Seminars - Workshops

Seminar - Disaster Risk Management and Emergency response: The Italian Civil Protection System

Speaker: Dr. Daniela Di Bucci - Italian Civil Protection Department | Thursday 15 January 2026 | 10,30 am - Classroom 1F

15.01.2026

Dr. Daniela Di BucciStructural Geologist, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Master's degree in Behavioural Sciences and Administrations, National Scientific Habilitation as Full Professor of Structural Geology. Expert in geo-hazards and in the relationship between the scientific community and policymakers in

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Seminars - Workshops

Seminar - Visible and invisible barriers to inclusion

Speaker: Prof. Francesca Pianosi - School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering, University of Bristol & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion deputy | Thursday 8 January 2026 | 4,30 pm - Arduino Classroom

08.01.2026

Globally, around 30% of scientists are women - a ratio that has not significantly increased in the last decades. At the upper levels of scientific hierarchies, the proportion of women declines further, despite gender parity has almost been reached at doctoral level - a pattern that has been

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Seminars - Workshops

Seminar - Landscapes in Transition: Volcanism, Paleoenvironments and Human Impact in NE Iberia

Speaker: Dr. Carlos Sánchez-García – University Autonomous of Madrid, Spain | Thursday 27 November 2025 | 4,30 p.m. - Aula Arduino

27.11.2025

The seminar focuses on the integration of paleoenvironmental and geoarchaeological studies from NE Iberia, aiming to the reconstruction of long-term landscape evolution and human–environment interactions. In particular two sites will be considered for their complementary data:a) La Garrotxa Volcanic

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Seminars - Workshops

Seminar "Career Workshop" - Approccio progettuale per opere di difesa da caduta massi

Speaker: Dr. Geol Giorgio Giacchetti - President of Ordine dei Geologi del Veneto | Thursday 20 November 2025 | 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom

20.11.2025

I geologi sono i progettisti principali delle barriere paramassi, ma devono conoscere la logica di progettazione.Il seminario (che avrà luogo in lingua italiana) introduce l’approccio progettuale proposto dallo standard UNI 11211:4-2018, che è stato implementato anche da alcuni popolari programmi di

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Seminars - Workshops

Seminar - How excavation activity is both a blessing and a curse for the paleontological heritage: the case study of the fossils from the “lastame” in the Verona province (Northern Italy)

Speaker: Pietro Calzoni, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova | Monday 17 November 4,30 pm | Arduino Classroom

17.11.2025

Among cultural heritage, fossils are one of the most “neglected” goods, especially in Italy, both for unawareness by the public and for economic interests due to excavation activity.The Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of the Lessini Mountains, especially the “lastame” stone quarries of the surroundings

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