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The European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management (EU-VRi) European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)

Annual Report

2015

The year of new challenges

Stuttgart, May 2016

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Table of Contents:

Preface ............................................................................................. 1 1 EU-VRi ...................................................................................... 2 2 Representative projects ............................................................... 3

2.1 PSMS, coordinated by EU-VRi ............................................. 3 2.2 SAFELIFE-X, coordinated by EU-VRi .................................... 4 2.3 SAF€RA, coordinated by FIOH ............................................ 5 2.4 STABALID, coordinated by EU-VRi ....................................... 6 2.5 SmartResilience, coordinated by EU-VRi .............................. 7 2.6 ResiStand, coordinated by Geowise Oy ................................ 8 2.7 EDEN, coordinated by BAE Systems .................................... 9 2.8 A Guide to Cyber Risk (Allianz project) .............................. 10

3 Strategic activities .................................................................... 12 Support of EU-VRi to your projects in… ........................................ 12 ETPIS: the Cross-ETP Initiative on Industrial Safety ...................... 13

4 Education, training .................................................................... 14 5 Certified and audited quality and project management .................. 15 6 Financial data 2015 and plan for 2016 ......................................... 16 7 Management structure .............................................................. 17 8 Priorities 2016-2017 ................................................................. 17 Annex 1: Representative sample publications ...................................... 19 Annex 2: EU-VRi Members’ info-sheets ............................................... 23

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Preface

The challenges “announced” in our 2014 Annual Report did take place in 2015: the shift towards (a) new topics, e.g. security & resilience and (b) new types of collaborative industrial contracts, e.g. for process safety has taken place in 2015 and lead to success in 2016. Nevertheless, “at a price”. The need to invest more in a situation where most of large projects from the past had finished, lead necessarily to some “tensions in the EU-VRi budget”. Luckily, the reserves created in previous years and the flexibility and resilience of the team have helped overcome the difficulties. The reserves were abundant enough to compensate for both the real lack of direct funding in 2015 and the additional costs caused by delayed payments to the partners which took place in 2015.

Despite all these difficulties EU-VRi has maintained its leading role in the European and internationals risk-related activities. Keynotes at the conferences such as World Congress on Risk in Singapore in July 2015 and papers and presentation on numerous other meetings and conferences have clearly confirmed this. In addition, in its role of “broker and coordinator” EU-VRi has continued its activity as Operating Agent of the European Technology Platform Industrial Safety (ETPIS) and Operating Agent of the SRA-Europe (Society for Risk Analysis Europe). In 2015, ESRA – the European Safety and Reliability Association has decided to assign the duty of their Operating Agent to EU-VRi, too.

In 2015, EU-VRi has also put a new momentum into “safety-security” EU integration leading to the initiative to enlarge the current scope of ETPIS toward the area of security and creation of the European Technology Platform Safety-Security. These activities are expected to be in the focus of the EU-VRi activities in the years to come.

To conclude, the construction of the “bridge between two concepts”, announced in 2014 has been successfully pursued in 2015 and this action is expected to yield its full benefits in 2016. This prospect of success in 2016 and opening of new horizons in terms of new scientific and commercial activities are probably the most significant result to be singled out in 2015, making us very confident of the future of EU-VRi.

(A. Jovanovic, CEO)

(O. Salvi, non-executive

General Manager)

(O. Renn, President)

Stuttgart, April 2016

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1 EU-VRi

EU-VRi is an European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG), which aims to facilitate or develop the economic activities of its members by pooling of resources, activities and skills, thus yielding new opportunities, not or hardly achievable for members when acting alone.

In 2015 EU-VRi has 48 (6 founding / 36 associate / 6 honorary) members coming from 21 countries and from various sectors. By end of 2015 the membership includes: Founding: BZN – BAY ZOLTAN Nonprofit Ltd., Hungary INEDEV – INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT SAS, France R-Tech – Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH,

Germany StC – Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer,

Germany Technologica Group - European Technical Joint Venture c.v.,

Belgium ZIRIUS – Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation

Studies, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Associate / Honorary: 2B – Consulenza Ambientale di Leo Breedveld, Italy Allianz Risk Consulting GmbH, Germany BAM – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung,

Germany BMILP – Beijing Municipal Institute of Labor Protection, China CBRNE Ltd – United Kingdom* CEN – European Committee for Standardization, Belgium CIOP – Central Institute for Labour Protection, Poland CrisisTox Consult, The Netherlands D'Appolonia S.p.A , Italy Demokritos – National Center for Scientific Research, Greece DIN – Deutsches Institut fuer Normung e.v., Germany DNV – Det Norske Veritas AS, Norway EDF – Electricité de France, France Ekodenge – Engineering and Consultancy Ltd, Turkey ELITE – European Laboratory for Intelligent Techniques

Engineering, Germany FIOH –Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland INERIS – Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et

des Risques, France IOSB – Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und

Bildauswertung, Germany IRGC – International Risk Governance Council, Switzerland ISQ – Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal IVF – Swerea IVF AB, Sweden JRC/EC – Commission of the European Communities,

Directorate General Joint Research Center, Belgium JSI – Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia KMM-VIN – European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based

Multifunctional Materials AISBL, Belgium LEITAT Technological Center (ACONDICIONAMENTO

TARRASENSE), Spain MIT – Management Intelligenter Technologien GmbH,

Germany NIS – Petroleum Industry of Serbia, Serbia OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development, France OttoUNI – Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Institut

für Mechanik, Germany SAFE Cluster – France SINTEF – Stiftelsen SINTEF, Norway SP – Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Sweden Swiss Re – Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, Switzerland SWISSI – Sicherheitsinstitut, Switzerland Swissi España – Instituto Suizo para el Fomento de la

Seguridad S.L.U, Spain TECNALIA – Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation,

Spain TNO – Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific

Research, The Netherlands Uniandes - Universidad de los Andes, Colombia UNIBO – Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy VSB-TUO – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic VTT – Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland Weconext – France

*) new member 2015

Strong European and international character

Strong participation from industrial and private sector:


2 Representative projects

2.1 PSMS, coordinated by EU-VRi PSMS – Implementation of the Process Safety Management System into NIS j.s.c Duration: 18 Months Partners: 3 Industrial Project Budget: approx. 1 Million Euro Status end 2015: Planned Start date May, 2016 http://www.psms.eu-vri.eu

The project aims at the implementation of a customized, sustainable and future-oriented process safety management solution into NIS Gazprom Neft.

The solution provides the best possible terms and conditions for improving further the corporate safety culture and aligning it with the stat-of-the-art solutions and worldwide practices, such as:

Full compatibility with the EU practices (EU directives and supporting documents) Advantage of the (US) global practice industrial solutions (priority CCPS and API), ensuring thus compatibility with the global market requirements and efficiency in the long – year industrially prove solutions. The CCPS will provide the guidance with the 20 Elements of Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS). API will be used complementary to the CCPS for metrics and indicators, and, last but not least, Full inclusion of all good existing NIS practices (i.e. all the elements already developed in NIS j.s.c.). The concept of ˝doing the right thing every time˝ will be developed with NIS j.s.c by assessing and improving operating procedures, personal behaviors, disciplines and trainings.

The PSMS project will be developed in two phases, the gap analysis phase and the implementation phase at three selected sites of the NIS Gazprom Neft in Serbia:

Pančevo Refinery Elemir Refinery and Ovča gas storage

The Companies forming the Consortium and the experts proposed have experience and capabilities able to cover all the multidisciplinary aspects involved in the project:

EU-VRi: acting as a coordinator, specialized in training and auditing

Steinbeis R-Tech and its branches in Serbia: specialized in Asset Integrity and Management

D’Appolonia: specialized in technical process safety, risk assessment, and development of safety procedures

The Consortium presents a balanced presence of International and Serbian companies, to ensure that the best European practices are followed and implemented in Serbia.

PSMS Solution to be implemented in NIS j.s.c

The Safety Culture in NIS j.s.c will be improved from a

reactive state towards proactive/generative state.

Training at the Pančevo Refinery


2.2 SAFELIFE-X, coordinated by EU-VRi SafeLife-X - Safe life extension management of aged infrastructures networks and industrial plants Duration/Partners: 24 Months / 10 Coordination action in FP7 Budget/EC Grant : approx. 1 / 1 M€ Status end 2015: Completed, EU-VRi coordinator http://www.safelife-x.eu-vri.eu/

The transport infrastructures such as roads, railroads, tunnels and bridges form the arteries suppling the European region with vital goods produced by its industrial facilities. Dams, pipeline networks, and gas and electricity plants and grids provide the energy to produce all those goods and to light and heat the buildings where the service sector makes its contribution to a thriving European society. All of these infrastructures are aging, yet called upon to operate beyond planned lifetimes.

The SafeLife-X project addressed the need to im-prove aging management for these infrastructures, so that their availability is maximized and their management even more cost effective. With this goal in mind, the project has decisively contributed to the development of a new European Standard for a Risk-Based Inspection Framework (RBIF) (prEN 16991). The RBIF Standard is developed within the CEN Technical Committee (TC) 319 dedicated to maintenance, and with NEN (Dutch Standardization Body) holding the secretariat. The standard corre-sponds to the US API 580 and is of a crucial interest for the European industry. The basis for these activities is the CEN CWA 15740:2008/2011, developed under the FP6 project RIMAP.

Main outcomes

The most important outcomes of the project are:

Guidance documents for management of Aging Infrastructures

Strategic Research Agenda and Roadmap for Aging Infrastructures (implementation strategy)

Creation of an “aging” community (active network) with a stakeholder platform

New EU full-scale standard for Risk-Based Inspection (the EN standard currently in the final stage of approval)

These outcomes are the features to propose a “New Approach” for aging management meaning:

“Global” as defined in the Guide to the implementation of directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach (the "Blue Guide") from the EC to avoid divergences between regional regulations,

“Dynamic” in order to develop durable and suitable solutions,

“Leading to service” in order to create a new market for the construction sector.

Contribution of EU-VRi

EU-VRi provided the connection with ETPIS, took care of the coordination of the project and has involved other members of EU-VRi (EDF, INERIS, Steinbeis, Tecnalia, University of Stuttgart and VTT).

SafeLife-X step-by-step analysis

Life Time performance of a typical structure

The SafeLife-X project has included one of the most relevant current practical cases of aging plants: the atypical age-related „indications“ in the reactor pressure vessels of the Belgian plants Doel 3 and Tihange 2 Ref.: W.F. Bogaerts, J.H. Zheng, A.S. Jovanovic & D.D. Macdonald. Hydrogen-induced Damage in PWR Reactor Pressure Vessels. CORROSION 2015, Paper # C2015-6319, Research in Progress Symposium – Session: Corrosion in Energy Systems, p. 24-29 – OPENING TALK NUCLEAR SYSTEMS (Dallas, March 15-19, 2015)


2.3 SAF€RA, coordinated by FIOH SAF€RA - Coordination of European Research on Industrial Safety towards Smart and Sustainable Growth Duration/Partners: 36 Months / 20 Focus project FP7 Budget/EC Grant: approx. 2 /1.5 M€ Status end 2015: completed, EU-VRi partner via BAM http://www.safera.industrialsafety-tp.org

SAF€RA was an ERA-NET and therefore aimed at coordinating the research investment among the EU Member States in the field of industrial safety.

One of the key factors and prerequisites for long-lasting competitiveness of European industry is safety: it is an important and contributing part of a successful and well managed business. SAF€RA members agree to combine expertise from various scientific disciplines and stakeholders constituting a community, sharing knowledge about industrial safety and joining resources for cooperative research projects.

Upon an initiative of the European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety (ETPIS), the European Commission in the year 2011 launched a call to create an ERA-NET to coordinate research in industrial safety. Members of the EU co-funded ERA-NET SAF€RA identified needs for industrial safety and their common interest in cooperative research as expressed in their funding programmes. They established a Memorandum of Common Understanding and discussed research needs to be addressed in cooperative research and results from SAF€RA funded research.

The aim of ERA-NET SAF€RA was to build a sustainable network, and collaboration has indeed continued beyond the project, which ended in March 2015.

The new SAF€RA cooperation is an open partnership with 22 partners from 11 countries, and new members are welcomed to join the network. The cooperation will focus on research programming and launching joint calls in the field of industrial safety.

The new SAF€RA-Partnership launched its 3rd joint call in 2016. The call aims to foster collaboration between researchers from different countries in Europe and from different scientific disciplines, in order to improve safety and the management of technological risks. The call topics are:

T1: Big data and intelligent prognostics for life extension of aging facilities

T2: Developing professional competencies and learning from experience


EU-VRi provided the connection with ETPIS and supports the dissemination via the participation through BAM.

EU-VRi is acting as technical secretarial in the new SAF€RA-partnership.

EU-VRi members involved in the project are BAM, CIOP, DEMOKRITOS, INERIS, FIOH, TNO.

4th SAF€RA Symposium, April 12-13, 2016

in Athens (DEMOKRITOS)

In 2013, the first joint call on theme “Human and organizational factors including the value of industrial safety” attracted 53 applications representing a total budget of 9.44 M€. After the evaluation, 12 applications have been recommended for funding.

In 2014, the second joint call on “Innovating in safety and safe innovations”. 42 applications have been received for the pre-proposal stage, with participation of 19 countries, for a total requested funding of approx. 8 M€.

Funded projects (http://projects.safera.eu/) Value of Safety — VaLoSa Success in the face of uncertainty: human

resilience and the accident risk bow-tie Predictive methods for determining the

decomposition properties of hazardous substances: from development to experimental verification — HAZPRED

SAfety Preferences for Health-related Industrial Risks – SAPHIR

Exploring contributions of civil society to safety — ECCSSafe

Training for Operational Resilience Capabilities — TORC

SocioTechnical safety Assessment within Risk Regulation Regimes – STARS

Promoting safety as an emergent property of a resilient system

Improving resilience in waste transports Development and validation of a KPI-based

method and a user-friendly software tool for resilience-focused measurement of OSH management system performance — KPI-OSH-Tool

Forecasting Safety with Smart Working Environments — ForSafety

Smart Process INdustry CranEs — SPRINCE Building a European platform for evaluation

of consequence models dedicated to emerging risks — SAPHEDRA

SAF€RA call website: http://call.safera.eu


2.4 STABALID, coordinated by EU-VRi STABALID - STAtionary Batteries LI-ion safe Deployment Duration/Partners: 30 Months / 6 Focus project FP7 Budget/EC Grant: approx. 2.1/1.5 M€ Status end 2015: completed, EU-VRi coordinator http://www.stabalid.eu-vri.eu

The development of Smart Energy Networks is a key priority to facilitate the transition to a more sus-tainable energy supply in Europe. Li-ion battery is a very promising technology for improving the pene-tration of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy mix and enabling a better management of energy in the European grid. The overall objective of the STABALID project was to facilitate the de-ployment of safe stationary batteries with energy content over1 MWh and cell size larger than 10 Ah. To this end, INERIS and TÜV SÜD Battery Testing have designed and experimented 11 testing proce-dures specific for stationary batteries (see the list in the box).

