VUELCO workshop in Colima prior to COV7: Volcanic unrest: Interfacing science and decision-making
From: Jo Gottsmann <j.gottsmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear all,
I would like to draw your attention to a workshop to be held in Colima, Mexico, immediately before the start of the Cities on Volcanoes conference.
The workshop, which will run all day on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 is entitled: "Volcanic unrest: Interfacing science and decision-making".
The purpose of this workshop is to sample and discuss the state-of-the-art and future challenges of the study of volcanic unrest and unrest risk management by an amalgamation of contributions from the natural and social sciences as well as from non-scientific stakeholders. A detailed description follows below.
The workshop is sponsored by the European Commission under the 7th framework programme for research and technological development via the "VUELCO" project. More information on VUELCO can be found at wwww.vuelco.net
Participation in the workshop is free of charge.
Confirmed guest speakers include:
Jenni Barclay (Univ. East Anglia, UK)
Steve Sparks (Univ. Bristol, UK)
Jean-Christophe Komorovski (IPGP, France)
Billy Darroux (Disaster Management Coordination Agency, Montserrat)
We corrdially invite the community to register for the workshop by sending an email to j.gottsmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
We will solicit abstracts at a later stage.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
J. Gottsmann
VUELCO coordinator
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Workshop Description:
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Volcanic unrest is a complex multi-hazard phenomenon of volcanism. Our knowledge of the causative links between subsurface processes, resulting unrest signals and imminent eruption, today, is incomplete to deal effectively with crises of volcanic unrest.
When a volcano develops from dormancy through a phase of unrest important scientific, political and social questions need to be addressed. Scientific questions relate to the processes behind unrest and their associated surface signals (if any), their future evolution and their significance as precursor for eruptive phenomena. Political and social questions are related to: (i) how epistemic and aleatory uncertainties surrounding data and processes are employed in the light of probabilistic assessment of outcomes of unrest periods, (ii) how these uncertainties are communicated and (iii) how evolving crises are best managed depending on the forecasted scenario.
The purpose of this workshop is to sample and discuss the state-of-the-art and future challenges of the study of volcanic unrest and related risk management by an amalgamation of contributions from the natural and social sciences as well as from non-scientific stakeholders.
We aim at bringing together natural and social scientists, decision makers and policy makers to discuss issues relevant to the scientific, risk and managerial aspects of volcanic unrest. We particularly welcome contribution from cross-boundary research across the disciplines relevant for the study of volcanic unrest and its management.
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Dr. J. Gottsmann
School of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
j.gottsmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
office: +441179545422
mobile: +447858521836
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FP7 VUELCO PROJECT COORDINATOR
www.vuelco.net
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Dr. J. Gottsmann
School of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
j.gottsmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
office: +441179545422
mobile: +447858521836
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FP7 VUELCO PROJECT COORDINATOR
www.vuelco.net
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