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216 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Symposium</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Mitigative</strong> <strong>Measures</strong> <strong>against</strong> <strong>Snow</strong> Avalanches Egilsstaðir, Iceland, March 11–14, 2008 Stefan Margreth WSL Swiss Institute for <strong>Snow</strong> and Avalanche Research (SLF) margreth (at) slf.ch Art Mears A.I. Mears, P.E., Inc., USA artmears (at) hotmail.com Hafsteinn Pálss<strong>on</strong> Ministry for the Enviroment, Iceland hafsteinn.palss<strong>on</strong> (at) umh.stjr.is Manfred Pittracher Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche C<strong>on</strong>trol (WLV) Elisabeth Rainer Federal Research Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria Víðir Reyniss<strong>on</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Commissi<strong>on</strong>er of the Icelandic Police, Civil Protecti<strong>on</strong> Department Siegfried Sauermoser Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche C<strong>on</strong>trol (WLV) Wolfgang Schilcher Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche C<strong>on</strong>trol (WLV) Guðmundur Helgi Sigfúss<strong>on</strong> Associati<strong>on</strong> of Chartered Engineers in Iceland Flosi Sigurðss<strong>on</strong> VST C<strong>on</strong>sulting Engineers Ltd., Iceland manfred.pittracher (at) diewildbach.at elisabeth.rainer (at) uibk.ac.at vidir (at) rls.is siegfried.sauermoser (at) diewildbach.at wolfgang.schilcher (at) diewildbach.at gudmundur.sigfuss<strong>on</strong> (at) fjardabyggd.is flosi.sigurdss<strong>on</strong> (at) vst.is Leifur Örn Svavarss<strong>on</strong> Icelandic Meteorological Office leifur (at) vedur.is Þorsteinn Sæmundss<strong>on</strong> Natural Research Center of Northwestern Iceland Stefán Thors Nati<strong>on</strong>al Planning Agency of Iceland Thorsteinn Thorkelss<strong>on</strong> Icelandic Associati<strong>on</strong> for Search and Rescue nnv (at) nnv.is stefan (at) skipulag.is thorsteinnt (at) landsbanki.is José A. Vergara Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Chile drjosevergara (at) yahoo.com Reynir Vilhjálmss<strong>on</strong> Landslag Ltd. C<strong>on</strong>sulting Landscape Architects, Iceland reynir (at) landslag.is Chris Wilbur Wilbur Engineering, Inc., USA wilbureng (at) fr<strong>on</strong>tier.net Þóroddur Fr. Þórodds<strong>on</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Planning Agency of Iceland toroddur (at) skipulag.is
Sp<strong>on</strong>sored by: • The Associati<strong>on</strong> of Chartered Engineers in Iceland • The Icelandic Society of Engineers Co-sp<strong>on</strong>sored by • Ministry for the Envir<strong>on</strong>ment, Iceland • Icelandic Meteorological Office • Nati<strong>on</strong>al Planning Agency, Iceland • IceGrid • Iceland Road Authority • <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> Glaciological Society • Norwegian Geotechical Institute, Oslo, Norway • Wildbach und Lawinen Verbauung, Innsbruck, Austria