Welcome and

Introduction

Session A.1:

By Paolo Mazzanti & John Dunnicliff

4-5-6 June, 2015 POPPI, Tuscany, Italy

Where are you now?

Poppi is a perfectly preserved Middle Age village.

Listed among the most beautiful hamlets of Italy

Where are you now?

1150

1262

1310

1817

Today

Size:
Plan: 32 x 28 m
Height of the tower: 44 m

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Made of:
Pietraforte

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Courtesy of Chiara Gelati

Where are you now?

1150

1262

1310

1817

Today

Castle built by Guidi

Counts in the XIII
Century
Built on the site of the
original castle, which was
probably built by Lombard
before the Xth century

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Courtesy of Chiara Gelati

Where are you now?

1150

1262

1310

1817

Today

Visit by Dante Alighieri

The Poet Dante was hosted in
the castle during his exile
form Florence.

Courtesy of Chiara Gelati

Where are you now?

1150

1262

1310

1817

Today

Restoration of the Tower

The tower was restored, thus
achieving its present shape. The
original shape was similar to the
Palazzo Vecchio of Florence.
Same Architect [Arnolfo di
Cambio]

Courtesy of Chiara Gelati

Where are you now?

1150

1262

1310

1817

Today

Where you can go

Where you can go

Exibitors
Open from

8:00 am to 6:00 pm

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What you can do

Everything exept for.

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What you can NOT do

It has been preserved for 1000 years, help us to

preserve it for other 1000 years as it is!

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Facilities
- WiFi Connection (just for basic purposes, not for
downloading movies! Remember: Facebook is
not available!).
- Coffee Breaks (0:30 hour morning & afternoon)
- Quick Lunch Break (1:15 hour!)
- Shuttle busses from/to accomodation

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And to make you all welcome

- This evening from 18:30, meeting point at the

Castle entrance
- Free of charge for registrants
- Three wine tickets included (in your

badge)
- .and the opportunity to get drunk with a
few money (BUT NOT SUGGESTED!)
- If your accompanying people need a taxi
please refer to the Leisure Desk
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Outside
the Castle

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Laisure Activities
- There is a Desk where you can find information

for your free time and for your accompanying

people.
- There are also some activities specifically

designed for you.

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4th June
(today)

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5th June

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6th June

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7th June
Trekking Tour

Geotechnical and
Structural Monitoring
Cup Football game
(10:00 a.m.)
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Course Field Trip 8th June

Poggio Baldi landslide monitoring experimental

site (www.landslidemonitoring.com)

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Course Field Trip 8th June

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A quick look to your bag!

- Course handout with pages for notes

- Pad for taking notes

- USB memory stick with all the pdf of the
presentations and other material

- Evaluation form (very important)

- .other useful things!

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Outline of Sessions
A. Basic concepts of geotechnical and
structural monitoring - 6
B. Contact monitoring - 5
C. Remote monitoring - 4
D. Vibration, offshore, data transmission

and management - 5
W. Monitoring workshop - 6

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Topics for Open Forum

on Saturday
Misuse of instrumentation:
contributions by manufactuers and
users
Questions and discussion topics
submitted by attendees during the
first two days
Spontaneous questions and
discussion

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Where do the 15 Lecturers Live?

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7 different countries

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Where do YOU Live? (84 of you)

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24 different countries

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Where do YOU Live? (84 of you)

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Where do YOU Live? (84 of you)

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15 different countries in Europe

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