Return Final Meeting
Napoli 3-5 dicembre 2025
Iscrizioni
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Programma
Day 1 - Wednesday 3 December 2025 – ROOM GALATEA
Wednesday 3 December 2025 – ROOM GALATEA
09:00
Registration
10:00- 10:30
welcome coffee
10:30 – 11:00
Opening session and welcome addresses
11:00-11:30
RETURN: Comprehensive Scientific Results Overview Within the Project Objectives Framework
A. Prota – President, Fondazione Return
11:30 – 13:15
➡ Objective O1 – A better understanding of environmental, natural and anthropic risks, as well as their interrelation with the effect of climate change. (Montanari A., Polese M.)
| Extreme precipitation in Italy: past, present, and future | M. Borga (UNIPD), M. Marani (UNIPD), M.V. Struglia(ENEA) |
| Risk Storylines for a participative approach involving stakeholders and communities in multi-risk analysis: implementation in relevant Urban Contexts including Urban Living Labs. | A. Pirni (UNIGE), A.M. Zaccaria (UNINA), A. Peresan (OGS) |
| High resolution mapping of wind hazard and induced risk on critical infrastructures | L. Raffaele (POLITO), E. Colucci (POLITO), L. Bruno |
| Submarine landslides: similarities and differences with subaerial instabilities, and their integration within the RETURN project | F. Latino Chiocci (Sapienza) |
| Integrative Approaches to Understanding and Managing Effects of Multiple Environmental Stressors | S. Manzo (ENEA) |
| Physics-based damage scenarios on residential buildings at Campi Flegrei from multi-scale numerical simulations of earthquake motion | R. Paolucci (POLIMI) A. Bazrafshani, G. Zuccaro, D. De Gregorio, S. Sessa, S. Lagomarsino, D. Sivori, I. Iervolino, A. Zollo |
| Towards shared risk-oriented taxonomies and ontology for urban settlements: accounting for complexity and processes in a systemic approach. | M. Pittore (EURAC), D. Vettorato (EURAC) |
13:15 – 14:45
Lunch break
14:45 – 16:30
➡ Objective O2 – Enhance risk prevision and methodologies for prevention, adaptation and mitigation. ( G. Freni, M. Morando)
| Reducing risks in urban settlements: from indicators to impact chains and what-if scenarios based on adaptation and mitigation strategies | M. Polese (UNINA), V. D’Ambrosio (UNINA) |
| Return workflow for uncertainty estimation and communication | A. Montanari (UNIBO), W. Marzocchi (UNINA) |
| Modelling impacts of floods | F. Ballio (POLIMI), A. Scorzini (POLIMI) |
| Coastal flooding hazard from extreme wind waves and earthquake-induced tsunamis | C. Codato (Sapienza), P. De Girolamo (Sapienza) |
| Decision making and design in multi risk management at policy level: beyond simple economic costs and benefits | D. Molinari (POLIMI), M. Morando (CIMA) |
| Decision making and self protection in multi risk management at community level: from education and communication toward unbiased risk perception | F. Comunello (Sapienza), A. Rinaldi, M. Ranieri. |
| The hidden journey of pollutants, (micro)plastics and antimicrobial resistance to environmental and human health | M. Antonelli (POLIMI), C. Lubello. |
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30
➡ Objectives O3 & O4 – Develop new methodologies/technologies for monitoring; Foster a more efficient and sustainable use of data, products and services. (Bozzano F., Molinari D.)
