IDRC Davos 2014 Speaker List (in alphabetical order) Last Name ABE ABEGGLEN ABELING ABIROV ABORASHED ABRAHAMS ABSALAN

First Name Miwa Christian Thomas Rustam Abdullaevich Taiser Jonathan Ali

Institution /Organisation Kumamoto University, Japan VSA - Swiss Water Association, Switzerland UNU-EHS/King's College London Institute of mechanics and seismic stability of structures, Uzbekistan Individual, Syrian Arab Republic World Health Organization, Switzerland Information Technology and Communications organization (FAVA), Mashhad Municipality, Mashhad, Iran

Country Japan Switzerland Germany Uzbekistan Syria Switzerland Iran, Islamic Republic of

ADIYOSO AGELE AL HMOUDI ALEXANDER ALLIA ALOZIE AMADO AMARNATH AMMANN ARMSTRONG ATTOLICO AZIZI BAAS BABA BACANI BANASIEWICZ BARBERIS RAMI BARTOLUCCI BATHAEE BAUMGARTEN BAUR BELLO BELOV BENESOVA BENOUAR BENTLER BERARIU BERGSTRA BIRCHAM BJORGO BLOEMERTZ BOEKLE-GIUFFRIDA BOLASHVILI BOUCHON BRAUNER BRETT-MAJOR BREWER BREWER BRONEN BROSNAN BUKIV BUKVIC BURGHERR BUYCK CALDEIRA

Wignyo Samuel Abdulla ali David E. Khedidja Joseph Ejike Jean-Christophe Giriraj Walter Colin Alessandro Amir Stephan Hitoshi Butch Andrew D. Matías Ezequiel Andrea Reza Christian Esther Bala Petr Grigorivich Hana Djillali Christian Romana Esther John Stanley Einar Lena Bettina Nana Sara Florian David Graham John Graham Robin Deborah Mary Anamaria Anamaria Peter Camille Daniela Helena Brandão

National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, Nigeria Salford Universty, United Arab Emirates University College London, United Kingdom USTHB, Algeria Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja Nigeria, Nigeria Deloitte LLP, Canada International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, Switzerland UK Collaborative on Development Sciences, United Kingdom Province of Potenza, Italy Mashhad Municipality, Iran, Islamic Republic of FAO, Italy Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Switzerland Boston University, United States of America, Erudite Analytics, United States of America University of Ferrara, Italy Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy Consultant of Mayor of Qom in DRR and DRM Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Rescue Engineering and Civil Protection, Germany Global Partnerships, SwissRe Disable Rehabilitation Foundation, Nigeria Academy of geoopolicy, Russian Federation University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Algeria Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Wageningen University, Chair Group Landscape Architecture, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen Bircham-Global Ltd, New Zealand Operational Satellite Application Programme (UNOSAT), UNITAR University of Basel, Switzerland Structured and Corporate Finance Department, Interamerican Development Bank TBilisi State University, Georgia Risk Governance Solutions, RGS srl Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany World Health Organization, Switzerland University of Newcastle, Australia University of Newcastle, Australia University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska Institute for Justice, United States of America Virginia Tec and Brosnan Center, United States of America Virginia Tech Virginia Tech, United States of America Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany

Indonesia Nigeria United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Algeria Nigeria Canada Sri Lanka Switzerland United Kingdom Italy Iran, Islamic Republic of Italy Japan Switzerland United States of America Italy Italy Iran, Islamic Republic of Germany Switzerland Nigeria Russian Federation United Kingdom Algeria Germany Austria The Netherlands New Zealand Switzerland Switzerland Canada Georgia Italy Germany Switzerland Australia Australia United States of America United States of America United States of America United States of America Switzerland Switzerland Germany

CALVELLO CAMPUS CASTELLER CAVALLO CHAIMONGKOL CHANDLER CHANDRA CHAU CHEN CHINWEZE CHMUTINA COLEMAN COMES COMTE CORDERO CORNELL CRICK CUE CULLETON

Michele Paola Alejandro Antonella Chayadhana Robert C. Hem Vu Ngoc Yung-Fang Chizoba Ksenia Emily Tina Adrien Jorge Victoria Jane Steven Guy Wendy Eileen Mary