The safety testing procedures have been developed based on a detailed risk analysis and the review of international existing standards (including those in preparation) applicable for stationary batteries, and taking into account the on-going research work on Li-ion batteries and on electric vehicle charging at EU (e.g. HELIOS, MERGE, SOL-ION projects) and national levels. The new safety testing procedures have been designed to guarantee safety during the whole life cycle of the batteries. Therefore, the con-sortium has explored the impacts of aging on the safety of batteries. In addition, the consortium has established a strategy and roadmap to a harmo-nized regulatory framework in order to allow a safe implementation, operation and end of life of large Li-ion batteries for grid applications. STABALID project was technically led by SAFT, a world leading manufacturing company, and involved a utility com-pany representing the end-users, EDPD, as well as reference organizations for safety inspection, test-ing, certification, and for integrated risk manage-ment. During the project, the consortium has man-aged to input new standards under preparation in the IEC committees:

IEC 62619 - Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Safety requirements for large format secondary lithium cells and batteries for use in industrial applications

IEC 62485-5 - Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations (Part 5 - Lithium-ion batteries for stationary applications)

The project has ended in May 2015 and the contribution from the projects are still being discussed in these standardization committees.


EU-VRi is in charge of the coordination and of the dissemination.

EU-VRi members involved in the project are INERIS, TÜV SÜD Battery Testing, R-Tech (Art. 10).

Battery System Intensium Max Li-ion

© SAFT

The deployment of the large stationary batteries contributes to the safe use of renewable energy

International Advisory Board members:

Stéphane Lascaud (EDF), Atsuo Kishimoto (AIST), Pedro José Oliveira Numes (Labelec), Takefumi Inoue (GS YUASA Japan / liaison with IEC 62619), Kuniharu Iisuka (Battery Association of Japan / liaison with IEC 62619), Marcel Prickarts (TÜV Rheinland), Andreas Jossen (Technical University of Munich), Ana Gonzalez Bordagaray (Iberdrola), Toru Tabuchi (GS YUASA), Willy Breda (MEEDTL)

11 new safety testing procedures proposed by STABALID

Propagation within a module Overcharge of a module Polarity reversal of a cell Rough handling of the case Module cycling without cooling External short circuit of a module Deformation of a module Flooding of a module BMS temperature protection test BMS current protection test BMS voltage protection test


2.5 SmartResilience, coordinated by EU-VRi SmartResilience - Smart Resilience Indicators for Smart Critical Infrastructures Duration/Partners: 36 Months / 20 Research & Innovation Action in H2020 Budget/EC Grant : approx. 5 / 5 M€ Status end 2015: Proposed, EU-VRi coordinator

Modern critical infrastructures are becoming increasingly “smarter” (e.g. cities). Making the infrastructures “smarter” usually means making them smarter in normal operation and use: more adaptive, more intelligent… But will these smart critical infrastructures (SCIs) behave equally “smartly” and be “smartly resilient” also when exposed to extreme threats, such as extreme weather disasters or terrorist attacks? If making existing infrastructure “smarter” is achieved by making it more complex, would it also make it more vulnerable? Would this affect resilience of an SCI as its ability to anticipate, prepare for, adapt and withstand, respond to, and recover?

SmartResilience envisages answering the above questions in several steps. (#1) By identifying existing indicators suitable for assessing resilience of SCIs. (#2) By identifying new “smart” resilience indicators (RIs) – including those from Big Data. (#3) By developing a new advanced resilience assessment methodology (TRL4) based on smart RIs (“resilience indicators cube”, including the resilience matrix). (#4) By developing the interactive “SCI Dashboard” tool. (#5) By applying the methodology/tools in 8 case studies, integrated under one virtual, smart-city-like, European case study. The SCIs considered (in 8 European countries!) deal with energy, transportation, health, water…

This approach will allow benchmarking the best-practice solutions and identifying the early warnings, improving resilience of SCIs against new threats and cascading and ripple effects. The benefits/savings to be achieved by the project will be assessed by the reinsurance company participant. The consortium involves 7 leading end-users/industries in the area, 7 leading research organizations, supported by academia and lead by a dedicated European organization. External world leading resilience experts will be included in the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Board (CIRAB).


EU-VRi is coordinating the project and will be involved in all phases and levels of the project. EU-VRi will lead the work package developing the common framework for Resilience Assessment.

EU-VRi members SINTEF, Fraunhofer, Bay Zoltan and University of Stuttgart are part of the project consortium. Founding member Steinbeis R-Tech is leading the central work on classic and smart Resilience Indicators (RIs).

The SmartResilience Methodology: From indicators

(SCIs and threats) to benchmarking and identification of the “hot spots” (deficits, issues, problems…)

Illustration of a spatially embedded multiplex network. SmartResilience aims at deriving RIs that assess the resilience taking such multiple-interdependencies and

their interactions into account


2.6 ResiStand, coordinated by Geowise Oy ResiStand - Increasing disaster Resilience by establishing a sustainable process to support Standardisation of technologies and services Duration/Partners: 24 Months / 14 Coordination & Support Action in H2020 Budget/EC Grant : approx. 2 / 2 M€ Status end 2015: Proposed, EU-VRi co-coordinator

Standardisation is a powerful tool to achieve better interoperability. However, it needs to overcome a lack of interest and modest participation from stakeholders. Also, promising research results are not always used as the basis for new standards.

The overall goal of ResiStand is to find new ways to improve the crisis management and disaster resilience capabilities of the European Union and individual Member States through standardisation.

ResiStand contributes to an improved disaster resilience by identifying and analysing the drivers, constraints and expectations of three main stakeholder communities: Standardisation Organisations, End-Users and Suppliers, consisting of researchers, industry and SMEs. Based on this information, gaps in standardisation are identified and a prioritised roadmap for new initiatives will be created. The roadmap will be complemented by a critical evaluation of standards as a tool to improve disaster resilience.

ResiStand aims at implementing a pre-standardisation process that supports the development of standards. The feasibility of the process will be tested by developing a new work item. The aim is that stakeholders will continuously utilize this “ResiStand Process” in the future, and that the project delivers a better understanding of the potential of standards for contributing to an improved disaster resilience.

ResiStand will support the management of increasing threats to society such as armed conflicts, terrorism, pandemics and natural disasters, which have increasingly cross-border, even global consequences due to the on-going globalisation. Protection of citizens through anticipation, preparedness, response and adaptation to crisis situations will be more efficient. Collaboration between national, European and international stakeholders will be improved by unified processes and management systems as well as by technical, procedural, operational and semantic interoperability.


EU-VRi is co-coordinating the project and was strongly involved in developing the proposal and building the consortium.

In ResiStand EU-VRi will be in charge of developing a conceptual model of disaster resilience, disaster and crisis management (including CBRNE). In addition, EU-VRi leads the development of the ResiStand Process, which aims at improving the coordination of activities at EU and international levels as well as cross-fertilisation among different sectors. EU-VRi members DIN, Fraunhofer, Steinbeis R-Tech and D’Appolonia are part of the project consortium.

ResiStand Stakeholder Communites

Pre-standardisation approach of ResiStand

Sustainable pre-standardisation process

ResiStand provides a pre-standardisation process that supports standardisation developing organisations in processing the vast amount of information on the demand and supply side and in preparation of structured input to the actual standardization work. ResiStand allows for End-User-driven identification of standardisations needs and at the same time facilitates faster and successful introduction of innovative products or services to the market. This process is targeted to support security-related standardisation but is to be considered as a blueprint to overcome general problems associated with standardisation.

Stakeholder-based approach

ResiStand approaches the standardisation process through the concept of stakeholder communities, which have their own role, motivation and effect in the process. The End-User Community consists of

organizations that utilise the standards in their crisis management and disaster resilience operations.

The Supplier Community (SUC) consists of industrial (incl. SMEs) and research organisations.

The Standards Community develops the new work items suggested by the End Users or by the Suppliers towards standardisation deliverables.


2.7 EDEN, coordinated by BAE Systems EDEN – End-User Driven Demo for CBRNe Duration/Partners: 40 Months / 35 Research and Innovation in FP7 Budget/EC Grant: approx. 35 /24 M€ Status end 2013: on-going, EU-VRi partner http://www.eden-security-fp7.eu/

The use of CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive) agents by terrorists and accidents involving CBRNE are threats to all populations and infrastructure demanding a timely action of prevention and response.

EDEN is aimed at investigating solutions for CBRNE threats. The main task of EDEN is to validate the functionality of tools and procedures, developed and integrated by the 35 partners of the project, which encompasses Industries, Academia and Research Centres, through eighteen close-to-real demonstrations.

The demo activities are centered on three different sets of scenarios concerning Biological and Chemical threats in the food chain, attacks to industrial facilities and accidents involving toxic chemicals and emergencies arising from attacks to nuclear facilities.

Up until the end of the project, scheduled for December 2016, EDEN has a packed agenda of demonstration activities. From January to May 2015 Poland has been the scene for three demos related to Radiological and Nuclear emergencies.

For the scenarios involving chemical events, a table-top demonstration was carried out in June 2015 in Norway. The two-day demonstration was dedicated to medical aspects of a large-scale chemical warfare agents (CWA) attack. Meanwhile, the preparations are progressing for full-scale demonstration in 2016.

Finally, the activities relating to the demonstrations for Biological and Chemical threats to food chains, scheduled for April 2016, are going ahead on schedule with relevant tests in Italy and Spain.

The industry’s top performing companies and end-user organisations, SMEs, suppliers and research institutes will present their products and innovations at the CBRNE INNOVATION FAIR 2016 that will take place on October 11-12, 2016 in Brussles (https://cbrne-fair2016.eu/). Among the products presented a special focus will be on EDEN Store and all tools developed by the EDEN project. The event will be a perfect place to build a constructive dialogue and collaboration on topics relevant to disaster risk management and crisis management.


EU-VRi is in charge of coordinating the project’s Supplier Platform that is reaching out for innovative CBRNe solutions provided by relevant industry not participating in the project consortium. In addition, all standardisation activities within the scope of the project are being taken care of by EU-VRi, which is acting as organisation in liaison between the EDEN consortium and the CEN Technical Committee 391 dealing with Societal and Citizen Security.

The linked Third Parties of EU-VRi, Steinbeis R-Tech and University of Bologna, are contributing to the EDEN Store and the chemical demonstrations.

Thematic Demonstration, Frascati, Italy

The EDEN Store and its modules

Expected impact

The project demonstration outputs will aim to allow capabilities to be shared among multi-national CBRNe stakeholders, which is para-mount in cross-border incident management and over time will allow for a build-up of common capability across European boundaries.

The EDEN Supplier Platform

Cooperation between European stakeholders in the CBRNe areas and practical demonstrations are the key features of the EDEN project. The demonstration activities are the test bench where EDEN will prove the added value brought by the EDEN project to the security of European citizens and to competitiveness of the European industry in the CBRNE area.

EU-VRi is coordinating the involvement of project-external companies that offer innovative solutions from detection to decontamination and that are supporting end-users in their activities related to CBRNe protection, response and recovery.


2.8 A Guide to Cyber Risk (Allianz project)

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Cyber Guide (2015): Businesses must prepare for new generation of cyber risks Press Release - For more information and to download the full Allianz report go to: http://www.agcs.allianz.com/assets/PDFs/risk%20bulletins/CyberRiskGuide.pdf

Allianz report highlights that cyber risks are evolving far beyond privacy or reputational issues. Global cyber insurance market forecast to grow to over $20 billion by 2025. Interconnectivity of devices and businesses drives new risk exposures with business interruption a key vulnerability, and catastrophic scenarios a possibility. Complexity of risk means businesses need to develop a cyber security culture with different stakeholders sharing risk management knowledge.

London/New York/Munich, September 9, 2015: Businesses must prepare for a new generation of cyber risks which are fast evolving, moving beyond the established threats of data breaches, privacy issues and reputational damage to operational damage, business interruption and even potentially catastrophic losses.

In a new report – A Guide to Cyber Risk: Managing The Impact of Increasing Interconnectivity – specialist insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) examines the latest trends in cyber risk and emerging perils around the globe. Cyber risk is a major and fast-increasing threat to businesses with cyber-crime alone costing the global economy approximately $445 billion* a year, with the world’s largest 10 economies accounting for half this total.

“As recently as 15 years ago, cyber-attacks were fairly rudimentary and typically the work of hacktivists, but with increasing interconnectivity, globalization and the commercialization of cyber-crime there has been an explosion in both frequency and severity of cyber-attacks,” says AGCS CEO Chris Fischer Hirs. “Cyber insurance is no replacement for robust IT security but it creates a second line of defense to mitigate cyber incidents. AGCS is seeing increasing demand for these services, and we are committed to working with our clients to better understand and respond to growing cyber risk exposures.”

Tougher regulatory regimes and new cyber perils

Increasing awareness of cyber exposures as well as regulatory change will propel the future rapid growth of cyber insurance. With fewer than 10% of companies currently purchasing cyber-specific policies, AGCS forecasts that cyber insurance premiums will grow globally from $2 billion per annum today to over $20 billion over the next decade, a compound annual growth rate of over 20%.

“Growth in the US is already underway as data protection regulations help focus minds, while legislative developments and increasing levels of liability will see growth accelerate in the rest of the world,” says Nigel Pearson, who is globally re-sponsible for cyber insurance at AGCS. “There is a

Graphic: Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

general trend towards tougher data protection regimes, backed with the threat of significant fines in the event of a breach.” Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia are among those looking at, or already enforcing, new laws and the European Union is looking to agree pan-European data protection rules. Tougher guidelines on a country-by-country basis can be expected.

Previously, attention has largely been focused on the threat of corporate data breaches and privacy concerns, but the new generation of cyber risk is more complex: future threats will come from intellectual property theft, cyber extortion and the impact of business interruption (BI) following a cyber-attack or from operational or technical failure; a risk which is often underestimated. “Awareness of BI risks and insurance related to cyber and technology is increasing. Within the next five to 10 years BI will be seen as a key risk and a major element of the cyber insurance landscape,” says Georgi Pachov, cyber expert in AGCS’s global property underwriting team. In the context of cyber and IT risks, BI cover can be very broad including business IT computer systems, but also extending to industrial control systems (ICS) used by energy companies or robots used in manufacturing.

Connectivity creates risk

Increasing interconnectivity of everyday devices and growing reliance on technology and real-time data at personal and corporate levels, known as the ‘Internet of Things’, creates further vulnerabilities. Some estimates suggest that a trillion devices could be connected by 2020, while it is also forecast that as many as 50 billion machines could be exchanging data daily. ICS are another area of concern as a number of these still in use today were designed before cyber security became a priority issue. An attack against an ICS could result in physical damage such as fire or explosion, as well as BI.

Catastrophic event

While there have been some very large data breaches, the prospect of a catastrophic loss is


Cyber risk connected: The many ways in which a business can be exposed

Graphic: Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

becoming more likely, but exactly what it will look like is difficult to predict. Scenarios include a successful attack on the core infrastructure of the internet, a major data breach or a network outage for a cloud service provider, while a major cyber-attack involving an energy or utility company could result in significant outage of services, physical damage or even loss of life in future.

Stand-alone cover

Allianz also predicts that the scope of cyber insurance must evolve to provide broader and deeper coverage, addressing business interruption and closing gaps between traditional coverage and cyber policies. While cyber exclusions in property and casualty policies are likely to become commonplace, standalone cyber insurance will continue to evolve as the main source of comprehensive cover. There is growing interest among the telecommunications, retail, energy, utilities and transport sectors, as well as from financial institutions.

Education – both in terms of businesses’ understanding of exposures and underwriting knowledge – must improve if insurers are to meet growing demand. In addition, as with any other emerging risk, insurers also face challenges around pricing, untested policy wordings, modeling and risk accumulation.

Responding to cyber risk

The AGCS report highlights steps companies can take to address cyber risk. Insurance can only be part of the solution, with a comprehensive risk management approach being the foundation for cyber defense. “Once you have purchased cyber insurance, it does not mean that you can ignore IT security. The technological, operational and insurance aspects of risk management go hand in hand,” explains Jens Krickhahn, expert for cyber & fidelity at AGCS Central & Eastern Europe. Cyber risk management is too complex to be the preserve of a single individual or department, so AGCS recommends a ‘think-tank’ approach to tackling risk whereby different stakeholders from across the business collaborate to share knowledge.

In this way, different perspectives can be challenged and alternative scenarios considered: for example, these might include the risks posed by corporate developments such as mergers and acquisitions or by the use of cloud-based or outsourced services. In addition, cross-company involvement is essential to identify key assets at risk and, most importantly, to develop and test robust crisis response plans.


3 Strategic activities

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Management & coordination: EU-VRi provides day-to-day administrative and financial project management in close collaboration with the scientific leader of the project (partner #1) so you can focus on your research and technical contributions.

Stakeholder involvement and liaison: EU-VRi provides management of stakeholder platforms (advisors/experts, end-users, technology providers etc.) by reaching out to its network partners from academia, research and industry to ensure active participation of relevant groups, to obtain needs & requirements and to establish research priorities through surveys, focus groups or group-delphis. EU-VRi will liaise with relevant externals from public, industry and academia/research to gather feedback to the project plans and/or results and to promote them. This includes informing policy makers and regulators about the results of the project and, based on such results, formulate recommendations on necessary or desirable regulatory conditions.

Targeted dissemination: EU-VRi plans targeted dissemination activities in close alignment with your project goals and followed according to a frequently updated dissemination plan. Dissemination activities include the creation and maintenance of a dedicated project website, distribution of newsletters, organization of international conferences, workshops or summer schools etc.

Exploitation & Implementation: EU-VRi develops exploitation strategies tailored to your project results and project consortium by carefully considering Intellectual Property Rights. This includes drafting of business plan in close collaboration with all partners interested in using the results to ensure take-up of your results.

Standardization: EU-VRi acts as ”standardization help desk” in your projects to increase impact and visibility of your research results. This includes identification of standardization opportunities, mapping of standards on specific topics, liaison with relevant Technical Committees, clustering of initiatives to reach critical masses necessary for developing new standards, development of CWA business plans as well as informing the project partners about standardization procedures.

Mapping of knowledge & resources: According to the area of research, the scientific disciplines involved and policies addressed by your project, EU-VRi offers intelligent mapping solutions to organize, visualize and make available existing knowledge and resources.

Education & Training: In cooperation with your consortium and renown academic and industrial partners, EU-VRi organize the development of education and training programs based on your project results and possibly link them to existing and already successful programs or schemes.


ETPIS: the Cross-ETP Initiative on Industrial Safety

ETPIS is an open cross ETP initiative focusing on industrial safety. It facilitates cooperation and enables constructive exchanges between industry, regulators in charge of health, safety and environmental protection, NGOs, trade unions and other social partners, and the research and innovation community.

ETPIS addresses safety of industrial installations and production systems from various industry sectors: manufacturing, chemical including pharmaceutical, oil and gas, buildings, transport systems and related structural components.

ETPIS deals with occupational health and safety of the workers in industry, environmental safety, and the prevention of major accidents with off-site consequences.

Improvement of industrial safety is important not only in human terms, to reduce workers’ pain and suffering, death toll and environmental & societal impact in case of major accidents, but it is also a way of ensuring that enterprises are successful and sustainable in economic terms.

ETPIS missions

Strategy: From the Strategic Research Agenda the SafeFuture Initiative has been developed to address Societal Challenges. In relation with the ERA-NET SAF€RA it provides the structure for research and implementation planning.

Mobilization The open forum offered by ETPIS enables the members and stakeholders to meet and develop solutions to current and future safety challenges using various funding schemes, mainly at EU level with e.g. the EU Research Framework Programme.

Dissemination Newsletters, technical workshops, and other events organized on a regular basis contribute to keep the community up-to-date with legal requirements and the new knowledge gained though research and innovation.

SafeFuture Initiative

Industrial safety constitutes a cross-cutting field of knowledge which provides an important added value in all European industry sectors, especially with the aim to develop sustainable technologies and products.

Sustainability refers to both safety and security of workers, consumers, the environment with a short and long term perspective and it includes the economic performance. Often the safe option is the most efficient economically if the investment in safety is considered in a long term perspective. This becomes more and more obvious in our risk adverse society. Safety performance is an enabling factor for a sustainable future.

The SafeFuture Initiative is designed to input the European Innovation Union Initiatives and partnerships as part of the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy, in order to bring together the expertise related to industrial safety, security and sustainability.

SafeFuture is organized around 4 pillars that bring innovative and sustainable solutions to the European Grand Challenges (Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, and the bio-economy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Inclusive, innovative and secure societies; Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials):

Infrastructure (including aging) Safe Energy Safe Products and Production Transversal issues

EU-VRi, Operating agent of ETPIS:

EU-VRi is the operating agent of the European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety. [email protected] www.industrialsafety-tp.org

From ETPIS to ETP Safety-Security

From 2012 on ETPIS members increased their participation in projects dealing with security aspects by contributing with large experience relevant for the common challenges of safety and security. By integrating the research activities and the communities previously working separated, experience and solutions are shared and synergy effect are generated.

EU-VRi is currently discussing with the European Commission and relevant stakeholders to widen the scope and the activities of the ETP towards security areas. In particular, the intention is to address the overlaps in safety and security challenges (threats, consequences/impact) and respective methodologies and solutions on how to tackle them.

The scope of the new ETP Safety-Security will be defined by Safety-Security Areas (SSAs) that will be discussed in dedicated meetings in the first half of 2016.


4 Education, training

As in 2014, EU-VRi has supported a series of training and education activities, primarily those related to the EU-VRi projects and key projects of their members. As before in performing these activities, EU-VRi has relied onto the support of Steinbeis University which in 2015 has continued enriching of its academic education and professional certification programs.

The curriculum of both programs is de-signed for students who wish to develop their knowledge, skills and competences in the fields of modeling, formulation, analysis and implementation of simula-tion tools for advanced risk problems, as well as skills for understanding these approaches in the broader context of engineering science. The theoretical study is well-aligned with work in real-life projects within a sponsoring com-pany. This is the innovative dual con-cept promoted by Steinbeis University Berlin (called the Project Competence Concept). It is an opportunity for the student to continue the professional work and to obtain an academic degree simultaneously.

The European Master and Certification Program in Risk Engineering and Management is based on several international as well as European indus-trial projects (e.g. iNTeg-Risk), whereby the curriculum design is in compatibility with several educational projects. Moreover, in these industrial projects a number of companies, universities, educational and other EU-VRi members collaborating such as INERIS (France), Josef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF (Norway), and others.

In 2015 the academic program has been enriched by new curricula which have all been successfully accredited.

Two out of three program booklets for the master curricula

Factsheet of the European Master and Certification Program in IBRE – International Business and Risk Engineering (M.Eng.)

Curriculum of the European Master and Certification Program in REM – Risk Engineering and Management (M.Eng.)


5 Certified and audited quality and project management

EU-VRi has developed and applies a modern project and quality management system needed for the complex project and “distributed” way of working.

Main audits in 2015 have been:

February 2015: Annual financial audit of EU-VRi EEIG carried out by Ebner Stolz Mönning Bachem.

October 2015: Successful recertification audit of EU-VRi’s Quality Management System according to ISO 9001:2008 by ZDH ZERT. The strength of the EU-VRi QMS system is a guaranty the performance in the project management activities.

November 2015: Accreditation audit for the educational system (see Chapter 0) performed by the accreditation body ZEvA.

Continuous improvement of the web-based Quality Management System (QMS), which provides users of the web-based project management system with general descriptions of project-specific terms and definitions; overview of the contractual agreements of the project; EU-determined, iNTeg-Risk web-tool– and project-specific procedures; as well as templates for the common documents and actions.

Both the QMS and the financial systems have been explicitly praised again in the reports prepared by the auditors, in particular Ebner Stolz and ZDH-ZERT.

ZDH-ZERT Certificate confirming that the quality system meets all require-ments of the standard DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 – the certification according to ISO 9001:2015 is planned for 2016

ZEvA Certificate confirming the accreditation of the master program REM – Risk Engineering and Management (M.Eng.)


6 Financial data 2015 and plan for 2016

The Annual Report was prepared and audited by Ebner Stolz Mönning Bachem GmbH & Co. KG (Stuttgart, Germany).

Balance sheet 2015:

2015 € 2014 €

1. Revenues 149,771.88 432,119.99

2. Increase in work in progress 0.00 0.00

3. Other operating income 78,522.96 351,396.65

228,294.84 783,516.64

4. Cost of materials

Cost of purchased services 193,630.35 404,339.60

5. Personnel and fee expenses

a. Salaries and fees 152,500.90 223,358.63

b. Social security 28,537.27 40,700.94

181,038.17 264,059.57

6. Depreciation 3,349.95 12,549.35

7. Other operating expenses 139,219.72 128,473.73

-288,943.35 -25,905.61

8. Other interest and similar income 0.00 182.00

9. Interest and similar expense 134.00 12.64

-134.00 169.36

10. Result of ordinary activities -289,077.35 -25,736.25

11. Taxes on income 86.00 0.00

12. Net profit/loss of the year -289,163.35 -25,736.25

13. Set-off against profit reserves 289,163.35 25,736.25

14. Final Balance 0.00 0.00

The year 2015 was the most challenging financial year in the “financial history” of EU-VRi. The main reason was the switch needed to pass from large industrial safety related projects (most of which ended in 2014-15) towards the “new generation” of projects involving, to a greater extent, security, resilience and industrial safety. Thus,

the reduced income (projects finished) and

the increased need for investment (new projects),

lead to the “planned losses” of 90,000 € in 2015. However, as explained in the report of the auditor for the fiscal year 2015 (see page 6 of the German version), this amount was formally increased by the “activation” of the payment to the partners, primarily in the projects SafeLife-X and STABALID.

Financial Plan 2016:

2015 € 2016 € *

1. Revenues 149,771.88 350,000.00

2. Other operating income 78,522.96 310,000.00

228,294.84 660,000.00

3. Cost of materials

Cost of purchased services 193,630.35 320,000.00

4. Personnel and fee expenses

Salaries and fees 152,500.90 200,000.00

Social security 28,537.27 30,000.00

181,038.17 230,000.00

5. Depreciation 3,349.49 10,000.00

6. Other operating expenses 139,219.72 100,000.00

-288,943.35 0.00

7. Other interest and similar income/ expense -134.00 0.00

8. Result of ordinary activities -289,077.35 0.00

9. Taxes on income 86.00 0.00

10. Net profit/loss of the year -289,163.35 0.00

11. Final Balance after transfer to reserves 0.00 0.00

This lead to the total “reported loss” for 2015 of 289,077.35 €. The loss was fully balanced by the EU-VRi reserves and the year ended with a number of new projects leading to expected revenues of over 350,000 € in 2016. This financial result has proven that the “switch to the new projects” was successful ant that it has ensured the financing of the EU-VRi in forthcoming mid-term period of the next 3-4 years.

NOTE: In order to reduce expenses the salaries of the managers were reduced by 50 % as of April 2015.


7 Management structure EXECUTIVE BOARD (Art.III.2)

President (Art. III.2): Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn, seconded from University of Stuttgart, ZIRIUS

CEO - Chief Executive Officer (Art. IV.2): Prof. Dr. Aleksandar S. Jovanovic part-time contract EU-VRi, part-time seconded from Steinbeis/ZIRIUS

non-Executive General Manager (Art. IV.3): Olivier Salvi, part-time contract with EU-VRi

Co-opted Member with no voting rights (Art. III.2.a - 4): François Rousseau, seconded from INERIS Flor Angela Quintero, seconded from Steinbeis

Secretary with no voting rights (Art. III.2a.): Michael Löscher, contract with EU-VRi

EU-VRi MANAGEMENT TEAM in 2015 (Art. III.9)

Dr. Snezana Jovanovic, CFO, seconded from Steinbeis Roswitha Kokejl, CAO, seconded from ZIRIUS Support in 2015 (under contract with EU-VRi): B. Caillard, S. Djurovic, B. Hazebrouck

8 Priorities 2016-2017 Out of the priorities set in the 2014 report the focus for 2016-17 will be set to:

1. E2R2: Implementation of the European Emerging Risk Radar with ETPIS, the other ETPs, and Public-Private-Partnerships, and of the CEN Workshop Agreement CWA 16649:2013 ‘Managing emerging technology-related risks’

2. Products: Increased emphasis on products (in particular services) resulting, e.g. out of the activities in iNTeg-Risk "1StopShop" and the nanoSTAIR services using the experience and connections to contribute efficiently to standardization

3. Industrial projects: Further setting-up industrial projects (e.g. refineries, power plants and other industrial plants, involving more members of EU-VRi as one team) and PPP (public-private-partnership) projects

4. Consolidate the international collaboration and presence: China, India, Latin America, USA, Japan, Canada… EU-VRi has members or partners in all these parts of the world. Some of them have specific opportunities where risks have to be tackled. EU-VRi network is a “trump card” using the expertise and the experience of the members to elaborate the best risk management solutions.

5. Education and training: Continuous collaboration with universities and educational institutions in the area of risk management/engineering education, both those within EU-VRi (e.g. BAM, INERIS, JSI, KMM-VIN, OttoUni, SINTEF, VSB...) and those outside of EU-VRi

6. Mobility: Development of a coordinated mobility program for young scientists within EU-VRi grouping.

In particular, due to new projects, the emphasis will also be on

7. Safety-Security Integration in which area EU-VRi is supposed to play an important role as the Operating Agent of the new European Technology Platform “Safety-Security”

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Chair:

O. Renn, President Founding members

(full voting rights) Associate members

(voting rights on non-business related issues)

Honorary members (no voting rights, advisory role)

Status: January 2016

EXECUTIVE BOARD Chair:

A. Jovanovic, CEO Members:

O. Renn, President EU-VRi O. Salvi, non-executive General Manager

F. Rousseau, F. A. Quintero, co-opted members (no voting rights)

M. Löscher, Secretary, (no voting rights)


Annex 1: Representative sample publications

A 1.1 Forecast for the use of alternative fuels in aviation under environmental constraints and volatile market conditions, Jovanovic, A., Klimek, P., Quintero, F. A. ................................................................................... 20

A 1.2 IRGC Emerging Risk Governance Guidelines, International Risk Governance Council ............................................................................. 21

A 1.3 P41: High risk chemical facilities and risk mitigation in the African Atlantic Façade (AAF) Region, Salvi, O., Hémimou, Y. ............................. 21

A 1.4 Geospatial ICT Support for Crisis Management and Response, Usländer, T. and Simonis, I. ............................................................................... 22

A 1.5 Cost benefit analysis of three different urban bus drive systems, Gerbec, M., et al. .............................................................................. 22


A 1.1. Forecast for the use of alternative fuels in aviation under environmental constraints and volatile market conditions

Jovanovic, A., Klimek, P., Quintero, F. A., (2015). Environment Systems and Decisions (Springer): Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 521-531

In a context of volatility in the oil price and with the impact of fossil fuels on climate change, the sustainable growth of the aviation is conditioned by the environment, economy and technical efficiency. In order to overcome these issues new alternative fuels and biofuels could be an alternative to established technologies. In this study, a dynamical competition model for aviation fuel substitution has been developed. Investment and market factors are modeled by the Lotka-Volterra dynamical system for the substitution of fossil by alternative fuels. The model calculates the dynamics of Jet A-1, Gas to Liquid (GtL)/Coal to Liquid (CtL), and Biomass to Liquid (BtL) market shares up to the year 2030. In particular, the model looks at the use of carbon capture sequestration for GtL/CtL and the indirect land use change (iLUC) for BtL. Three main scenarios (high/low environmental incentives, business-as-usual) based on input data provided by the partners of the FP7 Alfa Bird project [1] consortium were developed in 2012 and according to these scenarios alternative fuels appeared to be competitive in the near term. Current collapse in oil prices however removes one of the key drivers that supported alternative fuel development in recent years: energy scarcity and security concerns, and as a consequence, it delays in this way the competitiveness of alternative fuels with respect to Jet A-1. This has been quantified in the present paper and the respective conclusions were made.

[1] Alfa-Bird Project (2012), Alternative Fuels and Biofuels for Aircraft Development, Seventh Framework Programme, Grant Agreement No. ACP7-GA-2008-213266

[2] International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). (2013). Environmental Report, Montreal, Canada.

[3] World Economic Forum (WEF) (2013). Policies and Collaborative Partnership for Sustainable Aviation, Geneva, Switzerland.

[4] Lotka, .A.J. (1956). Elements of Physical Biology, Dover Publication New York, U.S.

[5] World Bank Group (2015). Commodity Markets Outlook, A World Bank Quarterly Report, January 2015.

[6] Havlik, P., et al. (2011): Global land-use implications of first and second generation biofuel targets, Energy Policy, vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 5690-5702.

Figure 1: Analysis of market shares


A 1.2. IRGC Emerging Risk Governance Guidelines International Risk Governance Council (2015). Guidelines for Emerging Risk Governance, Lausanne (Switzerland)

This peer-reviewed report proposes a set of guidelines to help organisations deal proactively with emerging issues through identifying potential emerging risks and opportunities, evaluating and prioritising them, and responding to emerging risks.

IRGC’s guidelines aim to combine strategic and managerial objectives, needs and constraints, with insights from scientists and scholars, who develop concepts and tools for improving decisions about the management of emerging risks and opportunities. The guidelines include suggestions to engage in horizon scanning and futures studies, to generate flexible and adaptable management options, to determine specific intervention points, to develop dynamic capabilities, to link with innovation management and to refine decision-making in situations of uncertainty.

The report draws from consultations with academics and practitioners in the public and private sectors who have developed their own processes for emerging risk identification and assessment. The main report is accompanied by an Appendix [1], published separately, comprising further conceptual insights and recommendations.

Figure 2: IRGC (2015), Guidelines for Emerging Risk Governance, Main Report

[1] International Risk Governance Council (2015). Appendix to the IRGC Guidelines for Emerging Risk Governance, Lausanne (Switzerland)

A 1.3. P41: High risk chemical facilities and risk mitigation in the African Atlantic Façade (AAF) Region

Salvi, O., Hémimou, Y., Jacques Bureau (2015-2017)

The European Union has put in place the CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (CoE) initiative, as a framework providing for cooperation and coordination between all levels of government and international partners to mitigate CBRN risks of criminal, accidental or natural origin, by offering a coherent and comprehensive approach covering prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, including legal, regulatory, enforcement, organisation and technical issues. Almost 50 projects have been launched so far. The objective of the project High risk chemical facilities and risk mitigation in the African Atlantic Façade (AAF) Region is to develop capabilities and enhance sound chemical hazard management within the AAF Region (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo (including Cameroon and Nigeria). The expected outcome is to prevent the occurrence of high risks chemical incidents inside and around all important chemical installations. Partner countries need also to be able to develop a rapid and appropriate response in case of chemical incident for limiting the impact on human health and on the environment.

Figure 3: Chemical complexes have already been a target to attacks, therefore risk prevention and mitigation have to be organized in the African Atlantic Façade

[1] The project P41 is coordinated by AFETI and involves experts from INERIS, INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT, FIIAPP, EU-VRi and the French Ministry of Interior and Civil Protection.

[2] Information on the project available at: www.cbrncoe41.eu

[3] Information on the CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence available at: www.cbrn-coe.eu


A 1.4. Geospatial ICT Support for Crisis Management and Response

Usländer, T. and Simonis, I. (2015). Geospatial ICT Support for Crisis Management and Response, Proceedings of the ISCRAM 2015 Conference - Kristiansand, May 24-27 (Palen, Büscher, Comes & Hughes, eds.). http://iscram2015.uia.no/?p=2413

Efficient crisis response and management requires well-informed actors and stakeholders and effective means for communication and policy enforcement. A secure and dependable geospatial information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure may be an indispensable aid if it is tailored to the needs of the respective risk and crisis management phases and the various users.

During an ISCRAM 2015 workshop experts of the risk and crisis management community meet software architects and engineers of the geospatial domain. The objective is to investigate use cases and map them to capabilities of an underlying geospatial ICT infrastructure. The workshop shall launch a sustainable discussion between ISCRAM and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), especially its Emergency and Disaster Management (EDM) domain working group, beyond ISCRAM 2015.

Figure 4: Major OGC Geospatial Services

[1] Cockburn, A.: Writing Effective Use Cases. ISBN-13: 9780201702255. Addison-Wesley, 2001.

[2] Usländer, T.: Service-oriented Design of Environmental Information Systems. PhD thesis of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), KIT Scientific Publishing. ISBN 978-3-86644-499-7, 2010. http://digbib.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/volltexte/1000016721

[3] Usländer, T., Denzer, R.: Requirements and Open Architecture for Environmental Risk Management Information Systems. Chapter 15 of Van de Walle, B., Turoff, M. and Hiltz, S.R. (eds.): Information Systems for Emergency Management. In the Advances in Management Information Systems monograph series (Editor-in-Chief: Vladimir Zwass). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe Inc., ISBN 978-0-7656-2134-4, 2009.

[4] Jacobson, I. and Ng, P.-W.: Aspect-Oriented Software Development with Use Cases. The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series, ISBN 0-321-26888-1, 2005.

[5] Usländer, T., Batz, T.: How to Analyse User Requirements for Service-Oriented Environmental Information Systems. In: Proceedings of the ISESS 2011, Brno, Czech Republic, pp. 161-168, Springer Verlag, 2011

A 1.5. Cost benefit analysis of three different urban bus drive systems

Gerbec, M., et al. (2015). Transportation Research Part D 41 (2015) 433–444, Elsevier Ltd. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

One of the CIVITAS-ELAN project measures in Ljubljana, Slovenia, was the introduction of alternative city bus propulsion systems (CNG, hydraulic hybrid buses) into the public transport and comparison of their performance in terms of costs and benefits with conventional (diesel) buses. A cost-benefit analysis was conducted to provide a model for identifying the most attractive alternative, with aim of aiding the decision making process for future rational up-scaling of the alternative propulsion technologies in PT fleet in Ljubljana. This paper focuses on presenting the key findings of this CBA, using real driving data, while demonstrating the sensitivity/variance of different parameters of a CBA, as well as the differentiation between uncertainties of parameters in an ex-ante analysis versus an ex-post analysis.

Figure 5: Graphical presentation of the categories and sub-categories for costs and benefits considered in CBA

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Annex 2: EU-VRi Members’ info-sheets 2B Srl ................................................................................................................... 24 Allianz Risk Consulting GmbH (ARC GmbH) ............................................................... 24 BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung .............................................. 25 Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research (BZN) ................................................. 25 CBRNE Ltd ............................................................................................................ 26 Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (CIOP-PIB) .............. 26 D’Appolonia SpA .................................................................................................... 27 DIN e. V. .............................................................................................................. 27 Ekodenge Çevresel Ekonomik Sosyal Araştirma Danişmanlik Mühendislik Proje İnşaat Ticaret Ve Mümessillik Limited Şirketi (Ekodenge Engineering & Consultancy Ltd.) ......... 28 Electricité de France (EDF) ...................................................................................... 28 European Committee for Standardization (CEN) ......................................................... 29 European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials AISBL (KMM-VIN AISBL) .................................................................................................. 29 Fraunhofer-Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (Fraunhofer IOSB) ................................................................................................. 30 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) .......................................................... 30 INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT SAS (INEDEV) ................................................................... 31 Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS) ........................ 31 International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) ........................................................... 32 Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ) .................................................................. 32 Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI) ...................................................................................... 33 LEITAT Acondicionamiento Tarrasense ...................................................................... 33 National Center for Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” (NCSRD) ................................. 34 Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) ................................... 34 NIS a.d. Novi Sad .................................................................................................. 35 Otto von Guericke University, Dept. Plant Design and Process Safety (OvGU) ................ 35 Pole de Compétitivité Risques et Vulnérabilité des Territoires (Pole Risques) .................. 36 SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden ................................................................................................................ 36 Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH (R-Tech) ............................................... 37 Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologie-transfer (StC) ............................................ 37 Stiftelsen SINTEF ................................................................................................... 38 Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re) .............................................................. 38 Technologica Group - European Technical Joint Venture c.v. ........................................ 39 Universidad de los Andes, Chemical Engineering Department (Uniandes) ...................... 39 University of Stuttgart / ZIRIUS ............................................................................... 40 VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Safety Engineering (VSB-TUO, FSE) .... 40 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd ............................................................ 41 Weconext .............................................................................................................. 41

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2B Srl

Address/Contact person Via della Chiesa Campocroce 4 31021 Mogliano Veneto, Italy www.to-be.it Mr. Leo Breedveld, [email protected]

Profile 2B Srl, in short 2B, is an environmental consultancy specialised in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) offering a range of related services like ecodesign, ecolabel, industrial ecology and environmental communication. Our philosophy consists in sharing our know-how and a personalised service, providing optimal decision support in relation to sustainable development.

Key Business/Risk Area Risk Areas: Life Cycle Analysis

Main Products/Services 2B is the Italian reseller of the LCA software SimaPro, and is part of a worldwide LCA network of more than 20 partners. 2B has experience in various sectors, like energy, waste, packaging, agriculture and food, chemistry, water management, paper and pulp, furniture and buildings. 2B is active both in Italy and abroad and works with companies in many industrial sectors, public administration and more than 25 Italian universities. Our services comprise: Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle Costing Social Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Carbon footprinting Water footprinting Environmental communication

Key Projects (running or just finished)

PlasmaNice - Atmospheric Plasmas for the Nanoscale Industrial Surface Processing, www.hlab.ee.tut.fi/plasmanice

iNTeg-Risk - Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology related Risks, www.integrisk.eu-vri.eu

INCOM - Industrial Production Processes for Nanoreinforced Composite IP4Plasma - Industrial innovations based on EU intellectual property

assets in the field of atmospheric plasma technology LiCEA - Life Cycle based Energy Audits, www.licea.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? We joined EU-VRi in order to add the concept of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to the topic of Risk Management and to contribute to the implementation of LCA in Risk Management, like we did in the IntegRisk project with for instance the CCS case study. In the light of European research programmes like FP7, Horizon 2020, 2B is a suitable partner to take care of the LCA, LCC and sustainability assessment of the proposed new technology or product.

Allianz Risk Consulting GmbH (ARC GmbH)

Address/Contact person Königinstraße 28 80802 Munich, Germany https://azt.allianz.de Mr. Michael Bruch, [email protected]

Profile As an independent and impartial institute, Allianz Risk Consulting GmbH works with clients inside and outside Allianz on damage research, loss assessment and loss prevention. Our services help plant operators and manufacturers to make risk and losses manageable.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Industrial Technologies ICT Security

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Life Cycle Analysis

Main Products/Services Plant and operating safety Technical safety should not be left to the quality audit phase. It has to be involved at every stage – design, production, assembly and operation. Damage analysis and loss prevention Damage analysis and loss prevention are two of our key areas of work. We know from experience that risk management requires forward thinking, and damage analysis supports this by providing valuable knowledge. Technical support and consulting New technical issues and unknown damage causes can crop up in plants and machinery. Because we have experts in a wide variety of specialist areas, we are able to take a direct and individual approach to all technical problems. Risk Consulting We take a proactive approach to risk management by identifying, analyzing and evaluating possible risks and helping companies determine the costs of countermeasures.

Why we joined EU-VRi? Emerging risks are very difficult to quantify but have a large loss potential for our clients and Allianz as an insurer. That is why a core function of Allianz Risk Consulting is to work closely with internal and external clients and partners to monitor and assess these risks and their developments in order to be able to react quickly and appropriately with adequate risk mitigation measures.

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BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung

Address/Contact person Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany www.bam.de/en/index.htm Dr. Jürgen Lexow, [email protected]

Profile Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is a senior scientific and technical Federal Institute with responsibility to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi). Our mission is Safety in Technology and Chemistry. In pursuing our mission, we ensure ongoing safety in technology and chemistry through research and development (60%), testing, analysis, approval and certification (15%), and consultation, information and advice (25%). The five key areas of activity are 1) Analytical chemistry, 2) Safe handling of dangerous materials and dangerous goods, 3) Safe and environmentally compatible use of materials, 4) Safe operation of technical systems and processes, and 5) Damage mechanisms and damage analysis. BAM handles a broad spectrum of assignments in a modern infrastructure.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Food Industrial Technologies Security Other: Analytical Sciences

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services We conduct research, test and provide expert advice in the fields of technology and chemistry, assessing and limiting risk leading to safe operations, and scientifically based regulations and standards.


