NEWS BULLETIN
May-Jun 2020
Conferences of Interest
45th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop(12-15 July; Broomfield, Colorado, USA)
thThe Natural Hazards Center hosts the 45 Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications
Workshop bringing together over 500 federal, state and local mitigation and emergency management
officials; representatives of non-profit, private sector and humanitarian organizations; hazards anddisaster researchers; and others dedicated to alleviating the impacts of disasters. This year’s theme,“Active Hope in an Era of Environmental Extremes”, focuses on establishing a clear view of reality
by assessing and reporting on the challenges of frontline communities, organizations, and other groups pushed to thebrink by mounting environmental and social injustices. Registrations will begin soon.
https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2020

International RIMMA 2020 Conference(26-27 August; Berlin, Germany)
The 6th international interdisciplinary CODATA workshop on Risk Information Management, Risk Models, andApplications (RIMMA) will share best practices and discuss methodological problems in risk modelling from aninformation systems point of view for all phases of the disaster cycle, considering also the fields of safety and security.
The workshop will pay special attention to the information complexity management and governance aspects inrelation to the implementation of the UN SFDRR. Abstract submission deadline: 25 May.
http://rimma2020.org/

3rd KLASICA Taipei Symposium(24-27 October; Taipei, Taiwan)
The international Knowledge, Learning, And Societal Change research
Alliance (KLASICA) organises the 3rd KLASICA Taipei Symposium, inviting
researchers, policy makers, community activists, and practitioners, who areconcerned with societal transformations to sustainable futures in accord with the UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), to join this exciting and important symposium. This year’s theme is Digital Narratives in the Quest for
Sustainable Futures, while the symposium is organised in a workshop format (either in-person and online, or entirely
online if needed) that fosters mutual learning aimed at producing new insights and approaches to the complex issuesof sustainable futures. For more information on the call, please click here. Abstract submission deadline: 30 May.
https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/research/knowledge-learning-and-societal-change-alliance-klasica/

Other Items of Interest
SICA COVID-19 Information and Coordination Platform by CEPREDENAC
The Coordination Center for the Prevention of Disasters in Central America and the Dominican
Republic (CEPREDENAC) has launched the ‘SICA COVID-19 Information and Coordination
Platform’, focused on enhancing the availability of up-to-date information for decision-making in
the region amidst the COVID-19 pandemic at the regional level and from a risk management
perspective. The platform consolidates information, such as confirmed cases, recoveries,deaths, response strategies, hospitals, isolation centers and transportation hubs, and couples it with near-future
impact projection models and, through a partnership with NASA, areas sensitive to flooding and landslides.
https://www.undrr.org/news/cepredenac-creates-platform-better-pandemic-management-region

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