INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EXTREME RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES Rio de Janeiro, February 11 to 15, 2012 Organized by INCT‐REAGEO/NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE FOR HILLSLOPE AND PLAIN SYSTEM REHABILITATION Co‐organizers: JTC1‐JOINT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL SLOPES & LANDSLIDES (FedIGS – ISSMGE, IAEG & ISRM) & INCT‐MC/ NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE CHANGES Financial support CEMADEN Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais ORGANIZING COMMISSION: Willy Alvarenga Lacerda, Carlos Afonso Nobre, Luciano Picarelli, Ana Luiza Coelho Netto, Mauricio Ehrlich, Andre S. Avelar SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Ana Luiza Coelho Netto, Carlos Afonso Nobre, Ennio Marques Palmeira, Jordi Corominas, Leonardo Cascini, Luciano Picarelli, Mauricio Ehrlich, Reinhardt A. Fuck, Roberto Quental Coutinho, Willy Alvarenga Lacerda Executive Secretary – Maria Accioly Dias 1 PROGRAM February 10th – Welcome dinner for invited speakers at Regina Hotel (19:30) PART I: FIELD TRIP TO THE MONTAINOUS REGION OF RIO DE JANEIRO STATE at Nova Friburgo, Teresópolis & Petrópolis municipalities February 11th ‐ 12th – all day long Departure: February 11th at 7:30 from Hotel Return: February 12th at 19:00 Posters and Field Discussions ‐ The extreme landslide event in Brazil at “Serrana” Region  André de Souza Avelar & Ana Luiza Coelho Netto (IGEO‐UFRJ, INCT‐REAGEO)  Eduardo Macedo & Marcelo Gramani (IPT‐SP)  Mauricio Ehrlich (COPPE, INCT‐REAGEO)  Rogério Feijó (UERJ, GEO‐RIO) PART II: WORKSHOP at CT2 Auditorium, Ilha do Fundão, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro February 13th – Afternoon 14:00 ‐ 15:00 – OPENING SESSION: Carlos Levi (Rector of UFRJ); Sérgio Cabral (Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro); Luis Fernando Pezão (Vice‐Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro); Eduardo Paes (Mayor of the City of Rio de Janeiro); Carlos Nobre (Secretary of Research and Development Policies and Programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology, INCT‐Climate Changes); Humberto de Azevedo Viana Filho (Nacional Secretary for Civil Defense); Carlos Minc Baunfeld (Secretary of Environment of the State of Rio de Janeiro); Cel. BM Sérgio Simões, (Secretary of Health and Civil Defense of the State of Rio de Janeiro and Commander of CBMERJ); Hudson Braga (Secretary of Works of the State of Rio de Janeiro); Luiz Pinguelli Rosa (Director of COPPE‐UFRJ); Francis Bogossian (President of the Engineering Club); Luciano Picarelli (Professor at Second University of Naples ‐ Italy and Chairman of JTC1 – International Joint Technical Committee on Landslides); Willy Lacerda (Emeritus Professor of COPPE‐UFRJ, Coordinator of INCT‐REAGEO). Conferences 15:00 ‐ 15:20 – Willy A. Lacerda (COPPE‐UFRJ, JTC1, INCT‐REAGEO) 15:20 ‐ 16:00 – Luciano Picarelli (Second University of Naples – Italy, JTC1) 16:00 ‐ 16:40 – Carlos Nobre (SPPPD, INCT‐MC) 16:40 ‐ 17:20 – Ennio Marques Palmeira (UnB, INCT‐REAGEO) 17:20 – 17:40 ‐ Coffee Break 2 17:40 – 19:40 – JTC1 Round Table: Lessons learned from recent catastrophes around the world 
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Luciano Picarelli (JTC1, Second University of Naples ‐ Italy) Su Gon Lee (University of Seoul, JTC1) Jordi Corominas (University of Catalunya ‐ Barcelona, JTC1) Willy Lacerda (COPPE‐UFRJ, JTC1, INCT‐REAGEO) Carlos Nobre (SPPPD, INCT‐MC) Oldrich Hungr (British Columbia University, JTC1) 19:40 ‐ 21:40 – Cocktail for all invited participants February 14th ‐ Morning & Afternoon 09:00 ‐ 09:40 – Conference : Jordi Corominas (University of Catalunya ‐ Barcelona) Keynote Lectures (20 min. lecture + 10 min discussion) 
Chairperson: Roberto Quental Coutinho (UFPE, INCT‐REAGEO) 1‐ Conditions and Mechanisms for Shallow Landslides 09:45 ‐ 10:15 – William Dietrich (University of California at Berkeley) 10:15 ‐ 10:45 – Luiz Antonio Bressani (UFRGS) 10:45 ‐ 11:15 – Marcos Massao Futai (USP, INCT‐REAGEO) 11:15 ‐ 11:45 – Daniel Tobler (ETH Zurich, Geotest Switzerland) 11:45 ‐ 12:15 – Juan Antonio A. Flores (CEPED‐UFSC) 12:15 ‐ 13:30 – Lunch 2‐ Conditions and Mechanisms for Debris Flows 13:30 ‐ 14:00 – Oldrich Hungr (British Columbia University) 14:00 ‐ 14:30 – Dimitry Znamensky (Colaborator ‐ UnB) 14:30 ‐ 15:00 – Euripedes Vargas (PUC‐RJ, IGEO‐UFRJ) 15:00 ‐ 15:30 – Christoph Graf (WSL Switzerland) 15:30 ‐ 15:50 – Coffee break 3‐ Natural Hazards and Risks 15:50 ‐ 16:20 – Monique Fort (Department of Geography of Paris 7‐Denis Diderot University) 16:20 ‐ 16:50 – Nadim Farrokh (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute ‐ Norway) 16:50 ‐ 17:20 – Leonardo Cascini (University of Salerno ‐ Italy) 17:20 ‐ 17:40 – Coffee break 17:40 ‐ 18:10 – Noris Diniz (IGEO – UnB) 18:10 ‐ 18:40 – Newton Moreira de Souza (UnB, INCT‐REAGEO) 18:40 ‐ 19:10 – Ana Luiza Coelho Netto (IGEO‐UFRJ, INCT‐REAGEO) 3 February 15th ‐ Morning & Afternoon 09:00 ‐ 09:40 – Conference ‐ Leonardo Cascini (University of Salerno ‐ Italy) Keynote Lectures (20 min. lecture + 10 min discussion) 
Chairperson: Reinhardt Fuck (CEMADEN) 4‐ Rainfall inputs: climatic variability , critical events & modelling 09:45 ‐ 10:15 – Carlos Frederico de Angelis (CEMADEN, INCT‐MC) 10:15 ‐ 10:45 – José Antônio Marengo Orsini (INPE, INCT‐MC) 10:45 ‐ 11:15 – Ricardo Neiva D’Orsi (GEORIO) 11:15 ‐ 11:45 – Affonso Mascarenhas (LAMCE/COPPE‐UFRJ) 11:45 ‐ 12:15 – Marcus Pacheco (UERJ, INCT‐REAGEO) 12:15‐ 13:30 – Lunch 5‐ Risk management and reduction 13:30 ‐ 14:00 – Moacyr Duarte de Souza Jr. (GARTA, COPPE‐UFRJ) 14:00 ‐ 14:30 – Domenico Calcaterra (Second University of Naples ‐ Italy) 14:30 ‐ 15:00 – Agostinho Ogura (IPT‐SP) 15:00 ‐ 15:30 – Hernán E. M. Carvajal (UnB) 15:30 ‐ 15:50 – Coffee break 6‐ Mitigation and Rehabilitation 15:50 ‐ 16:20 – Mauricio Ehrlich (COPPE‐UFRJ, INCT‐REAGEO) 16:20 ‐ 16:50 – Alberto Sampaio F.J. Sayão (PUC‐RJ, INCT‐REAGEO) 16:50 ‐ 17:20 – José Luis López (Central University of Venezuela) 17:20 ‐ 17:50 – Roberto Quental Coutinho (UFPE, INCT‐REAGEO) 17:50 ‐ 18:20 – Ricardo Neiva D’Orsi (GEORIO) 18:20 ‐ 19:20 – CLOSURE SESSION: chaired by Luciano Picarelli (JTC1), Willy Lacerda (COPPE‐UFRJ, JTC1, INCT‐REAGEO), and Ennio Marques Palmeira (UnB, INCT‐REAGEO). 19:20 – Farewell Dinner February 16th – Morning 9:00 ‐ 12:00 – Final report: perspectives & recommendations – signed by Luciano Picarelli (JTC1), Willy Lacerda (COPPE‐UFRJ, JTC1, INCT‐REAGEO), Carlos Afonso Nobre (SPPPD, INCT‐MC), Ennio Marques Palmeira (UnB, INCT‐REAGEO), Reinhardt Fuck (CEMADEN), Roberto Quental Coutinho (UFPE, INCT‐REAGEO), and Ana Luiza Coelho Netto (IGEO‐UFRJ, INCT‐REAGEO). 4