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I like to express my deepest sympathy with the Chinese people and especially with the families where family members lost their life, was wounded or are missing after the earthquake!

The number of the causalities is shocking and heart breaking, and leaves me speechless!

However, despite the tragedy, I am impressed by the way the Chinese people has handled the disaster!

The Recent Earthquake in China


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The recent disasters in China and Myanmar, which may have as many as 200 000 causalities, and left millions of people homeless and in need of help, have reminded again the whole world of the vulnerability for part of the world population concerning natural disasters!

These catastrophes have reminded us of the need for proper risk assessment and emergency and disaster management planning and the importance of this work to reduce the consequences!

These events have also put the focus on the need for always open global communication to be prepared!

The Recent Disasters in China and Myanmar


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TIEMS and Risk Management

Risk is defined as:(Probability of Occurrence of an incident)multiplied with (Cost of Consequences)

To be most effective with limited resources, TIEMS therefore like to focus on Emergency Risk Assessment and thus contribute to risk reduction through focus on Reducing the Probability of Occurrence

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A Macro Risk Consideration

A Macro Risk Consideration:

I believe that reducing poverty is the most effective world wide emergency management strategy

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PovertyPoverty

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Emergency Management = Communication

Teamwork = Success

Consensus Building = Answer

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Globalization = Cultural Understanding

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TIEMS Risk Management Conclusions

Risk Assessment is a very valuable tool in both macro as well as micro emergency risk considerationsBoth qualitative and quantitative assessments are valuable, but quantitative analysis are preferableStatistical background data is therefore a mustPresentation of the Risk Assessment results are important for bringing forward the message to the decision makersCost consequences or gains are important messages to sell the resultsRisk assessments is today tools very integrated in the Norwegian society in both industry and government decisions

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The International Emergency Management Society - TIEMS

Founded in Washington in 1993An International, Independent, Non-Political, not for Profit NGORegistered Principal Office in Bornem, Belgium15th Annual Conference in Czech Republic in June 2008Workshops in 2008 in Korea, Russia, China, Croatia, Romania TIEMS activities are established in Korea, Russia, Australia/Pacific, Germany, South East Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Netherlands, Turkey, China, Belgium, Romania and North America as basis for TIEMS ChaptersTIEMS offers Membership, Sponsorship and PartnershipTIEMS builds up a Pool of International Experts and participate in global projects on Emergency and Disaster ManagementTIEMS brings Together Experts and Users from the International Emergency Management Community to a fruitful dialogue at TIEMS Events WorldwideTIE

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TIEMS International Network

TIEMS is an international network of individuals, institutions and companies with a common interest in emergency managementTIEMS is complimentary to other EM organizations and encourage to international cooperationTIEMS thinks globally and act locallyTIEMS events are arranged in cooperation with a local TIEMS host and local and international institutions, companies and organizationsTIEMS projects and programs invite for international support and cooperation

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TIEMS Mission and Aims

TIEMS is Dedicated to Developing and Bringing the Benefits of Modern Emergency Management (EM) Tools and Techniques to Society for a Safer WorldExchange Information on the use of Innovative Methods and Technologies to Improve our Ability to Avoid, Mitigate, Respond and Recover from Natural and Technological Disasters

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Annual conferences and workshopsChaptersSpecial Interest Groups / SIG’sSummer schoolsElectronic NewsletterProject participation / PSC Europe ProjectLaunched a project program for AfricaEstablishing a Pool of Experts


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TIEMS Annual Conferences 1994 - 2010

Fort Lauderdale, USA, 1994Sofia Antipolis, France, 1995Montreal, Canada, 1996 Copenhagen, Denmark 1997Washington, USA, 1998Delft, Netherlands, 1999Orlando, USA, 2000Oslo, Norway, 2001

Waterloo, Canada, 2002Sofia Antipolis, France, 2003Melbourne, Australia, 2004Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, 2005Seoul, Korea, 2006Trogir, Croatia, 2007

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Sustainable development is a development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs”(Brundtland Commission, 1987)

“In many ways the battle for sustainable development (…) will be won or lost in our cities”(Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of United Nations Environment Program, June 2005)


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Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) 7 Key Challenges

Climate change and clean energySustainable transportSustainable consumption and productionConservation and management of natural resourcesPublic healthSocial inclusion, demography and migrationGlobal poverty and sustainable development challenges


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Technological Opportunities

Revolution in wireless communicationsNavigation technologiesSensor miniaturisationCheaper, higher computer capabilityContinued progress in power supply, energy scavengingWeb technologiesSystems of systems open architectureEmerging interfaces and protocols, rich data & meta-information modelsEtc.


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Information and Communication Technologies for

Sustainable CitiesExperts Consultation Workshop

Brussels, 19 February 2008organised by the

European Commission Unit “ICT for Sustainable Growth”

The European Commission has this issue on the R&D Agenda

The full report of the workshop can be found on:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/sustainable-growth/workshops/ws-20080219_en.html


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Workshop Summary (1)

This workshop was run as a brainstorming event with a group of 22 experts from 14 different European countries. The objective of the workshop was to outline future research or innovation actions with clear European added value. The general theme was the management of urban and peri-urban areas with a particular focus on ICT tools enabling cities to reduce their environmental footprint and achieve sustainable development objectives


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The experts discussed a number of issues where ICT could support the development of Sustainable Cities. Main issues included:

ICT to link urban actors and stimulate sustainable behavioursICT for urban complexity management and decision supportICT linking multiple cities and enabling the sharing of common infrastructuresICT for urban mitigation and adaptation to climate change.ICT for urban planning


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Proposed R&D Topics: ICT disseminating/supporting bottom-up ideas (from the citizens) to behave in a more sustainable wayWeb 2.0 stimulating participatory approachesICT supporting life cycle, holistic, cross-sectoralapproachesICT for traffic management, greener mobility, travel assistantICT for energy mix and renewable energyICT to minimise climate change impact on urban infrastructures

Better preparednessDecision support toolsImproved resilience of the whole city


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Proposed R&D Topics Continues: Risk and vulnerability mapping, hot spots on fields common to European cities (including air, water, noise)GIS in support of more sustainable spatial planningMulti-scale approach to sustainable cities: from local to European and global and vice versaSpatial Data Infrastructures of second generation and adaptive cartographySemantic web to cope with heterogeneous dataMake use of Open Source / DesignReal-time management of critical urban infrastructuresEmbedded systems for urban applications


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Proposed R&D Topics Continues:Wireless sensor networks3D plus time data, models and advanced visualisationPublic safety communicationTele-working and (more generally) dematerialisation through ICTUrban test beds to pilot novel ICT-based urban applicationsNew business models and incentives stimulating sustainability behaviour (e.g. sustainability “passport”)


EXPEWEBExperts On - Line Network To Support Emergencies - Related Decisioning

The Goal: Utilize the broad knowledge of experts, wherever they are in themoment, to find optimal solution to emergency situation. …. Form a Ad-hoc, Flexible Global Instant Consulting System.

Overview of experts capable to bring a specific expertize to variousplanning and decisioning situationsInterconnection of organizations and workplaces of those experts(universities, research organizations, on-duty expertsInteroperability of systems of daily use Common shared situation pictureCommon ontology Integrated interactive communication means (data-video-conference)Automated notification (via SMS, e-mail, fax, RDS ….)Modeling and simulation toolsAdvanced geovisualisationUbiquitous computing environment


SCIFISecurity of Critical Information Infrastructure

The Goal: Management, supervision and protection of critical infrastructures through an interdisciplinary approach of security strategies for Critical Information Infrastructures

The interdisciplinary approach could comprise R&D and case studies in the following areas related critical infrastructure in the city:

Modelling and Simulation of Critical InfrastructuresInterdependency Modelling and AnalysisNetwork and Organizational Vulnerability AnalysisThreats and Attack ModellingControl Systems SecuritySelf-healing, Self-protection, Self-management ArchitecturesSituation Awareness and Response OptimisationCIIP Policy and Cross-Border Issue


The Goal: City Emergency and Disaster Management Planning and Implementation to support Emergency Action Planning, Emergency Prediction, Commanding, and Decision Making in Emergency Situations Related to Public Utilities.

QPUSUDQuality Public Utilities for Sustainable Urban Development

To plan and design a City Emergency Management Information System on the basis of available technologies like Web technologies, wireless communications, RFID, sensor networks, GIS, advanced visualisation, GRID technologies, decision support systems

To Develop a City Emergency Management Information System with a central coordinating mechanism on emergency information, in particular focusing on the city public utilities

To support emergency action planning, emergency prediction, commanding, and decision making in emergency situations related to public utilities

To improve public service quality in emergency situations


Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable CitiesAn Integrated Innovation and Research and Development Action Approach

The Goal: Combine the three proposed project areas, EXPEWEB, SCIFI and QPUSUD into a 3 – 5 year program concluding with a full demonstration of the project results for a large City

Information and CommunicationTechnologies for Sustainable Cities

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Demonstration for a large City


Chinese TIEMS Chapter

TIEMS encourage to the establishment of a Chinese TIEMS ChapterFormalization of the chapter

Founding Members (5)By-LawsBudgetPlansFinancing

Chinese TIEMS special activityRecruit Chinese membersEstablish a local Chinese TIEMS activity in cooperation with the rest of the TIEMS networkChinese Chapter will host TIEMS Annual Conference in 2010

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Partnership for TIEMS International Emergency Management Initiatives

TIEMS invites to partnership with organisations, institutions and companies within emergency management in order to achieve a global understanding for the importance of proactive emergency management with a strong focus on risk reduction measuresThrough partnerships, TIEMS believes that it is possible to launch global initiatives, which will have a major impact, will be educational and make it possible to raise the necessary funds to fulfil the initiatives

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TIEMS Annual Conference 2008

Takes place in Prague, Czech Republic17th – 19th June 2008Theme is “Global Cooperation in Emergency Management”Close to 100 quality presentationsAn on-line simulation of a Pandemic Outbreak, second wave www.tiems.orgWe hope for a large delegation from China

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AcknowledgmentMany thanks to Qu Guosheng for taking the initiative and inviting me here

Many thanks to the organizers:United NationsThe Regional Cooperation Office for City Informatization

Also many thanks to the co-sponsors:The Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, P. R. ChinaThe United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Thee International Telecommunication Union (ITU)The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)The Ministry of Science and Technology, P. R. ChinaThe Ministry of Information Industry, P. R. ChinaThe Ministry of Commerce, P. R. ChinaThe Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China The China Association for Science and Technology The Internet Society of China

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The International Emergency Management …unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/apcity/unpan031186.pdfThe International Emergency Management Society’s Global Network and