2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 From: Silvia Massaro <silvia.massaro@xxxxxxx> Dear all, this message to inform about the session "Multi-hazard and risk assessment in volcanic areas: Models, Applications and Challenges" proposed for the next Rittmann Conference that will be held in Catania in September 2024: https://www.conferenzarittmann.it/ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.conferenzarittmann.it/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!YvazIcnuKs9fxVnm9g9yY3vQ79gXoUAuwEyL4ZhpnI8bOVW-rhYDSc1xUsoXdOe4TeYi9mkchvjTV162ff12GhAyTw$> *Conveners* 1. Agnese Turchi***, Centro Studi PLINIVS-LUPT, Università degli Studi di Napoli â??Federico IIâ??; agnese.turchi@xxxxxxxx (*corresponding) 2. Annalisa Cappello, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Catania â?? OE; annalisa.cappello@xxxxxxx 3. Silvia Massaro, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università degli Studi di Bari â??Aldo Moroâ??; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna; silvia.massaro@xxxxxxxx 4. Beatriz Martinez-Montesinos, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna; beatriz.martinez@xxxxxxx 5. Andrea Bevilacqua, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa; andrea.bevilacqua@xxxxxxx 6. Vera Pessina, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Milano; vera.pessina@xxxxxxx *Description* Volcanic areas are susceptible to hazardous eruptive phenomena, such as lava flows, ash fallout, ballistic projectiles, pyroclastic density currents, and volcanic gases. Occasionally, they also experience the effects of compound and/or interacting events like wildfires, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, lahars or floods, with potentially disastrous direct/indirect impacts, including cascading effects. To understand the broad range of physical processes related to volcanic eruptions, to assess the integrated hazards, their effects and resilience of risk receptors, and thus to identify effective mitigation strategies, it is necessary to develop sophisticated multi-physical models. Developing such numerical models is highly challenging, both on a physical/mathematical level, since volcanic processes are complex and exhibit significant spatial-temporal variability, and on a computational level, since they must be adapted to available resources. This session focuses on methods and procedures for multi-hazard and risk assessment in volcanic areas. Our objective is to promote a fruitful scientific exchange on: (i) physically-based numerical modelling of volcanic phenomena; (ii) identification of data gaps and sources of uncertainties; (iii) cascading and/or interacting hazards by studying their interactions in time and space; (iv) exposure and vulnerability characterization, considering multi-hazard cumulative effects on risk receptors. 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 ------------------------------
