Speakers

8th - 10th
December 2020
Global Dialogue
Platform

Virtual Edition
Abbey Byrne

Abbey Byrne

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Community-based Surveillance Delegate

Anticipation?
Elevated attention, investment and action on community preparedness for epidemics.

My vision?
Equipped, enabled and empowered communities

Afroza Haque

Afroza Haque

German Red Cross
Senior Project Officer 
Bangladesh

Anticipation?
Early action

My vision?
Anticipate and act to increase the resilience of vulnerable community/people

Ahmat Younous Abdel-Lathif

Ahmat Younous Abdel-Lathif

United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP)
Meteorologist and Climate risk Analyst  

Anticipation?
To connect with colleagues

My vision?
Provide meteorological information to help support food insecure people and contribute to change lives, save lives.

Aisha Jamshed

Aisha Jamshed

Welthungerhilfe Pakistan
Country Director

Anticipation?
Future of disaster management

My vision?
Localized early action

Aklilu Dinkneh Teklesadik

Aklilu Dinkneh Teklesadik

Netherlands Red Cross 510 data team
Technical Project coordinator

Anticipation?
DRR practitioners should be accountable for failing to take early actions to reduce the humanitarian impact of climate related disasters

My vision?
National Disaster management agencies will own the process of anticipatory early action system design

Alexandra Rüth

Alexandra Rüth

German Red Cross
Head of Anticipation Hub

Anticipation?
YESSSS! Absolutely needed. We cannot only wait until disasters happen...

My vision?
A more forward looking humanitarian system and more donors investing in anticipatory humanitarian action. We have to bring anticipatory action to scale - jointly. Therefore partnerships are crucial and exchanging our joint learnings.

Amjad Ahmad

Amjad Ahmad

Welthungerhilfe-WHH Pakistan
Disaster Risk Finance Coordinator- Start Network UK

Anticipation?
To visualize and analyse risk and be prepared

My vision?
Empowering communities and grass root organizations who are at forefront of disasters for faster and appropriate intervention to save lives

Amy Davison

Amy Davison

Environmental Management Department, City of Cape Town
Head: Climate Change  

Anticipation?
Taking action in anticipation of climate shocks and stresses is essential for climate resilience.

My vision?
Adaptable and flexible systems that are able to respond to climate change related uncertainty.

Andrea Ficchì

Andrea Ficchì

University of Reading
Postdoctoral researcher (FATHUM project) 

Anticipation?
Very essential, to reduce impacts and strengthen resilience.

My vision?
Doing research on forecast-based action is learning together with partners across the world.

Andrew Kruczkiewicz

Andrew Kruczkiewicz

Columbia University / Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Senior Researcher / Faculty Lecturer 

Anticipation?
Anticipation is a privilege and an opportunity to address risk.

My vision?
How should/could we revise triggers based on knowledge gained from 1 activation?

Angel G. Muñoz

Angel G. Muñoz

International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Associate Research Scientist 

Anticipation?
Preparedness

My vision?
Safe

Anita Auerbach (née Yeomans)

Anita Auerbach (née Yeomans)

German Red Cross
Cash-based Early Action & Social Protection

Anticipation?
Planning now for what tomorrow brings!

My vision?
Governments anticipate shocks and provide predictable social assistance before, during, after disaster, with National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, leading civil society disaster response when needs exceed government capacity.

Anna Lena Huhn

Anna Lena Huhn

German Red Cross
Regional FbF Delegate Southern Africa 

Anticipation?
Informed acting on the future

My vision?
A humanitarian system that has undergone a behavioural change towards anticipation, understanding “human suffering must be addressed wherever it is forecasted to be found” as part of the humanitarian imperative of the 21st Century.

