Schedule of the first mission (November 3-8, 2015) – NATO project G4934 

November 3 – Kickoff meeting
Nodia Institute of Geophysics, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Alexsidze st.1, Tbilisi, Georgia.

• 10:00-10:10 – Welcome to participants
  Nino Tsereseli (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia)
• 10:10-10:20 – Welcome to participants
  Representative of the Georgian Ministry for Environmental Protection
• 10:20-10:35 – Framework and objectives of the Enguri hydroelectric scheme project
  Alessandro Tibaldi (University of Milan Bicocca, Italy)
• 10:35-10:50 – Seismic and geological framework of the Enguri area
  Nino Tsereseli
• 10:50-11:05 – Results of a NATO-funded project (2007-2009): “Evaluation of volcanic and seismic risk affecting the Caspian oil and gas pipelines in the Republic of Georgia”. Federico Pasquaré Mariotto (Insubria University , Italy)
• 11:05-11:20 – Highlights and experience gained from NATO SfP Project 983142, “Geo-Environmental Security of the Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Station Region, Central Asia”.
  Derek Rust (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
• 11:20-11:40 –  Coffee break
• 11:40-11:55 – Some aspects of earthquake-induced landslides: examples from Colombia
  Paolo Oppizzi (Geolog.ch, Switzerland).
• 11:55-12:10 – Lessons learned from slope stability analysis in San Vincente Volcano in El Savador and its application at Enguri Dam in Georgia.
  John Gierke (Michigan Technological University, USA).
• 14:00-18:00 – Round table
  Each team will present his own contribution and the type of data they will be collecting.
  General discussion on team interaction and work organization.

November 4  – Field survey
9:30 Travel to the dam site (about 370 km, about 5 hours).
In the afternoon, general overview of the geomorphological and geological features of the dam site.

November 5  – Field survey
9:30 Trip around the water reservoir aimed at observing slope geomorphology, rock outcrops, geology, etc..

November 6 – Field survey
9:30 Two working groups:
– the first will start collecting field data aimed at slope stability assessment;
– the second will trace recent/active faults near the dam/reservoir, and will start evaluating the feasibility of paleoseismological trenching at the site.

November 7 – Field survey
9:30-14:00 The two groups will go on collecting data for slope stability assessment and along recent/active faults.
14:00 Back to Tbilisi.

November 8 – Wrap-up meeting
9:30-16:00 General discussion centered on future plans based on the outcomes of preliminary field work.
16:00 Ending of the meeting

List of participants
Alessandro Tibaldi (IT), Nino Tsereteli (GE), John Gierke (USA), Derek Rust (UK),  Fabio Luca Bonali (IT), Federico Pasquarè Mariotto (IT), Paolo Oppizzi (CH), Gulam Babayev (AZ), Aigul Sultanbekova (KZ), Andrey Krivchenko (KZ), Viktor Alania (GE),  Onise Enukidze (GE), Otar Varazanashvili (GE), Sergo Gogmachadze (GE), David Odilavadze (GE), Emili Tsereteli (GE) and  Vakhtang Arabidze (GE).