International Workshop on Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM) 26 & 27 May 2015 – Villa Méditerranée, Marseille – France The European Union’s demonstration project DRIVER (Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience) was successfully launched in May 2014. This project, gathering the expertise of 37 organisations, will jointly develop solutions for improved crisis management. DRIVER’s project partners Pôle Risques and ARTTIC will organise an international workshop on Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM). This event aims at sharing best practices between crisis management professionals from all over Europe. The objective is to support innovation by highlighting technological development needs and experimentation benefits; and enlarge the DRIVER Community. The DRIVER Community includes crisis management practitioners, policy makers, technology suppliers and the citizenry and will enable an intensive collaboration with and between these crisis management stakeholders. Natural Disasters affecting the Mediterranean area will be used as concrete examples for solutions efficiency evaluation. Crisis management practitioners from North America and Australia will be invited to share lessons learned from large disasters such as hurricane Sandy or large and damaging bushfires. The meeting will include keynote speeches and panel discussions, will be live streamed and a dedicated twitter account will allow for live discussions. Participants will also have the opportunity to visit the new innovative regional command centres of Marseille and simulation training platforms of the natural hazards academy (ENTENTE). Registration will open soon. For further information about the project, visit: driver-project.eu If you have any questions or proposals for speeches, please contact us at: [email protected] Preliminary Programme Day 1 (26 May 2015) – Villa Méditerranée, Marseille 10:00-18:00 Keynote speeches and roundtables on best practices, innovative solutions and identified needs in crisis management and in particular: situation assessment tools tasking and resource management tool 18:00 Cultural visit on the site 19:00 Dinner Day 2 (27 May 2015) – Villa Méditerranée, Marseille 08:30 DRIVER project approach 09:10 Building the DRIVER Community – panel discussions Strengthened Response Experimentation 13:00 French test-beds and operational centres visits (regional command and coordination centre; fire academies including 3D based simulation platforms) 17:00 End of meeting, return to airport / train station or city centre Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience