Transcript Schedule of the kick-off meeting

Kick-off meeting at Sunnersta herrgård, Uppsala
This meeting marks the start of the SENDIM (CNDS and MSB) and CANDIM (ISP/Sida) research schools for
natural disaster science.
The time before lunch both days will be spent with lectures combined with presentations of individual PhD
students along with their main supervisor, of post-docs, and of researchers. The time after lunch will be
devoted to group work and presentation of such work.
Thursday 1 September 2011
Time
Activity
09:30–10:00 Tea/coffee served for early arrivals
10:00–10:20 Welcome and introduction to the meeting
10:20–11:00 Lectures
- Natural disaster science – emergence of a new, inter-disciplinary
science field
- Morphology of natural disasters
11:00–11:35 Presentation of supervisors, PhD students, and researchers at the
Earth Sciences department, Uppsala
- Anna Rutgersson and Adam Dingwell (meteorology)
- Jan Seibert (Sven Halldin) and Marc Girons (hydrology)
- Stephan Köhler, Jean-Marc Mayotte and Viveca Norén
(environmental assessment)
- Ari Tryggvason (and Zeinab Jedd; seismology)
- Valentin Troll (Steffi Burchart) and David Budd (volcanology)
- Caterina Melchiorre (earth sciences)
11:35–11:55 Leg stretcher
11:55–12:15 Lecture
Research Capacity Building in Nature-Induced Disaster Mitigation in
Central America
12:15–12:50 Presentation of CANDIM supervisors and PhD students and
supervisors
- Anna Rutgersson and Tito Maldonado (meteorology)
- Ashok Swain (Lars-Christer Lundin) and Hector Guinea
(environmental assessment)
- (Bo Galle and) Vladimir Conde (environmental science)
- Lars-Christer Lundin and Beatriz Quesada (hydrology)
- Sven Halldin, Diana Fuentes, and Eduardo Reynolds (hydrology)
- (Veijo Pohjola and) Agnes Soto (physical geography)
12:50–12:55 Welcome greetings from the CNDS Programme Council
12:55–14:00
14:00–16:30
16:30–18:30
18:30
Lunch
Group work
- The number of groups will depend on the number of participants
and available space. We aim at groups of around 6 persons each.
- Group-work questions will be elaborated depending on input
from participants.
Optional time for teambuilding activities
Dinner
Person
Klas Hjort
Sven Halldin
Ari Tryggvason
Lars-Christer
Lundin
Margaretha
Fahlgren
Friday 2 September 2011
Time
Activity
09:00–09:25 Presentation of the Introduction course
09:25–09:45 Lecture
Technology tools for disaster management
09:45–10:10 Presentation of supervisors, PhD students, and post-docs at the
Engineering division, Uppsala
- Klas Hjort and Zahra Khaji (microsystems technology)
- Lars-Åke Larzon and Hjalmar Wennerström (computer science)
- Mikael Bergkvist and Jon Olausson (science of electricity)
- Magnus Rahm and Linnea Sjöqvist (science of electricity)
- Roger Bodén (engineering sciences)
10:10–10:30 Lecture
Climate and safety
10:30–10:45 Presentation of supervisors, PhD students, and post-docs at the
Centre for Climate and Safety, Karlstad
- Lars Nyberg, Jenny Koivisto and Erik Persson (public health)
- Jan-Olov Andersson (CCS)
10:45–11:15 Coffee break
11:15–11:35 Lecture
Crisis management
11:35–12:10 Presentation of supervisors, PhD students, and researchers at the
National Defence College and the Faculty of Social Science, Uppsala
- Charles Parker, Lina Eriksson, and Frederike Albrecht (political
science)
- Daniel Nohrstedt, Helena Hermansson, and Sara Bondesson
(political science)
- Cecilia Albin and Colin Walch (peace and conflict research)
12:10–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:30 Group-work presentations
14:30–15:00 Summary of the meeting
15:00–15:30 Departure coffee break
Person
Charles Parker
Mats Leijon
Lars Nyberg
Bengt Sundelius
Lars Nyberg