INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“Data Intensive System Analysis for Geohazard Studies”

Important information for the conference participants

1. Electronic versions of conference attendance certificates are available for downloading in your personal account.
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Workshops Results

Scientific workshop “Catastrophic events on the Earth’s surface”

In the framework of the conference, the workshop “Catastrophic events on the Earth’s surface” was organized to present and discuss preliminary results of the RSF Project 15-17-30020 "Application of system analysis for estimation of seismic hazard in the regions of Russia, including the Caucasus-Crimea and Altai-Sayan-Baikal regions". Among the participants of the workshop scientists from the institutes of the North Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Crimea, as well as representatives from IIASA, CODATA, etc.

Members of the RSF Project made presentation based on the results of studies for the Caucasus-Crimea region. Presentations were devoted to the calculation of local estimates of the coefficients of the General Law of Similarity for earthquakes, morphostructural zoning of the territory, the development of a realistic model of a fault and blocks systems, determination of places of possible occurrence of earthquakes, development of an automated system for measuring of a geological, geophysical and geomorphological parameters, earthquakes and associated risks assessment for the main cities etc. Presented scientific results were highly rated by the participants of the meeting.

INTERMAGNET business meeting

The meeting, devoted to the development of the Russian network of magnetic observatories, took place on 18 July 2016. During the meeting the problems of the development of magnetic observatories in Russia and its participation in the international project INTERMAGNET were discussed. The international network of magnetic observatories INTERMAGNET is widely known for its high standards of measurements of the components of the Earth’s magnetic field. The Russian segment of INTERMAGNET currently includes nine magnetic observatories within the territory of Russia: “Arti”, “Borok”, “Irkutsk”, “Magadan”, “Novosibirsk”, “Paratunka”, “Saint-Petersburg”, “Khabarovsk”, “Yakutsk”, and observatory “Vostok” in Antarctica.

Experts, invited for participation in the meeting, shared information about the current state of the Russian network of magnetic observatories and identified the issues existing in that field. One of the discussed topics was the transmission of magnetograms in real time to the Geomagnetic Data Center of the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The participants also proposed to organize regular comparison of the observatory declinometers/inclinometers within the territory of Russia. This problem is of great importance, because the comparison of observatory equipment has to be carried out once per several years. Currently such events are organized abroad, which causes significant logistical and financial constraints for the representatives of the Russian observatories. The magnetic observatory “Kazan” was proposed as a potential place for organizing such comparisons in Russia.

Another key topic, which was discussed, was the proposal of reequipping and upgrade of the current instrumentation of magnetic observatories with the instruments, possessed by the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The representatives of the magnetic observatories “Arti”, “Novosibirsk”, and “Paratunka” took part in the meeting by the means of teleconference.

The Great Debate

The panel discussion “Great Debate”, titled “What scientific and technological data and their Systems Analysis will be in the 21st century?”, took place on 20 July 2016. During the meeting prominent leaders of the international scientific organizations and distinguished scientists discussed the most significant trends of the 21st century in Systems Analysis development, Data Science, geoobservations and other important disciplines.

