Venezia, Italy

Critical infrastructure Resilience Summer School

This course will discuss the concept of CI and the EU framework, and present a series of tools and solutions for resilience. The participants will gain (i) a clear understanding of the key concepts, (ii) a methodology to apply it to their specific field/scale, and (iii) an overview of specific tools and solutions from recent
applications

Course leader

Erdem Ergin, University of Rome Tor Vergata/World Bank & Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Target group

Graduate students and working professionals from any university, research institute, or other organization (private companies, government agencies, NGOs) with an interest in critical infrastructure issues and ability to read and write fluently in English. Advanced undergraduates will also be considered.

Course aim

The School explains how critical infrastructure works and fails; its cascading impact from local to global, and the strategies to use to build a resilient society

Fee info

EUR 300: Students of VIU member-universities: € 300 incl. VAT.
The fees will cover tuition, course materials, accommodation in shared rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria and Social events.
EUR 600: Students of other universities/professionals: € 600 incl. VAT.
The fees will cover tuition, course materials, accommodation in shared rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria and Social events.