risk Geospatial Information Requirements (cont)
• Mr. Mark Codling (Jamaica), Hazard and Risk Geospatial Data Requirements: A Case Study of Urban Areas in Jamaica
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• Mr. Steven Ramage (OGC, United Kingdom), Open standards for sustainable disaster risk reduction
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• Mr. Fernand Isseri (National Institute of Cartography, Cameroon), Hazard and Risk Geospatial Information Requirements in Cameroon
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• Session 7: Developing Geospatial Applications and Methods
• Dr. Jane Sexton (Geoscience Australia, Australia), Natural Hazard Risk Assessment in the Australasian Region: Informing Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Community Resilience
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• Mr. Mark Cygan (ESRI), A Geospatial Platform for Urban Hazard and Disaster Management
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• Dr. Antonius B. Wijanarto (Geospatial Information Agency, Indonesia), Indonesia NSDI: Development Progress
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• Summary, Outcomes and Actions
• Conclusions