Transcript UNESCO CHAIR INAUGURAL MEETING Florence, 27 October

United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
UNESCO Chair on the Prevention and
Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards,
University of Florence, Italy
INAUGURALMEETING
UNESCOChair
Preven1onandsustainable
managementofgeohydrologicalhazards
Auditorium
Sant’Apollonia
viaSanGallo,25/aFlorence
27October2016
Florence(Italy)
UNESCOCHAIRINAUGURALMEETING
Florence,27October2016
9:30-10:00-WELCOMEADDRESS
Prof.LuigiDEI-RectorUniversityofFlorence
On.SamueleSEGONI-MemberofParliament
Ass.FedericaFRATONI-Representa>veofRegioneToscana
Ass.AlessiaBETTINI-Representa>veofComunediFirenze
Cons.FrancescaPAOLIERI-Representa>veofCiEàMetropolitanadiFirenze
Dr.PietroRUBELLINI-DirectorGeneralofCiEàMetropolitanadiFirenze
10:00-11:30-INTRODUCTION
Chairman:Prof.PaoloOREFICE-UNESCOChairholderinHumanDevelopment
andCultureofPeace,UniversityofFlorence
10:00-10:15-BlancaElenaJIMÉNEZ-CISNEROS-DirectoroftheUNESCODivisionofWater
Sciences&SecretaryoftheInterna9onalHydrologicalProgramme
10:15-10:30-PhilippePYPAERT-HeadofScienceUnit,UNESCORegionalBureauforScience
andCultureinEurope
10:30-10:45-EnricoVICENTI-SecretaryGeneraloftheUNESCONa9onalCommission
10:45-11:00-LucioUBERTINI-UNESCOChairWaterResourcesManagementandCulture
11:00-11:15-CarloFRANCINI-UNESCOOfficeFlorenceWorldHeritage
11:15-11:30-Vi_orioGASPARRINI-CentreforUNESCOofFlorence
11:30-12:00-COFFEEBREAK
12:00-13:00-SUPPORTINGORGANIZATIONS
Chairman:Prof.ElvezioGALANTI-AdjunctProfessorofCivilProtecAon,UniversityofFlorence
12:00-12:15-FabrizioCURCIO-HeadoftheDepartmentofCivilProtec9on,Presidencyofthe
CouncilofMinisters
12:15-12:30-MauroGRASSI-DirectorofItaliasicura,PresidencyoftheCouncilofMinisters
12:30-12:45-BernardoDEBERNARDINIS-PresidentofNa9onalIns9tuteforEnvironmental
Protec9onandResearch
12:45-13:00-FawuWANG-DirectorGeneraloftheInterna9onalConsor9umonGeo-disaster
Reduc9on
Freeadmission,Onsiteregistra>on,Interpreta>on
availableinEnglishandItalian
UNESCOCHAIRINAUGURALMEETING
Florence,27October2016
13:00-14:30-LUNCHBREAK
13:20-13:50-OPTIONALVISITTOTHECENACOLO
14:30-15:30-UNESCOCHAIRPRESENTATION
Chairman:Prof.IgnazioBECCHI-EmeritusProfessorofHydrologyand
HydraulicEngineering,UniversityofFlorence
14:30-14:45- PaoloCANUTI-Chairholder
14:45-15:00- ClaudioMARGOTTINI-Chairadjunct,Scien9ficandTechnologicalANaché
EmbassyofItalyinEgypt
15:00-15:15- NicolaCASAGLI-Chairassociate,DepartmentofEarthSciencesUniversityof
Florence
15:15-15:30- FabioCASTELLI-Chairassociate,DepartmentofCivilandEnvironmental
EngineeringUniversityofFlorence
15:30-17:00-TECHNICALEXHIBITION
15:30-17:00-Toolsandtechnologiesforgeo-hydrologicalriskreduc>on
OrganizingSecretariat:
ElisaBandecchi,AlessiaLoP,SilviaMassagni,MelaniaScaccia>
[email protected]fi.it
United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
UNESCO Chair on the Prevention and
Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards,
University of Florence, Italy
Geo-hydrologicalhazardsareamajorthreattohumanlife,property,culturalheritageand
the natural and built environment. They include landslides, floods, debris flows, slope
movements, ground subsidence, soil and coastal erosion, sinkholes and other hazards
related to the climate changes and to the local hydro-geological condi>ons. Risk arises
from the interplay of these physical processes with social and cultural factors, such as
urbaniza>on,emergencyplanning,riskpreparednessandknowledge.