Arctic Workshop

1. The participants of the conference and following workshop were mainly from Russia and natural sciences, with some institutes working on socio-economic issues as well, namely MSU.
2. The participants think there is a need for holistic integrated approach and assessment, with Russian participation in several areas of expertise: natural sciences, socio-economics, systems analysis.
3. Initiative for cross-disciplinary collaboration was appreciated.
4. AFI benefits from expertise and knowledge of Russian experts for networking and connections, data, events etc.
5. The key people involved in the next steps are Dr. Sergey Sokratov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, MSU), Dr. Alexander Klepikov (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, AARI), Prof. Vasily Bogoyavlenskiy (Oil and Gas Research Institute of RAS, OGRI RAS), Prof. Valery Vernikovsky (Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB os RAS, IPGG SB RAS), Renata Lukianova (Geophysical Center RAS), Dr. Tatiana Khromova (Secretary General, Institute of Geography RAS; Secretary of IIASA Russian NMO)
6. Academician Alexei Gvishiani (Geophysical Centre of RAS, Vice Chair of IIASA Council) and Pavel Kabat will approach the Ministry of Science and Education with an offial letter for collaboration with organisations in Russia.
7. We will communicate with Prof. Geoffrey Boulton on pan-Arctic data (President of the iCSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology, CODATA). Paul Berkman from AFI will be attending a CODATA meeting.
8. Discussion with Dr. Heide Hackmann (Executive Director of the International Council for Science, ICSU): IIASA is member of ICSU, initial discussion on potential new avenues for collaboration (IIASA-ICSU). The AFI concept of working at different levels and bringing together communities for working together in practice is appreciated and needed, with sustainable Arctic as common goal. ICSU is not working straight with governments, goes through UN bodies at this level. Interested in convening an event for bringing together research projects on science diplomacy. More thorough thinking needed on AFI collaboration with ICSU and Future Earth. Anni will discuss also with Mark Stafford-Smith (Chair of Scientific Committee, Future Earth). We will keep Heide informed on AFI developments, also consult on documents.
9. Planning for a collaborative workshop “Systems Analysis for the Arctic” in 2017. AARI will draft an outline for the ws. The ws planning and organising includes multiple benefits at several levels and fronts, also related to funding the event.

Data Citation Workshop

Data Citation Workshop is a series of events organized by Task Group “Data Citation Standards and Practices” of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology of the International Council for Science (ICSU CODATA) around the world, aimed at spreading the culture and practice of data citation within the global scientific community. “Russian Data Citation Workshop” was devoted to the Russian and world practice of data citing in geosciences. The organization of such event in Russian became possible owing to the support of the Executive Director of CODATA, Dr. Simon Hodson.

Sessions

• Geophysical systems dynamics, data analysis and extreme events (Open Abstracts)
• Hazards in the Earth’s electro-magnetic environment and geomagnetic observations (Open Abstracts)
• Earth surface hazards: tectonic and induced earthquakes, volcano activity, landslides, sandstorms(Open Abstracts)
• Climate, geophysical and ecological extremes in the Arctic region(Open Abstracts)
• GIS technology for Earth science and practical applications (Open Abstracts)
• Geoinformatic maintenance of safety of mining and underground construction(Open Abstracts)

Invited Speakers

Dr. Heide Hackmann
France​/​South Africa​/​Germany (ICSU)

Dr. Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Germany​/​Russia (IUGG)

Prof. Geoffrey Boulton
Scotland The University of Edinburgh & France (CODATA)

Prof. Mioara Mandea
France (CNES)

Dr. Kusumita Arora
India (NGRI)

Dr. Antonella Peresan
Italy Università degli Studi di Trieste & National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, CRS-OGS, Trieste

Prof. Fred S. Roberts
USA CCICADA

Leonid Vaysberg
Russia REC Mekhanobr-tekhnika

Valery Bondur
Russia ISR "AEROCOSMOS"

Alexander Gliko
(Russia, RAS)

Dr. Simon Hodson
(France, CODATA, ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology)

Prof. Valery Vernikovsky
(Russian Federation, Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics)

Leopold Lobkovsky
(Russian Federation, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology)

Dr. Hanna Katrina Lappalainen
(Finland, University of Helsinki)

Prof. Vitaly Adushkin
(Russian Federation, Institute of Geosphere Dynamics)

Dr. Alexey Malovichko
(Russian Federation, Geophysical Survey RAS)

Prof. Vladislav Petrov
(Russian Federation, Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Biochemistry (IGEM) RAS)

Khadidja Ferrat
(Germany, University of Potsdam)

Mattias Holschneider
(Germany, University of Potsdam)

Dr. Srinagesh Davuluri
(India, National Geophysical Research Institute)

Prof. Petr Martyshko
(Russian Federation, Institute of Geophysics, UB of RAS)

Prof. Vasily Bogoyavlenskiy
(Russian Federation, Oil and gas research institute RAS)

Dr. Rajender Kumar Chadha
(India, National Geophysical Research Institute)

Dr. Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
(Austria, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)

Dr. Seyed Naser Hashemi
(Iran, School of Earth Sciences, Damghan University)

Prof. Ramin Doostmohammadi
(Iran, University of Zanjan)