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Conference Programme

as of July 15, 2008

1st International Conference on CIP and Resilience (ICCR)

an Associated Conference to the International Disaster & Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2008

Davos, August 26-27, 2008

Organized and co-chaired by the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection

and IDRC Davos 2008

Tuesday, August 26
08.30-10.00 / Opening Plenary of the CIP Day
Willi Scholl, Director, Federal Office for Civil Protection (BABS)
To be filled with additional speakers by IDRC
10.00-10.30 / Coffee Break
10.30-12.00 / Session 1: Integrated Risk Management in a CIP Context
Co-chaired by Stefan Brem, BABS and Stefan Pickl, University of Munich
  • "Vulnerability Analysis of Interdependent Critical Infrastructures within a Governance Process: A Methodical Framework" Irene Eusgeld,Laboratory for Safety Analysis, ETHZurich (ETH-LSA)
  • "Analysis of Technical Risks and Mitigation Methodologies" V. Chidambaram, Infosys Technologies Ltd, USA
  • "Severe Accidents in the Energy Sector and their Relevance for Risk Management in a CIP Context" Peter Burgherr, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)

12.00-14.00 / Networking Opportunity & Lunch or optional co-sponsored invited session (12.15-13.45): Critical Infrastructures: Assessment and Response
14.00-15.30 / Session 2: From Protection to Resilience
Chaired by Stefan Brem, BABS
  • "Quantitative Disaster Resilience" Michel Bruneau, Buffalo University, New York
  • "A Practical Approach to Enhance the Functionality of Infrastructure Systems in Case of Natural Disasters" Jost-A. Studer,Studer Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland
  • "Electrical Power Outage in Telecommunication" Peter Wüthrich, Head of Telematics and Project Manager of the Swiss Secure Radio Network (POLYCOM), BABS, Switzerland

15.30-16.00 / Coffee Break
16.00-17.30 / Plenary: Summary of the CIP Day
  • To be filled with additional speakers by IDRC
  • Summary of the 1st ICCR/IDRC Day and Outlook to the 2nd Day, Stefan Brem, Head of Risk Analysis and Research Coordination,BABS

17.30-17.45 / Wrap-up of the IDRC sessions
2nd Day / Wednesday, August 27
08.30-10.00 / Session 3: From Defining Critical Sectors to Establishing Criticality Criteria
Chaired by Stefan Brem, BABS
  • "How to Assess the Degree of Criticality of Infrastructures within a Decision Making Process?" Wolfgang Kröger, ETH-LSA
  • "Towards the Definition of Cross-Cutting Criteria for the Designation of 'European Critical Infrastructures'" Jean-Pierre Nordvik, JRC,Ispra,Italy
  • "Criteria for Assessing Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure: Lessons from the IRGC Risk Governance Framework" Ortwin Renn, University ofStuttgart

10.00-10.30 / Coffee Break
10.30-12.00 / Session 4: PPP: Concepts and Applications
Chaired by Stefan Brem (BABS)
  • "Public/Private Partnerships: Concepts and Operations" Arnold Dupuy, ANSER, Virginia, USA
  • "IT Security Requirements and Public Private Partnership (PPP) Considerations in Critical National Infrastructure Production Areas" Michael Freiberg, Senior Consultant, Acris GmbH, Switzerland
  • "Private Security Forces: Suitable for Protecting Critical Infrastructures?Thoughts as Exemplified by the UEFA EURO 2008" Tillmann Schulze, Ernst Basler + Partner AG, Zurich, Switzerland

12.00-14.00 / Networking Opportunity & Lunch or optional co-sponsored invited Session (12.15-13.45):Models and Tools for Risk Management
14.00-15.30 / Session 5: Planning and Disaster Response
Chaired by Stefan Brem (BABS)
  • "Decision Support Management within CRISYS (Critical Infrastructures and System Analysis) – an IT-based Integral Network Management of Critical Infrastructures" Stefan Pickl, University of Munich
  • "1953 Revisited? How the Netherlands is Preparing for a Worst Credible Flood Scenario" Gerard Laanen, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Netherlands
  • "Management of Critical Infrastructure Disruptions in Industrial Supply Chains" Mirjam Merz, University of Karlsruhe

15.30-16.00 / Coffee Break
16.00-17.45 / Session 6: High-Level Concluding Roundtable
Chaired by Stefan Brem (BABS)
  • Adrian Gheorghe, OldDominionUniversity
  • Ivo Menzinger, Swiss Re
  • Eric Luiijf, TNO, The Hague
  • Summary of the 1st ICCR and Farewell, Stefan Brem, BABS

Further information:

(>IDRC Davos 2008 > Associated conferences) or

Point of contacts:

Chair of the ICCR and point of contact:
Dr. Stefan Brem
Head of Risk Analysis and Research Coordination
Federal Department of Defence,
Civil Protection and Sport
Federal Office for Civil Protection
Monbijoustrasse 51A, 3003 Bern, Switzerland
Tel +41 31 322 51 37
Fax +41 31 324 87 89


/ Co-chair, registration and further information on the IDRC Davos 2008:
Dr. Géraldine Hoffer
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2008
Flüelastrasse 11
CH - 7260 Davos Dorf
Switzerland
Tel +41 81 417 03 72
Fax +41 81 417 01 10