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
German Red Cross
Senior Project Officer
Bangladesh
Anticipation?
Early action
My vision?
Anticipate and act to increase the resilience of vulnerable community/people
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.
Welthungerhilfe Pakistan
Country Director
Anticipation?
Future of disaster management
My vision?
Localized early action
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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?
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Associate Research Scientist
Anticipation?
Preparedness
My vision?
Safe
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.
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.
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
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
Freelance Researcher
Anticipation?
This platform may open new horizons
My vision?
FbF will reduce damages and help who are in need
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Philippines
Head of Operations
Anticipation?
My vision?
World Food Program (WFP
)
Forecast based Finance Project Coordinator
Anticipation?
My vision?
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
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
World Health Organization (WHO)
Acting Unit Head, Field Epidemiology Services
Anticipation?
My vision?
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.
UK Met Office
ARRCC IBF Lead
Anticipation?
My vision?
To highlight the many different components needed to set up an IBF service
Fellow/Field epidemiologist (EPIET)
Research Affiliate (CSER)
Anticipation?
Actionable forewarning
My vision?
Collaborative science for action
Food for the Hungry
Technical Advisor for Social and Behavioral Change
Anticipation?
My vision?
Start Network
Technical Lead for Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing
Anticipation?
My vision?
Zambia Redcross Society
GIS Officer
Anticipation?
Capacity building
My vision?
Providing Advanced Technical Solutions
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.
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.
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
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.
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
UNFPA
Humanitarian Data Specialist
Anticipation?
Data
My vision?
Early warning across all sectors of humanitarian response
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.
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.
UNOCHA
Chief Economist
Head, Humanitarian Financing Strategy and Analysis Unit
Anticipation?
Dignity
My vision?
Collective Anticipatory Action at Scale
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.
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
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Urban Resilience Advisor
Anticipation?
Advancing Anticipation in urbanising world
My vision?
Developing functional anticipatory systems for cities
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
South African Weather Service
Forecaster: DRR
Anticipation?
Excitement
My vision?
To develop early weather warnings that trigger early actions in all communities
Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
Senior Researcher
Anticipation?
My vision?
Start Network
Head of Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing
Anticipation?
My vision?
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.
Risk Informed Early Action Partnership
Implementation Lead
Anticipation?
Needs to become the norm not the exception.
My vision?
Effective, efficient, people centred early action
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.
University of Reading
PhD Research Student
Anticipation?
Support action-oriented research for FbA and IbF
My vision?
Using Research to inform EAP
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.
Kenya Red Cross
Cash Programme Officer
Anticipation?
Preparedness
My vision?
Efficiency and excellence in humanitarian work
UK Government Actuary’s Department
Actuary
Anticipation?
My vision?
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
Climate Center
Technical Advisor
Anticipation?
My vision?
Costa Rican Red Cross
deputy operations manager
Anticipation?
always ready
My vision?
A more resilient society
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.
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
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Technical Advisor
Anticipation?
Together, We CAN!
My vision?
Exploit the full potential of forecast!
Netherlands Red Cross 510
Data Scientist
Anticipation?
Yes, better safe than sorry
My vision?
Evidence-based and community-championed decision-making
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Secretary General
Anticipation?
My vision?
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.
The Centre for Disaster Protection
Lead Risk Finance Specialist
Anticipation?
Being proactive
My vision?
A world where disasters do not devastate lives
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
UNOCHA
Head of Emergency Response Preparedness Unit
Anticipation?
Better humanitarian responses
My vision?
Making response readiness standard practice
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.
Food for the Hungry
Sr. Risk & Resilience Advisor
Anticipation?
My vision?
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Climate Science Advisor
Anticipation?
Safety measure.
My vision?
Use science for preparedness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
German Red Cross
Officer for Geoinformatics
Anticipation?
Reducing impact
My vision?
Creating a better connection between Earth Observation and Anticipatory Action
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
Save the Children UK
Senior Food Security & Livelihoods Technical Advisor
Anticipation?