Anne Van Loon

Anne Van Loon

Institute for Environmental Studies, VU Amsterdam
Associate Prof Drought Risk - Water & Climate Risk group

Anticipation?
Imagining what your future might look like

My vision?
The complexities of drought being embraced

Ashraful Haque

Ashraful Haque

FOREWARN Bangladesh, Start Network
Coordinator
Bangladesh

Anticipation?
Learn and share the anticipation experiences to build our resilience together

My vision?
Scaling up anticipation work at most vulnerable community

Atik Ahsan

Atik Ahsan

Freelance Researcher

Anticipation?
This platform may open new horizons

My vision?
FbF will reduce damages and help who are in need

Bart Vermeiren

Bart Vermeiren

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Philippines
Head of Operations 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Bernardo Rodriguez Vidal

Bernardo Rodriguez Vidal

World Food Program (WFP )
Forecast based Finance Project Coordinator 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Bianca Adam

Bianca Adam

World Bank 
Senior Operations Officer and Team Lead for Compound Risk Analytics and Crisis Preparedness  

Anticipation?
Saves lives and livelihoods

My vision?
All development interventions are risk-informed

Bob Stefanski

Bob Stefanski

World Meteorological Organization
Head of Applied Climate Services Division 

Anticipation?
To connect with colleagues and Member countries

My vision?
To provide accurate and timely scientific information

Boris Plavin

Boris Plavin

World Health Organization (WHO)
Acting Unit Head, Field Epidemiology Services

Anticipation?

My vision?

Brenda Lazarus

Brenda Lazarus

FAO’s Subregional Office for Eastern Africa
Emergency Needs Assessment and Early Warning Advisor  

Anticipation?
Key for building more resilient rural livelihoods.

My vision?
To move the dialogue from emergency response to anticipatory action and disaster risk reduction approaches.

Catrina Johnson

Catrina Johnson

UK Met Office
ARRCC IBF Lead 

Anticipation?

My vision?
To highlight the many different components needed to set up an IBF service

Charlotte Ch Hammer

Charlotte Ch Hammer

Fellow/Field epidemiologist (EPIET) 
Research Affiliate (CSER) 

Anticipation?
Actionable forewarning

My vision?
Collaborative science for action

Claire Boswell

Claire Boswell

Food for the Hungry
Technical Advisor for Social and Behavioral Change 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Clare Harris

Clare Harris

Start Network 
Technical Lead for Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Clayton Lumwaya

Clayton Lumwaya

Zambia Redcross Society
GIS Officer

Anticipation?
Capacity building

My vision?
Providing Advanced Technical Solutions

Conor Meenan

Conor Meenan

Centre for Disaster Protection
Lead Risk Finance Specialist

Anticipation?
At every stage, acting early pays.

My vision?
A world where disasters do not devastate lives.

Cyril Ferrand

Cyril Ferrand

FAO’s Subregional Office for Eastern Africa
Resilience Team Leader | Eastern Africa 

Anticipation?
Anticipatory action can be a transformative and impactful solution that builds resilience by immediately safeguarding livelihoods while at the same time, protecting longer term development gains.

My vision?
A more resilient and food secure Eastern Africa will be achieved only when we 1) address underlying fragilities, and 2) reduce the impacts of disasters by acting early based on evidence-based early warning information.

Damien Riquet

Damien Riquet

German Red Cross
FbF project manager 
Philippines 

Anticipation?
Create the enabling environment for faster/ anticipatory answer

My vision?
A strong linkage between science and anticipatory humanitarian actions

Daniel Gilman

Daniel Gilman

UN OCHA
Deputy Head of Operations Unit, Regional Office for Asia-Pacific
Thailand 

Anticipation?
Transformation towards a more dynamic and response international disaster system

My vision?
We actually respond to predictable disasters in a timely and efficient way.

Daniel Pfister

Daniel Pfister

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA)
Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Humanitarian Financing Strategy and Analysis Unit 

Anticipation?
Leads to faster, more efficient and more dignified responses.

My vision?
Collective anticipatory action at scale

Daniel Schensul

Daniel Schensul

UNFPA
Humanitarian Data Specialist 

Anticipation?
Data

My vision?
Early warning across all sectors of humanitarian response

David Dalgado

David Dalgado

British Red Cross
Cash and Markets Advisor 

Anticipation?
That Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies play a central role in anticipating and helping communities prepare for and respond in advance of shocks and crisis.

