CERIS' annual event on Disaster Resilient Societies (DRS) will take place in Brussels on 4-7 December 2023.

The draft agenda is attached to this message. You can register and find more information on the official website. Social dinners are foreseen on the 5^th and 6^th December. The registration is open until the 28^th November. Please note that the attendance in person will be limited to a maximum of 120 participants. Registration for attending on-line will be open until the start of the event on December 4^th.

The conference takes place on 4 different days, with a variety of sessions taking place. You can find the official agenda with all sessions and timings here. The panel sessions that take place are:

Monday 4/12

• Involving citizens in CBRN research and capacity-building initiatives
• Detection and monitoring of CBRN threats
• From research to innovation - the ENCIRCLE experience

Tuesday 5/12

• From knowledge of multi-hazard risks and vulnerabilities to responses - risk awareness, early warning and education
• Connecting multi-hazard and compounding risk initiatives at EU level
• Involving citizens in research projects
• Towards an all-society approach to disaster resilience: from research to policy recommendations
• Anticipating tomorrow's crises and adapting response means

Wednesday 6/12

• Consolidating past projects to promote innovation and knowledge exchanges for disaster risk management
• Research gaps in technology developments
• Tools and technologies for monitoring, surveillance and rescue
• Technology validation in research projects
• Medical first responders perspectives

Thursday 7/12

• Linking technical solutions to standards
• Interoperability training and full-scale exercises
• Issuing recommendations to policy-makers (roundtable)
• Commission's Science & Planning activities in DRM (videoconference)