Dear colleagues,
you are cordially invited to our upcoming workshop:
From Silos to Systems: Managing Multi-Risk, Multi-Sector Infrastructure Challenges
WHEN: November 4th, 2025, 9:30 – 16:30
WHERE:EINS, TU Berlin Center for Entrepreneurship, Hardenbergstr. 38, 10623 Berlin
SHORT DESCRIPTION: The workshop “From Silos to Systems: Managing Regional Multi-Risk, Multi-Sector Infrastructure Challenges”, developed under the Berlin-Oxford research partnership (Berlin University Alliance) and Geo.X, focuses on advancing regional approaches to risk management in interconnected infrastructure systems. It addresses how overlapping and cascading risks, such as climate extremes, resource disruptions, and systemic interdependencies, affect regions and their capacity to respond effectively. Primary focus will be devoted to the intersections of water and transport systems. Bringing together experts from multiple disciplines and sectors, the workshop explores frameworks that integrate data, governance, and modeling tools to strengthen regional resilience. By emphasizing a shift from isolated assessments to coordinated, systems-based strategies, it seeks to enable more adaptive and sustainable management of regional multi-risk.
AGENDA
TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome and introduction | Andrea Cominola (TU Berlin), Nivedita Sairam (GFZ) |
9:45 – 10:15 | Invited talk | Dr. Yue Li (University of Oxford) |
10:15 – 10:45 | Invited talk | Prof. Thorsten Wagener (University of Potsdam) |
10:45 - 11:15 | Invited talk | Prof. Maria Pregnolato (TU Delft) |
Coffee break | ||
11:45 – 13:00 | Poster session | All participants |
Light lunch | ||
13:00 – 14:30 | World café on (i) modeling resilience in multi-sector modeling, (ii) regional open data for multi-sector modeling, (iii) regional multi-hazard analysis. | All participants |
Break | ||
15:00 - 16:00 | Reporting from world café | One rapporteur per topic |
16:00 – 16:30 | Closing remarks and next steps | Andrea Cominola (TU Berlin), Yue Li (University of Oxford), Nivedita Sairam (GFZ) |
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 29th
Please contact: Dr. Nividita Sairam (nivedita@gfz.de) for questions or registration
CONTACTS:
Prof. Dr. Andrea Cominola (TU Berlin – ECDF): andrea.cominola@tu-berlin.de
Dr. Nivedita Sairam (GFZ): nivedita@gfz.de
