Day 1 – Indoor activity
am 9:15 – 9:45
Registration of participants
am 9:45 – 10:30
- Congress opening from Co-Directors: Otar Varazanashvili and Fabio L. Bonali
- Welcome from Director of M. Nodia institute of geophysics at TSU (Georgia): Nugzar Ghlonti
- Welcome from Pirit Pikker, Deputy Head of NATO Liaison Office in Georgia
Session 1: Regional and geological aspects (Chairman: Nino Tsereteli)
am 10:30 – 10:50
Marc Sosson (Géoazur Université Côte d’Azur, France; Abstract_33) – Influence of inherited crustal faults zones on the geodynamic evolution of the Caucasus and Black Sea basins
am 10:50 – 11:10
Davit Maqadze (Tbilisi State University, Georgia; Abstract_30) – Structural architecture of the Georgian part of Lesser Caucasus orogen using seismic reflection profiles
am 11:10 – 11:40
Coffee break and posters (room 211, second floor)
am 11:40 – pm 0:00
Elena Russo (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy; Abstract_07) – Recent tectonic stress field and deformations in the Rioni basin region, Georgia
pm 0:00 – 0:20
Derek Rust (University of Portsmouth, UK; Abstract_12) – Assessing thrust fault geohazards in contractional mountain belts
Session 2: Seismic hazard (Chairman: Federico Pasquaré Mariotto)
pm 0:20 – 0:40
Otar Varazanashvili (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia; Abstract_08) – Models of seismic source zones (SSZs) and their parameterization for Georgia and the surrounding region
pm 0:40 – 1:00
Nino Tsereteli (Institute of Geophysics at TSU, Georgia; Abstract_09) – National Seismic Hazard Model for Georgia
pm 1:00 – 2:30 – Lunch and posters (room 211, second floor)
pm 2:30 – 2:50
Karin Sesetyan (Boğaziçi University, Turkey; Abstract_11) – The role of regional model EMME – from data sets to hazard estimates
pm 2:50 – 3:10
Fabio L. Bonali (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy; Abstract_29) – GeoInt, the macroseismic intensity database for the Republic of Georgia
pm 3:10 – 3:30
Norman Abrahamson (University of California at Berkeley, USA; Abstract_13) – Non-Ergodic Ground-Motion Models for Crustal Earthquakes in Georgia
pm 3:30 – 3:50
Tamaz Chelidze (Tbilisi State University, Goergia; Abstract_01) – Complexity of seismicity and fault zone strain under large dam: The case of Enguri high arc dam, Caucasus.
Session 3: Volcanic hazard (Chairman: Alessandro Tibaldi)
pm 3:50 – 4:10
Giorgi Vashakidze (Tbilisi State University, Georgia; Abstract_20) – Quaternary volcanic activity in the Great Caucasus
pm 4:10 – 4:40
Coffee break and posters (room 211, second floor)
pm 4:40 – 5:00
Khachatur Meliksetian (Institute of Geological Sciences, Armenia; Abstract_22) – Holocene-Historical volcanism and other geohazard risk factors in Armenia
pm 5:00 – 5:20
Federica Lanza (Swiss Seismological Service at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland; Abstract_03) – Using seismic tomography to image the architecture of magma reservoirs: case studies from key end-member volcanic systems
pm 5:20 – 5:40
Gulam Babayev (National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan; Abstract_16) – Geohazard assessment of the southern slope of Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijan) based on the earthquake scenarios and mud volcanism
Session 4: Landslide and flood hazard – Part I (Chairman: Derek Rust)
pm 5:40 – 6:00
John S. Gierke (Michigan Technological University, USA; Abstract_28) – Evaluation of landslide hazards in the areas surrounding the Enguri reservoir, Georgia
pm 6:00 – 6:20
Alessandro Tibaldi (University of Milan-Bicocca – CRUST, Italy; Abstract_04) – Influence of seismotectonic processes on slope stability near Enguri dam (Caucasus, Republic of Georgia)
pm 6:20
Closure
pm 8:45
Dinner supported by congress funding
Day 2 – Indoor activity
Session 4: Landslide and flood hazard – Part I (Chairman: Derek Rust)
am 9:30 – 9:50
Paolo Oppizzi / Federico Pasquaré Mariotto (Geolog.ch, Switzerland – Insubria University, Italy; Abstract_18) – Monitoring deformation at the Khoko landslide using state-of-the-art extensometers
