YES @ EGU: FREE Webinar on Geoethics and Natural Hazards: The role and responsibility of the geoscientists

The YES Network is co-convening the IAPG session NH9.8 “Geoethics and natural hazards: the role and responsibility of the geoscientists” this year at the EGU. During this session, an oral presentation will be given by the President of the YES Network, Meng Wang, about the YES perspective on Geoethics regarding Geohazards mitigation.

If you're participating this year in the EGU, feel free to join us in Room G7, on Tuesday 09th April 2013 at 08:30, if you're not on site, you can join us online through a FREE webinar hosted by the AGI, please visit the following link to register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/702947129 .

See detailed programme for this session below:

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Chairperson: Susan Kieffer and Silvia Peppoloni

Geoethical implications in the L'Aquila earthquake case

08:30–08:45 : The L'Aquila trial

Alessandro Amato, Massimo Cocco, Giovanna Cultrera, Fabrizio Galadini, Lucia Margheriti, Concetta Nostro, and Daniela Pantosti

08:45–09:00 : Lessons from the conviction of the L'Aquila seven: The standardprobabilistic earthquake hazard and risk assessment is ineffective (solicited)

Max Wyss

09:00–09:15 : The Role of Geoethics in Geohazards Mitigation: A YES Network Perspective

Meng wang, Amel Barich, and Silvia Peppoloni               

09:15–09:30 : The Value, Protocols, and Scientific Ethics of Earthquake Forecasting(solicited)

Thomas H. Jordan

09:30–09:45: Communicatinguncertainty: managing the inherent probabilistic character of hazard estimates

Dario Albarello

09:45–10:00 :The challenge of Risk Communication: an Australian perspective

Valentina Koschatzky, Katharine Haynes, and John McAnene

COFFEE BREAK

Chairperson: Silvia Peppoloni and Janusz Wasowski

Hazards mitigation: a geoethical perspective

10:30–10:45 : Stealth Disasters and Geoethics (solicited)

Susan W. Kieffer

10:45–11:00: Natural Hazards in Earth Science education projects

Elena Ferrero and Alessandra Magagna

11:00–11:15: Theimportance of professional skills alongside scientific and technical excellenceto underpin ethical geoscience practice

Ruth Allington and Isabel Fernandez-Fuentes

11:15–11:30: Warningand prevention based on estimates with large uncertainties: the case oflow-frequency and large-impact events like tsunamis

Stefano Tinti, Alberto Armigliato, Gianluca Pagnoni, and Filippo Zaniboni

11:30–11:45 : Communicating natural hazards. The case of marine extreme events andthe importance of the forecast's errors.

Eduardo Marone and Ricardo Camargo

11:45–12:00: Pitfallsof negationist approach in communicating induced seismicity hazard in Italy

Marco Mucciarelli

For the session link at the EGU please see the following link http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/orals/11853

Thank you and looking forward to seeing you online