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy European Science Foundation, France WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF, Switzerland University of Adelaide, Australia ICCA / BASF, Germany UCF Nicholson School of Communication, United States of America Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, India Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD), Viet Nam Coventry University Chemtek Associates, Nigeria Loughborough University, United Kingdom International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy University of Agder, Norway CliMates, France FADA-CATEC, Spain Flinders University, Australia University of Newcastle, Australia Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit, Switzerland Emergency 2.0 Wiki Ltd, Australia

Italy France Switzerland Australia Germany United States of America India Vietnam United Kingdom Nigeria United Kingdom Italy Norway France Spain Australia Australia Switzerland Australia

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IDRC Davos 2014 Speaker List (in alphabetical order) Last Name DA COSTA DAMIANO DANIELSSON DE LA POMERAI DE LA ROCQUE DE MAJO DE SANTIS DELBARI DEMROVSKY DENGLER DEVKOTA DEWI

First Name Karen Giuseppe Erna Garry Stephane Veronica Angela Mohammad Chloe Solène Sanjaya Maria Bernadet Karina

Institution /Organisation National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland RAPID LA Mid Sweden University, Sweden "Soluzion Systems" - Dubai, UAE, United Kingdom OIE, France Örebro University, Dalarna University (Sweden) Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, Switzerland Qom Municipality, Iran, Islamic Republic of DRI International, United States of America CliMates, France Tribuhuvan University, Nepal Tokyo University, Japan

Country Ireland Peru Sweden United Kingdom France Sweden Switzerland Iran, Islamic Republic of United States of America United Kingdom Nepal Japan

DIACK DOBERSTEIN DOBOR DONOVAN DOU DU DULUNG DUNCAN DURNEY EDDY EGAWA ENGELBACH ENRIGHT ERIAN

Mateugue Brent József Tim Aixia Shiqiang Andi ZA Craig Elizabeth Andrew Shinichi Wolf James Anthony Wadid Fawzy

Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Senegal, Senegal University of Waterloo, Canada National University Of Public Service, Hungary Met Office, United Kingdom Institute of Earthquake Science, China Earthquake Administration, China, People's Republic of Shanghai Normal University, P.R. China Ministry of Social Affair, Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Switzerland DNV GL - Energy Athena Global, France IRIDeS, Tohoku University Fraunhofer IAO, Germany Mangrove Action Project (MAP), Thailand The Arab Centre for the Study of Arid Zones and Drylands ACSAD – The League of Arab States/ LAS, Egypt

Senegal Canada Hungary United Kingdom China, People's Republic of China, People's Republic of Indonesia Switzerland The Netherlands France Japan Germany Thailand Egypt

ESTRELLA FANG

Marisol Jiayi

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs & Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

Switzerland China, People's Republic of

FARZAD BEHTASH

Mohammad Reza

1)PhD Islamic Art University of Tabriz 2)Head of Studying and Planning Management of Architectural, Urbanism and Iran, Islamic Republic of disaster affairs of Tehran Municipality University of Cantabria, Spain Spain

FERNANDEZ DE Pablo ARROYABE FERREIRA DE ARAÚJO Guilherme José

Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Brazil Germany Austria France Japan United States of America United States of America Switzerland France Burkina Faso Czech Republic Iran, Islamic Republic of

FIALA FILIPPINI FUHRER FURUTANI GABELHOUSE GABLEHOUSE GAETANI GAMPER GARREAU GEBHARTOVÁ GHAFORY-ASHTIANY

Oliver Roberto Mechthilde Tomoyuki Timothy Timothy R Francesco Catherine Jean Marc Jana Mohsen

GIBSON GIGGINS GIGGINS GIROUX GÖK GONZALES

Carl Anthony Helen Helen Jennifer Emre Rolando

TU Dresden, Germany MedAustron, Austria Council of Europe, France Keio University, Japan Emergency Preparedness Partnership, and Gabelhouse Granberg Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership, Inc., United States of America GEO Secretariat, Switzerland Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD International Union for Conservation of Nature, Burkina Faso AF-CITYPLAN s.r.o., Czech Republic Virginia Tech, United States of America; International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran La Trobe University, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia, Australia University of Newcastle, Australia Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Republic of Turkey, Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Turkey Analysis Unit of Social & Economic Policy - Ministry of Development Planning of Bolivia, Bolivia, Pluinational State of

