Final Seminar

This event will take place on March 4th, from 10:00 am to 18:00 pm CET, in De Lichtfabriek (until 31.1.26 known as Basecamp Haarlem), Energieplein 74 2031TC Haarlem, The Netherlands. This event is free of charge.

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 public 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

• 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
  • 2) Addressing gaps in insurance cover for soil stability risks
  • 3) Insurance services for agriculture
  • 4) Insurance for forest windthrow damage
  • 5) Wildfire insurance enhancing adaptive actions
  • 6) Replicability and scaling potential of the pilots

• 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
  TBC

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

• 16:00 – 16:45
  Prepared commentaries and discussion

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

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