The Rockfall Expert Network (RocExs.net) is a forum of international rockfall scientists & practitioners who meet in a three years interval organized as Interdisciplinary workshop on Rockfall Protection. The workshops aims at a presentation of the current status of research in rockfall hazard and risk assessment, the design of protection measures following the state of the art and last but not least the development and maintenance of an expert-network on the topic.
So far three workshops were held in Japan (Kanazawa 1999), France (Vaujany 2005, organized by Cemagref) and Switzerland (Morschach 2008
organized by WSL, ETHZ and EPFL).
Following this three year interval the 4th workshop is organized by the Geological Service of the Austrian Torrent and Avalanche Control (WLV) in Innsbruck-Igls (Austria) on 17-19 May 2011.
E. g. international researchers in the field of rockfall, but as well as of related fields, are welcome to attend the workshop to encourage a dialogue between scientists and practitioners from a wide range of theoretical background and methodological focus.
