European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
10:00 Welcome and introduction
- Wauthier Robyns, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on "Towards a European system of natural disaster risk management"
10:10 Panel 1 – institutional stakeholders
Moderation by Rudy De Leeuw, president of the study group on "Towards a European system of natural disaster risk management"
- Elena Briones Alonso, Senior researcher, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, EM-DAT
- Tilman Lueder, Head of Unit Insurance and Pensions, DG FISMA
- Marie Scholer Mendez, Senior expert on Policy Sustainable Finance, EIOPA
- Francisco Espejo Gil, Deputy Director of Studies and International Relations Spanish Insurance Compensation Consortium
- Monika Petrova, Senior Political Advisor, lead of the project ‘Disaster financial risk sharing in South East Europe’
Q&A and debate
11:20 Panel 2 – civil society stakeholders
Moderationby Wauthier Robyns, rapporteur of the EESC opinion
- Enrico Somaglia, Secretary-General, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism trade unions (EFFAT)
- Enrique Flores Schaefer, Senior vice-president, Marsh Re
- Frank Van Steen, Director of Risk Management, Ethias
- Mary Long-Dhonau OBE, Founder of the citizens’ initiative Mary Flood
12:50 Takeaways and end of the public debate
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