am 9:50 – 10:10
Andrey A. Krivchenko/Nazymbek S. Ospanov (Kostanay Engineering Economical University, Kazakhstan; Abstract_10) – GPS observations of slope deformations with the use of reference system along the road Zugdidi – Mestia
am 10:10 – 10:30
Tomas Panek (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; Abstract_36) – Large landslides in post-orogenic landscape: LiDAR-based inventory of mass movements in Czech Flysch Carpathians
Session 4: Landslide and flood hazard – Part II (Chairman: John S. Gierke)
am 10:30 – 10:50
George Gaprindashvili (LEPL National Environmental Agency, Georgia; Abstract_14) – Geological hazard (Landslide, Debris/mudflow, rockfall et. al) assessment methodology in Georgia
am 10:50 – 11:10
Ioseb Kinkladze (National Environmental Agency, Georgia; Abstract_17) – Flood/Flash-Flood Hazard Assessment Using Hydrological and Hydraulic Modelling in Kakheti Region
am 11:10 – 11:40
Coffee break and posters (room 211, second floor)
am 11:40 – pm 0:00
Irakli Megrelidze (National Environmental Agency, Georgia; Abstract_15) – Analysis of Recorded Hydrometeorological Hazardous Events and Their Negative Consequences over the Territory of Georgia
pm 0:00 – 0:20
Irakli Gelovani (National Environmental Agency, Georgia; Abstract_27) – Factors and causes of coastal hazards on the Georgian Black Sea
Session 5: Geohazard management and mitigation (Chairman: Karin Sesetyan)
pm 0:20 – 0:40
Federico Pasquaré Mariotto (Insubria University, Italy; Abstract_19) – NATO and Earth Scientists: An ongoing collaboration aimed at tackling geohazards and related risks
pm 0:40 – 1:00
Teimuraz Melkadze (Emergency Management Service, Georgia; Abstract_05) – Emergencies and risk management system in Georgia
pm 1:00 – 3:00 – Launch and posters
pm 3:00 – 3:20
Zurab Chelidze (Nodia Institute of Geophysics, Georgia; Abstract_02) – Cost-effective Multi-sensor Automatic Telemetric Monitoring/Early Warning Systems for Mass-Movements
pm 3:20 – 3:40
Mehmet Salih Bayraktutan (University of Igdir, Turkey; Abstract_34) – Geohazard Risk Assessment along the Oil &Gas Pipeline Courses
Session 6: Multidisciplinary studies for geohazard assessment (Chairman: Federica Lanza)
pm 3:40 – 4:00
Rita de Nardis / Giuseppina Lavecchia (University of Chieti – CRUST, Italy; Abstract_24) – Shallow-subduction versus intra-lithosphere thrusting – overtime and seismogenic case studies
pm 4:00 – 4:20
Marika Tatishvili/Ana Palavandishvili (Institute of Hydrometeorology of Georgian Technical University, Georgia; Abstract_26) – Impact of short-term geomagnetic activity on weather and climate formation in Georgian regiona
pm 4:20 – 4:30
Fabio Marchese (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy; Abstract_06) – 3D reconstruction for onshore and offshore environment: challenges and criticisms
pm 4:30 – 4:50
Coffee break and posters (room 211, second floor)
pm 4:50 – 5:10
Noemi Corti (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy; Abstract_35) – Commercial-UAV-based Structure from Motion for geological and geohazard studies
Session 7: Microzonation and Site effects (Chairman: Gulam Babayev)
pm 5:10 – 5:30
Zurab Gogoladze (Tbilisi State University, Georgia) – Preliminary studies for seismic microzonation of the urban area of Mtskheta (Georgia)
pm 5:30 – 5:50
Birgit Müller (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; Abstract_25) – Poroelastic contributions to induced seismicity – underground pressure management
pm 5:50 – 6:10
Massimiliano Moscatelli (Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, Italy; Abstract_21) – Seismic microzonation for the reconstruction after destructive earthquakes: the case of the Amatrice earthquake
pm 6:10 – 6:30
Rushchitsky Jeremiah (National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine; Abstract_31) – On the seismic waves propagating in the layered Earth stratum
pm 6:30 – 6:50
Semenova Yuliia (National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine; Abstract_32) – Influence of a soil strata with rheological properties on seismic hazard parameters