PROGRAM

Schedule of the 2022 workhop

Time (UTC +1)

Speaker Name

Company / Organization

Role / Title

Topics

01.00 - 01.05

Mr. Charles-Aimé Nzeussi

SGAC/STEA member & REFRASOS Secretary

The moderator

Introduction of the event

01.05 - 01.15

Mr. Swarnajyoti Mukherjee

STEA Co lead, REFRASOS

Speaker 1 Introduction:

-SGAC-STEA projects

-REFRASOS

-Satellite Application

Satellite technology and earth observation for flood issues in developing countries

01.15 - 1.25

Pr. Barthelemy Ndongo

Inspector General at the Ministry in charge of environment & University of Dschang, Cameroon

Speaker 2

Principal Investigator of REFRASOS

Flood risk assessment practices in developing countries: case Cameroon

01.25 - 01.35

Mr. Bandiougou DIAWARA

UNESCO Regional Multisectorial Bureau for Central Africa

Speaker 3

Water quality monitoring of lake Tchad

01.35 - 01.40

Ms. Lisah Ligono

SGAC/STEA member & REFRASOS

The moderator

01.40 - 01.50

Dr. Shawana P. Johnson,

Global Marketing Insights Inc.

Persistent Low Earth Orbit: AI and Flood Management

01.50 - 02.00

Willy Soap

GEOSM open, collaborative and shared infrastructure composed of data

Resilient city and pragmatic solutions for flood risk mitigation

2.00-2.10

Paul Kennedi

Zindi startup (Chief of Staff)

AI for flood prediction in Africa: developing community-driven solutions on Zindi

2.10-2.15

CHINAZUM

SGAC/STEA member & REFRASOS

The moderator

2.15-2.25

Romain BATHA

National Observatory on Climate Change in Cameroon (ONACC)

Use of satellite data for flood risk prevention in Cameroon: feedback of the National Observatory on Climate Change

2.25-2.35

Rodrigues METALA

Global Water Partnership Cameroon (GWP Cmr)

Flood and Drainage issues in the Wouri Estuary : case study over 03 drainage basins

2.35-2.45

Chukwuma John Okolie

University of Lagos, Nigeria

IGCP Project Lead

Flood conditioning factors and the methods/technologies for flood assessment

Panel discussion (TBD):

Lako Mbouendeu Stephane, Water for life

2.50-3.10

Krittanon Sirorattanakul, California Institute of Technology, USA

Lako Mbouendeu Stéphane, Water For Life, Cameroon

Swarnajyoti Mukherjee, GP Advanced Projects, Italy

3.10-3.30

Group discussion: Mr. Charles-Aimé Nzeussi, Moderator

Group 1:

Lead: Ngozi Johnson

Secretary: Ugonna Nkwunonwo

Group 2:

L: Ikenna Arungwa

S: Hassan Musa

3.30-3.40

Dr. Muhire Desire

Principal Investigator of REFRASOS

REFRA SOS next milestones

3.40-3.50

Krittanon Sirorattanakul, California Institute of Technology, USA

STEA Lead

Key messages and Closing remarks

4.00

END

Schedule of the 2021 workhop

The workshop will be on October 13, 2021 from 1pm – 4.30pm Cameroon time (UTC+1) and will be hosted on zoom. The language for this workshop is English.

1.00 – 1.20 pm Opening remarks & IGCP project introduction

1.20 – 2.20 pm Invited Speakers: Satellite imagery for flood and water issues in developing countries (3 speakers)

2.20 – 3.20 pm Flood risk assessment in developing countries: A case study of Cameroon

3.20 – 3.45 pm Panel discussion: The potential of using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), social media crowdsourcing, and artificial intelligence (AI) in flood risk assessment

3.45 – 4.10 pm Breakout room discussion about IGCP Project 734

4.10 – 4.30 pm Closing remarks