STREST : exploitation plan.
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Joint Research Centre
Subjects: Framework Programme for Research and Development, environmental risk prevention, industrial infrastructure, industrial research, natural disaster, natural hazard, research report, seismology

STREST – Exploitation plan 

WP7  –  Dissemination  and 
stakeholder interaction 

Georgios Tsionis, Arnaud Mignan 

2016 

EUR 27839 EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STREST – Exploitation plan 

 
 
 
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D 7.5 

DELIVERABLE 

PROJECT INFORMATION 

Project Title: 

Harmonized approach to stress tests for critical infrastructures 
against natural hazards 

Acronym:  STREST 

Project N°:  603389 

Call N°:  FP7-ENV-2013-two-stage 

Project start:  01 October 2013 

Duration:  36 months 

DELIVERABLE INFORMATION 

Deliverable Title:  Exploitation plan 

Date of issue:  31 March 2016 

Work Package:  WP7 – Dissemination and stakeholder interaction 

Author:  Georgios Tsionis (Joint Research Centre) 

Reviewer:  Arnaud Mignan (ETH Zurich) 

REVISION:  Final 

Project Coordinator: 

Prof. Domenico Giardini 

Institution: 

ETH Zürich 

e-mail: 

giardini@sed.ethz.ch 

fax: 

+ 41 446331065 

telephone: 

+ 41 446332610 

 
 
Table of contents 

Abstract ............................................................................................................... iii 

Acknowledgments ................................................................................................. v 

Deliverable contributors ........................................................................................ vii 

1. 

Introduction .................................................................................................. 1 

2.  Objectives and stakeholders for dissemination ................................................... 3 

2.1  Objectives .............................................................................................. 3 

2.2  Stakeholders .......................................................................................... 4 

2.2.1 

International Advisory Board .......................................................... 4 

2.2.2  Associated Industry Partners ......................................................... 5 

2.2.3  European associations of regulators ................................................ 5 

2.2.4  European research projects ........................................................... 6 

3.  Dissemination and exploitation activities ........................................................... 7 

3.1  Dissemination of project results ................................................................ 7 

3.2  Project website ....................................................................................... 7 

3.3  Dissemination material ............................................................................ 8 

3.4  Reference reports ................................................................................... 9 

3.5  Scientific publications ............................................................................ 11 

3.6  Media dissemination .............................................................................. 12 

3.7  Conferences ......................................................................................... 12 

3.8  Interaction with similar research projects ................................................. 12 

3.9  Workshops with stakeholders ................................................................. 13 

4. 

Expected impact of dissemination ................................................................... 15 

List of figures ...................................................................................................... 17 

List of tables ....................................................................................................... 19 

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Abstract 

The present deliverable contains the detailed dissemination and exploitation plan of the 
project  results,  with  particular  emphasis  on  communicating  to  stakeholders  and  user 
communities  addressing  the  outcomes  of  STREST  on  the  enhancement  of  societal 
resilience through infrastructure stress tests. This deliverable presents the objectives of 
the  dissemination  activities,  the  identification  of  stakeholders  and  the  detailed 
description  of  tasks  concerning  the  use  and  dissemination  of  the  STREST  project 
foreground. 

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Acknowledgments 

The  research  leading  to  these  results  has  received  funding  from  the  European 
Community's  Seventh  Framework  Programme  [FP7/2007-2013]  under  grant  agreement 
n° 603389. 

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Deliverable contributors 

Joint Research Centre  Georgios Tsionis 

ETH Zurich  Arnaud Mignan 

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Introduction 

1. 

Introduction 

Critical  Infrastructures  (CIs)  provide  essential  goods  and  services  for  modern  society; 
they  are  highly  integrated  and  have  growing  mutual  dependencies.  Recent  natural 
events  have  shown  that  cascading  failures  of  CIs  have  the  potential  for  multi-
infrastructure collapse and widespread societal and economic consequences. Among the 
most important assessment tools are the stress tests, designed to test the vulnerability 
and resilience of individual CIs and infrastructure systems. 

The  STREST  project  aims  at  developing  a  stress  test  framework  to  determine  the 
vulnerability  and  resilience  of  critical  infrastructures.  STREST  will  establish  a  common 
and  consistent  taxonomy  of  CIs;  develop  a  rigorous,  consistent  modelling  approach  to 
hazard, vulnerability, risk and resilience assessment of low probability-high consequence 
events;  design  a  stress  test  framework  and  specific  applications  to  address  the 
vulnerability, resilience and interdependencies of CIs. 

STREST  will  focus  on  earthquakes,  tsunamis,  geotechnical  effects  and  floods,  and  on 
three  principal  CI  classes  chosen  to  typify  general  classes  of  CIs,  with  the  final  goal  of 
the  systematic 
enabling 
implementation of stress tests. 

implementation  of  European  policies1,2,3,4,5,6,7 

the 

for 

The present deliverable contains the  detailed dissemination and exploitation plan of the 
project  results,  with  particular  emphasis  in  communicating  to  stakeholders  and  user 
communities  addressing  the  outcomes  of  STREST  on  the  enhancement  of  societal 
resilience through infrastructure stress tests.  This deliverable  presents the objectives of 
the  dissemination  activities,  the  identification  of  stakeholders  and  the  detailed 
description of performed and planned tasks concerning the use and dissemination of the 
project foreground. 

1 Council Directive 2008/114/EC on the identification and designation of European critical 
infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection 
2 Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on 
the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances 
3  Directive  2007/60/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  23  October 
2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks 
4  A  European  programme  for  critical  infrastructure  protection.  Communication  from  the 
Commission COM(2006) 786 final 
5  The  review  of  the  European  programme  for  critical  infrastructure  protection  (EPCIP). 
Commission staff working document SWD(2012) 190 final EC (2010a) 
6 The EU Internal Security Strategy in Action: Five steps towards a more secure Europe. 
Communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council 
COM(2010) 0673 final 
7  Risk  assessment  and  mapping  guidelines  for  disaster  management.  Commission  staff 
working paper SEC(2010) 1626 final 

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2.  Objectives and stakeholders for dissemination 

2.1  Objectives 

The dissemination work package of STREST focuses on transforming the results and new 
methodologies  developed  by  the  project  in  protocols  and  reference  guidelines  for  the 
wider  application  of  stress  tests,  and  their  dissemination  to  the  wider  community.  The 
dissemination activities aim at communicating to regulators and operators of non-nuclear 
critical infrastructures of the products developed during the project, namely harmonized 
methodologies for risk assessment leading to the standardization and implementation in 
Europe  of  stress  tests  methodologies  for  main  classes  of  infrastructures  against  natural 
hazards.  The  critical  infrastructures  of  interest  include  gas  and  electricity  networks, 
transportation networks, medical service networks, petrochemical plants, and in general 
all high risk and high economic and environmental impact infrastructures. 

Overall,  the  dissemination  activities  will  have  an  impact  on  the  society  at  large,  by 
incorporating stress test methodologies in current management and long-term planning 
of  non-nuclear  critical  infrastructures,  in  line  with  the  European  policies  for  disaster 
management  and  the  protection  of  critical  infrastructures,  and  ultimately  by  the 
enhancement of societal resilience. 

The direct participation of a broad range  of CIs and industry representatives – including 
plant  owners  and  operators,  consultants,  regulators  and  industry  associations  –  will 
ensure the relevance of the products and outcomes, and the organization of stakeholders 
meetings will ensure the dissemination to the wider community. 

The  networking  with  key  organizations  and  programs  in  the  US,  Asia  and  Japan  will 
ensure  the  international  context,  harmonization  and  knowledge  transfer  for  the 
development of true novel standards. 

The main objectives of the STREST plan for the use and dissemination of foreground are: 

o  preparation of technical guidelines and recommendations in the form of Reference 

Reports; 

o 

transfer  of  knowledge  and  lessons  learned  from  previous  events  and  research 
projects; 

o  dissemination of products from research (harmonized hazard and risk assessment 
for  performance  and 
tests  methodology  methodologies  and 

for  extreme  natural  events,  vulnerability  models 
consequences  assessment,  stress 
protocols); 

o  demonstration activities (exploratory applications of the stress test concepts); 

o 

involvement of stakeholders and user communities. 