SAF€RA - Coordination of European Research on Industrial Safety towards Smart and Sustainable Growth, www.safera.industrialsafety-tp.org

NanoMag - Nanometrology Standardization Methods for Magnetic Nanoparticles, www.acreo.se/projects/nanomag-nanometrology-standardization-methods-for-magnetic-nanoparticles

HOMER - Homemade explosives (HMEs) and recipes characterization, www.homer-project.eu

Hercules-2 - Fuel flexible, near zero emissions, adaptive performance marine engine, www.hercules-2.com

CONSENS - Integrated Control and Sensing for Sustainable Operation of Flexible Intensified Processes, www.consens-spire.eu

BEST PATHS - Beyond state-of-the-art technologies for re-powering ac corridors & multi-terminal hvdc systems, www.bestpaths-project.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? BAM is a globally renowned institution for research in the field of safety in technology and chemistry. We collaborate with partners in Europe and beyond with the aim to maintain industrial safety and safety regulation on an equally high level. Particular attention is attributed to emerging technologies and new materials. Collaboration in EU-VRi is devoted to jointly approach common challenges and accomplish impact.

Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research (BZN)

Address/Contact person Kondorfa u. 1, 1116 Budapest, Hungary www.bayzoltan.hu Dr. Gyöngyvér B. Lenkey, [email protected]

Profile BAY ZOLTAN Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research is Hungary’s leading public institution for research, development and technology transfer. Our mission at BAY ZOLTAN Nonprofit Ltd. is to support and foster the development, competitiveness and efficiency of Hungarian companies through innovation and technology transfer. To perform our mission we implement national and international R&D&I projects through our cooperating network of research institutes. We provide complex scientific and technological solutions for our domestic and international clients, helping them to implement state of the art technology.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Food Industrial Technologies ICT

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Health Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI

etc.) Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services Info-communication technologies Biotechnology Environmental technologies Materials- and nanotechnology Industrial laser technology Production and logistic systems Mechanical, structural, physical

characterisation of materials, analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis

Product and technology design and reliability

Mechatronics Logistics Environmental protection Energetics Biotechnology Industrial safety, structural

integrity Engineering services

supporting industrial and production processes


iNTeg-Risk – Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology related Risks, www.integrisk.eu-vri.eu

ENVIMPACT – Increasing the impact of Central-Eastern European environment research results through more effective dissemination and exploitation, www.envimpact.eu/home.cfm

InnoverEast – Building a more effective pathway leading from research to innovation through cooperation between the European Union and Eastern Partnership countries in the field of energy efficiency www.innovereast.eu/index.php

KIC InnoEnergy Accelerator HUB – www.bayzoltan.hu/kic-innoenergy-accelerator-hub

EIT RawMaterials – www.eitrawmaterials.eu SmartResilience – Smart Resilience Indicators for Smart Critical

Infrastructures, H-2020 project

Why we joined EU-VRi? Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. is a Founding Member

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CBRNE Ltd

Address/Contact person Romden, Ashford, TN27 8RA, United Kingdom, www.cbrneltd.com Mr. Dominic Kelly, [email protected]

Profile CBRNE Ltd focuses on human behaviour, human factors, risk management and ethical issues as these have an overarching influence on so much of what we do. The application of human factors is based on scientific infor-mation concerning humans to the design of objects, systems and the envi-ronment for human use. Good ethical behaviour and risk management encourages productivity, stakeholder relationships, corporate social responsibility and shareholder value.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Social science & humanities Transport Industrial Technologies ICT Security Space

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks

Main Products/Services Our Work domain includes: Human Behaviour, Human Factors (analysing, tasking, optimising,

improving) Ethical Research Protocols, Ethics guidelines, Cultural Guidelines Aide Memoire/Best Practice Brochures Legal and Governance Issues Resilience/Vulnerability Assessment (Matrices) Validation/Demonstration Exercises Ergonomic impact of tools

CBRNE Ltd provides competence in human behaviour, human factors and ethical procedures.


PRACTICE - Preparedness and Resilience Against CBRN Terrorism using Integrated Concepts and Equipment, www.practice-fp7-security.eu

D-BOX - Comprehensive toolbox for humanitarian clearing of large civil areas from anti-personal landmines and cluster munitions, https://d-boxproject.eu

SUBCOP - Less than Lethal Handling of person-borne improvised explosive device, RESTRICTED

CAMINO - Developing a Cyber crime and cyber terrorism agenda, www.fp7-camino.eu

EDEN - CBRNE Demo Phase II, www.eden-security-fp7.eu IMCOSEC - Integrated approach to IMprove the supply chain for

COntainer transport and integrated SECurity simultaneously, http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/55741_en.html

Why we joined EU-VRi? CBRNE Ltd values the importance of networking as it has built its business through a reputation of providing excellence in the field of research and development within the European Security Sector. However its capabilities are easily transferred to other sectors in which EU-VRi members are active hence the broad selection of areas indicated in this organisation profile.

Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (CIOP-PIB)

Address/Contact person Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warsaw, Poland www.ciop.pl Ms. Katarzyna Buszkiewicz-Seferyńska, [email protected]

Profile CIOP-PIB is a legally and organizationally independent state research institution. The institute conducts scientific research aimed at new technological and organizational solutions, which are useful in the design of working conditions that conform to occupational safety and ergonomics requirements as well as determining scientific foundations for the development of socio-economic policies in occupational safety and health. CIOP-PIB’s main activities include, i.e. research and development in OSH, determination of exposure limits; standardization, testing and certification, education and training, promotion and dissemination of OSH. CIOP-PIB is the notified body to conduct conformity assessment in the area of EU directives: PPE (89/686/EEC), noise (2000/14/EC) and machinery (2006/42/EC).

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Health Materials/Nanotechnology Social science & humanities Industrial Technologies Security

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Occupational Risks Health Risks

Main Products/Services Research in the field of OSH and ergonomics (vibroacoustic hazards, chemical and aerosol hazards, safety engineering, personal protective equipment, bioelectromagnetism, safety and health management systems)

Laboratory testing of PPE, machinery and other products Certification of products, management systems and personnel

competencies Consultancy for enterprises in the field of OSH Training and promotion of OSH related solutions


J-AGE - Coordination Action for the early implementation of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) 'More Years – Better Lives – the Challenges and Opportunities of Demographic Change, www.jp-demographic.eu/about/j-age-1

i-Protect - Intelligent PPE system for personnel in high risk and complex environments, www.i-protect.pl


Nanodevice - Novel Concepts, Methods, and Technologies for the Production of Portable, Easy-to-Use Devices for the Measurement and Analysis of Airborne Engineered Nanoparticles in Workplace Air, www.nano-device.eu

AIMs – Advanced Interactive Materials by Design, http://cordis.europa.eu/result/report/rcn/47855_en.html

NANOSH - Inflammatory and genotoxic effects of engineered nanomaterials, www.ttl.fi/partner/nanosh/sivut/default.aspx

Why we joined EU-VRi? CIOP-PIB is an honorary member of EU-VRi through its involvement of the activities of the European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety.

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D’Appolonia SpA

Address Via San Nazaro, 19, 16145 Genova, Italy, www.dappolonia.it Mr. Clemente Fuggini, [email protected]

Profile D’Appolonia S.p.A., part of the RINA Group, is the largest fully independent Italian firm providing consulting & engineering services to Clients belonging both to the public and the private sector. The company operates in the mar-kets of Energy, Transport and Infrastructures, Industry and Investor Support. With a staff of about 700 engineers, scientists and associated professionals located in 20 offices worldwide, D’Appolonia offers high-end services to inves-tors, promoters, operators and contractors, as well as to insurers and public administrations, to support their initiatives. All D’Appolonia services are per-formed at the highest professional level, understanding and complying with Client’s needs and requirements while taking into due consideration sustaina-bility and health, safety and environmental targets. D’Appolonia is a team of engineers, consultants, designers, planners and specialists supporting public and private clients from concept to decommissioning, through consultancy, design, management, operation and maintenance. Innovation is a key element in all our projects; D’Appolonia has over twenty years’ experience in helping its clients in developing their new products and services as well as managing their collaborative innovation processes. D’Appolonia has been or is currently actively involved in several R&I projects funded within FP6, FP7 and H2020, including as Coordinator or as assistant to the Coordinator for the administrative and financial coordination of the projects.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Transport Security Space

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Life Cycle Analysis

Main Products/Services Feasibility and Specialists studies Conceptual design and design

services Project management Site Engineering Operation & Maintenance of

plants Health and safety studies and loss

analysis

Simulations and modelling Technical advisory Technical Due Diligence & Project

Finance Advisory Business modelling and business

planning Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and

techno-economic evaluations


iNTeg-Risk - Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Manage-ment of Emerging, New Technology related Risks, www.integrisk.eu

EuropAid Turkey - Technical Assistance on Increasing the Implementation Capacity of the Seveso II Directive, www.europeaidturkey.risk-technologies.com

TOSCA - Total Operation management for Safety Critical Activities; EU co-funded project, http://www.toscaproject.eu

PEC - Post-Emergency, multi-hazard health risk assessment in Chemical Disasters; EU co-funded project

EU-CIRCLE - A panEuropean framework for strengthening Critical Infrastructure resilience to climate change; EU co-funded project, www.eu-circle.eu

DIN e. V.

Address Am DIN-Platz, Burggrafenstr. 6 10787 Berlin, Germany www.din.de, www.ebn.din.de Mr. Hermann Behrens, [email protected]

Profile The remit of the registered non-profit association DIN German Institute for Standardization is to encourage, organize, steer and moderate standardiza-tion and specification activities in systematic and transparent procedures for the benefit of society as a whole, while safeguarding the public interest. The results of DIN's work serve to advance innovation, safety and commu-nication among industry, research organizations, the public sector and society as a whole, and to support quality assurance, rationalization, occupational health and safety, and environmental and consumer protec-tion. By agreement with the German Federal Government, DIN is the acknowledged national standards body that represents German interests in European and international standards organizations. Many new technical systems are developed with such rapidity that stand-ardization in its traditional form cannot adequately keep pace. Character-istic for many innovative technologies, however, is that the resulting systems are so complex that without some form of normative structuring they will not function. Such complex systems are further characterized by their development proceeding in iterative stages that do not initially pro-duce a stable "state of the art", which it has been the traditional task for standards to document. For this reason, DIN has introduced various simpli-fied standardization procedures with which to create normative documents faster and hence in step with rapidly developing technologies. This involves a proactive approach to questions of standardization very early on in the overall process, which can then benefit from the timely formulation of recommendations on structural aspects of the developing product/system. The aim, then, is to define and agree on specifications at the R&D phase that can serve as jump-off points for further phases in the development process. The normative instruments designed to facilitate this are referred to by DIN collectively as R&D phase standardization.

Key Business/Risk Area Key Business: Development of Standards

Main Products/Services Main Product: Standards

Services: Standardization services


DRIVER - Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience, www.driver-project.eu

MoDeNa - Modelling of morphology Development of Micro- and Nano Structures

HECTOS - Harmonized Evaluation, Certification and Testing of Security Products

Why we joined EU-VRi? At DIN we’re seeking to help individual consortia to create, publish and establish international community standards. Standards support inter-connectivity of experimental platforms and allow repeatability and repro-ducibility of scientific research. Worldwide.

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Ekodenge Çevresel Ekonomik Sosyal Araştirma Danişmanlik Mühendislik Proje İnşaat Ticaret Ve Mümessillik Limited Şirketi (Ekodenge Engineering & Consultancy Ltd.)

Address/Contact person Hacettepe Üniversitesi Teknokenti, 1. Arge Binası, No:18, Beytepe 06800 Ankara, Turkey, www.ekodenge.com Mr. Emre Yöntem, [email protected]

Profile Ekodenge has long technical and managerial experience in the field of environ-ment, engineering, architecture and IT, including World Bank and EU funded projects with a successful history of projects completed. Ekodenge has a proven project experience in the fields of environmental management specialized on municipal and industrial waste management, industrial risk assessment, eco- industrial parks, life cycle assessment, integrated product policy and also on institutional strengthening, capacity building. Ekodenge has extensive experi-ence as project coordinator and partner in projects funded by various interna-tional schemes such as EU LIFE, EIP CIP Eco-Innovation Projects, FP7, UNDP and WB.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Food Industrial Technologies ICT

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations Material Flow Analysis

Main Products/Services The working field of Ekodenge has extended with the contribution of the interdisciplinary experts, allowing to serve in fields such as: environmental consultancy and engineering information technologies, clean technologies and life cycle evaluation for the industry energy simulations and feasibility Sustainability consultancy for buildings and cities Environment friendly solutions and sustainability is the focus in every

project developed. Ekodenge provides consultancy services to government entities, public sector institutions, Municipalities, international organizations, NGO's and industry sector. Moreover, Ekodenge acts as an information centre for envi-ronmental, architectural and industrial research results and development


EPESUS - Eco-Industrial Park Environmental Support System, www.epesus.net

NOSHAN - Sustainable Production of Functional and Safe Feed from Food Waste, www.noshan.eu

POAP - Production of Organic Acids for Polyester Synthesis, www.era-ib.net/poap

SEVESO Project - Technical Assistance on Increasing the Implementation Capacity of the Seveso II Directive, www.europeaidturkey.risk-technologies.com

Why we joined EU-VRi? By joining EU-VRi, Ekodenge will be pleased to develop and enhance its cooperation network and potential integrating its all resources concerning environmental and industrial studies and integrated risk management at European level.

Electricité de France (EDF)

Address/Contact person 22-30, Avenue de Wagram 75008 Paris, France www.edf.fr Mrs. Carole Duval, [email protected]

Profile EDF, Electricité de France, is represented through its Research and Development Branch and more particularly its Industrial Risk Management Department. As EDF has to manage its industrial risks, knowledge is developed on environmental risk anticipation, technical risks reduction related to compo-nents of its complex systems. Risks are considered over the whole indus-trial system, and include risks driven by human and organizational factors. Reduction and mitigation barriers are defined and decision making is imple-mented in order to decide to install them. Beyond improved risk analysis methods developed to ensure nuclear power plants performance, new methods are developed to integrate other types of risks (technical but also human and organizational aspects) and uncertainties evaluation are done.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Social science & humanities

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.)

Main Products/Services The Industrial Risk Management Department of EDF’s R&D Branch provides with methods, tools and expertise on risks mainly for energy power plants.



SafeLife-X - Safe Life Extension management of aged infrastructures networks and industrial plants, www.safelife.eu-vri.eu

FORTRESS - FOResight Tools for REsponding to caScading effects in a crisis, www.rortress-project.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? We joined the network when EU-VRi took the leadership to build the iNTeg-Risk proposal as a project issued from the ideas and priorities defined by the European Technical Platform for Industrial Safety. As we expressed it in the MoU ensuring the sustainability of iNTeg-Risk project results, our need is to coordinate the partners in order to initiate new projects (PPPs, projects, CAs…) within Horizon 2020.

