Inaugural event

• Date: 09 February 2024
• Time: 08:30-18:30 
• Location: IDHEAP Aula (room 001 of the IDHEAP building), UNIL campus
• Participation is free but registration is mandatory
• Registrations are now closed

Morning session 

Academic talks

Afternoon session

Series of fairly short presentations (around 10 minutes + 5 minutes for questions) from
representatives of cantonal and federal offices as well as private companies, relating to the
challenges and needs that a center like ECCE could tackle in terms of weather extremes
forecast and climate risk assessment.

Slots for informal discussion and networking

• Welcome coffee
• Morning coffee break
• Lunch
• Afternoon coffee break
• Evening cocktail

Morning session

• Michael Lehning (Professor, WSL and EPFL) - Slides
• Philippe Naveau (CNRS Research Director, LSCE) - Slides
• Sonia Seneviratne (Professor, ETH Zurich) - Slides
• Michael Tippett (Professor, Columbia University) - Slides

Afternoon session

• Dominique Bérod (Head of the Earth System Monitoring Division, World Meteorological Organization) - Slides
• Isabelle Bey (Head of the Regional Center West, MeteoSwiss) - Slides
• Christian Gerber (Head of the Natural Hazards Unit, Etat de Vaud) - Slides
• Diane von Gunten (Project manager at the Office cantonal de la durabilité et du climat, Etat de Vaud) - Slides
• Erwan Koch (Director of ECCE) - Slides
• Niklas Linde (Professor and FGSE Dean, UNIL)
• Laurent Marescot (Senior Director Markets and Products, Moody's Risk Management Solutions) - Slides
• Felicitas Morhart (Professor and HEC Vice-Dean Outreach and Impact, UNIL)
• Urs Neu (Deputy Head, ProClim) - Slides
• Franz Prettenthaler (Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy and Society, Joanneum Research) - Slides
• Vincent Roth (Project manager in the Climate Division, Federal Office for the Environment) - Slides
• Markus Wendler (Director of the Insurance Division, Etablissement cantonal d’assurance ECA) - Slides
• Marc Wüest (Responsible for the Swiss Re natural catastrophe financial model, Swiss Re) - Slides

Final version (PDF, 60 kB)

All photos were taken by Fabrice Ducrest (UNIL).