| Water Management Strategies and Climate Change Adaptation in Southern Italy | A. Senatore (UNICAL) |
| Monitoring submarine mass wasting: a real step forward in understanding how, when, and why these processes occur | F. Budillon (CNR) |
| Toward Smart, Adaptive, and Impact-Based Earthquake Early Warning and Rapid Response Systems in RETURN | A. Zollo (UNINA), G. Baltzopoulos, S. Colombelli, V. Longobardi, R. Rea, L. Elia, S. Nazeri, M. Vanini, R. Paolucci, A. Mauro, G. Cammarata, F. Carotenuto, G. Acampora, M. Palo, I. Iervolino, V. Poggi, M. Picozzi |
| Innovation in multiparametric monitoring on volcanoes | A. Aiuppa (UNIPA), R. Sulpizio (UNIBA) |
| Toward Operational Decision Support Systems for Wildfire Risk Management: from early detection to land degradation monitoring | P. Fiorucci (CIMA), F. Terribile. |
| Multi riskand resilience drivers in cultural rich environments | F. Romagnoli (EURAC), F. Castelli, C. Arrighi. |
Day 2- Thursday 4 December 2025
Thursday 4 December 2025
09:00 – 10:30
Parallel sessions – Thematic talks by RETURN fixed-terms researchers (Session I) Click here to view the Sessions
- Land 1 Room Galatea
- Land 2 Room Calipso
- Cities Room Urania 1
- Sea Room Urania 2
10:30 – 11:30
Coffee break and poster discussion (Click here for the poster sessions)
11:30 – 13:00
Parallel sessions – Thematic talks by RETURN fixed-terms researchers (Session II) Click here to view the Sessions
- Land 3 Room Galatea
- Land 4 Room Calipso
- Infrastructures/Land/Cities Room Urania 1
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 – 15.30 ROOM GALATEA
RETURNLAND & RETURNVILLE: Virtual TestBeds to support multi-risk analysis and testing mitigation solutions for resilient territory and communities under a changing climate (S. Martino, M. Polese )
15.30 – 16:30
Coffee break and poster discussion (Click here for the poster sessions)
16:30 – 18:00 ROOM GALATEA
RETURN Proofs of Concept (D. Calcaterra )
RETURN PoC Portfolio – Integrated Overview and Key Findings (D. Calcaterra, A. Prota, A. Rossi Filangieri)
Data and observation for coastal risk assessment and management (G. Besio UNIGE)
A tool chain-driven framework for comparing shallow landslide scenarios under variable climate forcing: insights from a demonstrative case (C. Esposito SAPIENZA)
An Integrated Multidimensional Risk Framework for highly populated areas: the test case of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy (P. Dellino UNIBA)
Multi-risk approaches for the treatment of marine sediments (D. Di Trapani UNIPA)
From Urban Archetypes to Multi-Hazard Hotspots: an integrated Proof of Concept for Italy (G. Tocchi UNINA , M. Gervasio ALMAVIVA)
Structural health monitoring and risk management in a corridor for exceptional transports (M. Di Prisco POLIMI, A. Abbozzo POLIMI)
Multi-risk mitigation in the Lomellina area (C. Frattari POLIMI, F. Vigotti)
From climate model scenarios to adaptation: an application to railway infrastructure subject to hydrologic hazard (P. Devò UNIPD, C. Cesali ITALFERR, V. Rotella, G. Cozzuto, M. Marani)
20:30
Social Dinner
For participants with reservation ONLY
Day 3 - 5 Friday December 2025 – ROOM GALATEA
Venerdì 5 dicembre 2025 ROOM GALATEA
09:00 – 09:30
Research Partnerships and PNRR Implementation: Lessons and Perspectives, (F. Cobis – Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca)
09:30 – 09:45
RETURN RTDA Awards
09:45 – 10:00
RETURN: Key Achievements and Implementation Highlights (A. Prota)
10:00 – 11:00
➡ Objective O5 – Strengthen the bridge from research to final products while transversally enhancing the competences, technological transfer and service integration. (Dellino P., Lipizer M.)
| From research to full-scale applications: the digital transformation of the integrated water service. | G. Freni (ENNAKORE), O.Giustolisi |
| Data for water risks management | G. Boni (UNIGE) |
| From concept to prototype of an advanced optical apparatus for monitoring unstable slopes | P. Mazzanti (Sapienza Università di Roma), D. Bauce (AVACAM) |
| Institutional support to risk management: legal frameworks for building social and economic resilience | P. Lucarelli (Unifi) |
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
Session on RETURN training and educational initiatives (A. Prota)
RETURN training and educational initiatives: an overview (M. Losasso UNINA)
The School on new media for the dissemination (F. Ballio POLIMI)
Presentation of Awarded Works from the First Edition of the “School on New Media”
The TS1 spoke Academy on Risk management and climate change: strategies for urban system resilience (M. Losasso UNINA)
The VS2 Spoke “Travelling” Summer School on Ground Instabilities (S.Martino SAPIENZA)
12:30 – 13:30
Projection of the docufilm “Viaggiando per un territorio che insegna”, directed by Simone Larocca
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Fondazione return TV
RETURN is an Extended Partnership Project funded from the European Union Next-GenerationEU
(National Recovery and Resilience Plan NRRP, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3 – D.D. 1243 2/8/2022, PE0000005)