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European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

Address/Contact person Ave Marnix 17 1000 Brussels, Belgium www.cencenelec.eu/research Ms. Andreea Gulacsi, [email protected]

Profile The European framework programme for R&D, Horizon 2020, focuses on market take-up of research results and innovation. Standardization is identified in Horizon 2020 as one of the measures that will support this “Stronger support will be given to the market take-up of innovation, including by the public sector. This [...] will involve a better use of the potential of research infrastructures, as well as setting technical standards, pre-commercial procurement and strengthened loan and equity financing." We help project proposers to address correctly standardization in project proposals and help them identify the right partners.

Key Business/Risk Area Risk Areas:

Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services Standardization

European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials AISBL (KMM-VIN AISBL)

Address/Contact person Rue du Trône 98, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, www.kmm-vin.eu Prof. Michal Basista, [email protected]

Profile KMM-VIN AISBL has been founded under the auspices of the European Commission as a single legal entity with a supranational character to offer integrated basic and applied research, educational and innovation activities in the field of knowledge-based structural and multifunctional materials. The KMM-VIN is an international, non-profit association (AISBL) head-quar-tered in Brussels and incorporated under Belgian law. It is currently composed of 70+ members from 14 European States (universities, research institutes, large industry, SMEs, individual persons). The aim of KMM-VIN is to foster the creation of a powerful platform for research and development and industrial application of advanced materials.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Health Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Industrial Technologies

Risk Areas: Risk Assessment and

Management related to the business area

Main Products/Services Processing, characterization and modelling of advanced materials designed for enhanced performance in demanding loading and environmental condi-tions like thermo-mechanical and impact loading, high strain rates and temperature regimes, aggressive chemical environment, and combinations thereof. Such regimes are typical of applications in aerospace and surface transport, energy, biomedicine and electronics. These materials include inter alia advanced ceramics, metal-ceramic composites, functionally graded materials, intermetallics, shape memory alloys, coatings, high temperature steels and biomaterials.


MATRANS - Micro and Nanocrystalline Functionally Graded Materials for Transport Applications, www.kmmvin.eu/node/134

iNTeg-Risk - Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Manage-ment of Emerging, New Technology Related Risks, www.integrisk.eu

INNVIN - Innovative materials solutions for Transport, Energy and Biomedical sectors by strengthening integration and enhancing research dynamics of KMM-VIN, www.kmmvin.eu/node/103

MatVal - Alliance for Materials – A value chain approach to materials research and innovation, www.matval.eu

MATCH - The Alliance of Materials way to the creation of Materials Common House

Why we joined EU-VRi? To get the current information about the research results and develop-ments; to facilitate mobility of researchers between institutes within the Virtual Institute and industry; to participate in consortia to address the R&D needs and support research collaboration; to integrate the available human and other resources concerning risk assessment and management related to the advanced material technologies; to get better chances for EU funded projects through including the partners with risk-related expertise; To provide better opportunities for the group members to affect EU policy.

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Fraunhofer-Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (Fraunhofer IOSB)

Address/Contact person Fraunhoferstr. 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, www.iosb.fraunhofer.de Dr. Thomas Usländer, [email protected]

Profile The Fraunhofer IOSB has 440 permanent employees and annual operational costs of about 43 million € (2015). IOSB develops innovative concepts and application solutions in information technology following the principle of “security by design”. IOSB provides dependable and secure solutions of advanced control and information management, monitoring and diagnosis systems mainly for industrial partners including SMEs as well as for public bodies such as environmental agencies. IOSB has over 25 years of experience in the life-cycle engineering of complex distributed control and information management systems (e.g. Industrial Internet of Things and Services, Industry 4.0) using modern model and knowledge based methods. Advanced information fusion techniques are used in environmental monitoring and risk management applications.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health and Food Chain Industrial Technologies ICT Security Space

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Health Risks Standards and Regulations Systemic risks Other: Cyber Security Risks

Main Products/Services ProVis - Production Control System WebGenesis - Knowledge and Information Management Framework SERVUS – Method and tool for service-oriented analysis and design open geospatial service-oriented architectures OpenIoT – open source platform for the Internet of Things Fusion4Decision – service pattern for data acquisition, data processing up to decision support based upon open geospatial service standards (OGC) Semantic Registry – sensor registry with semantic query interface and stream data processing Industry 4.0 consulting, architecture and component engineering


OpenIoT - Open Source cloud solution for the Internet of Things, http://openiot.eu

SkillPro - Skill-based Propagation of "Plug&Produce"-Devices in Reconfigurable Production Systems by AML, www.skillpro-project.eu

Safewater - Develop an affordable global generic solution for the detection and management of drinking water crises resulting from CBRN contamination, http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/110459_en.html

WaterFrame - Analysis and design of water information systems, www.iosb.fraunhofer.de/servlet/is/21201

PRECYSE - Prevention, protection and REaction to CYber attackS to critical infrastructurEs, http://precyse.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? Fraunhofer IOSB joined EU-VRi in 2011 as it comprises an excellent inter-disciplinary cooperation network on risk management. The possibility to discuss risk management problems with industry, academia and public agencies from all over Europe and to propose and carry out joint research and development projects is a great opportunity and possibly the only chance to make significant steps forward in risk management.

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)

Address/Contact person PO Box 40 00251 Helsinki, Finland www.ttl.fi Dr. Carita Aschan, [email protected]

Profile The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health is a multidisciplinary research and specialist organization in the field of occupational health and safety. FIOH is a national governmental institute covering relevant research aspects of work life and conditions of work, including surveillance of working conditions, well-being at work, physical, chemical, biological and physiological exposures, occupational medicine, psychology and stress, epidemiology, safety and organization of work. The main functions of the Institute are research, specialist advisory services, training and communications. Our clients are workplaces, citizens, government officials, occupational health services, and other organizations, which work to improve well-being at work and disseminate related information.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Health Safety

Risk Areas: Occupational Risks

Main Products/Services The FIOH offers to the clients chargeable specialist advisory services, training, and information packages with which to improve the well-being of personnel at workplaces, increase the long run productivity of operations and fulfil the statutory obligations concerning health and safety. Through the Regional Offices, the services of FIOH are available throughout Finland. In addition to general solutions, the FIOH offers tools and special solutions for small businesses and sectors of activity in which well-being at work is a challenge. Qualifications and complementary training in OHS is one of the central tasks of the FIOH. The FIOH trains specialists in occupational medicine, occupational health nurses, and other OHS professionals and specialists. The FIOH offers services in the most demanding level of occupational disease diagnostics as well as in work ability and functional capacity assessments.


SAF€RA - Coordination of European Research on Industrial Safety towards Smart and Sustainable Growth, www.safera.industrialsafety-tp.org and http://call.safera.eu

NANOSOLUTIONS - Biological Foundation for the Safety Classification of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENM): Systems Biology Approaches to Understand Interactions of ENM with Living Organisms and the Environment, http://nanosolutionsfp7.com

NANoREG - A common European approach to the regulatory testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials, www.nanoreg.eu

SCAFFOLD – Innovative strategies, methods and tools for occupational risks management of MNMs in the construction industry, http://scaffold.eu-vri.eu

GUIDEnano - www.guidenano.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? To network with other researchers and to join research consortia of European projects that are in the field of our expertise

To continue the cooperation as set-up during the SAF€RA project, focusing on research programming in the field of industrial safety and launching joint calls for research projects

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INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT SAS (INEDEV)

Address/Contact person Avenue du Parc Alata - BP 2 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France www.ineris-developpement.eu Mr. Olivier Salvi, [email protected]

Profile INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT SAS is a private company hold by INERIS, the French Institute for Industrial Environmental and Risks (Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques) which is the only shareholder. INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT has been created in June 2013 with the objective to develop the international activities of the shareholder in the field of industrial risks prevention and environment protection. With that purpose, INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT works in close cooperation with INERIS experts. Regarding the scientific activities INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT supports INERIS and other research partner by mobilizing its network which is based on the participation in the European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety (ETPIS) and in the European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management (EU-VRi). INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT is a full member of EU-VRi and a SME according to the European Commission criteria. INERIS DEVELOPPMENT has created in 2014 a subsidiary company in Algeria. This company CINDYRIS SARL is offering services in industrial safety and environment protection in Algeria, both of the industry and the public authorities.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Industrial Technologies Security

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Social/Societal Risks Health Risks Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services Support in the creation of new business at international level in the field of industrial risks prevention and environment protection

Studies and strategic advice in the field of industrial risks prevention and environment protection

Networking and positioning of new business related to safety and risk management in an international context


SafeBiogas - Contribution to the development of a guide for biogas safety and regulation

High risk chemical facilities and risk mitigation in the African Atlantic Façade (AAF) Region, CBRN Centers of Excellence, www.cbrncoe41.eu

Management of hazardous chemical and biological waste in the African Atlantic Façade region and Tunisia, www.cbrncoe35.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? Access to a very dynamic, large and structured network in the field of integrated risk management being at the same time a think tank and an operational organization to develop projects and business

Opportunity to find business partners in the field of industrial risk prevention and environment protection

Find synergies between research and business

Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)

Address/Contact person Avenue du Parc Alata - BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France www.ineris.fr Mr. Raymond Cointe, [email protected]

Profile Created in 1990, INERIS is a public research body of an industrial and commercial character, under the supervision of the French Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, with a staff of 650 persons of whom 75% are professional engineers and scientists. INERIS’s mission is to assess and prevent accidental and chronic risks to people and the environ¬ment originating from industrial activities, chemical substances and under¬ground works. INERIS engages in two main sorts of research and studies: Characterization and understanding of the phenomena that underlie the

risks affecting the safety or property, people, health and the environment as a result of economic activities.

Improvement of the identification and evaluation of such risks in order to enable decision-makers in the public and private sectors to adopt the most appropriate measures to improve environmental safety.

Using the findings of this research works, INERIS offers advice and high-level technical expertise to public administrations, industry and regional authorities and develops an active policy for disseminating information to a wide public. Technical consultation is also provided to support Public Authorities in their regulatory and standardization activity.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Nanotechnology / Materials Industrial Technologies Infrastructure & Construction Transport Security

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Social/Societal Risks Health Risks Socio-Economic Analysis Standards and Regulations Risk Governance

Main Products/Services Support in the creation of new business at international level in the field of industrial risks prevention and environment protection

Studies and strategic advice in the field of industrial risks prevention and environment protection


CASCEFF - Modelling of dependencies and cascading effects for emergency management in crisis situations, www.casceff.eu/en/about/Sidor/default.aspx

TOSCA - Total Operation management for Safety Critical activities, www.toscaproject.eu/home

HELIX - The Human Early-Life Exposome - Novel tools for integrating early-life environmental exposures and child health across Europe, www.projecthelix.eu

NanoReg2 - Coupling Safe By Design to regulatory processes in Nano-technologies field, www.nanoreg2.eu

EuroMix - A tiered strategy for risk assessment of mixtures of multiple chemicals, www.euromixproject.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? To partner with scientific and business organisations through collaborative projects in the field of environmental safety

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International Risk Governance Council (IRGC)

Address/Contact person CP 99 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland www.irgc.org Mrs. Marie-Valentine Florin, [email protected]

Profile IRGC is a non-profit and independent organisation whose purpose is to help improve the understanding and governance of systemic risks that have impacts on human health and safety, on the environment, on the economy and on society at large.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Risk Governance

Main Products/Services Concepts for risk governance Application to risk issues in emerging, ignored or neglected fields


IRGC Risk Governance Framework IRGC Risk Governance Deficits IRGC Contributing Factors to Risk Emergence IRGC Guidelines for Emerging Risk Governance IRGC Guidelines for Unconventional Gas Development IRGC Cybersecurity Risk Governance IRGC Resource Guide on Resilience IRGC Risk Governance Guidelines for Precision Medicine

Why we joined EU-VRi? To partner with scientific and business organisations active in the field of risk governance, and engage on implementation projects

Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ)

Address Av. Professor Doutor Cavaco Silva, nº 33, Taguspark-Oeiras 2740-120 Porto Salvo, Portugal www.isq-group.com Ms. Margarida Pinto, [email protected]

Profile Founded in 1965, ISQ is a private and independent company providing in-spection, testing, training and technical consultancy. We support our customers in performance improvement and risk reduction, offering high quality and innovative services and solutions, helping their infrastructures, equipment, processes and products to meet the standards and regulations for quality, security, environment and social responsibility. Our growth strategy is based on an increasingly important and sustained presence in the world thanks to our offices, delegations and associated companies in more than 15 countries.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Food Industrial Technologies Security Space

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks Health Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services We offer our customers a set of integrated solutions for technical inspection, consulting, testing, metrology and training to increase the availability of its assets. These services are directed to the markets of civil construction, oil and gas, aeronautics, energy, process industries, automotive, transports and infrastructures, trade and services, health, governments & public organizations.


SAFETOWER - Develop tailored manufacturing safe methods for wind towers erected in remote areas based on an integrated tower concept and optimal use of high strength steels, www.ewf.be (for the time being inserted)

NATURALHY - Preparing for Hydrogen Economy by using the existing Natural Gas System as a Catalyst, www.naturalhy.net

DEMOWFLOAT - Deep Off-Shore Wind Energy Challenges, www.demowfloat.eu

OPTIMUS - Demonstration of methods and tools for the acquisition of operational reliability of large-scale industrial wind turbines, http://optimusfp7.eu

NIMO - Development and Demonstration of a Novel Integrated Condition Monitoring System for Wind turbines, www.nimoproject.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? To contribute to the improvement of Portuguese industry and services by collaborating with Public Entities, regional councils and businesses in order to share and develop technology, new products and processes, structured management practices and quality control, hygiene and safety, energy conservation and environmental protection, and systematic maximization of human resources.

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Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI)

Address/Contact person Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia www.ijs.si Dr. Marko Gerbec, [email protected]

Profile The Jožef Stefan Institute is the leading Slovenian scientific research institute, covering a broad spectrum of basic and applied research. The staff of more than 930 specializes in natural sciences, life sciences and engineering. The subjects concern production and control technologies, communication and computer technologies, knowledge technologies, biotechnologies, new materials, environmental technologies, nanotechnologies, and nuclear engineering. The mission of the Jožef Stefan Institute is the accumulation - and dissemination - of knowledge at the frontiers of natural science and technology to the benefit of society at large through the pursuit of education, learning, research, and development of high technology at the highest international levels of excellence.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Environment Materials/Nanotechnology Industrial Technologies

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Life Cycle Analysis Research organization

Main Products/Services JSI as public research organization covers all major scientific disciplines in physics, chemistry, chemical technology/engineering, biochemistry as well as electronics and information technologies (www.ijs.si/ijsw/Research%20departments) engaged in a number of national and international projects (about 248), including EU FP projects (about 98).



