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GEM releases New Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Products

October 13, 2023

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Global Seismic Risk Map 2023

OVERVIEW

This year, the UNDRR’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction highlights the critical link between disasters and inequality. Unequal access to financial resources and insurance often exposes the vulnerable to disaster risks. Conversely, disasters can worsen disparities, plunging the marginalized into deeper poverty.


The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation through its groundbreaking earthquake hazard and risk maps presented at the GEM Conference in June 2023, is taking significant strides to address this issue. These maps provide vital insights into the variation of risk around the world, thus equipping risk managers, insurers, engineers, building regulators, and community planners with information to inform risk reduction measures by improving building safety and land use, enhancing earthquake preparedness, and incentivising risk transfer mechanisms such as insurance.

SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

Session Title

John Schneider

Secretary
General

Ahmet Bu?ra Ceyhan

Claims and Catastrophe Project Management Specialist

Sonia Talwar

Session 1 Moderator

Mami Mizutori

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction,
Head

Intro Panel Moderator:
Michael Ewald (SwissRe)

Panelists: Nilesh Shome, Jay Guin, Mustafa Erdik,
Sinan Akkar,
Jaime Abad
Perez

Marco Pagani

Hazard Team Coordinator

Iain Stewart

Introduction
Moderator

Posters and demos presenters

Vitor Silva

Risk Team Coordinator

Sinan Akkar

Turk Reinsurance Inc.,
Principal Catastrophe Modeler (keynote speaker)