My vision?
That reliable forecast based financing can facilitate early action with cash assistance where appropriate.

Deirdre O’Sullivan-Winks

Deirdre O’Sullivan-Winks

The Centre for Disaster Protection
Senior Consultant  

Anticipation?
Fundamental to reducing the costs and severity of predictable climate-related disasters for at-risk communities.

My vision?
That disasters are paid for with money, not with lives.

Dirk-Jan Omtzigt

Dirk-Jan Omtzigt

UNOCHA
Chief Economist
Head, Humanitarian Financing Strategy and Analysis Unit

Anticipation?
Dignity

My vision?
Collective Anticipatory Action at Scale

Dominique Burgeon

Dominique Burgeon

Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Director
Office of Emergencies and Resilience 

Anticipation?
By linking early warnings to flexible financing instruments and timely actions, anticipation saves lives, safeguards agricultural livelihoods, protects food security, builds resilience to future shocks, and eases pressure on strained humanitarian resources.

My vision?
The anticipatory approach is mainstreamed in disaster risk management frameworks across African countries and beyond, leading to a decisive shift from a reactive to a preventive approach to food crises.

Dunja Dujanovic

Dunja Dujanovic

FAO
Early Warning Early Action Lead  

Anticipation?
A moral obligation and an essential part of disaster management

My vision?
A world where preventing humanitarian crises is considered as non-negotiable as responding to them

Eddie Wasswa Jjemba

Eddie Wasswa Jjemba

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Urban Resilience Advisor

Anticipation?
Advancing Anticipation in urbanising world

My vision?
Developing functional anticipatory systems for cities

Elena Villalobos Prats

Elena Villalobos Prats

World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical Officer, Climate Change and Health, Responsible for country support

Anticipation?
Prevention and preparedness

My vision?
Climate resilient health systems, including climate-informed information systems

Elizabeth Viljoen

Elizabeth Viljoen

South African Weather Service
Forecaster: DRR 

Anticipation?
Excitement

My vision?
To develop early weather warnings that trigger early actions in all communities

Elspeth Oppermann

Elspeth Oppermann

Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society 
Senior Researcher

Anticipation?

My vision?

Emily Montier

Emily Montier

Start Network 
Head of Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Emily Rogers

Emily Rogers

START Network
Independent consultant

Anticipation?
Discussion and debate

My vision?
Pushing our collective thinking on how and when risk-affected people can be engaged before, during, and after anticipatory action.

Emma Flaherty

Emma Flaherty

Risk Informed Early Action Partnership
Implementation Lead

Anticipation?
Needs to become the norm not the exception.

My vision?
Effective, efficient, people centred early action

Emmah Mwangi

Emmah Mwangi

Kenya Red Cross Society
Acting Climate Research Manager 

Anticipation?
Enhanced institutionalization, coordination and harmonization of initiatives.

My vision?
Meteorological services to be fully integrated in anticipatory work.

Faith Mitheu

Faith Mitheu

University of Reading
PhD Research Student

Anticipation?
Support action-oriented research for FbA and IbF

My vision?
Using Research to inform EAP

Fernanda Ayala

Fernanda Ayala

Ecuadorian Red Cross
GIS Specialist 

Anticipation?
It's not just about getting there early; it's about getting there in a timely manner.

My vision?
Adaptation is the bridge between planning and action.

Fred Orimba

Fred Orimba

Kenya Red Cross
Cash Programme Officer

Anticipation?
Preparedness

My vision?
Efficiency and excellence in humanitarian work

Georgina Bedenham

Georgina Bedenham

UK Government Actuary’s Department
Actuary

Anticipation?

My vision?

Gertrude Namitala

Gertrude Namitala

Trudigital Technologies Ltd and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Founder - Trudigital Technologies, co-fouder Open Data Lab Zambia and Board member HOTOSM 

Anticipation?
More organizations embracing open data and open data sharing

My vision?
I would like a world where we all are actively part of the data processes

Hassan Ahmadul

Hassan Ahmadul

Climate Center
Technical Advisor

Anticipation?

