INAUGURALMEETING

Preven1onandsustainablemanagementofgeo-hydrologicalhazards

27October2016Florence(Italy)

UNESCOChair

AuditoriumSant’Apollonia

viaSanGallo,25/aFlorence

UNESCO Chair on the Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards, University of Florence, Italy

United NationsEducational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

UNESCOCHAIRINAUGURALMEETINGFlorence,27October2016

9:30-10:00-WELCOMEADDRESSProf.LuigiDEI-RectorUniversityofFlorenceOn.SamueleSEGONI-MemberofParliamentAss.FedericaFRATONI-Representa>veofRegioneToscanaAss.AlessiaBETTINI-Representa>veofComunediFirenzeCons.FrancescaPAOLIERI-Representa>veofCiEàMetropolitanadiFirenzeDr.PietroRUBELLINI-DirectorGeneralofCiEàMetropolitanadiFirenze

10:00-11:30-INTRODUCTIONChairman:Prof.PaoloOREFICE-UNESCOChairholderinHumanDevelopment

andCultureofPeace,UniversityofFlorence10:00-10:15-BlancaElenaJIMÉNEZ-CISNEROS-DirectoroftheUNESCODivisionofWater

Sciences&SecretaryoftheInterna9onalHydrologicalProgramme10:15-10:30-PhilippePYPAERT-HeadofScienceUnit,UNESCORegionalBureauforScience

andCultureinEurope10:30-10:45-EnricoVICENTI-SecretaryGeneraloftheUNESCONa9onalCommission10:45-11:00-LucioUBERTINI-UNESCOChairWaterResourcesManagementandCulture11:00-11:15-CarloFRANCINI-UNESCOOfficeFlorenceWorldHeritage11:15-11:30-Vi_orioGASPARRINI-CentreforUNESCOofFlorence

11:30-12:00-COFFEEBREAK12:00-13:00-SUPPORTINGORGANIZATIONS

Chairman:Prof.ElvezioGALANTI-AdjunctProfessorofCivilProtecAon,UniversityofFlorence12:00-12:15-FabrizioCURCIO-HeadoftheDepartmentofCivilProtec9on,Presidencyofthe

CouncilofMinisters12:15-12:30-MauroGRASSI-DirectorofItaliasicura,PresidencyoftheCouncilofMinisters12:30-12:45-BernardoDEBERNARDINIS-PresidentofNa9onalIns9tuteforEnvironmental

Protec9onandResearch12:45-13:00-FawuWANG-DirectorGeneraloftheInterna9onalConsor9umonGeo-disaster

Reduc9on

Freeadmission,Onsiteregistra>on,Interpreta>onavailableinEnglishandItalian

UNESCOCHAIRINAUGURALMEETINGFlorence,27October2016

13:00-14:30-LUNCHBREAK13:20-13:50-OPTIONALVISITTOTHECENACOLO14:30-15:30-UNESCOCHAIRPRESENTATIONChairman:Prof.IgnazioBECCHI-EmeritusProfessorofHydrologyand

HydraulicEngineering,UniversityofFlorence14:30-14:45- PaoloCANUTI-Chairholder14:45-15:00- ClaudioMARGOTTINI-Chairadjunct,Scien9ficandTechnologicalANaché

EmbassyofItalyinEgypt15:00-15:15- NicolaCASAGLI-Chairassociate,DepartmentofEarthSciencesUniversityof

Florence15:15-15:30- FabioCASTELLI-Chairassociate,DepartmentofCivilandEnvironmental

EngineeringUniversityofFlorence

15:30-17:00-TECHNICALEXHIBITION15:30-17:00-Toolsandtechnologiesforgeo-hydrologicalriskreduc>on

OrganizingSecretariat:ElisaBandecchi,AlessiaLoP,SilviaMassagni,MelaniaScaccia>

info@unesco-geohazards.unifi.it

Geo-hydrologicalhazardsareamajorthreattohumanlife,property,culturalheritageandthe natural and built environment. They include landslides, floods, debris flows, slopemovements, ground subsidence, soil and coastal erosion, sinkholes and other hazardsrelated to the climate changes and to the local hydro-geological condi>ons. Risk arisesfrom the interplay of these physical processes with social and cultural factors, such asurbaniza>on,emergencyplanning,riskpreparednessandknowledge.ThemissionoftheChairistopromoteresearchanddevelopment(R&D)forthepreven>onandmanagementofgeo-hydrologicalhazards, inordertosupportpoliciesandac>onsofrisk reduc>on. In par>cular, the Chair aims at the implementa>on of the SendaiPartnership 2015-2025, launched at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduc>on(WCDRR)inSendaibytheInterna>onalStrategyforDisasterReduc>on(ISDR)andbytheInterna>onalConsor>umon Landslides (ICL), for global promo>onofunderstandingandreducing landslide disaster risk, which was also signed by UNESCO and the ItalianGovernment,amongotherpartnersandUNorganiza>ons.

Topromote thedevelopment ofinnovativetechnologies fortheprevention andmitigationofGeo-hydrologicalhazards.

Topromote researchatinternational level byoffering scientific facilitiestopost-graduatedStudentsandvisitingresearchers.

Todevelop tools andprocedures forsupportingrisk reduction policies andemergency managementforthesafety ofthehumanlife;

Topromote theprotectionofculturalheritagethreatened bygeo-hydrological hazards;.

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THEMISSIONOFTHECHAIRISTOPROMOTERESEARCHAND

DEVELOPMENT(R&D)FORTHEPREVENTIONANDMANAGEMENTOFGEO-HYDROLOGICALHAZARDS,INORDERTOSUPPORTPOLICIESANDACTIONSOFRISKREDUCTION.

Incollaborationwith

Prevention and sustainable management

of geo-hydrological hazards, for global risk

reduction

Email:info@unesco-geohazards.unifi.itWeb:www.unesco-geohazards.unifi.itFacebook:unesco.geohazards.florence

UNESCO Chair on the Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards, University of Florence, Italy

United NationsEducational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

ItispossibletoreserveafreevisittotheCenacolowiththe“LastSupper”ofAndreadelCastagnoduringthelunchbreak.Reserva1ons

canbedoneattheconferenceregistra1ondesk.

Railwaystation

(10 min.)

University(3 min.)

Sant’Apollonia

Cathedral(8 min.)

Venue:AuditoriumSant’ApolloniaviaSanGallo,25/aFlorence(Italy)

Sant'Apollonia was Benedic>ne monastery founded in 1339. It is well known for theCenacolowiththeLastSupperfrescooftheItalianRenaissancear>stAndreadelCastagno.TheAuditorium(43°46’41.2″N,11°15’24.4″E)islocatedinFlorencecitycentre,atawalkingdistance of 10 minutes from Santa Maria Novella railway sta>on, 3 minutes from theUniversityand8minutesfromtheCathedral.

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OURINTERNATIONALMISSIONS

UNESCOCHAIRSUPPORTERS

United NationsEducational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

Federazione Italianadei Club e Centriper l’UNESCO

WFUCA FICLU

Centro per l’UNESCO di Firenze

Historic Centre of Florenceinscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON GEO-DISASTER REDUCTION

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON LANDSLIDESINTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON LANDSLIDES

Registeredpar1cipantswillberecognizedcreditsofthe Con1nuingProfessionalDevelopment(APC)programofthe

ProfessionalBodiesofEngineersandGeologists

UNDERTHEPATRONAGEOF:

WITHTHEFINANCIALSUPPORTOF:

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