Final Seminar

This event will take place on March 4th, from 10:00 am to 18:00 pm CET, both online and in person, in De Lichtfabriek (until 31.1.26 known as Basecamp Haarlem), Energieplein 74 2031TC Haarlem, The Netherlands. This event is free of charge. For online registration, click on the button "Register Here" above. The registration on-site participation has been closed but you can contact kati.berninger@tyrskyconsulting.fi for any available places.

Strengthening future resilience with innovative insurance solutions

In its final seminar the PIISA project presents the main results and discusses them with the insurance sector, policy makers and adaptation experts.

Programme

• 09:30 – 10:00
  Registration and coffee

• 10:00 – 10:45
  Setting the scene

• 10:00 – 10:15
  PIISA as a game changer in scaling climate risk-aware decision making for resilience
  Hilppa Gregow, Finnish Meteorological Institute

• 10:15 – 10:45
  Keynote - Financial protection from climate-related losses and damages as a public resilience goal
  Jaroslav Mysiak, CMCC

• 10:45 – 12:00
  Session I - Innovative insurance solutions and climate services

• 10:45 – 11:05
  Insurance solutions that promote adaptation
  Stefano Ceolotto, CMCC

• 11:05 – 11:25
  Climate services and data products supporting adaptation aware insurance
  Laura Trentini, Amigo

• 11:25 – 11:40
  Commentary from the insurance sector
  Vylon Ooms, Dutch Association of Insurers / PIISA EAB member
  Martijn Looijer, Financial/Economic Advisor, National Delta Programme, the Netherlands

• 11:40 – 12:00
  Discussion

• 12:00 – 13:15
  Lunch break
  Posters available during the lunch break

• 13:15 – 15:00
  Session II - Key learnings and new climate risk tools from PIISA pilots

• 13:15 – 13:30
  Piloting new climate risk tools
  Heikki Tuomenvirta, Finnish Meteorological Institute

• Break-out sessions introducing PIISA pilots:
  
  • 1) Green roof insurances
    Georges Farina and Peter Robinson, Institute for Environmental Studies (VU IVM)
  • 2) Addressing gaps in insurance cover for soil stability risks
    David Cooke, Sustainable Finance Observatory
  • 3) Insurance services for agriculture
    Sheetal Saklani, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
  • 4) Insurance for forest windthrow damage
    Rhea Kochar and Quentin Voituron, AXA Climate
  • 5) Wildfire insurance enhancing adaptive actions
    Ariane Kaploun and Luiz Galizia, AXA Climate
  • 6) Replicability and scaling potential of the pilots
    George Lameh, LGI Sustainable Innovation

• 13:30 – 14:00
  Break-out session 1 introducing three topics (three rooms)

• 14:00 – 14:30
  Break-out session 2 introducing three topics (three rooms)

• 14:30 – 15:00
  Break-out session 3 introducing three topics (three rooms)

• 15:00 – 15:30
  Coffee

• 15:30 – 17:00
  Session III - Recommendations for the insurance sector and policy makers

• 15:30 – 15:45
  Recommendations for the insurance sector
  Laura Grassi, Politecnico di Milano

• 15:45 – 16:00
  Policy recommendations
  Kati Berninger Tyrsky Consulting

• 16:00 – 16:45
  Prepared commentaries and discussion
  Berend de Jong, Global lead Insurance & Finance, Planet Labs PBC
  Mikael Hilden, independent expert, EAB member

• 16:45 – 17:00
  Closing words: how to move forward together
  Hilppa Gregow, Finnish Meteorological Institute

• 17:00 – 18:00
  Networking, posters and cocktails