TOSCA - Total Operations Management for Safety Critical Activities, www.toscaproject.eu

Adriacold - Diffusion of cooling and refreshing technologies using the solar energy resource in the Adriatic regions

NANOSAFE2 - Safe production and use of nanomaterials, www.nanosafe.org

CIVITAS ELAN - Cleaner and better transport in the cities, www.civitas.eu/content/elan

Why we joined EU-VRi? EU-VRi is seen as a forum where we can interact with other research organizations, industrial partners, and others to complement expertise, knowledge and to identify user or society needs in the fields where we can build a consortium. That allowed us in the past to participate in a number or projects, mainly related to industrial safety, environmental management and training programs.

LEITAT Acondicionamiento Tarrasense

Address/Contact person Carrer de la Innovació, 2 08225 Terrassa, Spain www.Ipo.leitat.org Mr. Oriol Gasquez, [email protected]

Profile LEITAT Technological Center, a private non-profit association, is dedicated to provide services to the industrial sector, by adding technological value to products and processes. While focusing on R+D+i, based on flexible management in an "open innovation" environment, LEITAT is supporting the competitiveness of national and international companies through a driving force for the collaboration and the cooperation for technological transfer.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Food Industrial Technologies ICT Security Space

Risk Areas: Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Health Risks Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services The multisectorial ambition of LEITAT is valuable set-up allowing different technologies to be applied as a major profit for each of the particular technology. Our research divisions include: biomedicine, bio-in-vitro, nano-health and safety, nanomaterials, industrial bitechnology, new production processes, fast moving consumer goods, smart systems, renewable energies, advanced polymers, environment, surface treatments, analytical chemistry and textile technologies.


ALION - High Specific Energy Aluminium-Ion Rechargeable Decentralized Electricity Generation Sources, www.alionproject.eu

ALISE - Advanced Lithium Sulphur battery for xEV, www.aliseproject.com

GUIDEnano - Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health: Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries, www.guidenano.eu

MARISURF - Novel, Sustainable Marine Bio-surfactant / Bio-emulsifier for Commercial Exploitation, www.marisurf.eu

GLAM - Glass-Laser Multiplexed Biosensor, www.glam-project.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? LEITAT joins EU-VRi to create new business opportunities for EU funded projects and participate within the EU policy framework development. Moreover, LEITAT is looking for collaboration to fill in risk management gaps in the particular fields of expertise such as nanotechnology, environment, and biotechnology toward industrial application.

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National Center for Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” (NCSRD)

Address/Contact person Terma Patriarchou Grigoriou 15310 Agia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece www.demokritos.gr Dr. Olga Aneziris, [email protected]

Profile NCSRD is a state owned multidisciplinary research centre, the larger in Greece, performing R&D in the area of physical sciences and technology (www.demokritos.gr).The scientific activities of the centre are organised in five institutes among which is the Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy and Safety. NCSRD employs about 900 permanent and fixed-term-contract employees and its annual turnover is 30 million EURO, 50% from the Greek Government and 50% from third party contracts. The priorities of the laboratory of Systems Reliability and Industrial Systems include: Quantitative Risk assessment of technological and organisational systems, safety of industrial installations with advanced modeling tools, study of the interaction of human factors in safety and security operations, enhancing safety in the process industry through virtual reality tools and risk assessment of interconnected and interdependent heterogeneous critical infrastructures from multiple threats, technological accidents and natural hazards.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Security

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks

Main Products/Services Quantified risk assessment for chemical installations handling toxic and explosive substances (Including SEVESO studies).

Decision Support System development for risk management, land use planning and as emergency response policy selection in major hazard accidents in nuclear and chemical installations.

Reliability analysis of complex systems. Development of quantified risk models for occupational risk assessment Tools for multi-criteria optimization of occupational risk management

strategies Human Reliability studies Safety and Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Consequence Assessment of Major Industrial Accidents Consulting to the Greek Competent Authorities (SEVESO directive)



TOSCA - Total Operation management for Safety Critical Activities, www.toscaproject.eu

SAFERA - Coordination of European Research on Industrial Safety towards Smart and Sustainable Growth, www.safera.industrialsafety-tp.org

Why we joined EU-VRi? Networking and collaboration in international projects in the following fields: risk assessment and management, safety, security, land use planning, industrial, occupational and nanomaterial risk.

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

Address/contact person Schoemakerstraat 37 2628 VK Delft, Netherlands www.tno.nl Mr. Nico Versloot, [email protected]

Profile TNO is an independent research organisation whose expertise and research make an important contribution to the competitiveness of companies and organisations, to the economy and to the quality of society as a whole. TNO’s unique position is attributable to its versatility and capacity to integrate this knowledge. Innovation with purpose is what TNO stands for. We develop knowledge not for its own sake but for practical application. To create new products that make life more pleasant and valuable and help companies innovate. To find creative answers to the questions posed by society.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Social science & humanities Transport Food Industrial Technologies ICT Security Space Sustainability

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks Health Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services Our products range from engineering services and consultancy to research projects and testing of products, materials and substances. In research projects we cooperate with companies (large and SMEs), universities and other technology institutes.



The following website provides a list of EU projects TNO is involved in: www.tno.nl/home.cfm?context=kennis&content=ovz_euproj&laag1=ovz_euproj

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NIS a.d. Novi Sad

Address/Contact person Narodnog fronta 12 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia www.nis.eu Pančevo Oil Refinery, contact: Mr. Svetozar Eremić, [email protected] Department for External Affairs and Foreign Government Relations, [email protected]

Profile NIS is vertically integrated energy holding which operates in oil and gas exploration, production and refining, sales and distribution of a broad range of petroleum and gas products (engine fuel, aviation fuel, LPG, raw materials for industry, motor oils and lubricants, etc.) and implements petrochemical and energy projects. Company owns a refining complex in Serbia with two plants located in Pančevo and Novi Sad, LPG plant in Elemir, 11 small-size cogeneration units / power plants driven by gas as well a network of petrol stations at the local market and in the countries of the South East Europe region. In accordance with sustainable development as a guiding principle, NIS is continuously expanding its operations in the areas of renewable and sustainable energy (production of electricity, heat and geothermal energy from traditional and renewable sources, development and implementation of strategic energy-related projects and improvement of energy efficiency).

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Transport Security

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks

Main Products/Services Petrochemical products: crude oil, natural gas, engine fuel, aviation fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, raw materials for petrochemicals industry, motor oils and lubricants, fuel oils, bitumen

Electricity and heat energy production (from traditional and renewable sources – natural gas, steam, geothermal energy, etc.)



SafeLife-X - Safe Life Extension management of aged infrastructures networks and industrial plants, www.safelife-x.eu-vri.eu

RiskNIS - Risk Management and Use of Risk-Based Approaches in Inspection, Maintenance and HSE analyses of NIS a.d. Plants, www.risknis.risk-technologies.com

MiReCOL - Mitigation and Remediation of CO2 Leakage, www.mirecol-co2.eu

SmartResilience - Smart Resilience Indicators for Smart Critical Infrastructures

Why we joined EU-VRi? • Expanding the network of NIS’s international partners • Ensuring better opportunities for participation in EU / international

projects Improving knowledge and skills of NIS’s employees and experts

concerning mandatory integrated risk management standards currently applicable at European level and familiarization with future obligations of Serbia in this specific field in the context of its EU accession process

Otto von Guericke University, Dept. Plant Design and Process Safety (OvGU)

Address/Contact person Universitätsplatz 2 39106 Magdeburg, Germany www.iaut.ovgu.de/as Prof. Ulrich Krause, [email protected]

Profile Dept. Plant Design and Process Safety offers academic education in the fields of process safety, fire and explosion protection and hazard response. Focal points of research are risk analysis, consequence assessment, modeling and simulation in process safety, lab-scale experiments on fires, explosions and runaway reactions.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Industrial Technologies Recycling

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks

Main Products/Services Risk analysis consulting; consequence scenario studies; fluid dynamics based dispersion, fire and explosion simulation; testing for hazardous substances



TIBRO - Innovative safety architecture of hazard response, http://web.fbd.uni-wuppertal.de/fbd0040/Tibro

HYPOS - Hydrogen Power and Storage Solutions, www.hypos-eastgermany.de

Why we joined EU-VRi? Since EU-VRi is the principal organization to promote research projects in the field of risk management and process safety on European level.

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Pole de Compétitivité Risques et Vulnérabilité des Territoires (Pole Risques)

Address Avenue Louis Philibert – Technopole de l’environnement 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France www.pole-risques.com Mr. Jean-Michel Dumaz, [email protected]

Profile Pole RISQUES is a cluster combining end-users, research centers and industries / solutions providers in the field of RISK: natural disasters, industrial hazards, manmade disasters, civil protection, security. Its main rule is to support the innovation by providing services as intelligence, events, and supports for research and technology projects (tests beds, end-users advisory, experiments designing, proposal designing)

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Environment Industrial Technologies ICT Security

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Social/Societal Risks

Main Products/Services Research and innovation events organization Experiments design & organization Project proposal design Business development support


DRIVER - DRiving InnoVation in crisis management for European Resilience

Why we joined EU-VRi? Develop international partnership and collaborative research outside of France with key partners involve in the same areas

Promote the innovation developed in the project through international network

SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden

Address/Contact person Brinellgatan 4 501 15 Borås, Sweden www.sp.se Mr. Martin Kylefors, [email protected]

Profile SP is a state owned company – a national institute for technical evaluation, research, testing, certification, metrology and calibration. We work closely with large and small companies, universities, institutes of technology and other organisations. SP's activities cover a wide technical range, with about 30 technology areas organised in eight inter-working technical departments and 10 subsidiaries. SP dispose of extensive experimental facilities. We are some 1400 co-workers who base our services on competence, efficiency, impartiality and international acceptance. We work extensively in international collaborations.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Food ICT Security

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks Life Cycle Analysis

Main Products/Services SP strives to be a science partner within our field of competence, covering the innovation chain - from research activities to testing and certification. About 65% of our business is R&D, our focus being applied research and technical evaluation. Core competence is fire safety, explosion protection, mechanical/ structural safety, active safety (vehicles/transport), materials.


CascEff - Modelling of dependencies and cascading effects for emergency management in crisis situations

Safepellets - Safety and quality assurance measures along the pellets supply chain

DEROCA - Development of safe and eco-friendly flame retardant materials based on CNT co-additives for commodity polymers

IMPROVER - Improved risk evaluation and implementation of resilience concepts to Critical Infrastructure

LEAF - Low Emission AntiFoulingy

Why we joined EU-VRi? SP wants to play a role in creating safety for the future in Europe. It is an important task that needs international collaboration, and we believe that EU-VRi can get relevant organisations together.

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Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH (R-Tech)

Address/Contact person Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany, www.risk-technologies.com Dr. Jörg Bareiß, [email protected]

Profile Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies Group is a group of interlinked Steinbeis units dealing with multiple aspects of risks, risk engineering and risk management primarily in the areas of: power, petro chemical and process plants material technologies, especially advanced/new material technologies new emerging technologies

Main topics of risks dealt with are: risks in/of innovation risk of non-performance or performance below expectations risk of adverse/unexpected effects and impacts risks over the life-cycle of products and technologies project risks, especially in innovation, R&D and new technologies

oriented projects

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nano-technology Industrial Technologies

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Financial Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations Resilience

Main Products/Services The activities of the group include: business-oriented services for industry and other clients technology transfer professional education and specialization including the post-graduate

academic one. Current projects deal primarily with issues like integrated management of risk related to new technologies, governance and regulatory aspects of risks in industrial plants (power, process, etc.).

Key Projects (running or finished)

iNTeg-Risk - Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Manage-ment of Emerging, New Technology related Risks, www.integrisk.eu

RiskNIS - Risk management and use of risk-based approaches in inspection, maintenance and HSE analyses of NIS a.d. plants, www.risknis.risk-technologies.com

ESKOM-RBI - The Implementation Partner for the Risk Based Inspection Programme at Eskom Head Office (Megawatt Park) and Other Identified Areas, www.eskomrbi.risk-technologies.com

RBIF-EN - Risk Based Inspection Framework, www.rbi.risk-technologies.com

MUST - Multi-Level Protection of Material for Vehicles by "Smart" Nanocontainer, www.must.risk-technologies.com

Why we joined EU-VRi? Joined EU-VRi as a Founding Member (at the time still as Steinbeis)

Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologie-transfer (StC)

Address/Contact person Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany www.steinbeis.de Mr. Uwe Haug, [email protected]

Profile The Steinbeis-Stiftung für Wirtschaftsförderung (StW) is the umbrella organization of the Steinbeis Transfer Network. The non-profit foundation and its subsidiary the Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer (StC), responsible for all commercial activities involved in knowledge and technology transfer, are headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Within the Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer network, there are multitudinous Steinbeis Transfer Centers (STC) focusing on various key areas. Our Research and Innovation Centers (SRC, SIC) are specialized in several kinds of research: market and transfer-oriented, commissioned, development and transfer network research as well as projects of a charitable nature. Consulting Centers (SCC) are experienced, insightful points of contact for business consulting, evaluation and training. The Steinbeis University Berlin provides in its Institutes (STI) transfer oriented research as well as competence-oriented training and employee development.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Transport ICT Security Space

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Innovation Risks

Main Products/Services Applying research findings by translating scientific insight directly and indirectly into professional solutions pertinent.

Making specialist knowledge available through Steinbeis publications, events and, in particular, Steinbeis enterprises.

Expanding competence by providing services in the fields of Consulting, Training and Employee Development, Research and Development, and Evaluation and Expert Reports.

Operating as a network based on a decentralized structure marked by flat hierarchies.

Addressing public needs with private enterprise solutionsin delivering projects and providing services, Steinbeis sees itself as a partner to the public sector.


STC - Steinbeis Transfer Centers SRC - Steinbeis Research Centers,

www.steinbeis.de/en/transfer/research-and-development.html SCC - Steinbeis consulting Centers,

www.steinbeis.de/en/transfer/consulting.html SHB - Steinbeis Transfer Institutes (STI) at Steinbeis University Berlin,

www.steinbeis-hochschule.de SBT - Steinbeis Shareholding, www.steinbeis.de/en/about-

steinbeis/organization/steinbeis-equity-holdings.html

Why we joined EU-VRi? StC is a Founding Member

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Stiftelsen SINTEF

Address/contact person Strindveien 4 7465 Trondheim, Norway www.sintef.no Dr. Lars Bodsberg, [email protected]

Profile SINTEF is a broadly based, multidisciplinary research concern that possesses international top-level expertise in technology, medicine and the social sciences. SINTEF has clients in about 60 different countries. Department of Safety Research provides in-depth understanding of how to assess, monitor and control risk of major accidents focusing on the interaction between people, technology, organization and safety. The research group has strong interaction with major oil companies, service companies, engineering companies, and consultancy companies within risk management.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Infrastructure & Construction Social science & humanities Transport

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services SINTEF develops knowledge, models, methods, databases and standards for effective and proactive handling of safety and reliability.



