Dear IUFRO members, 
 
The Final Conference of 
 
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&view=article&id=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b791bf5be92eabeab4fbe, 
you  will find the Second 
Announcement for the Final Conference of the 
 
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
 
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Contact person project communication manager:
Günter 
Siegel
BMLFUW - Abteilung 
Forstliche Raumplanung, Waldschutz und Landschaftsentwicklung
E-Mail: guenter.siegel@
 
Contact person project management:
Gudrun Schrömmer 
PRISMA 
solutions
Telefon: +43(0)2236 47975 36
E-Mail: gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-
 
Contact person BFW:
Marc Adams
Department of Natural Hazards, BFW
Tel.: +43 (0)512 
573933 5177
E-Mail: 
marc.adams@uibk.ac.at