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63rd ESReDA Seminar: Resilience assessment - Methodological challenges and applications to critical infrastructures

Researchers, practitioners and decision-makers discuss the methodological challenges and applications to critical infrastructures, focusing on successes and/or failures to stimulate new ideas and identify future needs in resilience research.

 

Key dates

  • 26 June: Abstract submission 
  • 10 July: Notification to authors
  • 30 September: Submission of final papers or extended abstracts
  • 04 October: Registration ​​deadline
  • 24 October: ESReDA internal meetings: Board of Directors meeting, project group meetings
  • resilience | transport infrastructure | critical infrastructure security | energy supply
  • Wednesday 25 October 2023, 09:00 - Thursday 26 October 2023, 17:00 (CEST)
  • Italy

Programme

  1. 25 Oct 2023, 08:00 - 19:00 (CEST)
    Day 1
  2. 09:15 - 09:30 (CEST)
    Welcome to participants (JRC, ESReDA)
  3. 09:30 - 10:15 (CEST)
    PLENARY TALK I. Infrastructure Resilience: State of Science and Practice

    Igor Linkov

  4. 10:15 - 10:45 (CEST)
    SESSION I. Resilience in the energy sector – part I

    Chair: Christophe Bérenguer

    10:15 - 10:30 

    • 1. The resilience of the Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure during the war with Russia

      Andrii Davydiuk

    10:30 - 10:45 

    • 2. On the resilience of the European Union natural gas system

      Rebecca Schill, Ricardo Fernández-Blanco, Nuria Rodríguez Gómez, Anca Costescu, Ricardo Bolado Lavín

  5. 10:45 - 11:15 (CEST)
    Break
  6. 11:15 - 12:00 (CEST)
    SESSION I. Resilience in the energy sector – part II

    11:15 - 11:30

    • 3. Resilience enhancement of gas transmission system by remote control deployment of valves: methodology of indicator analysis and case study

      Bogdan Vamanu, Vytis Kopustinskas, Vladislavas Daškevičius and Andrius Dagys

    11:30 - 11:45

    • 4. Application of metaheuristic algorithms for finding strategy of optimal response to natural gas supply disruptions

      Ivars Zalitis, Laila Zemite and Aleksandrs Dolgicers

    11:45 - 12:00

    • 5. Hydrogen Electrolysers as a flexible source for the optimal operation of the distribution grid

      Irina Oleinikova, Basanta Raj Pokhrel, Marius Rasmussen and Sofie Lorentzen

  7. 12:00 - 13:15 (CEST)
    Lunch Break
  8. 13:15 - 14:00 (CEST)
    PLENARY TALK II. Resilience analytical quantitative approaches to classify and rank first principle resilience and risk assessment and simulation options

    Ivo Häring

  9. 14:00 - 15:00 (CEST)
    SESSION II. Indicators and metrics of resilience in critical infrastructures

    Chair: Myrto Konstantinidou

    14:00 - 14:15

    • 6. Risk and resilience-informed decision-making for strategic territorial risk management : from methodologies to practical implementation for infrastructures exposed to mountain natural hazards

      Jean-Marc Tacnet, Simon Carladous, Nour Chahrour and Christophe Bérenguer

    14:15 - 14:30

    • 7. Towards a modular co-simulation framework for the assessment of cascading effects among critical infrastructures and the impact on citizens

      Till Martini, Julia Rosin, Joanna Zarah Vetter, Stefan Neuhäuser, Eridy Lukau, Faruk Catal, Maurizio Boigk, Maik Simon, Michael Monteforte, Michael Gerold, Windy Phung, Steffen Dietze, Jörg Finger, Patrick Brausewetter and Steffen Nicolai

    14:30 - 14:45

    • 8. Remaining Useful Life of hydraulic steel structures under high-cycle fatigue Presentation of the chair Medelia and preliminary study of a lock gate

      Julien Baroth, Vincent Michaud, Rafael Estevez and Arnaud Isaac

    14:45 - 15:00

    • 9. Resilience Metrics for Interdependent Infrastructure Systems: Characterization in full-scale Application

      Paolo Trucco and Boris Petrenj

  10. 15:00 - 15:30 (CEST)
    Break
  11. 15:30 - 16:30 (CEST)
    SESSION III. Resilience of critical assets and impact on urban infrastructures

    Chair: Jean-Marc Tacnet

    15:30 - 15:45 

    • 10. A territorial view to the resilience of infrastructures

      David Javier Castro Rodriguez, Micaela Demichela

    15:45 - 16:00 

    • 11. Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for assessing the resilience of Critical Entity systems

      Frédéric Petit

    16:00 - 16:15 

    • 12. Modelling systemic changes in urban systems: a literature review

      Katarzyna Goch

    16:15 - 16:30 

    • 13. Strengthening the climate resilience of critical assets across Europe: the ICARIA project

      Athanasios Sfetsos, Beniamino Russo, Alex de la Cruz, Mattia Leone, Giulio Zuccaro, Barry Evans, Rita Salgado, Maria Adriana Cardoso, Denis Havlik, Marianne Bügelmayer-Blaschek and David Pacheco

  12. 17:00 (CEST)
    Departure from JRC to Dolce Milano Malpensa (organised BUS)
  13. 19:00 (CEST)
    Gala dinner at Dolce Milano Malpensa Hotel and end of Day 1
  14. 26 Oct 2023, 08:00 - 16:00 (CEST)
    Day 2

     

     

  15. 08:00 (CEST)
    Departure from Dolce Milano Malpensa to JRC (organised BUS)
  16. 09:45 - 10:30 (CEST)
    SESSION IV. Resilience in the energy sector – part II

    Chair: Laila Zemīte

    09:45 - 10:00

    • 14. Impacts of Climate Change on interdependent Critical Energy Infrastructure: Direct and Cascading Effects across Energy Production, Transport and Demand Ricardo Tavares da Costa, Elisabeth

      Krausmann and Marta Poncela

    10:00 - 10:15

    • 15. Fragility assessment of power grid infrastructure towards climate resilience and adaptation

      Georgios Karagiannakis, Mathaios Panteli and Sotirios Argyroudis

    10:15 - 10:30

    • 16. Feasibility Study: Improving Low-inertia Power System Resilience by Novel Load Shedding Method Including Control of Synchronous Condensers’ Power Injections

      Antans Sauhats, Andrejs Utans, Dmitrijs Guzs, Diana Zalostiba, Anna Mutule and Oskars Grigals

  17. 10:30 - 11:00 (CEST)
    Break
  18. 11:00 - 12:00 (CEST)
    SESSION V. Resilience in the energy sector - part III

    Chair: Saulius Gudžius

    11:00 - 11:15

    • 17. Comparison of resilience assessment methods for distribution power systems subject to seismic events

      Nicolas Evenepoel, Florian Sparavier, Pierre Henneaux and Pierre-Etienne Labeau

    11:15 - 11:30

    • 18. An innovative methodology for risk-based resilience assessment to prioritize grid interventions against natural threats in the Italian power system

      Emanuele Ciapessoni, Diego Cirio, Andrea Pitto, Silverio Casulli, Giuseppe Berrettoni, Federico Falorni, Francesca Scavo, Greta Magnolia, Francesco Marzullo and Enrico Maria Carlini

    11:30 - 11:45

    • 19. The Resilience Assessment in Electricity sector: How to get started, holistic or segmented view

      Maria Luisa Alberto and Manuela Gaivéo

    11:45 - 12:00

    • 20. Modelling of power disruption scenarios by PyPSA in the Baltic region

      Isabel Asensio Bermejo, Hrvoje Foretić, Vytis Kopustinskas

  19. 12:00 - 13:15 (CEST)
    Lunch Break
  20. 13:15 - 14:00 (CEST)
    SESSION VI. Resilience of the energy sector by renewable generation

    Chair: Pierre-Etienne Labeau

    13:15 - 13:30

    • 21. The Impact of Small Hydro Power Plants on the Adequacy of a Power System with High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources

      Jonas Vaičys, Saulius Gudžius, Audrius Jonaitis and Daivis Virbickas

    13:30 - 13:45

    • 22. Evaluation matrix to select appropriate countermeasures for Offshore Windfarm protection

      Babette Tecklenburg, Alexander Gabriel, Arto Niemi and Frank Sill Torres

    13:45 - 14:00

    • 23. Addressing the Risk of Prolonged Periods of Low Renewable Generation in Power Systems Resilient Planning

      Ektor-Ioannis Stasinos, Mathaios Panteli and Nikos Hatziargyriou

  21. 14:00 - 14:20 (CEST)
    Break
  22. 14:20 - 15:20 (CEST)
    SESSION VII. Resilience of complex systems

    Chair: Micaela Demichela

    14:20 - 14:35

    • 24. Assessing risk of water damage to buildings under current and future climates

      Ola Haug, Claudio Heinrich-Mertsching and Thordis Thorarinsdottir

    14:35 - 14:50

    • 25. Flood resilience and sustainability in bridge climate adaptation

      Stergios Aristoteles Mitoulis and Sotirios Argyroudis

    14:50 - 15:05

    • 26. An Empirical Model for Predicting Landslide Runout Distance in Malaysia

      Kwan Ben Sim, Min Lee Lee, Rasa Remenyte-Prescott and Soon Yee Wong

    15:05 - 15:20

    • 27. Complex Systems Resilience to Hybrid Threats

      Frédéric Petit, Stefano Ruberto, Monica Cardarilli and Georgios Valsamos

  23. 15:20 - 15:45 (CEST)
    Closing of the Seminar
  24. 16:00 (CEST)
    Departure from JRC to Dolce Milano Malpensa Hotel and Malpensa Airport (organised BUS)

Practical information

When
Wednesday 25 October 2023, 09:00 - Thursday 26 October 2023, 17:00 (CEST)
Where
JRC Ispra
Italy
Who should attend
The 63rd ESReDA Seminar is open to industry, academia, R&D consultancy organisations
Languages
English
Organisers
ESReDA | Joint Research Centre – Ispra
Website
ESReDA
Entrance fee
Free for speakers (one per paper) and ESReDA members (up to 3 participating members per organisation). Otherwise, 300 EUR to be paid by bank transfer to ESReDA

Description

Contacts

General contact

Website
https://esreda.org/event/63rd-esreda-seminar
Email
JRC-ESREDA63-Seminaratec [dot] europa [dot] eu