session 4

Title: Space Assets and Disaster Management
type: oral
Description: This session will explore the role space assets can play in situations requiring disaster management and emergency response. Papers will discuss how space assets and applications can be brought to bear to assist with situation monitoring and assessment, shortening response times and mitigating impact on affected populations.
Date: 2026-10-08
Time: 15:00
Room: G2

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Tibor Balint, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:00	A Scalable Playbook for Space-Enabled Disaster Intelligence: Cost Models and Operational Architectures for Real-Time Flood and Storm Response	15		Prof. Zaheer Ali	University of Central Florida (UCF)	United States
2	15:15	Integrating space-based Earth observation into disaster management: the case of the 2023 Emilia-Romagna flood	15	confirmed	Ms. Claudia Barbetti		Italy
3	15:30	A Satellite-Aided Emergency Communication Network Integrated with Smart Lighting Systems for Post-Disaster Resilience	15	confirmed	Mr. Fırat Canpolat	Firat University	Türkiye
4	15:45	Comparative Analysis of Earthquake-Induced Ground Deformation Using Multi-Temporal InSAR: Case Studies from Türkiye	15	confirmed	Dr. Fatma Canaslan Çomut	Ministry of Interior, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency	Türkiye
5	16:00	Space for Humanity: Optimizing Global Food Security and Humanitarian Aid Networks Using Open-Source Earth Observation	15	confirmed	Mr. Ferhat Aytimur AHISKA	Turkish Technology Team Foundation	Türkiye
6	16:15	Bridging the Last Mile: Anticipatory Action and Early Warning Systems in Least Developed Countries	15		Mr. JOAO VALENTIM	Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)	Brazil
7	16:30	Disaster Management for Lunar and Martian Colonies: Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Triage and Nursing Intervention Protocol in Closed Habitats	15	confirmed	Ms. Rukiye Gozde KAPLAN	Selçuk University	Türkiye
8	16:45	connecting communities in crisis: the humanitarian promise of leo satellite internet	15	confirmed	Ms. Gita Naderi	Concordia University	Canada
9	17:00	Integrating Space Assets and Ground-Based Systems for Enhanced Disaster Management	15	confirmed	Ms. Govher Orucova	Azerbaijan University of Languages (AUL)	Azerbaijan
10	17:15	Space Innovations for Earth’s Resilience: Lessons from the 2015 Nepal Earthquake and Aurelia’s Vision A Socio-Technological Space Policy Research Paper	15	confirmed	Ms. Jagriti Luitel		Nepal

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