Friday, September 11, 1998

Reports by the Session Chairs

09:00 - 10:15, Main Hal

Chairman: Hans Koschnick (German IDNDR Committee)
Jochen Zschau (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam)

10:15 - 10:30
Coffee Break

Panel discussions
(all: 10:30 -12:00)

Theme 8

"Future technology needs, accessibility, availability and affordability of Early Warning Systems."

Convenor:
Hans Secher Schmidt,
(Whelen Engineering, Denmark)

Panelists:

M. Baltuck, NASA, USA

P. Krejsa, Austrian Research Centre

J. Scott, Centre for Public Service Comm., USA

F. Yamazaki, Institute of Industrial Science, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Theme 9

"Lessons learned from Early Warning Systems: What do they have in common?"

Convenor:
J. Dooge, (University of Dublin, Ireland)

Panelists:

R. Landis, WMO, (Atmospheric hazards),

R. M. Hamilton, NRC/NAS, USA, (Geological hazards),

Sir J. Lighthill †, Univ. College of London, UK, (Awareness and training),

E. Seibold, Germany, (Interdisciplinary aspects),

B. Narasimhan, Food Corporation of India, (Institutional aspects)

E. Plate, Germany ,(Floods and droughts).

Theme 10

"Early Warning in economy and public life: Impact and response."

Convenors:
S. Herath,
(INCEDE, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
&
A. Maskrey,
(Network for Social Studies on Disaster Prevention in Latin America, Peru)

Panelists:

G. Berz, Munich Re, Germany

I. Davis, Oxford Centre for Disaster Studies, UK

L. R. Duran, Centro de Coordination para la Prevencion de Desastres Naturales en America Central, Panama

H. Kondo, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan

12:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break

Closing Ceremony and Presentation of the Conference Declaration

Chairman: Hans Koschnick, (German IDNDR Committee)

Friday, September 11, 1998

14:00 - 15:00, Main Hall

Detailed Programme will be communicated later.