ThemissionoftheChairistopromoteresearchanddevelopment(R&D)forthepreven>on
andmanagementofgeo-hydrologicalhazards,inordertosupportpoliciesandac>onsof
risk reduc>on. In par>cular, the Chair aims at the implementa>on of the Sendai
Partnership 2015-2025, launched at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduc>on
(WCDRR)inSendaibytheInterna>onalStrategyforDisasterReduc>on(ISDR)andbythe
Interna>onal Consor>um on Landslides (ICL), for global promo>on of understanding and
reducing landslide disaster risk, which was also signed by UNESCO and the Italian
Government,amongotherpartnersandUNorganiza>ons.
Topromote the
development ofinnovative
technologies forthe
prevention andmitigation
ofGeo-hydrological
hazards.
Topromote research at
international level by
offering scientific facilities
topost-graduated
Studentsandvisiting
researchers.
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THEMISSIONOFTHECHAIRISTO
PROMOTERESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT(R&D)FORTHE
PREVENTIONANDMANAGEMENTOF
GEO-HYDROLOGICALHAZARDS,IN
ORDER TOSUPPORTPOLICIESAND
ACTIONSOFRISKREDUCTION.
Prevention and
sustainable management
of geo-hydrological
hazards, for global risk
Incollaboration with
reduction
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Todevelop tools and
procedures forsupporting
risk reduction policies and
emergency management
forthesafety ofthehuman
life;
Topromote theprotection
ofculturalheritage
threatened bygeohydrological hazards;.
Email:[email protected]fi.it
Web:www.unesco-geohazards.unifi.it
Facebook:unesco.geohazards.florence
Venue:AuditoriumSant’Apollonia
viaSanGallo,25/aFlorence(Italy)
University
(3 min.)
Railway
station
(10 min.)
Sant’Apollonia
Cathedral
(8 min.)
Sant'Apollonia was Benedic>ne monastery founded in 1339. It is well known for the
CenacolowiththeLastSupperfrescooftheItalianRenaissancear>stAndreadelCastagno.
TheAuditorium(43°46’41.2″N,11°15’24.4″E)islocatedinFlorencecitycentre,atawalking
distance of 10 minutes from Santa Maria Novella railway sta>on, 3 minutes from the
Universityand8minutesfromtheCathedral.
ItispossibletoreserveafreevisittotheCenacolowiththe“Last
Supper”ofAndreadelCastagnoduringthelunchbreak.Reserva1ons
canbedoneattheconferenceregistra1ondesk.
OURINTERNATIONALMISSIONS
Lalibela
(E>opia)
Petra
(Giordania)
Tiwanaku
(Bolivia)
MachuPicchu
(Peru)
Shar-E-Zohak
(Afghanistan)
Katski
(Georgia)
Bamiyan
(Afghanistan)
RapaNui(Cile)
Herat
(Afghanistan)
Kogurio
(NordCorea)
UNESCOCHAIRSUPPORTERS
Historic Centre of Florence
inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982
INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON LANDSLIDES
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON LANDSLIDES
WFUCA
United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
FICLU
Federazione Italiana
dei Club e Centri
per l’UNESCO
Centro per l’UNESCO di Firenze
INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM
ON GEO-DISASTER REDUCTION
UNDERTHEPATRONAGEOF:
Registeredpar1cipantswillberecognizedcreditsofthe
Con1nuingProfessionalDevelopment(APC)programofthe
ProfessionalBodiesofEngineersandGeologists
WITHTHEFINANCIALSUPPORTOF:
www.unesco-geohazards.unifi.it