My vision?

Henry Chaves Kiel

Henry Chaves Kiel

Costa Rican Red Cross
deputy operations manager 

Anticipation?
always ready

My vision?
A more resilient society

Hosam Faysal

Hosam Faysal

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 
Head of Disaster Climate and Crisis Department MENA 

Anticipation?
The anticipation agenda to be scaled up as part of our norm and way of thinking now and in the years to come, together with all involved actors and most importantly the local communities we serve.

My vision?
Using science as a programming input.

Hugo Hidalgo

Hugo Hidalgo

Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)
Director of Geophysical Research Center (UCR) 

Anticipation?
state of proactivity towards the future

My vision?
Research as a basis for climate action

Irene Amuron

Irene Amuron

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Technical Advisor

Anticipation?
Together, We CAN!

My vision?
Exploit the full potential of forecast!

Jacopo Margutti

Jacopo Margutti

Netherlands Red Cross 510
Data Scientist

Anticipation?
Yes, better safe than sorry

My vision?
Evidence-based and community-championed decision-making

Jagan Chapagain

Jagan Chapagain

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Secretary General

Anticipation?

My vision?

Jannatul Ferdous

Jannatul Ferdous

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC’s), Bangladesh Delegation 
Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Officer 

Anticipation?
Action that reduce any kind of risks with effectively and efficiently.

My vision?
To build gender friendly response within humanitarian dimensions of climate change.

Joanne Meusz

Joanne Meusz

The Centre for Disaster Protection
Lead Risk Finance Specialist 

Anticipation?
Being proactive

My vision?
A world where disasters do not devastate lives

Johan Eldebo

Johan Eldebo

World Vision
Regional Security Director 

Anticipation?
Local and global decision-makers should be incentivized to act based on anticipated events, rather than feel like they have to wait until it is too late as is too often the case.

My vision?
Collaborative and locally-informed context analysis should give decision-makers plausible scenarios for the future, around which they can then plan and implement practical anticipatory strategies and plans

John Long

John Long

UNOCHA
Head of Emergency Response Preparedness Unit 

Anticipation?
Better humanitarian responses

My vision?
Making response readiness standard practice

Jomar F. Rabajante

Jomar F. Rabajante

University of the Philippines Los Baños and UP Resilience Institute 
Professor

Anticipation?
Number of COVID-19 cases has increased in many countries including the Philippines but after setting up effective interventions, it is projected that the epidemic curve will continue to be flattened below critical levels.

My vision?
The lessons learned from this pandemic coupled with scientific studies are utilized to set up sustainable effective policies and systems to prevent or mitigate future disease outbreaks.

Josh Ayers

Josh Ayers

Food for the Hungry
Sr. Risk & Resilience Advisor 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Juan Bazo

Juan Bazo

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Climate Science Advisor

Anticipation?
Safety measure.

My vision?
Use science for preparedness.

Julia Chasco

Julia Chasco

NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE - ARGENTINA ,
Head of Meteorology and Society (SMN-AR) 
WWRP- Member, WWRP - Co.Chair, WMO – Core Member


Anticipation?
A paradigm that has come to stay.

My vision?
A fully conscious and collaborative society for a truly resilient future.

Julio Rainimanananjanahary

Julio Rainimanananjanahary

Welthungerhilfe
Technical Coordinator FBA-Madagascar 

Anticipation?
In my opinion, anticipation can be summed up in three words: Forecasting, Planning and Capacity.

My vision?
A convergence of will at the level of humanitarian actors to promote anticipation and to ensure the effective continuum of humanitarian assistance and development.

Jurg Wilbrink

Jurg Wilbrink

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Disaster Risk Reduction & Forecast-based Financing Advisor 

Anticipation?
The next big paradigm shift in humanitarian assistance and the general mindset of humans.

My vision?
Nations incorporating the anticipatory approach in their disaster regulation and guidelines.

