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1 Indo-Italian Joint Workshop on: Multi-Hazard Mitigation of Risks to Cultural Heritage 4-5 December 2017, Senate Hall, IIT Delhi Organised by: Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, Embassy of Italy, New Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Technical Program

2 DAY 1 4 December 2017 (Monday) INAUGURAL PROGRAM 09:30 Registration 10:00 Welcome :: C. V. R. Murty and Massimo Spadoni Workshop Coordinators 10:05 Technical Cooperation between India and Italy :: H.E. Ashutosh Sharma (requested; yet to confirm) Secretary Dept. Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology Government of India 10:10 Bringing together India and Italy :: H.E. Lorenzo Angeloni Ambassador of Italy to India 10:15 Cultural Heritage in India :: Mrs. Usha Sharma (requested; yet to confirm) Director General, Archalogical Survey of India 10:20 Natural Hazards in Italy :: Professor Carlo Doglioni President, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Roma 10:25 Role of National Disaster Mitigation Authority in Disaster Mitigation in India :: Shri R. K. Jain Member National Disaster Mitigation Authority, Government of India, New Delhi 10:40 Role of Department of Civil Protection in Disaster Mitigation in Italy :: Mr. Mauro Dolce Director General Department of Civil Protection, Government of Italy, Rome 10:55 Need for stronger bilateral relations between India and Italy to strengthen Disaster Mitigation in the two nations :: P. K. Mishra (requested; yet to confirm) Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Government of India, New Delhi 11:15 Vote of Thanks :: Arun Menon Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2

3 Technical Theme 1 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGMENT 11:30 National Disaster Management Guidelines for Cultural Heritage Sites and Precincts :: Kamal Kishore Member, National Disaster Mitigation Authority, Government of India, New Delhi 11:50 The Italian Civil Protection System and the Emergency Management of the Central Italy Earthquake Sequence, with Special Focus on Cultural Heritage :: Mauro Dolce Director General, Department of Civil Protection, Government of Italy, Rome 12:10 National Earthquake Risk Mitigation Project in India: a Road Map :: V. Thiruppugazh Joint Secretary (Policy & Plan), NDMA, Government of India, New Delhi 12:30 Discussions Alpa R. Sheth, Former Seismic Advisor, Government of Gujarat 13:00 Lunch Technical Theme 2 EARTHQUAKE AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS 14:15 Astronomical and Mechanical Controls on Geodynamics and Earthquakes :: Carlo Doglioni President National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Roma 14:35 Seismic Hazard Assessment in India Current Status of Indian Seismic Code and PSHA Efforts :: I. D. Gupta Former Director Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune 14:55 3D Physics-based numerical simulations: advantages and limitations of a new frontier to seismic hazard assessment :: Roberto Paolucci Professor Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy 15:15 Displacement Seismic Hazard Assessment in India :: S. T. G. Raghukanth Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras 15:35 Discussions M. Ravi Kumar, Director, Institute for Seismological Research, Gandhinagar 3

4 Technical Theme 3 CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE MONUMENTS 16:00 The Risk Map for Cultural Heritage: Examples of Application in the recent earthquakes in Central Italy :: Maria Elena Corrado Architect, High Institute for Conservation and Restoration 16:20 Risk Assessment of Historic Monuments in India :: Rohit Jigyasu Member, National Committee of ICOMOS (India), New Delhi 16:40 New Systems for the Bio-cleaning of Cultural Heritage :: Alvise Benedetti Professor, Ca Foscari Univesity of Venice 17:00 Status of Conservation of Built Heritage in India :: Visakha Kawathekar Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal 17:20 The recent earthquakes in Italy and the role of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism :: Caterina Tantillo Architect, Delegate of the General Secretary Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italy 17:40 Discussions Nalini Thakur, Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 18:10 Announcements at the end of Day 1 DAY 2 5 December 2017 (Tuesday) Technical Theme 4 HYDROLOGICAL HAZARDS 09:30 Can we predict landslide hazards and risk? :: Fausto Guzzetti Director, Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection, Rome 09:50 Online Monitoring of Landslides :: Maneesha Ramesh Director, Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications, Amrita University 10:10 Road Map for Landslide Hazard Assessment and Mitigation in India :: R. K. Bhandari Member, Advisory Committee, NDMA, Government of India, New Delhi 4

5 10:30 Discussions Maneesha Ramesh, Director, Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications, Amrita University Technical Theme 5 STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF BUILT HERITAGE & CONTENTS 11:00 Assessment and Mitigation of Seismic Risk and of the Effects of Earthquake-induced Damages to Architectural Heritage :: Claudio Modena Professor, University of Padua 11:20 Safety of Heritage Structures in India :: Arun Menon Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras 11:40 Towards the Practical Implementation of a Seismic-Risk Reduction National Plan to Enhance Community Resilience and Protect Cultural Heritage :: Stefano Pampanin Professor, University of Rome La Sapienza 12:00 Seismic Base Isolation and Retrofitting in India: Case Studies of Early Projects :: Durgesh C. Rai Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 12:20 Discussions Arun Menon, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras 12:50 Lunch Technical Theme 6 COMMUNITY BASED EFFORTS IN DISASTER MITIGATION 14:00 ISPRA Activities to Support and Protect Local Communities and Cultural Heritage from Natural Hazards :: Marco Amanti Manager, Applied Geology and Hydrogeology Unit Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection & Research, Italy 14:20 National Database for Emergency Management in India : S. Srinivasa Rao General Manager, Remote Sensing Application Center, ISRO, Jodhpur 14:40 The COSMO-SkyMed Constellation: a national space asset for Earth monitoring :: Enrico Flamini Chief Scientist, Italian Space Agency, Italy 15:00 Mitigating Flood Disasters in India :: Pradeep Kumar Member (River Modelling), Central Water Commission, New Delhi 5

6 15:20 Discussions J. R. Sharma, Brahma Prakash Professor, Remote Sensing Application Center, ISRO, Jodhpur SPECIAL PRESENTATION 15:45 The H2020 Programme of the European Union: New Opportunities for Scientific Cooperation :: Vivek Dham (requested; yet to confirm) Advisor - Research & Innovation, Delegation EU to India VALEDICTORY PROGRAM 16:00 Possible MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING for Indo-Italian Joint Technical Cooperation in the domain of Mitigation of Risks to Built Cultural Heritage :: C. V. R. Murty and Massimo Spadoni Workshop Coordinators 16:10 Closing Comments :: C. V. R. Murty and Massimo Spadoni Workshop Coordinators 16:20 Outcomes of the Indo- Italian Joint Workshop :: Alpa R. Sheth Former Seismic Advisor, Government of Gujarat 16:40 Indo-Italian Cooperation in Disaster Mitigation: A Road Map :: Mauro Dolce Director General, Department of Civil Protection (IDCP), Government of Italy, Rome :: R. K. Jain Member, National Disaster Mitigation Authority, Government of India, New Delhi 17:20 Vote of Thanks :: Stefano Pampanin Professor, University of Rome La Sapienza :: Rajiv Kumar Scientist E, International Division, DST, Government of India New Delhi 17:30 Tea DAY 3 6 December 2017 (Wednesday) Theme VISITS TO MINISTRIES 10:00 Visit to Ministries and Organizations :: 2 Groups 6

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