DATA Events

18-19 January: Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research White Paper Team Meeting Hosted by CODATA/LODGD Task Group & RADI/CAS. IRDR SC Member Dr. Sisi Zlatanova made the presentation Next Generation Disaster Data Infrastructure.

28 March: release of the DATA Project Report, No. 1: Peril Classification and Hazard Glossary [PDF 6.38 MB]

15 November (Sanya, China): DATA session at the International Workshop on Disaster Risk and Mitigation hosted by IRDR China

29 September – 1 October (South Carolina, USA): 2nd meeting of the DATA Project Working Group

1-2 November (Taipei, China): DATA Project Working Group ‘kick-off’ meeting, in conjunction with the 23rd International CODATA Conference

29 & 31 November (Taipei, China): DATA Project Working Group participants were involved in two special technical sessions at the 23rd International CODATA Conference:
- 29 October – IRDR and the DATA Project to the Broader Community:
  Chair: Sálvano Briceño (Introduction IRDR and IRDR DATA)
  Presenters: Angelika Wirtz (The Data Landscape) and Susan Cutter (The Need of Data)
- 31 October – Global Perspectives on Disaster Databases:
  Chair: Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
  Presenters: Regina Below (Em-Dat – the Global Disaster Loss Database); Daniele Ehrlich, EU-JRC (The Importance of Disaster Loss Data from the EU Perspective); and Adam Smith, NOAA-NCDC (Disaster Loss Data from a County Perspective)