CLAW 2025

Training sessions

Participants will attend all three workshops to both apply the insights in their own organisations and be well-prepared for the crisis exercise on day two of the event.

Improved crisis decision making | Roel Derckx

Crisis decision making is one of the most difficult parts of crisis management. What are the most common pitfalls? How do you translate situational awareness into key problems/threats? Why shouldn’t you jump to decisions to quickly? How can you make reactive decision making more proactive? These and other questions will be addressed during this interactive training.

About Roel

Roel Derckx is a highly experienced trainer-advisor in crisis management, with an analytical background as a Delft engineer and extensive experience in psychological and group dynamic processes. His focus is on strengthening people's resilience and ingenuity - understanding what they need and helping with practical tools. His passion is in giving people the justified feeling that they are capable of more than they think possible - in work, during crises, and other complex situations. Helping people develop the necessary competencies for ‘coordinated improvisation’ enabling them to cope with, and even excel under difficult circumstances.

Kick-start your crisis team | Marthe Huibers

To manage a crisis effectively, you need a team. Not just skilled professionals, but a solid, well-functioning team. And that is exactly what we will build in this workshop. We’ll explore the key crisis team roles, their tasks and responsibilities, and what it takes to perform them well. Together, we’ll define essential team agreements, design the ideal crisis room set-up, and discuss the parameters of effective teamwork. After this workshop, you’ll have all the ingredients to kick-start your team - ready to face every challenge (maybe even the very next day…).

About Marthe

Marthe Huibers is an organisational psychologist, fascinated by human behaviour, especially in the context of teams and organisations. It never ceases to amaze her to see what people in “effective” teams can achieve when working together. After working as a trainer/consultant in the field of crisis management for over 10 years, she is now trainer and team coach for leaders and teams, teaching them to (re)discover and work at their fullest (crisis-)potential.

Challenges of information flow in fast-moving situations | Kenny Meesters

This interactive training empowers information managers and fosters a shared understanding of how information supports crisis response. Participants will explore four key areas: systems, data, organisational structures, and people. The session starts with a hands-on simulation of a crisis environment, followed by discussions and applied theory. Participants will gain practical tools and frameworks to improve information flow and decision-making. By the end, they will understand how to design effective systems, adapt their role throughout the response cycle, and balance structure with flexibility in dynamic crisis settings.

About Kenny

Kenny Meesters is an experienced crisis information manager who has supported emergency responses around the world with the United Nations (UNDAC), the European Union (UCPM), and local authorities. His work focuses on improving the way information is collected, shared, and used in fast-moving crises. Kenny has been involved in numerous international missions as an information manager, working side-by-side with responders to strengthen decision-making and coordination. He is active as a researcher at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, where he studies the interplay of technology, data, organisations, and people in the field of crisis information management.