Expert Meeting of UNESCO-IOC Expert Meeting on Tsunami Sources Associated with Hellenic Arc and Azores–Gibraltar Fault Zone in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas (NEAM) Region

18 - 20 March 2025,

France

Annotated Agenda

Expert Meeting on Tsunamigenic Sources
1pm-2pm Lunch Break
4pm-4.30pm Coffee break
8:45am-9am Pre-session Breakfast
11am-11.30am Coffee Break
11am-11.30am Coffee break
12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch Break
DAY 1 18 March 2025
DAY 2 19 March 2025
DAY 3 20 March 2025
Item 1. 9am-09.15am Welcome and Introduction ICG/NEAMTWS (all tsunami sources)
Item 1. 9am-9.10am Introduction – Organization of the session (plenary)
Item 2. 9.10am-9.30am Overview of tsunamis produced by various sources in the AGFZ
Item 2. 9.10am-9.40am Volcanic and landslide tsunami sources in the NEAM region - An overview
Item 2. 9.15am-9.30am Introduction to DG ECHO CoastWAVE 2.0 and its objectives – Scope of the Meeting
Item 3. 9.30am-9:45am Introduction – Organization of the session
Item 3. 9.30am-10:15am Short presentations by the participants
Item 3. 9.40am-10am Short presentations by the participants
Item 4. 9:45am-10:15am State-of-the-art of databases and catalogues including the TSUMAPS-NEAM Project
Item 4. 10:15am-10.45am Parallel Working Group 1. Ruptures zones of large earthquakes, segmentation of the AGFZ and the potential for tsunami generation from seismic faults
Item 4. 10am -11am Interactive Discussions: Potential for tsunami generation by non-seismic sources. Criteria and approaches.
Item 5. 10.15am -10:30am Short presentations by the participants
Item 5. 10:15am-10.45am Parallel Working Group 2. The potential for tsunami generation from volcanic activity and landslides in the AGFZ region
Item 5. 11.30am-11:45am Introduction – Organization of the session (plenary)
Item 6. 10.30am-11pm Databases and catalogues: Discussion on their, uncertainties, completeness, availability and reliability
Item 6. 10.45am-11am Brief Reporting - Working Group 1 and 2 (plenary).
Item 6. 11.45am-12:15pm The role of probabilistic approach in tsunamigenic source selection
Item 7. 11.30am-12.15pm Databases and catalogues: Discussion on their, uncertainties, completeness, availability and reliability
Item 7. 11.30am-12pm Credible tsunami sources in the AGFZ region: General discussion – Conclusions.
Item 7. 12.15pm-12.45pm Parallel Working Group 1 : Seismic versus non-seismic sources : Reasons for preference?
Item 8. 12.15pm-12.30pm Summary of Discussions
Item 8. 12.15pm-12.45pm Parallel Working Group 2: Uncertainities and determination of credibility
Item 8. 12.45pm-1pm Brief Reporting from Working Groups
Item 8. 12pm-12.30pm Main Findings from sessions 1-7: General discussion
Item 9. 1.30pm-1.45pm Introduction – Organization of the session
Item 9. 12.30-1pm Conclusions-Recommendations (panel, IOC, CoastWAVE 2)
Item 10. 1.45-2.15pm Main tsunamigenic seismic zones in the NEAM region - An overview
Item 10. 1pm-1.15pm Wrap-up/Schedule for final Reporting/IOC Programme Report)
Item 10. 2pm-2.15pm Introduction – Organization of the session (plenary)
Item 11. 2.15pm-2.45pm Overview of tsunamis produced by various sources in the Hellenic Arc
Item 11. 2.15pm -3pm Short presentations by the participants
Item 12. 2.45pm-3.45pm Short presentations by the participants
Item 12. 3pm -4pm Interactive Discussions: Determination of the potential for tsunami generation in the several seismic zones - Criteria and approaches
Item 13 (cont.). 4.30pm -5.15pm Parallel Working Group 1 (WG1): Rupture zones of large earthquakes, segmentation of the Hellenic Arc and the potential for tsunami generation from seismic faults
Item 13. 3.45pm -4pm Parallel Working Group 1 (WG1): Rupture zones of large earthquakes, segmentation of the Hellenic Arc and the potential for tsunami generation from seismic faults
Item 13. 4.30pm-5.30pm Interactive Discussions: Determination of the potential for tsunami generation by individual seismic sources - Criteria and approaches
Item 14 (cont.). 4.30pm -5.15pm Parallel Working Group 2 (WG2): The potential for tsunami generation from volcanic activity and landslides in the Hellenic Arc region
Item 14. 3.45pm -4pm Parallel Working Group 2 (WG2): The potential for tsunami generation fromvolcanic activity and landslides in the Hellenic Arc region
Item 14. 5.30pm-6pm Summary of Interactive Discussions
Item 15. 5.15-5.45pm Brief reporting from WG 1 and WG2
Item 16. 5.45pm -6pm General discussion – Conclusions- Credible tsunami sources in the Hellenic Arc region
Session 1 The CoastWAVE 2.0 Project (plenary)
Session 2 Status of databases and catalogues of interest for the tsunami generation and impact in the NEAM region (plenary)
Session 3 Seismic zones and sources in the NEAM region - Their tsunamigenic potential (plenary)
Session 4 Non-seismic tsunami sources in the NEAM region (plenary)
Session 5 Identification of credible tsunami sources in the NEAM region for the needs of CoastWAVE 2.0 Project and ICG/NEAMTWS: criteria and approaches
Session 6 Tsunami sources in the Hellenic Arc
Session 7 Tsunami sources in the Azores-Gibraltar Fault Zone (AGFZ)
Session 8 General discussion – Conclusions and Recommendations (plenary)