In the framework of the ROADMAP project (https://roadmap.ci3r.it), a series of Webinars will be held with international experts on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) issues, with the objective of discussing relevant topics on the management of various phases of risks to find good practices and propose guidelines to the Community of Stakeholders involved in the process at EU, national and local levels. The second Webinar, entitled Communication Challenges in Disaster Risk Management and Crisis Management, will be held on December 6th, at 10AM (CET), and will be dedicated to the complex task of communicating during critical events. For this purpose, we will have lectures from different experts, namely:
- Nicola Nosengo, science writer and scientific communicator;
- Iain Stewart, University of Plymouth;
- Lucia Castro Herrera, Centre for Integrated Emergency Management CIEM at the University of Agder in Norway.
See the detailed agenda here: https://bit.ly/roadmap2web_agenda or here. The participation in the Webinar is free, but registration is mandatory. The webinar will be spoken in English. Please visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zWSOA2IWTH6r0IqUNXYvrA

The ReLUIS Consortium, for the category of actions for the protection and safety of historical and architectural heritage, receives the award for the commitment in the areas of the country affected by the seismic events that have occurred since 2009. To receive the Award, representing the President of ReLUIS, Professor Edoardo Cosenza, Professor Andrea Prota, Director of the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II. Thanks to all the ReLUIS network for taking part in the actions to protect and safeguard the artistic heritage of Central Italy. Click here for the video of the ceremony.

Also this year the ReLUIS consortium actively participates in the national communication campaign "Io Non Rischio", promoted by the Department of Civil Protection (DPC), together with the National Association of Public Assistance (ANPAS), the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and the CIMA Foundation.

The Civil Protection Department, with a press release dated 24 September, officially announced the INR 2021 edition, which will take place on Sunday 24th, October 2021 only.

In particular, experts deployed by the ReLUIS Consortium will support civil protection volunteers in the awareness and dissemination campaign on the prevention of seismic risk, who will explain to citizens that prevention is possible and that nowadays methods, tools and techniques are available toeffectively reduce the effects of earthquakes.

More than 3400 civil protection volunteers will set up "Io non rischio" info-points in the main squares all over the country and "digital squares" to raise awareness among citizens about seismic, tsunami and flood risks.

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Deadline for submission is 31 October 2021.

The Award is open to young graduates with a Master degree in Physics, Geosciences, Geology, Geophysics, Engineering or related subjects who developed their degree thesis in seismology, geophysics or seismic engineering. Graduates can participate in the calendar year 2020 at Italian universities.

This study, carried out following a short-term seismic risk assessment system developed by Reluis, compares the risks due to earthquakes and to COVID. Such analysis shows that during the first wave the risk due to the pandemic was comparable to that of a seismic sequence of about six degrees of magnitude.

The D.L. 109/2018 (so called Genoa Decree, converted into law nr. 130, November 16th, 2018) issued after the tragic collapse of Ponte Morandi on August 14th, 2018 requires the adoption of specific guidelines to ensure the homogeneity of classification and risk management, safety assessment and monitoring of existing bridges, viaducts, overpasses, etc., providing for the involvement of the national civil protection system resources, after consulting the Board of Governors of the Public Works and the Department of Civil Protection.

ReLUIS Webinar
Monday 23 November 2020 at 14:30
Program

The Italian research in seismic engineering and the activities of Reluis 40 years after the Campanian-Lucan earthquake is the theme of the webinar to be held Monday, November 23rd, from 14:30 to 18:30. The event is organized by Reluis and the Civil Protection Department, with the collaboration of the Inarcassa Foundation. Gaetano Manfredi, Minister of University and Research, Angelo Borrelli, Head of the Department of Civil Protection, Massimo Sessa, President of the Board of Public Works, the President of the Inarcassa Foundation, Franco Fietta will open the works. After the introductions by proff. Dolce and Cosenza on the evolution of relationships between Civil Protection and scientific community and the progress and prospects of seismic and structural engineering, the current research topics of seismic engineering carried out by Reluis will be shown. Among them: risk mapping and seismic improvement interventions, actions of energy consumption reduction, seismic geotechnics issues, progress of technical standards and monitoring research and use of satellite data. The webinar registration will be available from 12:00 on Friday, November 20th on the Fondazione Inarcassa website.
Engineers and Architects will be issued nr. 3 CFP.