Join the Annual we4DRR Network Meeting 2025!

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We are excited to announce the annual we4DRR Network Meeting 2025, taking place on 8-9 April at Eurac Research in Bolzano, Italy. Co-organised by Eurac Research and supported by EUSALP AG 8, this event offers the opportunity to learn, collaborate, and grow within the vibrant we4DRR community.
 

Event Highlights:

  • Engaging Talks: Hear from network members, many representing regional DRR initiatives.
  • Interactive Workshops & Training: Sharpen your skills with sessions tailored for professional development and capacity building.
  • Networking Opportunities: Connect with experts, practitioners, and researchers in the field.
  • Poster Exhibition: Bring your poster to showcase your work and share ideas with attendees.
  • Excursion on River Restoration Projects for DRR facilitated by the Provincial Warning Centre of the Civil Protection Agency Bolzano

Key Details:

  • Cost: The full programme is free, including lunches, coffee breaks, and a social dinner on 8 April, generously sponsored and supported by EUSALP AG8, the Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control (WLV), the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW) and BOKU University.
  • Participant Costs: Travel and accommodation are the only expenses participants need to cover.

To register, please contact us at contact@we4drr.net

PROGRAMME

DAY 1

12:00 – 13:00 Welcome Lunch

13:00 – 13:10 Opening

13:10 – 13:30 News from the we4DRR Network, Michaela Teich (BFW)

13:30 – 13:40 Introduction to EUSALP AG 8 “Risk Governance”, Katharina Rieder (BML)

13:40 – 14:00 Ice-Breaker Session

TALKS

14:00 – 14:30 Analysing multi-hazard risk by integrating Forensic Analysis and Impact Chains, Silvia Cocuccioni (Eurac Research, Center for Climate Change and Transformation)

14:30 – 15:00 Geodata in Civil Protection, Martina Inderst & Susanne Rizzolli (Provincial Warning Centre, Civil Protection Agency, Bolzano)

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break + Group Photo

15:30 – 16:00 Integrating vulnerable groups in local disaster and emergency planning, Susanna Wernhart (Disaster Competence Network Austria)

16:00 – 16:30 Findings and lessons learnt from the development process of a strategy to tackle climate risks in an Alpine region, Lavinia Laiti (Environmental Protection Agency, Autonomous Province of Trento, EUSALP AG8 member)

16:30 – 17:00 Summary & Feedback from network members

19:00 Dinner

 

DAY 2

9:00 – 10:30 Gender equality at work: from data to gender harmony, Alexandra Tomaselli (Eurac Research)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break + Poster Walk

11:00 – 12:30 Diversity Management in practice, Martina Kohlberger (Management Centre Innsbruck MCI)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch + Poster Walk

13:30 – 15:30 Excursion: River renaturation for DRR in Bolzano, Evi Holzner & Ilaria Folie (Provincial Warning Centre, Civil Protection Agency, Bolzano)

 

We look forward to seeing you in Bolzano!