In the 21st Century Earth continues to be subjected to an indiscriminate exploitation and natural disasters occur where people live in conflict with the environment. Often the reason of the exposure of the population to the natural hazards is consequences of poor spatial planning that fail in accounting properly for hazards and risks drivers, triggering factors and effects. Without any doubt land planning and risk management will be future area of work for geoscientist worldwide and improving this skill requires a global approach. This international vision can be used not only to do business "selling knowledge", but also to simultaneously upgrade skill into the local system especially in poor areas of the world which are the most exposed to environmental risks. Geoscientists would be experts in holistic vision of land and its processes and they could support society by suggesting solution. To achieve these important objectives for future, early career geoscientists can take advantage of new technologies that are increasing the level of environmental knowledge, like development of very high resolution satellite imagery, spreading of GIS software and new geothematic methodologies. In Italy national congress of Young Section of Italian Geological Society, held in Neaples in 2010, handled this problem focusing on the difference of skills between academic offer and professional request. So it is very important that international education opportunity will be offered, like summer school grant or training period in company or university worldwide.

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2. Outline
 Future challenge
 Future Job Market and Employment
Opportunities
 Current situation in Italy
 NEW IDEAS….
 Conclusions
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3. New New
policy research
Future
Higher awareness of
environental issues Challenge
New tools for
society
Knowledge
spreading
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4. Future challenges?
 World economy is asking for more and more Earth’s
resources
 Climate changes
 Incorrect management of rural area (Reduction, abandon)
future changes which will require professional tools.
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5. Future challenge
 Unsustanaible society development (in some landfill economic presence
of raw materials!!!)
 Requirement of new land, new resources to exploit
 Need of spatial planning...
 accounting for hazards and risks drivers, triggering factors and effects
Natural disasters occur where people lives in conflict with
the environment
More geologist less risks…
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6. Future and new Tech
From geological compass Mobile application
Mobile GIS
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7. Future and new Tech
Remote Sensing
GIS
3D modeling
© courtesy of dr. Cilona of
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8. Future and new tech
From Earthquake
DGPS
© all right reserved by CGT - Unisi
DINSAR
In spite of all this techs We
will still be going to field!!!
Until to slope stability
Geomatic tools
© all right reserved by CGT - Unisi
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9. Geologist future land&risk manager?
 Land planning and risk management
(!!!multirisk!!!) new business
 Integration of different tools GIS, RS,
Numerical modeling and different
background geology, environmental
science, engeneering
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10. Geologist future land&risk manager?
© Dr. Ciro Manzo – manzo7@unisi.it
Workflow of Damage and Risk assessment in flooding area
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11. Italy & Geology
 Italy due to its
distinctive geological
setting is for
geologists a
interesting area.
 in this section in a
range of few hundred
kilometers there are a
series of hazards from
flood to landslide, to
earthquake, volcanoe
s, tsunamis…
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12. Italian situation
 It would be basic have geologists working
always and everywhere
But
 there is too few awareness of who is a
geologist and what his fields of work are!
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13. No country for Young & geologists?
Lots of early career geoscientist are
looking out the window on the job
opportunity landscape
But…
Lots of jobs are still
unavailable!
N. of Italian Annual Available work
geologists graduated places per annum
15369 619 316
Source: CRESME processing on European Federation of Geologists, National Council of
Geologists, Education and University Minestry (MIUR), Almalaurea (2007)
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14. In Italy…
Our knowledges are used by policy makers like a bulb. It turns on
when a disaster happen and turns off when emergency ends.
Vajont disaster (1963)
Genua flood (2011)
Emilia Romagna’s
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15. Not all is so dark
 Despite lack of founding italian researcher
continue to develop new techniques and
ideas, i.e.:
Courtesy of Dr. Di Giovanni - © all rights reserved to Amon-X s.r.l.
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16. Not all is so dark
Cosmo Sky-med radar system is one of the last advancement in
italian spatial technologies and offer a worldwide opportunity
of research!
 Study displacement on the ground (subsidence,
earthquake)
 Fast response in disaster situation (flooding, earthquake)
 Study of soil moisture
 Study of marine current
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17. What are young geologists doing?
 Italian Geological Society – Youg Section
from 2004 is active in spreading geological
culture and networking people
 Congresses, Workshops, Forums
 First Sino-Italian Earth-Sciences
Forum (powerd by YES and SGI)
17th ~ 23th of September 2012
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18. Not all is so dark
 First Sino-Italian Earth Scientists Forum
2012.
Italian Geological Society (SGI) and Chinese
Geological Societies have organized a forum
during 86th National Congress of SGI. The
target of the event is the promotion of dialogue
and build long-term collaborations between
Italian and Chinese scientists and
professionals.
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19. One important output from Congress in Neaples
of SGI – Young Section (2010)
University courses and Professional Job
are too far away
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20. Young Earth Scientist Network
Our aim for the future activities in Italy
 Increase the exchange of info and calls for fellowship
and thesis grant
 Increase contact with Industry (thesis, hiring
opportunity…)
 Creating a stronger network which could support and
search found and people for research
 Be part of a group whose ideas can be take more into
account by Policy Makers
 Spreading awareness about geological culture!
 Go on linking groups of young geologists in Italy
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21. Ideas for the future…
More awareness -> more attention by policy makers
We should work on different way:
Increase awareness of geological issue in the society
- offering free workshop in the primary, secondary and
high schools! (or organizing school-trips in interesting
geological sites, and doing geoactivities – create our
own volcano)
- Making public discussion about local project of
development or local risk(Landfill site, infrastructure
project, Volcanic risk!, Water, etc…)
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22. Ideas for the future…
Increase education and job training
 Increase educational period in foreign Universirty
(Erasmus, Socrates, etc…)
 Internship contract University and Company
agreement
 Course for professional qualifying examination
 Social Webinar (gis or new geological softwares…)
 Spread by site job opportunity
 Creation of database of curriculum vitae for young
geologists
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23. International Training
International summer schools could be a way to spread
knowledge, where teachers and students coming from
different countries get in contact with different method of
teach and research
 strong multidisciplinary approach;
 use ICT tools and services,
 thereby contributing to the creation of a
sustainable learning community in the
subject area concerned. (this is true
expecially for developing countries)
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24. International Training
Erasmus Intensive programme International Summer School
"Integrated Multidisciplinary “Sustainable management and
Approach to Flood Risk Promotion of Territory”
Analysis“ (IMARA) Todi (Umbria) – 24th of august –
Siena University 2nd of september 2012
(Tuscany), 28th of july – 11th of
august 2012
From DSS to Territorial Projects
Evaluation … until Chater of Todi
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25. Roll up our sleeves and get the job
done!
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26. Thank you for your kind attention
Thank to Geohost support scheme
and Italian Federation of Earth for
founding my participation to
Congress!
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