Spontaneous assistance - the new backbone in disaster situations?

Julia Zisgen studied sociology, political science and public law in Freiburg. After working for the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) and in the media industry, she joined KfW Bankengruppe in 2018 as a consultant for business continuity management, emergency and crisis management. 



She is a founding member and former president of the German Society for the Promotion of Social Media and Technology in Civil Protection (DGSMTech) e.V..

Martha Wingen studied industrial engineering, specializing in civil engineering, at RWTH Aachen University and specialized in water management as early as her bachelor's degree. As part of her doctorate at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, she is researching the topic of flood management 5.0, which, following automation and digitalization, incorporates the social component as a resource from the population into disaster management.

After military service, studied law, philosophy, ancient, medieval and modern history, historical auxiliary sciences, adult education and disaster management at the universities of Bielefeld, Münster Kaiserslautern and Bonn. 
1st and 2nd state examination in law, Magister Artium (M.A.), Master of Arts, Master of Disaster Management and Governance
Head of the DGB Legal Office in Riesa/Saxony
Process and country officer at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
Officer and deputy head of the economic administration and internal service units at the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Meckenheim and Berlin
2004-2009 Head of Unit Internal Training, Advanced Training, Operational Training
2009-2012 Head of Unit and Deputy Head of Unit at the Federal Ministry of the Interior in the units: Winter sports, medical and social services of the highest federal authorities/health management
Five years lecturer at the Federal University of Applied Sciences, subjects: law/police law
Publications on individual issues of civil protection, most recently Resilience and Critical Infrastructures
Lecturer and speaker at the AKNZ now BABZ of the BBK; focus on emergency preparedness, legal issues of civil protection, spontaneous responders, since 2020 digitalization of teaching, pedagogical basics



 

Andreas Karsten works as a freelance author, consultant and coach in the field of crisis management and civil protection. He studied theoretical physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig. He completed his fire department technical unit at the Berlin Fire Department. For 12 years, he worked as an emergency officer at the professional fire departments in Stuttgart and Bochum before moving to the Federal Office for Civil Protection as a head of unit. He subsequently advised the government of the United Arab States. Andreas Karsten is acting president of DGSMTech.