Glacier Hazard Workshop 2009 Vienna:

International Workshop

 Glacier Hazards, Permafrost Hazards and GLOFs in Mountain Areas:  Processes, Assessment, Prevention, Mitigation  10 – 13 November 2009, Vienna Presse Release (pdf) 24 Nov. 2009 An initiative by:

  • IACS/IPA working group on Glacier and Permafrost Hazards in Mountains (GAPHAZ)
  • IAG BOKU, Institute of Applied Geology, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
  • Mountain Reaserch Initiative (MRI)

 Supported by:

  • Global Land Ice Measurements from Space project (GLIMS)
  • International Association for the Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)
  • International Permafrost Association (IPA)
  • International Centre for Geohazards, Norway (ICG)
  • IAVCEI/IACS Commission on Vulcano-Ice-Interactions
  • INTERPRAEVENT

and others