Salla Himberg is a humanitarian and resilience expert with nearly 20 years of international experience in disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, and humanitarian action. As Senior Advisor for Early Warnings for All at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), she supports efforts to strengthen preparedness, anticipatory action, and community resilience to climate and disaster risks. Throughout her career, she has worked with the United Nations and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement across Africa, Asia, and Europe. 

Catalina Jaime is Head of Secretariat of the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP), where she leads global efforts to advance early warning and early action through stronger policy, financing and partnerships. She is also a Lead Author for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report.

She is a disaster risk reduction and early action specialist with more than 20 years of experience in humanitarian action, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Catalina previously led the Climate and Conflict portfolio at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, where her work included advancing anticipatory action in conflict settings.

She completed her PhD at the University of Twente/ITC on Early Warning and Early Action in situations of conflict. Her research builds on extensive operational experience, including work on early warning systems in Haiti, pioneering anticipatory action approaches in Uganda, post-Typhoon Haiyan recovery in the Philippines, and global work on anticipatory action. She was also a contributing author to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and previously served as Knowledge Manager for the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR) programme.

Catalina has a background in Industrial Engineering and a Master's degree in Humanitarian Action, specialising in conflict, disasters and peacebuilding from the Universities of Deusto and Uppsala. 

Alexander is a global advisor and senior analyst with the Danish Refugee Council where he leads the work on enhancing the use of data and analysis for strategic humanitarian planning and response. He is the author of the flagship Global Displacement Forecast report and spearheading the work on forecasting displacement for anticipatory action. As part of his role, he is currently engaged in setting up anticipatory action mechanisms for conflict-induced displacement across 8 countries and co-leading the Global Working Group on Anticipatory Action for Displacement.  

Prior to joining the Danish Refugee Council, Alexander worked as the Head of the Policy Unit in Voluntas Advisory – a consultancy firm working with major international donors, UN agencies and NGOs providing evidence-based advisory on stabilization/CVE, governance and humanitarian issues. He holds a MSc. in Political Science from University of Copenhagen.  

Maja Lazić is the Deputy Head of the World Bank UNHCR Joint Data Center and has over two decades of experience working in conflict, post-conflict, and emergency settings in the Balkans, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia with UNHCR, UN Human Rights (OHCHR), and non-governmental organizations. From 2018 to 2020, she was the Deputy Representative for UNHCR in Malaysia, where she worked towards the objectives of the Global Compact for Refugees and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She has served in UNHCR’s Headquarters in different policy and management capacities. While Maja’s professional experience is anchored in protection of the forcibly displaced and stateless populations, she also has experience in education, program oversight, public engagement, and donor and partner relations in humanitarian and development contexts.