Keynote:
Neo Deterministic Seismic Hazard Approach (NDSHA) for Seismic Response Analyses in urban areas. Case histories from Italian territory.
Giovanna Vessia is an Associate Professor of Engineering Geology at the University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, a position she has held since 2012. She holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and earned her PhD in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering in 2001. Her research focuses on geohazard assessment, including seismic microzonation, landslide studies, and geostatistical methods for hazard mapping. She has contributed to numerous national and international research projects and has authored over 100 publications in the field. Since 2014, she has been a member of the Technical Committee TC304 of the ISSMGE, and in 2020, she became co-chair of the IAEG Committee C28. She also serves as an associate editor for Engineering Geology and is on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals