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17TH World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation - Pre-proceedings of the Congress

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Resilience Session 06 - Organizational resilience: what & how?

Wednesday, March 11 16:00 - 17:30
Chair: Marie Colin, Chair of TC 1.4, Cerema, France
Room: Room 3

This session explores the concept of organizational resilience — the ability of institutions to anticipate, adapt, and thrive amid disruption. Participants will examine how resilience extends beyond infrastructure to include leadership, culture, processes, and knowledge management.
Through case examples, the session will highlight practical frameworks and tools to assess organizational maturity, manage uncertainty, and embed resilience thinking into decision-making. Attendees will gain insights on how to build organizations that not only recover from crises but evolve stronger, ensuring continuity and long-term sustainability in the transport and infrastructure sectors.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Presentations
  5. Questions and Answers
  6. Conclusion of the session
  7. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

  • Introduction
    • Marie COLIN (France) - Technical Advisor in Infrastructure Resilience (Cerema) and Chair of TC 1.4

Presentations

  • Organisational resilience in the road sector : Challenges & best practices
    • Thomas BLES - WG2 co-leaders
    • Mark CORBIN - WG2 co-leaders
    • Laura PARRA - WG2 co-leaders
    • Philippe SOHOUENOU - WG2 co-leaders
  • Improving the uptake of Climate change Adaptation in the decision making processes of Road aUthoritieS
    • Thomas BLES (Deltares, Netherlands)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 766KB)

Questions and Answers

Presentations

  • Creating New Pathways towards Climate & Disaster Resilient Transportation in India
    • Vijetha BEZZAM (The World Bank, India)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 962KB)
  • Strengthening the Resilience of Hydraulic Structures on the Road Network of the DIR Massif Central (FRANCE): Methodology and Work.
    • FREDERIC MARTY (Direction Interdépartementale des Routes Massif Central, France)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 2.4MB)
  • Road Planning and Development in the Southern Kii Peninsula Taking the Risk of Tsunamis into Account
    • Kazuyuki FUJITA (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 1.2MB)

Questions and Answers

• Moderator: Philippe Sohouenou, Project manager at Resallience, France

Conclusion of the session

  • Conclusion
    • Marie COLIN (France) - Technical Advisor in Infrastructure Resilience (Cerema) and Chair of TC 1.4

Organization

Session Organiser: Marie Colin, Technical Advisor in Infrastructure resilience & Chair of TC 1.4, Cerema, France
Session Co-Organiser: Thomas Bles, Expert on resilient infrastructures at Deltares, Netherlands
Session Secretary: [To be confirmed]