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The first Annual MEGAPROJECT COST Action Workshop
7th - 9th September 2011
The EU funded MEGAPROJECT COST Action will hold its first annual workshop at the University of Leeds in September this year. It will bring together Action participants from across Europe to create a library of megaproject casestudies in the transport, energy and cultural event sectors. COST Actions are special research networks funded by the EU's ESF to promote cross-country collaboration and research development. For more information see MEGAPROJECT COST or contact the Action Chair, Professor Naomi Brookes.
RAID- ERIC: Resilience, Adaptability and Infrastructure Decarbonation - Engineering Responses to the Impacts of Climate change
30th June 2011
The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure (iRI) would like to thank all the speaker and guests for their participation in the first UK conference on the engineering response to the resilience challenge.
For further information on the days events, including presentations, please follow the link.
Research Seminars
The iRI hosts both international conferences and informal seminars to support and promote iRI research. For a full list of events please see the iRI seminars page.
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