Fig.  2.1  presents  a  graphical  representation  of  the  STREST  dissemination  scheme. 
Dissemination will be carried out through a dedicated web server and by the organization 
of  workshops.  Leaflets,  newsletters,  and  other  awareness  material,  such  as  booklets, 
multi-media,  brochures  and  publications  will  be  produced  as  part  of  the  dissemination 
activities. 

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Fig. 2.1  Graphical representation of STREST dissemination scheme 

2.2  Stakeholders 

The STREST project has identified groups of stakeholders including owners and operators 
of  critical  infrastructures,  authorities  and  regulators,  the  scientific  and  technical 
community,  public  administration  (local,  national  and  European)  and  Civil  Protection. 
Specific groups are actively involved in different phases of the project; in particular, the 
International Advisory Board is made up of members of the scientific community and the 
Board of Associated Industry Partners includes representatives of owners, regulators and 
operators  of  a  diverse  set  of  non-nuclear  critical  infrastructures.  A  list  of  European 
regulators  is  also  identified.  Furthermore,  the  scientific  and  technical  community  is 
involved through contacts with European research projects relevant to STREST. 

2.2.1  International Advisory Board 

The  International  Advisory  Board  (IAB)  consists  of  five  prominent,  internationally 
recognized experts in the field. Besides the advisory role, the purpose of this committee 
is  also  to  foster  further  international  cooperation  and  dissemination  of  results  and 
knowledge,  and  to  coordinate  the  STREST  work  with  other  international  research 
activities  in  the  fields  of  research  represented  in  the  project.  The  IAB  is  informed 
regularly  of  the  results  of  the  STREST  project  research  and  is  invited  to  project 
meetings. 

STREST  invited  to  the  IAB  a  number  of  leading  experts  and  program  coordinators  from 
key research institutions around the world (outside Europe): 

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o  Prof Dr Norm Abrahamson is the head of hazard and risk assessment at PG&E, the 
major energy supplier in California operating various critical facilities including the 
Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant; a leading PSA expert, he was for the last ten 
years the technical leader (TFI) for the PEGASOS project for the evaluation of the 
seismic safety of the Swiss nuclear power plants; 

o  Prof  Dr  Thomas  H.  Heaton,  Director  of  the  Earthquake  Engineering  Research 
Laboratory,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  USA,  expert  in  strong  ground 
motion research, earthquake rupture physics, early warning systems and analysis 
of building vibrations; 

o  Prof Dr Stephen A. Mahin, Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian Professor of Structural 
Engineering  and  Director  of  the  Pacific  Earthquake  Engineering  Research  (PEER) 
Center,  University  of  California  Berkeley,  USA,  expert  in  performance-based 
engineering of structures; 

o  Prof  Dr  Tso-Chien  Pan,  Executive  Director  of  the  Institute  of  Catastrophe  Risk 
Management,  Nanyang  Technological  University,  Singapore,  expert  in  damage 
assessment of buildings subjected to dynamic loading, structural design for blast 
loading, vulnerability and risk assessments; 

o  Prof  Dr  Masayoshi  Nakashima,  Director  General  of  the  Disaster  Prevention 
Research  Institute,  Kyoto  University,  Japan,  expert  in  the  analysis  and  design  of 
steel  building  structures,  base-isolation  and  passive  damping  systems,  and  the 
development of hybrid testing techniques. 

2.2.2  Associated Industry Partners 

The Board  of Associated Industry Partners (BAIP) is formed  of a  representative of  each 
critical  infrastructure  considered  in  the  project.  Its  role  is  to  provide  data  and 
recommendations for the application of the methods developed in the STREST project to 
the  selected  application  sites  but  also  to  participate  in  the  realisation  of  specific  tasks. 
The 
Industry  Partners  combine  different  and 
complementary  profiles  and  build  a  coherent  expertise  and  stakeholder  representation, 
from plant owners and operators to consultants to regulators and industrial associations: 

identified  STREST  Associated 

o  CNR  and  AMRA,  risk  consultants  for  the  ENI/Kuwait  Milazzo  petrochemical  plant, 

Italy; 

o 

the  Swiss  Federal  Office  of  Energy  (SFOE),  regulator  for  the  Valais  dams  of 
Switzerland (CI-A2); 

o  BOTAS  International  Ltd.,  operator  of  the  Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan  (BTC)  Crude  Oil 

Pipeline, Turkey; 

o 

o 

o 

the  Gasunie  Transport  Services,  owner  of  the  national  natural  gas  pipeline 
system, the Netherlands; 

the Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (THPA SA), Greece; 

the Confindustria of Piacenza, representing all the industrial firms in the province 
of Piacenza, Italy. 

This  unique  combination  of  expertise,  knowledge  and  interests  will  strengthen  the 
industry participation in STREST. 

2.2.3  European associations of regulators 

In  addition  to  the  associated  industry  partners  already  participating  in  the  project, 
STREST  will  seek  the  participation  of  owners  and  operators,  as  well  as  of  regulatory 

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authorities  at  European  and  international  level  dealing  with  non-nuclear  critical 
infrastructures, such as the: 

o  Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER); 

o  Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER); 

o  European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E); 

o  European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G); 

o  European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC); 

o  European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO); 

o 

International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD). 

2.2.4  European research projects 

The  STREST  project  is  relevant  to  a  number  of  projects  from  the  European  Union’s 
Seventh  Framework  Programme  from  the  energy,  environment,  infrastructure  and 
security  themes,  as  listed  in  Table  2.1  together  with  the  issues  dealt  with  by  each 
project.  The  communication  and  knowledge  transfer  between  parallel  on-going  projects 
will  be  facilitated  through  several  of  the  STREST  partners  that  participate  in  other 
projects and by mutual participation in dissemination events. 

Table 2.1  List of selected FP7 projects relevant to STREST 

Acronym 

Duration 

Website 

Keywords 

ASTARTE 

2013-2016  astarte-project.eu 

GEISER 

2010-2013  geiser-fp7.fr 

INFRARISK 

2013-2016 

infrarisk-fp7.eu 

INTACT 

2014-2017 

intact-project.eu 

tsunami, coastal impacts, structural 
performance, social resilience 

induced seismicity, hazard, 
uncertainties 

earthquake, flood, landslide, drought 
hazards, LP-HC events, uncertainties, 
cascades, operational analysis 

extreme weather, critical 
infrastructures, resilience 

MATRIX 

2010-2013  matrix.gpi.kit.edu  multi-hazard, multi-risk, LP-HC events, 

NERA 

2010-2014  nera-eu.org 

cascades, time-variant vulnerability 

earthquake risk, earthquake risk 
mitigation 

REAKT 

SHARE 

2011-2014 

reaktproject.eu 

real-time earthquake risk mitigation 

2009-2012 

share-eu.org 

seismic hazard 

SYNER-G 

2009-2012 

vce.at/SYNER-G 

earthquakes, systemic vulnerability, 
socio-economic vulnerability 

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3.  Dissemination and exploitation activities 

3.1  Dissemination of project results 

The  dissemination  activities  aim  at  communicating  to  regulators  and  operators  of  non-
nuclear  critical  infrastructures  the  products  developed  during  the  STREST  project.  In 
particular, the dissemination activities will consist of the following tasks: 

o  development of the project web server (website, document archive and exchange 

platform with public and restricted parts) 

o  preparation  of  dissemination  material  in  the  form  of  newsletters,  brochures, 

leaflets and multi-media material; 

o  preparation of a set of technical guidelines, policy briefs and recommendations in 
the form of Reference Reports concerning the assessment and protection of CIs; 

o  publication of peer-reviewed articles; 

o  dissemination in the media; 

o  participation in key international scientific events; 

o 

interaction with similar research projects for exchange of knowledge and planning 
common actions; 

o  organization  of  workshops  with  emphasis  on  the  participation  of  European  and 
international stakeholders to  collect their user  requirements and to  communicate 
the results of the project. 