BUILDING SAFETY - Building Safety in Petroleum Exploration and Production in the Northern Region, www.sintef.no/Projectweb/Building-Safety

PDS - Reliability of Safety Instrumented Systems, www.sintef.no/pds CRIOP - Crisis Intervention and Operability analysis,

www.sintef.no/Projectweb/CRIOP IO Center - Center for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum

Industry, www.iocenter.no New Strains to society – Development of new perspectives and

methods to assess hidden and emergent vulnerabilities to societal safety and security

Why we joined EU-VRi? SINTEF's ambition is to grow in the international R & D market. EU-VRi provides an important network to European industry, research community and/or public authorities, and act as an information centre for research results and developments. As partner in EU-VRi, we have better chances for EU funded projects.

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re)

Address/Contact person Mythenquai 50-60 8022 Zurich, Switzerland www.swissre.com Dr. Reto Schneider, [email protected]

Profile Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, generally known as Swiss Re, is a Swiss reinsurance company. It is the world’s second-largest reinsurer, after having acquired GE Insurance Solutions. The company has its headquarters in Zurich. Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland CEO: Michel M. Liès Founded: December 19, 1863

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Social science & humanities Transport Food Industrial Technologies ICT Security Space

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Financial Risks Health Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services Swiss Re Reinsurance provides Property & Casualty and Life & Health clients and brokers all over the world with reinsurance products, insurance-based capital market instruments and risk management services. CORSO (our direct insurance arm) offers more than 40 products across a broad array of sectors, from sole-proprietor law firms to Fortune 100 companies with complex property, casualty and financial service needs. Swiss Re’s Admin Re® is a recognised force in closed life business. It takes on closed books of in-force life and health insurance business, entire lines of business, or the entire capital stock of life insurance companies.

Why we joined EU-VRi? We want to stay up to date with respect to integrated risk management, safety and emerging risk issues. Beside that we highly appreciate the networking aspect with EU-VRi members.

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Technologica Group - European Technical Joint Venture c.v.

Address/Contact person Heikant 85 2450 Meerhout, Belgium www.technologica.org Prof. Walter Bogaerts, [email protected]

Profile TECHNOLOGICA Group, a European Technical Joint Venture based in Belgium, but with representations in various European countries and abroad, is a joint initiative from a number of high-tech corporate partners and individual -internationally renowned- scientists and engineers, both from academia and industry. Amongst its main goals is the improved exploitation of results and know-how from R&D projects previously sponsored by the European Commission or by various UN agencies or US-based organizations. Partners and co-workers include former scientists or staff members from e.g. Cambridge Univ. (UK), SRI International (CA, USA), MPA Stuttgart (D), KULeuven (B), RPI (NY, USA). The current activities concentrate on three different areas: technical audits, general engineering and management services and systems, and electronic media and advanced information systems.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Industrial Technologies ICT

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Life Cycle Analysis Standards and Regulations

Main Products/Services Engineering (i.e. corrosion & materials protection; chemical and nuclear engineering; energy systems: e.g. geothermal, solar, coal, gas, nuclear; environmental protection, …), Innovation Management, Advisory Services and Information Systems & Tools



Alfa-BIRD - Alternative fuels and biofuels for aircraft development, www.alfa-bird.eu-vri.eu

Why we joined EU-VRi? Technologica is a Founding Member

Universidad de los Andes, Chemical Engineering Department (Uniandes)

Address/Contact person Carrera 1 # 19A-40 110111 Bogotá D.C., Colombia https://ingquimica.uniandes.edu.co Mr. Felipe Muñoz Giraldo, [email protected]

Profile The Department of Chemical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes is committed to the progress of Colombian society. Recognized for his contribution to the formation in the area of chemical engineering by leading the multiscale approach in the design of products and processes. This department accounts with the research group of Products and Processes Design Group (GDPP) where the safety process group is highlighted. The safety group was created on the year 2008 and since then has devoted the work of undergraduate students, magister students and professors to the process safety research and development at Colombia and Latin America.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Research-Education

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Life Cycle Analysis

Main Products/Services The main products/services of the Chemical Engineering Department of Universidad de los Andes in particular the safety group leading by the PhD Felipe Muñoz is focus on the research and development of safety process and risk management, major industrial accidents and consequence analysis.


Aproximacion Cuantitativa De Riesgo Social Y Riesgo Individual Para El Transporte De Materiales Peligrosos En Colombia, http://www3.aiche.org/proceedings/Abstract.aspx?PaperID=298070

The Link between Fire Research and Process Safety: An Evolution from Specific Needs to General Concern, www.aidic.it/cet/13/31/114.pdf

Consequences Calculation Tool for Storage Tank Fire Scenarios, http://www3.aiche.org/proceedings/Abstract.aspx?PaperID=294122

Liquid HazMat Release Rate Calculation in Pipelines through Mountain Areas

Why we joined EU-VRi? As is stated by the CEO of the EU-VRi Aleksandar Jovanovic “The European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management (EU-VRi) is the European organization which provides the highest quality of professional service, consulting, information and education needed in the broad area of modern integrated risk management”. This mission goes in the same direction from the process safety group of the Chemical Engineering Department, which has been characterized by researches development of different risks calculations such as individual or social risk, applied on real cases.

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University of Stuttgart / ZIRIUS

Address/Contact person Seidenstr. 36, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany www.zirius.eu Prof. Ortwin Renn, [email protected]

Profile As interdisciplinary research center ZIRIUS acts as a bridge between the departments and disciplines. Its major goal is to conduct problem-oriented research projects and to pursue a transdisciplinary approach to tackle complex research challenges. The center was founded in 2012 by the University of Stuttgart. The previous Research Unit on Risk Governance and Sustainable Technology Development (ZIRN) has been integrated into the center. ZIRIUS envisions technical and social change such as the energy transitions towards sustainable practices as a dynamic interaction of interdependent systems consisting of Technology, Governance, Organization and Behavior. The understanding of the interaction of these components requires the cooperation of natural and technical sciences to explore the technological characteristics and their interaction with natural processes; economics (for the efficient design of the change process); social and cultural studies (to understand the behavior of individuals and groups regarding the change processes and the preconditions of an effective transition governance). ZIRIUS aims at contributing to a better understanding of the complex interaction between technology, governance, organization and behavior in the context of technological and social change.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Social science & humanities

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Environmental Risks Social/Societal Risks Health Risks

Main Products/Services The central task of the Center is to stimulate, coordinate and conduct research projects on the following topics: Research on risk analysis, risk management and risk communication in

the context of globalization and mutual interdependence with a focus on environmental, climate and health risks.

Innovation research on the socio-economic and institutional conditions of (technological) innovation processes, as well as on the economic, political, social and cultural conditions, including risks and opportunities, of socio-technical transformation processes.

Exploration and communication of the connections between ecological, economic, social and cultural expressions of future sustainable energy paths.


LITRES – Local innovation impulses for transforming the energy system, www.zirius.eu/projects_e/litres.htm

Helmholtz-Alliance ENERGY-TRANS - "Future infrastructures for meeting energy demands. Towards sustainability and social compatibility" www.zirius.eu/projects_e/helmholtzallianz.htm

KOLLEKTIV - Acceptance and Usage of Sustainable Individual Transport in Pilot Communities www.zirius.eu/projects_e/kollektiv.htm

iNTeg-Risk - Early Recognition, Monitoring, and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology related, Risks www.zirius.eu/projects_e/integrisk.htm

Why we joined EU-VRi? University of Stuttgart (ZIRIUS) is a Founding Member of EU-VRi.

VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Safety Engineering (VSB-TUO, FSE)

Address/contact person 17 Listopadu 15 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic www.fbi.vsb.cz/en/o-fakulte Dr. Ales Bernatik, [email protected]

Profile The Faculty of Safety Engineering is concerned with: pedagogical activities expert and advisory activities research and scientific activities performance of contracts based on contract research

The Faculty provides the mentioned services especially in the areas of risk research and management, fire protection, occupational and process safety, industrial safety, major accident prevention, safety and security planning, protection of population in natural disasters, protection of critical infrastructure, safety and security services, environmental safety and security and safety of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Security Safety

Risk Areas: Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Social/Societal Risks Fire Risks

Main Products/Services The Faculty of Safety Engineering provides structured studies and offers studies in all three types of degree programmes – Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree programmes. In the specialist area the Faculty provides the preparation of expert opinions in the fields of fire protection and occupational safety, advisory activities in the field of safety engineering and implementation of specialist contracts in the form of contract research. Technical background of the Faculty makes it possible to determine and verify the fire-technical characteristics of solid materials and liquid materials, lower and upper explosive limits of dust-air and gas-air mixtures, composition of materials using the thermogravimetric analysis, composition of products of combustion, parameters of automatic fire detection and alarm systems and electronic security alarm systems, and parameters of water extinguishing systems.


SfP 984430 - Continuous monitoring and evaluation of slope deformation hazards in Uzbekistan using modern remote sensing techniques

COST - Detailed Chemical Kinetic Models for Cleaner Combustion, www.cost.eu/domains_actions/cmst/Actions/CM0901


Many national projects in Safety and Security areas

Why we joined EU-VRi? FSE decided to joint EU-VRi a few years ago. Main goal was to propose services of the Faculty for international cooperation in area of Safety and Security.

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Address PO Box 1000, 02044 VTT, Finland www.vtt.fi Mr. Pertti Auerkari, [email protected]

Profile VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd is a non-profit government organi-zation. VTT is a globally networked multi-technological applied research organization. VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services. We enhance our customers’ competitiveness, thereby creating prerequisites for society’s sustainable development, employment, and wellbeing.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Energy Environment Health Infrastructure & Construction Materials/Nanotechnology Transport Food Industrial Technologies ICT Security

Risk Areas: Risk Governance Industrial Risk Environmental Risks Occupational Risks Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.) Life Cycle Analysis

Main Products/Services Wide-range of services related to different levels and activities in Integrated Risk Management, with a focus in smart industry and energy systems, solutions for natural resources and environment, and knowledge intensive products and services.


DemoTurvallisuus - Safe implementation of fuel cell applications and refueling infrastructure

Safelife-X - Safe life extension management of aged infrastructures networks and industrial plants

Stressitesti - Stress tests for low probability & high consequence risk management

TURMITTA - Measuring safety and its business value, www.fitpis.fi/index.php/coops

PREDICT - Preparing for the domino effects in crisis situations EFENIS - Efficient Energy Integrated Solutions for Manufacturing

Industries, http://efenis.uni-pannon.hu MACPLUS - Component performance-driven solutions for long-term

efficiency increase in ultra supercritical power plants, http://macplusproject.eu

CATO - CBRN crisis management: Architecture, Technologies and Operational procedures, www.cato-project.eu

CCSP - Finnish CCS programme, www.cleen.fi/en BSA Proiler: Productive boiler www.fimecc.com/programs/bsa RFCS-01-2015 DP700 Phase 1; Preparation for Commercial

Demonstration Plant for 700°C Operation

Why we joined EU-VRi? Through EU-VRi, VTT is seeking opportunities and networks for cooperation in research and development on both EU and international level, especially on various levels of risk and opportunity management.

Weconext

Address/Contact person 86 rue de Paris, Bâtiment Erable 91400 Orsay, France www.weconext.eu Mr. Laurent Bernard, [email protected]

Profile Weconext aims at easing collaboration between experts. We develop, implement and maintain the necessary tools for the storage and sharing of data. To ease these communications, Weconext is strongly involved in R&D to outreach the state of the art and to provide solutions which are fast, user friendly and secure.

Key Business/Risk Area Business Areas: Security Informatics

Main Products/Services Our main products are: the Weconext platform: it enables you to have an online space of

reference to efficiently federate your network of experts, work at distance while keeping control on your data and share knowledge with a reinforced safety.

the Weconext chaptered videos: we can record your events, conferences, trainings and convert them in «chaptered videos» format. This format allows you to view in sync the video of the orator, the slides and chapters.

the Weconext visioconference: it allows you to do secure online meetings with video, audio and documents, without any installation on your computer.

Why we joined EU-VRi? We joined the EU-VRi network to get involved in European scientific projects, to have feedbacks on our products from researchers and to be able to develop further our technologies to meet most of the needs of the scientific communities. It is also a great opportunity to work with other European partners.


EU-VRi Founding Members

BZN, BAY ZOLTAN Nonprofit Ltd. (www.bayzoltan.hu)

BAY ZOLTÁN Nonprofit Ltd. is Hungary’s largest public institution for applied research. The Mission of the BAY ZOLTÁN Nonprofit Ltd. (until 2011: Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research) is to support the development of sustainable competitive development of Hungarian companies through innovation and technology transfer. The Institute for Logistics and Production Engineering of the Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. was founded in 1993. The Institute is located in Miskolc, Hungary. The Institute is one of the four institutes of the company. The dominant research areas in the institute are logistics, production engineering, information technology and recycling, structural integrity, environmental management, mechatronics, energy and materials development. Contact Person: Dr. G. Lenkey (Mrs.), [email protected]

INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT SAS (www.ineris-developpement.eu) INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT SAS is a company (simplified corporation) hold by INERIS, the French Institute for Industrial Environmental and Risks (Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques) which is the only shareholder. INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT has been created in June 2013 with the

objective to develop the international activities of the shareholder in the field of industrial risks prevention and environment protection. With that purpose, INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT works in close cooperation with INERIS experts. Contact Person: Mr. O. Salvi, [email protected]

Steinbeis Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer (www.stw.de) and Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH - www.risk-technologies.com StC is a part of Steinbeis-Stiftung für Wirtschaftsförderung (StW – “Steinbeis Foundation for Economic Development“), an umbrella organization for the entire Steinbeis network. Therein, StC is responsible for commercial activities related to knowledge and technology transfer performed by StC business units. In EU-VRi, StC acts in co-decision with Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies Group consisting of Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH, a spin-off company of StC, Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies Transfer Center (part of StC) and Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies Transfer Institute (part of Steinbeis University). Contact Persons: Mr. U. Haug, [email protected] and Dr. J. Bareiß, [email protected]

Technologica Group c.v. (www.technologica.org) TECHNOLOGICA Group is a joint venture set up by a

number of high-tech corporate partners and individual, internationally renowned, scientists and engineers, both from academia and industry. Amongst its main goals is the improved exploitation of results and know-how from previous R&D projects sponsored by the European Commission or by various UN agencies or USA-based organizations. Contact Person: Prof. Dr. ir. W. Bogaerts, [email protected]

University of Stuttgart (www.uni-stuttgart.de) ZIRIUS Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (http://www.zirius.eu)

The central task of the Center is to stimulate, coordinate and conduct research projects in the area of risk analysis, risk management and risk communication in the context of

globalization and mutual interdependence with a focus on environmental, climate and health risks, as well as the innovation research on the socio-economic and institutional conditions of (technological) innovation processes. Current important projects include exploration and communication of the connections between ecological, economic, social and cultural expressions of future sustainable energy paths. Contact Person: Prof. Dr. O. Renn, [email protected]


Contact EU-VRi European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management Haus der Wirtschaft Willi-Bleicher-Straße 19, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany Mailing/visiting address: Lange Str. 54, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany Tel: +49 711 410041 27, Fax: +49 711 410041 24 www.eu-vri.eu [email protected] Registered in Stuttgart, Germany under HRA 720578

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