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Monday, March 11, 2013
SESSION 2
Managing Drought Risk in a Changing Climate: The Role of National Drought Policy
Donald A. Wilhite, Professor of Applied Climate Science, University of Nebraska, USA (presentations)
SESSION 3
Drought Monitoring, Early Warning and Information Systems
Roger Pulwarty, NIDIS/NOAA, USA (presentation)
Elena Mateescu, National Meteorological Administration, Romania (presentation)
PARALLEL SESSION 1
Regional Drought Monitoring Centers: Progress and Future Plans
Gregor Gregoric, DMCSEE, Slovenia (presentation)
Seydou Traore, AGRHYMET, Niger (presentation)
PARALLEL SESSION 2
Drought Education at Different Levels
Kelly Smith, National Drought Mitigation Center, USA (presentation)
Reza Ardakanian, UNW-DPC, Germany (presentation)
Henny A.J. van Lanen (presentation)
PARALLEL SESSION 3
Advocacy to foster the outcomes of HMNDP (Room 18)
Siddharth Chatterjee, International Federation for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (presentation)
Sabina Bokal, GWP, Sweden (presentation)
SIDE EVENTS
US National Drought Mitigation Center, USA (download presentation – 30.6Mo)
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (download presentation – 17.6Mo)
WMO & UNCCD (download presentations – 271Mo)