3.2  Project website 

The  project  website  (www.strest-eu.org)  provides  information  to  the  public  about  the 
STREST  project.  It  is  the  principal  platform  for  communication,  public  awareness  and 
dissemination  of  results.  The  public  website  (Fig.  3.1),  developed  and  hosted  by  ETH 
Zurich,  was  designed  for  an  easy  navigation  through  a  simple  one-level  menu  and  for 
immediate impact via animations and a bullet point approach. The restricted part of the 
website is accessible to STREST participants only, with a login and password required. It 
is  the  exchange  platform  of  STREST  with  upload/download  options  in  a  folder-based 
architecture, also hosted by ETH Zurich (http://dms.seismo.ethz.ch/). 

Fig. 3.1  STREST homepage with list of events, news and access to different sections of 
the website 

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The  Results  section  of  the  website  lists  the  deliverables,  peer-reviewed  articles, 
proceedings  papers  and  media  articles  about  STREST.  All  published  deliverables  are 
available  for  download,  as  well  as  other  publications  that  are  not  covered  by  copyright 
restrictions. 

It  is  intended  to  maintain  the  website  beyond  the  end  of  the  project  for  a  sustained 
dissemination of the results. 

3.3  Dissemination material 

The  awareness  and  dissemination  material  planned  for  the  STREST  project  comprise  a 
set of newsletters, a high-quality brochure, an informational factsheet and a short video 
targeting a wide public audience. 

Two newsletters were published in December 2014 and June 2015. The first one, shown 
in  Fig.  3.2,  gives  the  list  of  the  main  past  and  forthcoming  events  and  focuses  on  the 
scientific  and  technical  work  of  the  project.  The  second  newsletter,  shown  in  Fig.  3.3, 
briefly  presents  the  scientific  and  technical  achievements  at  the  project  mid-term, 
summarises the discussions and conclusions of the first workshop and presents the next 
steps  and  events.  The  last  one  will  be  published  near  the  end  of  the  project  and  it  will 
include the announcement and plan for the final dissemination workshop, the number of 
scientific  papers  published  within  STREST,  the  preparation  of  a  Euronews  documentary 
on STREST and selected results from the case studies. 

Fig. 3.2  First project newsletter (15 December 2014) 

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Fig. 3.3  Second project newsletter (15 June 2015) 

A  two-page  project  fact  sheet  was  produced  at  the  beginning  of  the  project  to  provide 
general  information  about  STREST  and  the  list  of  partners.  It  gives  an  overview  of  the 
project, including objectives, methodology and expected results. 

3.4  Reference reports 

STREST  will  produce  an  integrated  set  of  technical  guidelines  and  recommendations 
concerning  the  assessment  and  protection  of  critical  infrastructures,  derived  from  the 
main deliverables of its work packages and written specifically for end-users, regulators 
and  plant  operators  not  included  in  STREST.  Activities  of  this  task  will  include  the 
preparation  of  a  consolidated  list  of  reports,  issuing  of  the  guidelines  for  writing, 
drafting, reviewing and production of the final version of the reports. 

The  six  reports  are  listed  in  Table  3.1  together  with  the  contributors,  lead  editors  and 
reviewers.  The  first  one  will  present  the  state-of-the-art  and  lessons  learned.  The 
following  four  will  focus  on  harmonised  guidelines  based  on  the  research  results  of  the 
STREST  project  and  in  detail  on  hazard  assessment  for  high  consequences  events, 
vulnerability  and  risk  assessment,  stress-test  design  and  enhancement  of  societal 
resilience  through  infrastructure  stress  tests.  The  last  reference  report  will  be  a  policy 
brief  in  relation  to  European  policy  developments  on  extreme  events  with  potential 
impact on non-nuclear critical infrastructures. 

Each report is addressed to specific groups of stakeholders, including – but not limited to 
–  owners  and  operators  of  critical  infrastructures  (OO),  authorities  and  regulators, 
scientific  community  (SC),  technical  community  (TC),  public  European  and  national 
administration (PA) and Civil Protection (CP). 

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Dissemination and exploitation activities 

The complete set of reference reports will be made available both in printed version for 
distribution  to  key  stakeholders  and  participants  of  the  final  workshop  and  on  digital 
format 
the  JRC  Science  Hub 
(https://ec.europa.eu/jrc)  and  other  local  websites  of  the  project  partners.  As  EU 
publications,  the  reference  reports  will  be  also  available  from  the  EU  Bookshop 
(http://bookshop.europa.eu). 

the  project  website, 

to  be  downloaded 

from 

3.5  Scientific publications 

Aiming  at  the  dissemination  of  the  research  results  produced  within  STREST,  peer-
reviewed papers will be published in scientific journals and conference proceedings. The 
papers  published  in  the  first  two  and  a  half  years  of  the  project  duration  are  listed 
below: 

o  Babič, A. and M. Dolšek (2014), The impact of structural components on fragility 
curves  of  single-storey  industrial  precast  structures,  Proceedings  of  the  2nd 
European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Istanbul, 24-29 
August 

o  Casotto,  C.,  V.  Silva,  H.  Crowley,  R.  Nascimbene  and  R.  Pinho  (2014),  Scenario 
damage analysis of RC precast industrial structures in Tuscany, Italy, Proceedings 
of  the  2nd  European  Conference  on  Earthquake  Engineering  and  Seismology, 
Istanbul, 24-29 August 

o  Akkar,  S.  and  Y.  Cheng  (2015),  Application  of  Monte-Carlo  simulation  approach 
for  the  probabilistic  assessment  of  seismic  hazard  for  geographically  distributed 
doi: 
portfolio, 
10.1002/eqe.2667 

Engineering 

Earthquake 

Dynamics, 

Structural 

and 

o  Casotto,  C.,  V.  Silva,  H.  Crowley,  R.  Nascimbene  and  R.  Pinho  (2015),  Seismic 
fragility  of  Italian  RC  precast  industrial  structures,  Engineering  Structures,  94, 
122-136, doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.02.034 

o 

o 

Iervolino, I., M. Giorgio and E. Chioccarelli (2015), Markovian modeling of seismic 
damage  accumulation,  Earthquake  Engineering  &  Structural  Dynamics,  doi: 
10.1002/eqe.2668 

Lanzano,  G.,  F.  Santucci  de  Magistris,  G.  Fabbrocino  and  E.  Salzano  (2015), 
Seismic damage to pipelines in the framework of Na-Tech risk assessment, J. Loss 
Prevention in the Process Industries, 33, 159-172, doi: 10.1016/j.jlp.2014.12.006 

o  Marzocchi,  W.,  M.  Taroni  and  J.  Selva  (2015),  Accounting  for  Epistemic 
Uncertainty in PSHA: Logic Tree and Ensemble Modeling, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 
105, doi: 10.1785/0120140131 

o  Matos,  J.  P.,  A.  Mignan  and  A.  J.  Schleiss  (2015),  Vulnerability  of  large  dams 
considering  hazard  interactions:  conceptual  application  of  the  Generic  Multi-Risk 
framework, Proceedings of the 13th ICOLD International Benchmark Workshop on 
Numerical Analysis of Dams, Lausanne, Switzerland 

o  Mignan,  A.,  L.  Danciu  and  D.  Giardini  (2015),  Reassessment  of  the  Maximum 
Fault  Rupture  Length  of  Strike-Slip  Earthquakes  and  Inference  on  Mmax  in  the 
Anatolian  Peninsula,  Turkey,  Seismol.  Res.  Lett.,  86,  890-900,  doi: 
10.1785/0220140252 

o  Miraglia, S., W. Courage and P. Meijers (2015), Fragility Functions for Pipeline in 
Liquefiable Sand: a Case Study on the Groningen Gas-Network, 12th International 
Conference  on  Applications  of  Statistics  and  Probability  in  Civil  Engineering, 
ICASP12, Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 201 

o  Uckan,  E.,  B.  Akbas,  J.  Shen,  W.  Rou,  F.  Paolacci  and  M.  O'Rourke  (2015),  A 
simplified  analysis  model  for  determining  the  seismic  response  of  burried  steel 

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pipes at strike-slip fault crossings, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 75, 
55-65, doi: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.03.001 

o  Trevlopoulos,  K.  and  P.  Guéguen  (2016),  Period  elongation-based  framework  for 
operative  assessment  of  the  variation  of  seismic  vulnerability  of  reinforced 
concrete  buildings  during  aftershock  sequences,  Soil  Dynamics  and  Earthquake 
Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.02.009 

More  publications  are  expected  when  all  work  packages  will  be  completed  and  beyond 
the  end  of  the  project.  All  publications  will  acknowledge  the  funding  received  from  the 
European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme. 