Kara Siahaan

Kara Siahaan

Anticipation Hub / IFRC
Lead Network and Policy / Coordinator, Early Action & DRF

Anticipation?
Making science, planning and finance work together to avert disaster

My vision?
I dream of a world where siloes are shattered and bridges are built for the greater good.

Katharina Lorenz

Katharina Lorenz

German Red Cross
Officer for Geoinformatics 

Anticipation?
Reducing impact

My vision?
Creating a better connection between Earth Observation and Anticipatory Action

Katharina Nett

Katharina Nett

Secretariat of the InsuResilience Global Partnership
Advisor

Anticipation?
Ownership, timeliness and dependability

My vision?
Disaster risk financing helps to stop climate hazards from becoming disasters

Laura Swift

Laura Swift

Save the Children UK
Senior Food Security & Livelihoods Technical Advisor

Anticipation?
Predictions

My vision?
Uptake and investment for quick reaction

Lauren Woodside de Alegre

Lauren Woodside de Alegre

Food for the Hungry 
Risk & Resilience Manager

Anticipation?

My vision?

Leonardo Milano

Leonardo Milano

UN OCHA
Predictive Analytics Team Lead Centre for Humanitarian Data  

Anticipation?
An impact amplifier for humanitarian response

My vision?
Modelers working with humanitarians, for humanitarians

Likezo Musobani

Likezo Musobani

Office of the Vice President, Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit  
Principal Early Warning and Preparedness Officer

Anticipation?

My vision?

Linda Speight

Linda Speight

University of Reading
Researcher in applied flood forecasting 

Anticipation?
Anticipation is an opportunity to make a difference before it’s too late

My vision?
We can work together and learn from each other

Liz Stephens

Liz Stephens

University of Reading / Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre 
Associate Professor / FbF Science Lead

Anticipation?
Being comfortable acting under uncertainty

My vision?
Early warning early action embedded in government operations

Luca Parodi

Luca Parodi

Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Regional Specialist for Early Warning – Early Action 
West Africa and Sahel 

Anticipation?
Something that needs to become a daily habit

My vision?
A more proactive and efficient way to manage disasters, owned and led by local stakeholders.

Luis Artur

Luis Artur

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
Lecturer and researcher on DRR and Climate Change Adaptation 

Anticipation?
A long lasting network of practitioners, academics and decision makers that exchange transformative ideas and impact the world

My vision?
A world where Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation are embedded in every step of everyday life

Madhab Uprety

Madhab Uprety

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Regional Technical Adviser, Nepal 

Anticipation?
More research, learnings and evidence base are required to scale up anticipatory action in a sustainable manner.

My vision?
Wider use of forecasting science and risk information in humanitarian and disaster risk management sphere for more informed and timely decisions.

Malvern Chirume

Malvern Chirume

African Risk Capacity
Chief Underwriting Officer

Anticipation?

My vision?

Marc van den Homberg

Marc van den Homberg

510, an initiative of The Netherlands Red Cross
Scientific lead

Anticipation?
To go from response to DRR

My vision?
Leverage data and digital for anticipatory action in an equitable and constitutive way among actors with different capacity

Maria Lourdes Kathleen Macasil

Maria Lourdes Kathleen Macasil

Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Secretariat 
Programme Officer

Anticipation?
Linking information to predetermined actions and financing

My vision?
Women, men, vulnerable communities better understand the risks and are more prepared to take action

Marie Wagner

Marie Wagner

Global Public Policy Institute
Research Associate

Anticipation?
…is the missing piece in this puzzle.

My vision?
Through collective efforts, real joint power and dialogue we can bring our best approaches forward – it’s about time to revolutionize through scaling up.

