Agenda

2017. March, 16th

• 13.30 – 13.35

  Welcome by REA (Christina Longo)

• 13.35 – 14.00

  Projects in a nutshell (5 minutes each)

• 14.00 – 15.30

  Session 1: Understanding of cascading effects

  This session is concerned with what cascading effects are and why they evolve (not how cascading effects are modelled).

  • Definitions and terminology
  • Empirical findings on types, triggers and paths of cascading effects
  • Theoretical concepts (interlinked systems, dependencies, socio-technical constellations, , etc.)
  • Is it possible to generalize and characterize from experience from past events?
• 15.30 – 16.00

  Coffee break

• 16.00 – 17.30

  Session 2: Modelling of cascading effects

  The idea for this session is to address different modelling approaches, both from a technical and a social-science perspective.

  • Comparison of models and modelling approaches
  • Scope and goal of the models
  • Aggregation level of modelling
  • Underlying assumptions regarding cascading effects and their management
  • What can actually be modelled?
  • Experiences with collaboration between software engineers, practitioners and social scientists
• 19.30

  Dinner

2017. March, 17th

• 09.00 – 10.30

  World-Café (interactive sessions) on topics of the first two sessions

  10-11 persons per table; 10 tables, 3 sessions á 20 minutes w/ 10 minutes in-between (each participants can visit three tables)

• 10.40 – 12.10

  Session 3: Acting on cascading effects during crisis

  Here, we want to deal with inter-organisational cooperation and information exchange with regard to the mitigation of cascading effects.

  • Inter-organisational cooperation (approaches, best practice)
  • Interoperability of operators during emergencies (technical, social, legal)
  • Information handling and sharing
  • Impact of tools and technologies in mitigating cascading effects
• 12.10 – 13.30

  Lunch

• 13.30 – 15.00

  Session 4: Implementation of results and tools into practice

  In this last area, we will focus on problems and opportunities of implementing the developed tools pre-, during and post-crisis, both regarding crisis management and policy.

  • Do the developed models and tools provide added value also in the response phase or only during training and for response planning?
  • How can we harmonize different worlds (e.g. Copernicus satellite data and cascading effect tools, European level and national level tools)?
  • What are useful ways of knowledge transfer and processing in order to exploit results for further research and development activities?
  • What obstacles are there to introduce new tools and how to make new tools usable and used?
• 15.00 – 15.15

  Coffee break

• 15:15 – 16:30

  Wrap-up of World-Café tables: presentation and discussion of results in the plenum

  (50 mins) + overall wrap-up (30-40 mins)