mecom at the BBK Specialist Congress “Research for Civil Protection” in Bonn
What role do research and science play for civil protection? This was the topic of the Specialist Congress hosted by the German Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BKK) in Bonn from January 12 to 14, 2023.
Our colleagues Inga Wilkens, Michaela Weber and Wolfgang Jurksch attended the event.
The Specialist Congress “Research for Civil Protection” took place for the first time and was completely sold out. Not surprising, since a diverse and varied programme awaited the participants.
We were looking forward in particular to the lecture on the topic of “Government risk and crisis communication”, scheduled for Friday morning. What is the state of risk and crisis communication at federal, state and municipal level? And which opportunities and optimisation potentials exist in this area?
The speakers included: Alena Biegert of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Martin Löffelholz, Kathrin Schleicher & Johanna Radechovsky of Technische Universität Ilmenau as well as Hans-Jürgen Bucher, Bettina Boy & Johanne Mayer of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT).
They presented the first results of the MIRKKOMM research project for the optimisation of risk and crisis communication in Germany, in which mecom is involved as a practice partner.
