VIU Summer School: Critical Infrastructure Resilience
In its second edition, the VIU Summer School on Critical Infrastructure Resilience (CIR) brings together academics and professional experts to discuss an emerging topic with a pragmatic and scientific approach.
The School, led by the University of Rome Tor Vergata, explains how critical infrastructure works and fails; its cascading impact from local to global, and the strategies to use to build a resilient society.
The course will discuss the concept of CI and the EU framework, and present a series of tools and solutions for resilience. The participants will gain (i) a clear understanding of the key concepts, (ii) a methodology to apply it to their specific field/scale, and (iii) an overview of specific tools and solutions from recent applications. The course consists of a mix of theoretical knowledge, case studies/projects and hands-on exercises. The beautiful city of Venice is an ideal place that participants can use to identify a critical infrastructure, assess its risk and develop resilience strategies.
Who is it for?
Graduate students and working professionals from any university, research institute, or other organization (private companies, government agencies, NGOs) with an interest in critical infrastructure issues and ability to read and write fluently in English. Advanced undergraduates will also be considered.
Faculty
- Erdem Ergin, University of Rome Tor Vergata/ World Bank (Coordinator)
- Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Waseda University
- Marcus Abrahamsson, Lund University
- Jonas Johansson, Lund University
- Carlo Giupponi, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
- Silvio Nocera, Università Iuav di Venezia
- Gaetano Vivo, European Commission
- Federico Carturan, RiskApp
Application and costs
Students of VIU member-universities: € 300 incl. VAT.
Students of other universities/professionals: € 600 incl. VAT.
The fees will cover tuition, course materials, accommodation in share rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria and Social events.
Deadlines
Applications via the VIU website until March 29, 2018.
Admitted candidates will be notified by April 5, 2018.
Payment of the fee by April 12, 2018.