Marion Khamis

Marion Khamis

FAO, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Specialist 

Anticipation?
Foresight and timely action

My vision?
In anticipatory action, getting there in the right way, is as important as the timing

Mary DeCoster, MPH, MLS, IBCLC

Mary DeCoster, MPH, MLS, IBCLC

Food for the Hungry
Senior Director of Social and Behavioral Change Programs 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Mathieu Destrooper

Mathieu Destrooper

German Red Cross
Delegate for FbF program in LAC 

Anticipation?
Strengthening resilience

My vision?
The national societies in Latin America at the forefront of the climate change adaptation actions

Matthias Amling

Matthias Amling

German Federal Foreign Office
Senior Desk Officer - Division for Humanitarian Assistance – Policy, International Organisations, Multilateral Coordination 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Maureen Wanzala

Maureen Wanzala

University of Nairobi
Doctoral Researcher 

Anticipation?
Expectation

My vision?
Provision of science based evidence to improve flood forecasting and modelling to inform early action and planning.

Meghan Bailey

Meghan Bailey

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Senior Technical Advisor 

Anticipation?
Using a window of opportunity to take action to reduce disaster impacts before it’s too late

My vision?
Working seasonally? It’s possible!

Mohammad Shahjahan-SAJU

Mohammad Shahjahan-SAJU

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Bangladesh
Project Coordinator, FbF Project 

Anticipation?
Act early rather than reactive

My vision?
Cash is quicker and better than others as an early action

Mulambwa Mwanang’ ono

Mulambwa Mwanang’ ono

Zambia Red Cross Society
Disaster Management Manager

Anticipation?
Seeing tomorrow Today

My vision?
Mainstreaming Innovations

Murshida Akhter

Murshida Akhter

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Humanitarian Specialist, Bangladesh 

Anticipation?
When someone experiences something, they often change as a result

My vision?
Committed to ensure protection of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and Gender based violence of women, girls and gender diverse population during emergency.

Nazira Lacayo

Nazira Lacayo

IFRC
DREF Forecast based Action Senior Officer

Anticipation?
Something all humanitarian actors should be doing to avoid people suffering.

My vision?
National Societies do anticipatory action as part of their normal operations, they have good plans, people trained and enough resources to help communities.

Nick Anderson

Nick Anderson

Save the Children
Director, Humanitarian Cash and Markets Technical Unit

Anticipation?
No risk actions to reduce impact of shocks, preserve assets, and minimize the severity of recovery

My vision?
A world where shocks never prevent people from meeting basic needs, with dignity to choose how that’s accomplished.

Nicola Ranger

Nicola Ranger

World Bank 
Senior Consultant on Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance  

Anticipation?

My vision?

Nicolas Bidault

Nicolas Bidault

World Food Programme
Senior Regional Adviser, Research, Assessment and Monitoring
Thailand

Anticipation?
To have a stimulated discussions with partners in the region on Anticipatory Actions in order to constructively move this agenda forward

My vision?
Technology, whether from satellite imagery or real-time ground communication continues to demonstrate it is an essential part of the Anticipatory Action agenda and by creating the environment that brings government institutions and partner together with shared objectives, we can deliver critical Anticipatory Actions that will save lives and protect precious livelihoods.

Niger Dil Nahar

Niger Dil Nahar

UN WFP
Programme Policy Officer , Bangladesh 

Anticipation?
Hope

My vision?
To ensure a more dignified humanitarian assistance for the disaster affected people

Nora Guerten

Nora Guerten

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Early Warning Early Action Specialist 

Anticipation?
Forecast

My vision?
Resilience

Nyree Pinder

Nyree Pinder

UK Met Office
Global Partnerships Manager 

Anticipation?
Learn something new

My vision?
To find the sweet-spot between seasonal forecasting info and FBF trigger needs

Olivia Taylor

Olivia Taylor

University of Sussex
Project Manager

Anticipation?
Anticipation is about supporting better decision making to act under uncertainty.

My vision?
Mainstreaming lessons learned and best practices from the collaborative & reflective community working on risk financing / anticipatory humanitarian action.

Omar Farook

Omar Farook

WFP 
Specialist, Early Action and Climate Services 

Anticipation?
Smart decision

My vision?
Connecting dots.

