The Global Flood Partnership 2018 Conference

Bridging the gap between science and usersPeter Salamon

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…to establish a partnership for global flood forecasting, monitoring and impact assessment to strengthen preparedness and response and to reduce global flood disaster losses.

Bridging the gap between science & users

GFP activities since the last meeting….

• Global Flood Models - Special Session at the Seventh International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM7)• M. Trigg (UoLeeds), J. Neal (UoB), P. Ward (VUM)• September 2017

• Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction Across the Americas• NASA, CONAE, CEOS, GEO• GFP session (Bob, Sagy, Albert)• September 2017

• American Geophysical Union 2017• Global Floods: Forecasting, Monitoring, Risk Assessment, and

Socioeconomic (H. Wu)• numerous contr. to other sessions

• Understanding Risk 2018:• Side event: Many small drops make a big flood: Global Flood

Partnership (IRI, RC/RCCC)• May 2018

GFP activities in the next months….

• American Geophysical Union 2018• Global Floods: Forecasting, Monitoring, Risk

Assessment, and Socioeconomic (H. Wu)• Contributions to other sessions?

• AGU Geophysical Monograph Series:• “Global Drought and Flood Prediction”• Editors: Wu, Lettenmaier, Ward, Tang• Will contain a number of GFP contributions

• Any proposal for GFP side events, contributions, etc..?• Please check with the GFP Steering Committee

GFP Steering Committee:Peter Salamon (chair) – Joint Research Center, European Commission

Albert Kettner (vice-chair) –Dartmouth Flood Observatory

Roberto Rudari – International Center for Environmental Monitoring (CIMA) Erin Coughlan – Red Cross

Red Crescent Climate Center

Mark Trigg – University of LeedsAna Prados – University of Maryland Baltimore County

Two new members: Albert Kettner (replacing Robert Brakenridge) –Huan Wu (replacing Yang Hong)

Sagy Cohen – University of AlabamaAlbrecht Weerts – Deltares

Huan Wu – Sun Yat-senUniversity

The GFP is not a “normal” conference:

• Presentations• Posters• Ignite talks• Marketplace• 4 workshops• Visit to Deltares• Support service discussion• Table top exercise

Disastrov

• Low lying coastal• High mountain• Rivers

• Volcano• Large urban center,

small urban center, rural settlements

• Infrastructure• Airport• Port• Dams, levees• Highways, rail,

bridges

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Table top exercise schedule:

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Time Activity

1400 Exercise Start

1400 – 1430 Introduction and Overview

1430 – 1450 Module I overview – Before the event

1450 – 1510 Module II overview – Onset of the event with first

impacts

1510 – 1530 Module III overview – Flooding

1530 – 1600 Coffee Break

1600 – 1630 Post exercise group report out

1630 – 1730 Targeted group discussion

1730– 1800 Wrap Up

• Bring your product (map, forecast, analysis….)!• How: Simple screenshot (with legend preferably) or live system • Printout or on your laptop• Needs to be associated to Module I, II or III • Aim:• Foster collaboration and learning between data providers, emergency

managers, decision makers and responders.• Test ability to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.• Demonstrate how GFP products can support Emergency Response & Disaster

Risk Reduction by providing timely, actionable and relevant products and tools to improve decision making

Global Flood Partnership & Global Risk Assessment Framework

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