Catalina Yepes

Seismic Risk Engineer

AGENDA

Time
Topic
Speaker
Role
Organisation
13:00-13:10
Introductory remarks
John Schneider
Secretary General
GEM
13:10-13:15
Opening Address (video message)
Mami Mizutori
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Head
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
13:15-13:20
Introduction to the presentations
Iain Stewart
Introduction Moderator
Royal Scientific Society, Jordan
13:20-13:50
Lessons learned from the 2023 Kahramanmara?, T�rkiye earthquakes: Modeling aspects of insured portfolio losses
Sinan Akkar
Turk Reinsurance Inc., Principal Catastrophe Modeler (keynote speaker)
Turk Reinsurance Inc., Principal Catastrophe Modeler (keynote speaker)
13:50-14:20
DASK National Insurance perspective of Turkey EQ
Ahmet Bu?ra Ceyhan
Claims and Catastrophe Project Management Specialist
DASK
14:20-15:00
Intro Discussion Panel: Lessons learned regarding post-earthquake impact assessment
Intro Panel Moderator: Michael Ewald (SwissRe) Panelists: Nilesh Shome, Jay Guin, Mustafa Erdik, Sinan Akkar, Jaime Abad Perez
15:00-15:10
Flash introductions of poster and demo session
Posters and demos presenters
15:10-15:40
Coffee break - Posters and demonstrations
15:40-15:50
Session 1: What has been developed?
Sonia Talwar
Session 1 Moderator
NRCan
15:50-16:30
Update of the Global Hazard Model
Marco Pagani
Hazard Team Coordinator
GEM
16:30-17:10
Update of the Global Risk Model
Vitor Silva
Risk Team Coordinator
GEM
17:10-17:30
Launch of the Earthquake Scenarios Database
Catalina Yepes
Seismic Risk Engineer
GEM
17:30-18:00
Discussion Panel 1: Development and use of the Global earthquake models
Panel 1 Moderator: Helen Crowley (Eucentre) Panelists: Vitor Silva, Marco Pagani, Chung-Han Chan, Paul Della Marta, Daniela Di Bucci
18:00-19:30
Aperitivo
Session 2: How has it been used? (June 14th, morning)
9:00-9:10
Introduction: Session 2
Joerg Steffensen
Session 2 Moderator
Hannover Re
9:10-09:40
Keynote Lecture: Landscape of DRR initiatives - past, present and future
Alanna Simpson
Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist (keynote speaker)
World Bank Group
9:40-09:55
Canadian Earthquake Risk Model
Tiegan Hobbs
Research Scientist
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
09:55-10:10
Colombia Earthquake Hazard model + Cali
Miguel Mora
Seismic Risk Engineer
I+R Consultores en Ingenier�a y Riesgos
10:10-10:25
Urban Seismic Risk Assessment
Tso-Chien Pan
Founding Executive Director
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management-NTU
10:25-10:55
Coffee break
10:55-11:10
Application to insurance/financial risk modelling
Crescenzo Petrone
Executive Director
Gallagher Re,
11:10-11:25
Mitigating Risks in Georgia's Emergency Facilities: Arup and GEM's Collaborative Risk Assessment
Angelica Zanichelli
Arup, Structural Engineer
Arup
11:25-11:40
Site-specific seismic hazard assessment for nuclear and hydropower facilities in France
Paola Traversa
Seismologist
Electricit� de France (EdF)
11:40-12:20
Discussion Panel 2: Using GEM products to make a difference
Panel 2 Moderator: Laurie Johnson (Laurie Johnson Consulting) Panelists: Alanna Simpson, Tiegan Hobbs, Miguel Mora, Tso-Chien Pan, Crescenzo Petrone, Angelica Zanichelli, Paola Traversa
12:20-14:00
Lunch break - Posters and Demonstrations
Session 3: Where are we going? (June 14th, afternoon)
14:00-14:05
Introduction: Session 3
Lindsay Davis
Session 3 Moderator
USGS/USAID,
14:05-14:20
Triggered or secondary effects: Tsunami
Stefano Lorito
Researcher
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
14:20-14:35
Triggered or secondary effects: Liquefaction
Ellen Rathje
Professor
University of Texas at Austin, Geotechnical Engineering
14:35-14:50
Triggered or secondary effects: Landslide
Farrokh Nadim
Technical Director
NGI � Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
14:50-15:10
Incorporation of NASA products in global hazard and risk assessment
Shanna McClain
Disasters Program Manager
NASA
15:10-15:40
Coffee break
15:40-16:10
Keynote Lecture: International Macroseismic Scale
David Wald
Research Geophysicist (Keynote speaker)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
16:10-16:25
Systemic or cascading infrastructure risk
Astha Poudel
Systemic Risk Researcher
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
16:25-16:40
Using GEM products to support rapid loss assessment
Alberto Michelini
Director of Research
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) ARISTOTLE
16:40-16:55
Future Exposure and Risk to natural hazards
Alejandro Calderon
Seismic Risk Engineer
GEM
16:55-17:25
Closing Discussion Panel: The role of GEM to 2030
Closing Panel Moderator: John Schneider (GEM) Panelists:: Laurie Johnson, Sibylle Steimen, Kishor Jaiswal, Jenty Kirsch-Wood, Matthias Schmid, Sangeeta Singh
17:25-17:30
Final Wrap/Closing
Jorg Steffensen
Hannover Re
Hannover Re
10:00-10:05
Welcome
Helen Crowley
Secretary General
GEM
10:05-10:15
International Day for DRR and GEM's global hazard and risk maps
John Schneider
Senior Advisor
GEM
10:15-10:25
Overview of GEM's 2023 product release
Helen Crowley
Secretary General
GEM
10:25-10:45
GEM's global seismic hazard mosaic and future developments
Marco Pagani
Head of Seismic Hazards
GEM
10:45-11:05
GEM's global seismic risk mosaic and future developments
Vitor Silva
Head of Risk Engineering
GEM
11:05-11:20
Walkthrough of access to GEM's 2023 products
Andres Abarca
Product Manager
GEM
11:20-11:55
Q&A and Discussion
John Schneider
Senior Advisor
GEM
11:55-12:00
Closing Remarks
Helen Crowley
Secretary General
GEM

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We invite you to join us for an opportunity to explore the latest seismic hazard and risk modeling advancements and their application to informing #riskreduction measures in the field of #buildingsafety and land use, enhancing #earthquakepreparedness, and incentivising #risktransfer mechanisms.


📅 Date: October 13th 🕙 Time: 10 am - 12 pm CEST

🎥 Livestream Link: GEM's YouTube Channel


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