Oscar Rojas

Oscar Rojas

FAO
Natural Resource Officer 

Anticipation?
Reduce losses

My vision?
EWEA

Osunga Michael Otieno

Osunga Michael Otieno

International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya Red Cross Society
Geo-information Officer 

Anticipation?
I anticipate to learn from other institutions on their journey towards attaining a system-based forecast-based actions for disasters with key actors on board

My vision?
My vision is to works towards building data driven methodologies and tools to enhance humanitarian preparedness and response measures thus mitigating human suffering as a result of the ever increasing occurrence of disasters

Paul Opio

Paul Opio

FAO
Livestock Officer 

Anticipation?
Doing just before

My vision?
Africa and the world where agriculture is the base of successful and resilient rural livelihoods free from hunger and insecurity.

Peter Agnew

Peter Agnew

UN FAO Bangladesh
Senior Resilience Programme Specialist
Bangladesh

Anticipation?
Shared experience and evidence-based best practices rapidly leading to improved service delivery

My vision?
Strengthened government institutions with integrated disaster and shock responsive social protection systems

Peter Jin Hong

Peter Jin Hong

Google & Alphabet
Advisor 

Anticipation?
Anticipation, at its best, motivates us into action, and at its worst, paralyzes us into inaction.

My vision?
Empower the best in our humanity, starting with Resilience and Gratitude--GABA, Shared Goals, and Cooperation

Prof Makoala V. Marake

Prof Makoala V. Marake

National University of Lesotho
Associate Professor of Soil Science and Resource Conservation

Anticipation?
Preparedness

My vision?
Readiness

Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Associate Professor affiliated to the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health and the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Anticipation?
By using statistical and mathematical models, the research can help to predict how environmental and socio-economic factors alter disease risk in space and time.

My vision?
The early warning of outbreaks can improve the timely allocation of human and financial resources, ultimately reducing government spending and improving the wellbeing of millions of people around the world.

Ralf Südhoff

Ralf Südhoff

Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA)
Director 

Anticipation?
Managing risks, not crisis.

My vision?
Far-sighted and principled humanitarian action.

Raymond Zingg

Raymond Zingg

IFRC Asia Pacific Regional Office
Regional Forecast-based Financing Coordinator
Thailand

Anticipation?
is the new normal

My vision?
Scale-up regionally, expand locally

Rebecca Emerton

Rebecca Emerton

ECMWF
Scientist, Forecast Department 

Anticipation?
prediction

My vision?
Collaboration between all relevant actors that go beyond an emergency event situation

Richard Ewbank

Richard Ewbank

Christian Aid
Global Climate Advisor 

Anticipation?
Managing uncertainty, minimising regrets

My vision?
Effective early warning/early action and forecast services through community-led climate monitoring

Richard Garfield

Richard Garfield

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Team Lead, Analysis Unit, Emergency Response and recovery Branch 

Anticipation?

My vision?

Rogerio Bonifacio

Rogerio Bonifacio

World Food programme
Head, Climate and Earth Observation Team, Research, Assessment and Monitoring Division 

Anticipation?
A sense of current practices and requirements

My vision?
A more advanced and integrated usage of seasonal forecasts across the humanitarian sector

Rudradeb Mitra

Rudradeb Mitra

Omdena Inc.
Founder and CEO

Anticipation?
-

My vision?
Solve global challenges through bottom-up community collaboration

Ruksana Haque Rimi

Ruksana Haque Rimi

Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University
Associate Professor 

Anticipation?
Good marriage of Climate Science and Early Actions

My vision?
A climate resilient society to tackle future disasters

Ruth Hill

Ruth Hill

Centre for Disaster Protection
Chief Economist

Anticipation?
Learning

My vision?
Timely, well-targeted support

Sabina Elizabeth Ortiz Heredia

Sabina Elizabeth Ortiz Heredia

Ecuadorian Red Cross
National Risk Reduction Assistant 

Anticipation?
Actions and activities that are part of the preparation and strengthening process at the institutional and community level.

