Dear IUFRO members, The Final Conference of PARAmount – a project funded by the Alpine Space Programme of the European Union – will be held on 23rd April 2012 at Grenoble in parallel with the 12th Congress of INTERPRAEVENT (Grenoble, 23 – 26 April 2012). The Final Conference is designed to bring together experts, researchers, policy and decision makers, practitioners from various disciplines as well as concerned stakeholders for an interdisciplinary, transnational exchange of views on the further development of strategies and technologies for the management of natural hazards threatening transport infrastructure and to present the results of the project concerning the • Assessment of the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to natural hazards • Improvement of the efficiency of measures necessary to protect transport infrastructure against natural hazards and to increase its reliability and security • Advancement of Decision analysis and support systems for an effective management of transport infrastructure threatened by natural risks • Development of new concepts and approaches for assessing and monitoring natural risks. The objective of the concluding round table discussion will be to elaborate recommendations for overcoming the identified barriers that might impede the adoption of the developed approaches and concepts as well as to ensure a successful knowledge transfer. At the conference website http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content <http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i d=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b791bf5be92eabeab 4fbe> &view=article&id=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b7 91bf5be92eabeab4fbe, you will find the Second Announcement for the Final Conference of the PARAmount project including the detailed program. The conference languages will be English, French and German. Interpretation will be provided. It would facilitate the task of the organizers, if those who wish to attend the Final Conference would register as soon as possible by sending an email to the following address: final.conference@paramount- <mailto:final.conference@paramount-project.eu> project.eu. If you have any questions regarding the final conference, please do not hesitate to contact any of the responsible persons listed below. Kind regards Marc Adams -- Contact person project communication manager: Günter Siegel BMLFUW - Abteilung Forstliche Raumplanung, Waldschutz und Landschaftsentwicklung Tel: + 43 (0)1 711 00 7125 <tel:%2B%2043%20%280%291%20711%2000%207125> E-Mail: guenter.siegel@ <mailto:guenter.siegel@lebensministerium.at> lebensministerium.at Contact person project management: Gudrun Schrömmer PRISMA solutions Telefon: +43(0)2236 47975 36 <tel:%2B43%280%292236%2047975%2036> E-Mail: gudrun.schroemmer@prisma- <mailto:gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-solutions.at> solutions.at Contact person BFW: Marc Adams Department of Natural Hazards, BFW Tel.: <tel:%2B43%20%280%29512%20573933%205177> +43 (0)512 573933 5177 E-Mail: <mailto:marc.adams@uibk.ac.at> marc.adams(a)uibk.ac.at