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Events and programme sessions

This page lists events and programme sessions of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) only when they are scheduled and approved, with a date, an accountable organizer and a confirmed host. Nothing is shown in advance as confirmed. Annual convening and the Nexus Universe programme are governed by The Global Risks Forum (GRF), and its events and dialogue calendar is the place for those sessions. Until a GCRI event meets the listing rules below, this page lists none.

Institution
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Service level
R0: information and enquiries

Convening calendar

GCRI · Season 1 · Week 37

Call for sessions openGCRI · GCRI

Sessions

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MonTueWedThuFri0910111213141516Evidence label auditProgramme formation clinicNational Model reviewMethods councilAnnual mission planning

Session proposals

  1. P-1Evidence label auditPanel · 60 min2 d
  2. P-2Programme formation clinicNeeds a co-convener3 d
  3. P-3National Model reviewAccepted3 d

GCRI · Convening calendarConvening calendar, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

GCRI events and programme sessions are listed only when scheduled and approved, with a date, an accountable organizer and a confirmed host, and nothing is shown in advance as confirmed. Annual convening and Nexus Universe sessions are governed by GRF and appear on its calendar; registration opens only when an event can be run properly.

02Canvas

Call to record.

Canvas · call to recordDesign, not a record
Events and programme sessions: a convening from call to recordA call for sessions is issued; proposals are selected against criteria; the programme is built with balance; the convening runs; the record is published and follow-up tracked. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.How an event goes from a call for sessions to its record. Design, not a schedule.

03Geography

Hazards and exposure in World.

For events and programme sessions, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on flood water, active fires, population density and true-colour imagery, framed on World; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.

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Layers 4

Hazards and exposure, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For events and programme sessions, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on flood water, active fires, population density and true-colour imagery, framed on World; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONET · GDACS · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2ASources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not official warnings.
  • Live: GDACS (EC JRC / UN OCHA) Events are indicative, not official warnings.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Land surface temperature, day, 8-day composite: VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day, NASA LANCE · 14 Sep 2026

04Listing rules

What an event needs before it appears here.

An event is listed only when every item below is on record. Without them, a plan stays a plan and is not presented as a session.

  • A confirmed date, time zone and format
  • An accountable GCRI organizer and the organization that acts, GCRI Canada or GCRI US
  • Host authority and readiness evidenced, where a venue or host is involved
  • A stated audience, purpose and agenda owner
  • Accessibility arrangements and the registration route, if registration is open
  • A privacy note for any personal data collected
05Types of session

The sessions GCRI is designed to hold.

Technical

Methods and evidence sessions

Working sessions on methods, data and review, linked to science and methods.

Programme

Country and regional briefings

Briefings with accountable national contacts about an exploration or a programme, linked to country programme enquiry.

Learning

Supervised learning sessions

Sessions for experts, students and volunteers, linked to academy and learning.

06Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
Chatham House RuleA rule under which participants may use information received but may not reveal the identity or affiliation of speakers.
Code of conductA written set of standards for how members, staff or participants behave, with a route for complaints and a stated process for handling them.
Service level R0The current service level of Nexus pages: information and enquiries only. An enquiry receives a reference and a named next step; it creates no membership, contract, assignment or commitment.
07Registration

Event registration opens only when it can be run properly.

The current service level is R0, information and enquiries. Event registration opens only when its team, terms and review capacity are in place. Until then, interest in a session can be sent to the Secretariat, and the acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.

A listed session is not an endorsement of any participant, and attendance confers no membership, appointment or status.

08Questions

Questions and answers.

Why are no events listed?
Because events appear only once they are scheduled and approved with an accountable organizer and, where relevant, a confirmed host. The page does not show planned or provisional sessions as if they were confirmed.
Where are the Nexus Universe sessions?
Nexus Universe is governed by The Global Risks Forum and has its own website. GCRI supports it technically through its technical office, described on the programmes pages.
Can I propose a session or offer to host one?
Yes. Write to programmes@therisk.global with the purpose, audience and host details. A proposal receives a reference; no session is presented as confirmed before host authority and readiness are evidenced.
Will past sessions be recorded here?
Where a session took place and its record is approved for publication, it can be listed with its date and outputs. Records follow the same review and correction rules as other GCRI publications.
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation

Start with an enquiry.

The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.

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