My vision?
Prepared communities help provide an immediate response in emergency situations

Saleemul Huq

Saleemul Huq

International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)
Director

Anticipation?
Vulnerable countries are becoming Climate Resilient

My vision?
Bringing climate information and its uses in every sector would capacitate us to understand the present and future risks of a disaster from a climate change lens

Sara de Wit

Sara de Wit

University of Oxford
Postdoc 

Anticipation?
Is the act of collapsing the future into the presence

My vision?
Is that the burden of evidence for humanitarian and development actors is too high

Sarah Barr

Sarah Barr

Start Network
Learning and research advisor (Crisis anticipation and risk financing) 

Anticipation?
Anticipation of what disaster impacts? For whom?

My vision?
To see the opportunities to push accountability to affected population in early action become reality.

Sayda Yesmin

Sayda Yesmin

Association For Alternative Development (AFAD) 
Chief Executive

Anticipation?
Women and girls empowerment

My vision?
Ensuring respect and protection for women and girls

Sazzad Hossain

Sazzad Hossain

University of Reading
PhD student 

Anticipation?
How early floods can be predicted?

My vision?
Extended range forecast for better preparedness

Sebastian Grey

Sebastian Grey

World Meteorological Organziation (WMO)
Project Officer, WMO Office for Eastern and Southern Africa 

Anticipation?

My vision?
Climate resilience

Sebongile Hlubi

Sebongile Hlubi

Lesotho Red Cross Society
Forecast Based Financing Project

Anticipation?
Forecast

My vision?
Why FBF? Reduce sufferings

Shanna McClain

Shanna McClain

NASA
Global Partnerships Manager, Risk Reduction & Resilience Lead

Anticipation?
Preventative measures

My vision?
To build partnerships that bridge the gap between Earth observations and anticipatory action.

Shanti Kandel

Shanti Kandel

Department of Hydrology and Meteorology
Senior Divisional Meteorologist 

Anticipation?
Is a must for the safety of life and property

My vision?
To contribute as much as i can for the better forecast so that the lives and propertied could be save

Simon Cauchemez

Simon Cauchemez

Institut Pasteur
Head of Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit

Anticipation?
Statistical and mathematical methods can increase the understanding of how pathogens spread in human populations as well as the impact of interventions, to support policymaking and optimize control strategies.

My vision?
It is important to adopt a highly multidisciplinary approach, looking at infectious diseases through multiple perspectives (statistics, modelling, epidemiology, surveillance, Public Health, policymaking, microbiology), multiple scales and multiple data streams.

Sophia Swithern

Sophia Swithern

Centre for Disaster Protection
Independent consultant 

Anticipation?
Collaboration

My vision?
Listening to risk-affected people

Stefania Giodini

Stefania Giodini

Netherlands Red Cross 510 Data Team
Operations Lead 

Anticipation?
Crazy difficult to implement, but a moral imperative to make it happen.

My vision?
I do not believe in echo chambers, where we can only hear our own voice. The only way to learn is to expose us to fresh perspective, to the unknown. Open minds and healthy scepticism are good life companions.

Stephanie Julmy

Stephanie Julmy

IFRC
Lead, Climate and Resilience

Anticipation?
The smart thing to do

My vision?
For anticipatory action to be widespread, normalized and systematic

Steven Cole

Steven Cole

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Group Leader, Hydrological Forecasting 

Anticipation?
Essential

My vision?
Impact based forecasting for early action

Sumaiya S Kabir

Sumaiya S Kabir

CARE Bangladesh
Consortium Coordinator
Supporting ffb Action and Learning (SUFAL) Project

Anticipation?
Learning, sharing and collaboration

My vision?
Resilient communities and reduced losses

Tammy Janes

Tammy Janes

Met Office
Scientific Manager, International Applied Science 

Anticipation?
Renewed connections.

My vision?
Open and safe dialogue.

Thomas Zahneisen

Thomas Zahneisen

German Federal Foreign Office
Director for Humanitarian Assistance

Anticipation?

My vision?

Urbe Secades

Urbe Secades

World Food Program (WFP) 
Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Manager, Dominican Republic

Anticipation?

My vision?

Will Lang

Will Lang

WMO
Chair of Expert Team on General Service Delivery, WMO

Anticipation?

My vision?
All understand connection to WMO and need to align to new IBF guidelines, tools available and bigger picture.