GORIN GOWAN GRAHN GRAY GSTAIGER GUAY GUFLER

Patricia Monica Elizabeth Tonje Brian Richard Veronika Fanny Klaus

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation Mayo Clinic, United States of America Karlstad University, Sweden United Nations, United States of America German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology, Denmark Institute of Security/Safety- and Risk Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Switzerland United States of America Sweden United States of America Germany Denmark Austria

HADIDIAN MOGHADAM HAGELSTEEN HAITHCOAT HARAGUCHI HASSANNEZHAD AMJADI

Nooshin

Crisis Management, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Magnus Timothy Lee Masahiko Masoud

Lund University, Sweden University of Missouri - USA, United States of America Columbia University, United States of America Municipality of Tabriz, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Sweden United States of America United States of America Iran, Islamic Republic of

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Australia Australia Australia Switzerland Turkey Bolivia

IDRC Davos 2014 Speaker List (in alphabetical order) Last Name HASTAK HAZARIKA HELLAND HELM HENLY-SHEPARD HETTIARACHCHI HOLLY PURCELL ILERI IMESON ISLAM IZADKHAH JACOBZONE JACOMETTI JACOMETTI JAIN JAKOSALEM JHA JOEHR JUNGHARDT JURRIENS KAISER KALSNES KANGI KARAGIANNIS KARI KAVECKIS KELLER KNOWLTON KOCKAN KOENG KOIRALA KOIVISTO KORNAKOVA KOSHIYAMA KOTERA KRUSE KULL KURADA KUULA KUZOMIN KYSELY LANCLOS LAOR LECHNER LEE LEÓN LETSIE LEWIS LI LIN LINK LOPES LORDAN

First Name Makarand Nandita Eivind Patrick Sarah Elizabeth Sam. S. L Patricia Nazim Charles Rabiul Yasamin O. Stephane Jack Stéphanie Chaitan Jaazeal Dineros Rupak Kumar Anton Jana Jeroen Carlos Bjørn Abbas Georgios Marios Daryoush Giedrius Nicole Kim Cagdas Anna-Lena Pashupati Nath Jenni Elina Maria Kenji Naomi Jamie Lynette Daniel Betül Jaana Rebekka Oleksandr Ya. Jan Ryan Efraim Stephan Seung-Rae Jorge Moipone Mantsebo DAN Dustin Jen-Jen Daniel Rosane Rebecca

LORENCOVÁ MAGNI MAJEED MAKARIGAKIS MAPOSA MARTI MASCARENHAS MASTROJENI MAYRGÜNDTER MCNAMARA MEDA MEJIA MENDES MENG MERILÄINEN Michiko MIKES MITRA MIZUNO-LEWIS

Eliska Michele Saadia Alexandros Daniel Joan Adolfo C. Grammenos Sebastian Karen Elizabeth Gurudutt Prasad Alex Telmo José Sascha Niina Johanna Hama Anette Swati Satomi

Institution /Organisation Purdue University, United States of America Assam State Disaster Management Authority, India Swissnor GmbH, Switzerland Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet, New Zealand Disaster Resilience, L.L.C., United States of America University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka UN-Habitat, Kenya T.R. Governorship of Ankara Provincial Directorate for Disaster and Emergency Management, Turkey Foundation 3D Environmental Change Macquarie University, Sydney Australia International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran, Islamic Republic of Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate (GOV) OECD Jacometti Associates Jacometti Associates IATA, Switzerland Alternative Solidarity Initiative Network, Philippines Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Swiss Red Cross, Switzerland Caritas Switzerland, Switzerland ICCO Cooperation, Netherlands, The ONG Inclusiva Chile NGI, Norway Tous knowledge-based Researchers of Natural Events Company (TRNE) Company Technical University of Crete, Greece York University, Canada Institute of Geography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg GEM Foundation, Italy Natural Resources Defense Council, United States of America T.R. Governorship of Ankara Provincial Directorate for Disaster and Emergency Management, Turkey Risk Dialogue Foundation, Switzerland Department of Forests, Nepal Karlstad University, Sweden University of Melbourne, Australia Kansai University, Japan Yokkaichi Medical and Nursing University, Japan East Carolina University, United States of America The World Bank Group, Switzerland republic of turkey prime ministry disaster and emergency management presidency, Turkey University of Jyväskylä, Finland Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine Institute of Atmospheric Physics AS CR, Czech Republic Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Homeland Security Academy (Israel), Israel Joint Research Centre – European Commission KAIST, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) University of Melbourne, Australia University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Chief of Urban Risk Reduction for UN-Habitat, and head of the City Resilience Profiling Programme Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America Fu Jen University, Taiwan, Republic of China European Research Centre for Information Systems Office of Civil Defence - Duque de Caxias - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, Brazil Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, United States of America; Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland Global Change Research Center, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Monash University, Australia UNESCO, France Monash University (South Africa campus), South Africa Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain Links Trust, Tanzania Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy TIS innovation park, Italy The University of Queensland, Australia CADME (Coastal Area Disaster Mitigation Efforts), India UNITAR, Switzerland Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany University of Jyväskylä, Finland AlpS GmbH, Austria Harvard Business School, United States of America Cfdrr,Smvdsb Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical University, Japan

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Country United States of America India Switzerland New Zealand United States of America Sri Lanka Kenya Turkey The Netherlands Australia Iran, Islamic Republic of France United Kingdom United Kingdom Switzerland Phillipines India Switzerland Switzerland The Netherlands Chile Norway Iran, Islamic Republic of Greece Canada Germany Italy United States of America Turkey Switzerland Nepal Sweden Australia Japan Japan United States of America Switzerland Turkey Finland Ukraine Czech Republic United States of America Israel Italy South Korea Australia South Africa Kenya United States of America Taiwan, Republic of China Germany Brazil United States of America Czech Republic Italy Australia France South Africa Spain Tanzania Italy Italy Australia India Switzerland Brazil Germany Finland Austria United States of America India Japan

IDRC Davos 2014 Speaker List (in alphabetical order) Last Name MONTIÉN TIQUE MORERA MORERA MORGAN MORGESON MORLEY MUIR-WOOD MULLINS MUNCKE MURRAY MYERS NAGAMATSU NECHYBA NEUSSNER NIRUPAMA NORMATOV NURMI NYORO OCHIAI O'CONNOR OLOFSSON ONO

First Name Wilmer Fabián Braulio Braulio Eduardo Tracy Chaney J. Darrell Philip Andrew Robert Peter James Jane Virginia John Peterson Shingo Miloslav Olaf Niru Inom Sherovich Väinö James Chiho Alan Anna Yuichi

Institution /Organisation Santo Tomás University, Colombia Arup, United Kingdom Arup, United Kingdom nContext / Sierra Nevada Corporation, United States of America Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America University of New England, Australia Risk Management Solutions, Inc. Mullins Consulting, Australia Food Packaging Forum Foundation, Switzerland Public Health England, United Kingdom Environmental Health Sciences, United States of America Kansai University, Japan GEO-TOOLS, Czech Republic GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Philippines York University, Canada Instiute of waterproblems and ecology, Tajikistan Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Senior Food Security Advisor, Kenya Kyoto University, Japan Roughan O'Donovan Innovative Solutions, Ireland Mid Sweden University, Sweden International and Regional Cooperation Office Disaster Information Management and Public Collaboration Division International Research Institute of Disaster University of Lausanne, Institute of Geography and Durability ministry of health, Saudi Arabia Department of Disaster & Emergency Health, National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Disaster Public Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Country Columbia United Kingdom United Kingdom United States of America United States of America Australia United Kingdom Australia Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America Japan Czech Republic Phillipines Canada Tajikistan Finland Kenya United States of America Ireland Sweden Japan

ORNAF OSRAH OSTAD TAGHI ZADEH

Julia Samer Ibrahim Abbas

OTTO OUZOUNOV PAN PARASCHIV PARDOE PASQUINI-DESCOMPS

Antje Dimitar Hongmei Florentina Joanna Hélène

University of Potsdam, Germany Chapman University, United States of America Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management Ministry of Beijing Normal University University of St. Gallen, Switzerland United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany Haute école de gestion Genève - HESSO University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland

Germany United States of America China, People's Republic of Switzerland Germany Switzerland

PATRASCU PAVELIC PEDOTH PERNICE PERSSON PETERS PICHLER PICKL PILLI-SIHVOLA PIMPRIKAR PINKERTON PISTONE PLAG POLLACK POUDEL POULTER PREIS

Flavia Ioana Paul Lydia Umberto Erik Gerrit Andreas Stefan Anna Karoliina Milind Kaitlin Judith Elisabetta Hans-Peter Joseph Richard Mr.Bharat Raj Richard Andrew Armin

Italy Laos Italy Italy Sweden Germany Austria Germany Finland Canada United States of America Austria United States of America Germany Australia United Kingdom Austria

PULINETS RABAÇAL RASHED RATCLIFFE REGENASS RICCARDI RIDOUANE RIPEPE ROHN ROOZE SAKULSRI SALEH SAMUELSON SANDS SARGEANT SASANI SCHEEL SCHLEYER SCHNEIDER

Sergey Carlos Alberto Tarek M. Simon Johannes Arthur Mark Timothy Berrhazi Maurizio Eli Magda Teeranong Fatemeh Holly W. Dale Susanne Mehrdad Hans J. Rolf Reto

Politecnico di Milano, Italy International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Lao People's Democratic Republic European Academy Bolzano (EURAC), Italy Independent Consultant, Italy Centre for Climate and Safety, Karlstad University, Sweden Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria UBw München, Germany Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland CANEUS International, Canada GSAREH LLC, United States of America VCE, Vienna Consulting Engineers, Austria Old Dominion University, United States of America SBTF/SWB, Germany Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Brisbane, Australia Disaster Risk Financing & Insurance Program Vienna University of Technology; Armin Preis Management Consulting JSC "Russian Space Systems"., Russian Federation Setúbal Municipality, Portugal GSAREH, United States of America Department for International Development UK Kessler Consulting AG, Switzerland American Public University System, United States of America Administration publique, Morocco Universita Degli Studi Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Impact/Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group, Netherlands, The Institute Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization, Iran, Islamic Republic of Harvard University, United States of America AECOM Technology, Italy British Geological Survey, United Kingdom Northeastern University, United States of America Scheel Consulting Switzerland, Switzerland Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz, Zürich, Switzerland Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd., Switzerland

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United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Iran, Islamic Republic of

Russian Federation Portugal United States of America United Kingdom Switzerland United States of America Morocco Italy Israel The Netherlands Thailand Iran, Islamic Republic of United States Italy United Kingdom United States of America Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland

IDRC Davos 2014 Speaker List (in alphabetical order) Last Name SCHNEIDERBAUER SEKENDIZ SHAH SHARMA

First Name Stefan Betul Haresh Sundar Prasad

Country Italy Australia United States of America Nepal

SHERIEF

Institution /Organisation European Academy - EURAC, Italy School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Australia Risk Management Solutions, Inc. UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and Global Wildland Fire Network, UNISDR-Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network Youssef Shawky Youssef Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

SHI

Peijun

China, People's Republic of

SHIMIZU SHULTZ SIEBER SIGNER SIKICH SMAKHTIN SOUCH SPACONE SPADA SPANO' SPARF SPINNLER STALLKAMP STANCIUGELU STARK STEIN STERZAI STOLZ SUAREZ NIETO SULLIVAN SUMUAN SZABO SZALAI TADGELL TAFLANIDIS TAKAHASHI TAMURA TAN TANAKA TANDBERG TETIK TEWARI THEVS THOMA THOW THUMMARUKUDY THUMMARUKUDY TOI TRALLI USLÄNDER VAIDYA VAN DEN HOMBERG VASYLENKO VAZIRPOUR VIAND VOLLMER VOLLMER

Mika James Michael Jeannette Benedikt Geary Wayne Vladimir Claire Enrico Matteo Davide Jörgen Markus Andrea Irina Hans-Jörg Seth Paolo Nicole Nesyereb Susana Helen Teresa Billy Gabriel Toar Sylvia Sandor Anne Alexandros Koji Yukio Ngoh Tiong Ueru Torill Cigdem Ajay Niels Klaus Andrew Muralee Muralee Susanna David Marcelo Thomas Shristi Marc Oleksii Shabbou Jesica Melina Maike Derek John

