International Symposium on Mitigative Measures against Snow ...

Wednesday 12 March
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<strong>International</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> on Mitigative Measures against Snow Avalanches
Egilsstaðir, Iceland, March 11–14, 2008
09:00−09:10 Practical information, Árni Jónsson
09:10−09:35 Árni Jónsson, Steinar Bakkehøi and Sigurjón Hauksson
AVALANCHE RISK ALONG A 420 kV TRANSMISSION LINE IN ICELAND
09:35−10:00 Hallgrímur Daði Indriðason, Flosi Sigurðsson, Gunnar Guðni Tómasson and Kristín
Martha Hákonardóttir
AVALANCHE PROTECTIONS IN ICELAND DESIGNED BY VST CONSULTING
ENGINEERS LTD.: EXPERIENCE AND EXAMPLES
10:00−10:25 Siegfried Sauermoser
AVALANCHE PROTECTION IN AUSTRIA − PRESENT STAGE AND FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT
Coffee break
10:45−11:10 Tómas Jóhannesson and Josef Hopf
LOADING OF SUPPORTING STRUCTURES UNDER ICELANDIC CONDITIONS.
THE TYPE OF STRUCTURES AND STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS IN FUTURE
PROJECTS. RESULTS OF A FIELD EXPERIMENT IN SIGLUFJÖRÐUR
11:10−11:35 Jón Skúli Indriðason
AVALANCHE PROTECTION – SOME ASPECTS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
11:35−12:00 Eiríkur Gíslason
APPLICATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL AVALANCHE MODEL SIMULATIONS AT
THE ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
LUNCH BREAK
13:10−13:35 Guðmundur Bjarnason
THE SNOW AVALANCHES IN NESKAUPSTAÐUR IN 1974. THE REACTION AFTER
THE ACCIDENT AND THE ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SAFETY
MEASURES FOR THE VILLAGE FOR THE MORE THAN 30 YEARS SINCE THE
ACCIDENT OCCURRED
13:35−14:00 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
INSURING AGAINST THE UNTHINKABLE: A PROFILE OF ICELAND
CATASTROPHE INSURANCE
14:00−14:25 Ólafur Helgi Kjartansson
THE AVALANCHES AT SÚÐAVÍK AND FLATEYRI IN 1995. FIRST
ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF ÍSAFJÖRÐUR
Coffee break
14:45−15:10 Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir and Víðir Reynisson
NON-STRUCTURAL MITIGATION IN AREAS OF HIGH SNOW AVALANCHE
FREQUENCIES IN ICELAND
15:20−15:45 Thorsteinn Thorkelsson
ICELANDIC VOLUNTARY RESCUE TEAMS IN THE SÚÐAVÍK AND FLATEYRI
AVALANCHES IN 1995
15:45−16:10 Árni Jónsson
AN AVALANCHE INDEX FOR ROADS
16:10−17:00 Poster session. Presenters will answer questions from the participants.
21:00− An evening with videos, photos etc. at the conference hall.
Thursday 13 March
All day: Field excursion − The bus leaves from the hotel at 8:00 o’clock and expected arrival is around
18:00 (6:00 PM). Participants are urged to be dressed according to weather.
Evening: Gala dinner − Dinner starts at 19:30 (7:30 PM)