Global Flood Partnership Annual Meeting 2019

Global Flood Partnership Annual Meeting 2019 will take place on 11 – 13 June in Guangzhou, China hosted by Sun Yat-sen University.

Participants will discuss how to best foster the dialogue between scientists and users and how GFP products and expert knowledge can work in synergy to provide key information to emergency managers at different stages before, during and after severe floods.

Draft Agenda: A first draft agenda is available and can be found here. Note that the agenda will be updated depending on the contributions received from the participants.

Logistics & Visa: Logistics and Visa information is provided at the end of the draft agenda here.

Registration: There is no registration fee. To register CLICK HERE (here the chinese version).

The registration deadline has been extended to the 1st April 2019!

Registrations received after this deadline may be accepted until the venue capacity is reached. The scientific work of late submissions will have to be presented as posters.

There will be different opportunities for participants to present their work and exchange ideas, and make the meeting interesting and lively. This includes a “Marketplace” session, “Ignite talks”, an interactive session, poster pitch session and a Guided tour of the Guangdong Emergency Management Agency.

For any additional details, please contact the GFP Steering Committee and meeting organizers. Feel free to circulate this announcement to any interested colleagues.

Global Floods Partnership Steering Committee,

Peter Salamon, Albert Kettner, Albrecht Weerts, Erin Coughlan, Mark Trigg , Roberto Rudari, Ana Prados, Sagy Cohen,Huan Wu (Host)

Local Organizers:

Lorenzo Alfieri (European Commission, Italy), Huan Wu (Sun Yat-sen University, Chinese National Committee for Future Earth, CNC-FE), Nanding (Sun Yat-sen University, China), Jingjing Zhao (Sun Yat-sen University, China), Yangyang Ning (Sun Yat-sen University, China), Tian Qing (CNC-FE).

Descriptions:

Starting time: Tue, 06/11/2019 – 08:00

Ending time: Thu, 06/13/2019 – 15:30

City: Guangzhou

Address: Ramada Pearl Guangzhou, 9 Guangzhou Dadao zhongmingyue yilu, Guangzhou，Guangdong 510600 China

More information:

• Event website