Predictions
My vision?
Uptake and investment for quick reaction
Food for the Hungry
Risk & Resilience Manager
Anticipation?
My vision?
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
Office of the Vice President, Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit
Principal Early Warning and Preparedness Officer
Anticipation?
My vision?
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
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
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.
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
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.
African Risk Capacity
Chief Underwriting Officer
Anticipation?
My vision?
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
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
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.
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
Food for the Hungry
Senior Director of Social and Behavioral Change Programs
Anticipation?
My vision?
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
German Federal Foreign Office
Senior Desk Officer - Division for Humanitarian Assistance – Policy, International Organisations, Multilateral Coordination
Anticipation?
My vision?
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.
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!
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
Zambia Red Cross Society
Disaster Management Manager
Anticipation?
Seeing tomorrow Today
My vision?
Mainstreaming Innovations
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.
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.
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.
Anticipation?
My vision?
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.
UN WFP
Programme Policy Officer
, Bangladesh
Anticipation?
Hope
My vision?
To ensure a more dignified humanitarian assistance for the disaster affected people
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Early Warning Early Action Specialist
Anticipation?
Forecast
My vision?
Resilience
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
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.
WFP
Specialist, Early Action and Climate Services
Anticipation?
Smart decision
My vision?
Connecting dots.
FAO
Natural Resource Officer
Anticipation?
Reduce losses
My vision?
EWEA
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
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.
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
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
National University of Lesotho
Associate Professor of Soil Science and Resource Conservation
Anticipation?
Preparedness
My vision?
Readiness
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.
Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA)
Director
Anticipation?
Managing risks, not crisis.
My vision?
Far-sighted and principled humanitarian action.
IFRC Asia Pacific Regional Office
Regional Forecast-based Financing Coordinator
Thailand
Anticipation?
is the new normal
My vision?
Scale-up regionally, expand locally
ECMWF
Scientist, Forecast Department
Anticipation?
prediction
My vision?
Collaboration between all relevant actors that go beyond an emergency event situation
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
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Team Lead, Analysis Unit, Emergency Response and recovery Branch
Anticipation?
My vision?
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
Anticipation?
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My vision?
Solve global challenges through bottom-up community collaboration
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
Centre for Disaster Protection
Chief Economist
Anticipation?
Learning
My vision?
Timely, well-targeted support
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
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
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
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.
Association For Alternative Development (AFAD)
Chief Executive
Anticipation?
Women and girls empowerment
My vision?
Ensuring respect and protection for women and girls
University of Reading
PhD student
Anticipation?
How early floods can be predicted?
My vision?
Extended range forecast for better preparedness
World Meteorological Organziation (WMO)
Project Officer, WMO Office for Eastern and Southern Africa
Anticipation?
My vision?
Climate resilience
Lesotho Red Cross Society
Forecast Based Financing Project
Anticipation?
Forecast
My vision?
Why FBF? Reduce sufferings
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.
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
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.
Centre for Disaster Protection
Independent consultant
Anticipation?
Collaboration
My vision?
Listening to risk-affected people
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.
IFRC
Lead, Climate and Resilience
Anticipation?
The smart thing to do
My vision?
For anticipatory action to be widespread, normalized and systematic
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Group Leader, Hydrological Forecasting
Anticipation?
Essential
My vision?
Impact based forecasting for early action
CARE Bangladesh
Consortium Coordinator
Supporting ffb Action and Learning (SUFAL) Project
Anticipation?
Learning, sharing and collaboration
My vision?
Resilient communities and reduced losses
Met Office
Scientific Manager, International Applied Science
Anticipation?
Renewed connections.
My vision?
Open and safe dialogue.
German Federal Foreign Office
Director for Humanitarian Assistance
Anticipation?
My vision?
World Food Program (WFP)
Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Manager, Dominican Republic
Anticipation?
My vision?
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.