VON MEDING VOS VROEGINDEWEY WABBES WANG WANNOUS WATSON WEERESINGHE WHITE WHITESIDE WU XU YANG YASUKAWA

Jason Kyle Marita Gary Alan Sylvie Xiaoqing Chadia Cathy Shayani Mark N. Andrew Everard Haorui Xiaoge Huimin Soichiro

State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs & Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University, Japan University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States of America European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER), Germany Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Specialist, World Bank Logical Management Systems, Corp., United States of America IWMI, Sri Lanka Risk Management Solutions, United States of America University of Chieti Pescara, Italy Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland Axa Matrix Risk Consultants, Italy Mid Sweden University, Sweden Siemens Switzerland Ltd., Switzerland KPMG AG College of Communication and Public Relations NUPSPA, Romania University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Northwestern University, United States of America Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Italy Caritas Switzerland, Switzerland Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, UPTC, Colombia Rider University, United States of America World Vision Indonesia University of Southampton, United Kingdom Szent Istvan University, Hungary University of Waterloo, Canada University of Notre Dame, United States of America Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan International Thematic Group for Wind-Related Disaster Risk Reduction SIM University, Singapore Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Directorate for Civil Protection, Norway Republic of Turkey, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Turkey Assam State Disaster Management Authority, India University of Greifswald, Germany Fraunhofer Ernst Mach-Institut UN OCHA UNEP UNEP, Switzerland Wetlands International The Aerospace Corporation, United States of America Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany Full Bright Consultancy (Pvt.) Ltd., Nepal TNO, Netherlands, The Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine Tehran Disaster Mitigation & Management Organization (TDMMO), Iran, Islamic Republic of PIRNA, Geography Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic Fraunhofer INT, Germany ETH Zürich; Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability University of Newcastle, Australia University of Jyväskylä, Finland Organisation International Epizootic (OIE), United States of America FAO, Italy Institute of Earthquake Science, China, People's Republic of Towards A Safer World Network, UN System Influenza Coordination (UNSIC) Geneva, Switzerland Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS), Ethiopia University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Law Offices of Mark N. White, Berkeley, CA United States of America University of Applied Sciences Bern, Switzerland University of British Columbia, Canada The University of Tokyo, Japan Beijing Normal University, China, People's Republic of Global Task Force of Building Code - UNESCO, France

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Oman

Japan United States of America Germany United States of America United States of America Sri Lanka United States of America Italy Switzerland Italy Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Romania Switzerland United States of America Italy Switzerland Columbia United States of America Indonesia United Kingdom Hungary Canada United States of America Japan Japan Singapore Japan Norway Turkey India Germany Germany Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland The Netherlands United States of America Germany Nepal The Netherlands Australia Iran, Islamic Republic of Argentina Germany Singapore Australia Finland United States of America Italy China, People's Republic of Switzerland Ethiopia Sri Lanka United States of America Switzerland Canada Japan China, People's Republic of France

IDRC Davos 2014 Speaker List (in alphabetical order) Last Name YAVAR

First Name Bijan

YE YOON ZABAL ZABEY ZAKERIAN ZANGO-PASCUAL ZEPPOS ZHANG

Qian Kyungho Nael Yousry Eva Abbas Marga John Chunqin

ZHAO ZIMMERMANN ZOLETA-NANTES

Jinsong Wajd Doracie Baldovino

Institution /Organisation University of Applied Science and Technology (UAST) Cultural and Social Deputy Higher Advisor and Member of the Faculty, Iran, Islamic Republic of Integrated Risk Governance Project NDMI, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) WorleyParsons Engineering Consultancies Co Director – Redefining Value - Natural Capital, World Business Council for Sustainable Development Qom Islamic City Council, Iran, Islamic Republic of UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE, Spain Resilience Guard, Switzerland School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Research Laboratory of Regional Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Tsinghua University, China Women For Democracy, Switzerland The Australian National University, Australia

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Country Iran, Islamic Republic of China, People's Republic of South Korea Saudi Arabia Canada Iran, Islamic Republic of Spain Switzerland China, People's Republic of China, People's Republic of Switzerland Australia