3.6  Media dissemination 

The  dissemination  plan of  STREST  includes  activities  for  the  presentation  of  the  project 
and  the  research  products  to  the  non-specialised  media.  The  following  articles  were 
published in web platforms and electronic magazines: 

o  Giardini,  D.  and  A.  Mignan  (2014),  Protecting  infrastructures,  Pan  European 

Networks: Government, 11, pp. 234-235 

o  Merrifield,  R.  (2014),  Disaster  tests  for  grids,  dams  and  power  plants.  Horizon, 

The EU Research & Innovaion Magazine, 28 March 2014 

o  XL Group (2015), Redefining Risk for Critical Infrastructure: Q&A with EU STREST 

Coordinator, Professor Domenico Giardini 

The  STREST  project  will  be  presented  in  a  short  documentary  of  Euronews  within  its 
Futuris series. The documentary will show an overview of the project and its objectives, 
the  STREST  framework  for  stress  tests  and  selected  results  of  the  exploratory 
applications on a Swiss dam and the port of Thessaloniki. 

3.7  Conferences 

The  results  of  the  project  will  be  communicated  to  the  scientific  and  technical 
communities through the participation of STREST partners in key international  scientific 
conferences related to the project, such as the  2nd European Conference on Earthquake 
Engineering  and  Seismology,  the  34th  General  Assembly  of  the  European  Seismological 
Commission, the 12th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, 
the  13th  ICOLD  International  Benchmark  Workshop  on  Numerical  Analysis  of  Dams  and 
the  12th  International  Conference  on  Applications  of  Statistics  and  Probability  in  Civil 
Engineering. The publications and papers submitted by  the partners will be listed in the 
Results section of the STREST website. 

3.8  Interaction with similar research projects 

In  addition  to  the  associated  industry  partners  already  participating  in  STREST,  the 
project will seek the interaction with similar on-going research projects. Representatives 
of the projects listed in Table 2.1 participated at the 1st year STREST workshop that was 
held  on  29-31  October  2014  and  focused  on  exploring  synergies  between  related  FP7 
Projects. The discussions led to the following conclusions: 

1.  Areas  where  common  work  would  be  beneficial  include  a  common  approach  to 
uncertainty  estimation, 
in  risk  analysis, 
harmonization  of  hazard  indicators  and  risk  metrics  and  wider  involvement  of 
stakeholders. 

the  review  of 

‘good  practice’ 

2.  A  panel  of  experts  (selected  from  the  participating  projects)  could  help  making 
sure that the methods developed in different projects are compatible (e.g. similar 

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hazard indicators and risk metrics) and identify if they can be transposed to other 
projects for tests on additional exploratory applications (e.g. same risk analyses in 
different  test  sites  being  part  of  a  same  critical  infrastructure  taxonomy).  The 
panel could investigate the causes of possible discrepancies between the results of 
different projects. 

3.  A coordinated support action from the European Commission would be needed to 
achieve  results  at  inter-project  level,  such  as  a  harmonized  taxonomy  across 
projects  of  critical 
infrastructures  (e.g.  combining  energy  networks  and 
transportation networks) or a common method for cascade modelling (e.g. applied 
to both geological and hydrological hazards). 

It  is  planned  to  continue  the  interaction  through  the  participation  in  the  workshops 
organised  by  other  projects.  STREST  was  invited  to  a  number  of  workshops  and  will 
dedicate  a  session  of  the  final  project  workshop  to  the  presentation  of  the  INFRARISK, 
INTACT and RAIN projects. 

3.9  Workshops with stakeholders 

In  addition  to  the  associated  industry  partners  already  participating  in  STREST,  the 
project will seek to involve relevant research projects and other stakeholders. While the 
first  workshop  was  dedicated  to  the  interaction  with  the  research  community,  the  final 
workshop  will  focus  on  the  dissemination  of  the  results  obtained  within  STREST  to  the 
widest  possible  range  of  stakeholders,  including  regulators,  owners  and  operators  of 
non-nuclear  CIs,  civil  protection  services,  and  the  scientific  and  technical  community. 
The  stakeholders  identified  in  Section  2.2  were  invited  to  the  final  workshop.  The  flyer 
announcing  the  workshop,  its  objectives  and  programme  was  distributed  together  with 
the  invitation.  The  invitation  will  be  extended  to  other  stakeholders  from  industry  and 
critical infrastructure operators. 

The  final  workshop  aims  at  communicating  the  products  developed  during  the  project, 
namely  new  research  results  on  natural  extreme  events  and  harmonized  methods  for 
risk  assessment  leading  to  the  standardization  and  implementation  in  Europe  of  stress 
tests  for  various  classes  of  critical  infrastructures.  It  will  present  the  results  of 
applications  from  a  large  selection  of  critical  infrastructures:  petrochemical  plants, 
hydropower  dams,  oil  pipelines,  gas  networks,  port  infrastructures  and  industrial 
districts. The main innovations presented are related to seismic hazard and risk, coastal 
and  downstream  flooding,  as  well  as  to  the  process  of  domino  effects  across  natural 
hazards and critical infrastructures elements. Invited researchers from partner European 
projects will also present their main findings. 

It will present the results of the research on extreme events, model uncertainties, site-
specific effects, hazard and risk interactions and stress test methods with illustrations in 
six  key  critical  infrastructures  in  Europe.  The  largest  part  of  the  workshop  will  be 
devoted to the results from the exploratory application of the STREST stress tests. With 
the  contribution  of  the  project  partners,  International  Advisory  Board,  Associated 
Industry  Partners,  researchers  from  relevant  on-going  projects  and  other  invited 
stakeholders,  the  workshop  will  propose  a  vision  for  risk  management  in  critical 
infrastructures.

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4. 

Expected impact of dissemination 

The  use  and  dissemination  of  foreground  planned  for  STREST  comprise  the  preparation 
of  dissemination  material  (Reference  Reports,  leaflets,  newsletters  and  multimedia), 
workshops,  scientific  publications  in  refereed  journals,  participation  in  international 
conferences  and  interaction  with  relevant  projects  and  other  stakeholders.  The 
dissemination  plan  will  focus  on  transforming  the  results  and  new  methodologies 
developed  by  STREST  in  protocols  and  reference  guidelines  for  the  wider  application  of 
stress tests, and their dissemination to the wider community. 

the  collaboration  between  stakeholders, 

The planned activities will contribute to the dissemination of the project results and will 
foster 
the  development  and 
implementation of European harmonised guidelines for stress tests of non-nuclear critical 
infrastructures.  These  activities  are  also  a  key  instrument  for  dissemination  to  the 
scientific  and  technical  communities,  as  well  as  to  policy  and  decision  makers  at 
European, national, regional and local level. 

towards 

The direct participation in the planned activities of a broad range of critical infrastructure 
and  industry  representatives  –  including  plant  owners  and  operators,  consultants, 
regulators  and  industry  associations  –  will  ensure  the  relevance  of  the  products  and 
outcomes. 

Overall,  the  dissemination  activities  will  have  an  impact  on  the  society  at  large,  by 
incorporating stress test methodologies in current management and long-term planning 
of critical non-nuclear infrastructures. 

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Fig. 2.1  Graphical representation of STREST dissemination scheme ............................ 4 

Fig. 3.1  STREST homepage with list of events, news and access to different sections of 
the website .......................................................................................... 7 

Fig. 3.2  First project newsletter (15 December 2014) ............................................... 8 

Fig. 3.3  Second project newsletter (15 June 2015) ................................................... 9 

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Table 2.1  List of selected FP7 projects relevant to STREST ........................................ 6 

Table 3.1  STREST Reference reports ..................................................................... 10 

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