LINKS Advisory Committee

The LINKS Advisory Committee (LAC) holds a critical position within the overarching LINKS Community. Its composition comprises invited professionals and experts representing diverse stakeholder organizations that align with the target groups of the LINKS project. The primary functions of the LAC encompass advising, informing, and validating the developments and outcomes arising from the project. The fundamental aim of the LAC is to convene and actively engage multidisciplinary stakeholders, including representatives from associations within the project consortium, with the overarching objective of attaining validated and practical results. To achieve this objective, the LAC conducts extensive discussions on the project's outcomes, with particular emphasis on in-depth integration into the domain of public safety and security. Notably, the LAC convenes at strategic junctures during the project lifecycle to ensure the generation of well-planned and beneficial outputs.

Developers and Researchers

Name	Profile
Adam Widera	Managing Director at Competence Center Crisis Management at ERCIS - European Research Center for Information Systems, University Muenster; Germany
Florian Roth	Research Associate at School of Management and Law Center for Corporate Responsibility ZHAW at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur; Switzerland
Meinald T. Thielsch	apl. Professor with a focus on Organisational Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction, University Muenster; Germany
Rainer Koch	Professor (mech. engineering, IT-application), European security researcher since FP6, Volunteer Fire Officer (silver level) for about 25 years, ISO/TC 292: Convenor WG3 “Emergency management”, Paderborn/Dortmund, Germany
Sara Bonati	Researcher with a focus on risk perception and vulnerability, Università degli studi di Genova  DISFOR - Dipartimento di scienze della formazione, Italy

Practitioners

Name	Profile
Ulrich Cimolino	Assistant Firechief, FRS Duesseldorf, Lead of Staff unit for climate change-related major events and cooperation with science and research & head of Working Group "Wildfire" German Fire Brigade Association; Germany
Hauke Speth	Head of Department at State Fire Academy of North-Rhine Westphalia (IdF NRW); Germany
Gianmario Gnecchi	Technical Fire Officer (Lt.Col.) & Managing Director the Regional Fire and Rescue Service School in Lombardia; Italy
Anouk Ros	Advisor on Crisis Management for the Rode Kruis NL, Netherlands
Franz Petter	Assistant Fire Chief, FRS Hamburg, President of the vgbf (Vereinigung zur Gefahrstoff- und Brandschutzforschung), Germany / Austria
Stephen Hines	Clinical Tutor Integrated Patient Care at London ambulance; UK
Rein Hof	Business Conduct Specialist, Service Centre Politie Nederland; Netherlands

Businesses

Name	Profile
Jan Müller-Tischer	Jan Müller-Tischer, Owner of crisis-communication training company 'Vor der Lage' and member of VOST-DE; Germany

Media

Name	Profile
Emily Hough	Editor in Chief ret. of the Crisis Response Journal, Director at Crisis Management; UK

Policy & Decision Makers

Name	Profile
Kaili Tamm	Chief Digital Officer at Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Former Advisor to the Ministry of Interior; Estonia

Civil Society

Name	Profile
Iratxe Gomez Susaeta	Social Media Manager (VOST Europe) & GEMMA Presales manager at ATOS, IT-company; Spain
Volker Tondorf	Cross-border Emergency Care & Civil Protection / Social Media Emergency Management Chief digital reconnaissance (VOST THW), Germany Liaison Officer VOST Europe