Global Tsunami Model Townhall
Wed, 30 Apr, 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room M1
Wed, 19:00
GTM aims to establish a global tsunami community and consolidate a competence centre for tsunami hazard and risk. This will be achieved through the establishment of curated pools of experts, a commitment to training the next generation of experts, and the promotion of state-of-the-art scientific developments.
GTM will provide services and products related to tsunami hazard and risk, develop reference models and maps, improve and develop analysis methods, tools and good practices with a focus on probabilistic methods.
GTM members will collaborate with users of tsunami hazard and risk products to ensure relevance and proper dissemination of results with the objective of communicating uncertainty transparently.
GTM’s contribution to risk management, reduction and education will be in line with the SFDRR 2015-2030 and SDGs.
The townhall meeting intends to invite the global community to take part in this initiative. GTM Association will be registered as a registered association under German legislation and allows for individual as well as institutional membership. The townhall meeting will feature presentations of recent scientific advancements, current and envisioned projects, the structure of the association, an outline of the business model and future strategy.
GTM fills a gap in knowledge transfer from the scientific community to societal stakeholders. Probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk assessment requires an involved understanding of underlying geological processes, their uncertainty and its quantification, as well as methodological insight. In order to bridge the knowledge gap, GTM is committed to developing standardized and transparent workflows, educate practitioners in applying these to best practices, communicate with decision makers and industry, and disseminate towards the general public.
The townhall meeting invites tsunami scientists as well as stakeholder representatives from all involved disciplines, such as seismology, ocean sciences, risk analysis, volcanology, land slide research, modeling, and others.
The oral presentations are given in a hybrid format supported by a Zoom meeting featuring on-site and virtual presentations. The button to access the Zoom meeting appears just before the time block starts.