Programme

The enormous costs of natural and man-made disasters are forcing governments and companies to see safety in a different light. Incentives are too often directed towards responding to disasters, rather than crisis prevention. How might technological advances and adjusting financial incentives lead to mitigating risk and a more balanced approach to managing crises?

Moderator:
Margareta Wahlström , Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction

Margareta Wahlström

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction

Ms. Wahlström was appointed as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in November 2008. Ms. Wahlström has over 30 years of extensive national and international experience in humanitarian relief operations in disaster and conflict areas, and in institution-building to strengthen national capacity for disaster preparedness, response and for risk reduction. Previous appointments include: Member and Coordinator of the Independent Panel on Safety and Security of UN Personnel and Premises, Chaired by Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, 2008; Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator and Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2004-2008; United Nations Special Coordinator for the Assistance to the Tsunami-Affected Communities, 2004-2005; Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Relief, Recovery and Rehabilitation, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 2003-2004; Under-Secretary-General for Disaster Response and Operations and Deputy Director Operations, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 1995-2000.

Panellists
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Vladimir Puchkov , Minister of the Russian Federation of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)

Vladimir Puchkov

Minister of the Russian Federation of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters

Lieutenant-General (res.). Doctor of Science (Engineering). Was born on January 01, 1959 in the Novinka settlement, Volgograd region, Russian Federation. Education Presidential Academy of Civil Service in 2000. Specialty: “State and Municipal Management”. Moscow Military Engineering Academy named after V.Kuibyshev in 1991. Specialty: “Civil Defense Management”. Tumen Military Engineering School in 1979. Awards “Order of Courage”, “Order of Friendship”, Order “For Personal Courage”, Medal of Order “Merits for the Fatherland” II grade, a number of EMERCOM medals and decorations. Married. Has three sons and a daughter.