“iRALL” The International Research Association on Large Landslides, is an international non-governmental, non-political, non-profit-making and unaffiliated institution for the promotion of knowledge about large landslides founded on 11th November 2015. The scientific committee consists of international experts in the field of large landslides. The secretariat of iRALL is located at the State Key laboratory of Geohazard prevention and Geo-environmental Protection (SKLGP), Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China.

Topics of the 2017 iRALL School:
1. Identification and occurrence of large/giant landslides:

• Types (rock avalanches, large rockslides, debris avalanches...) and deposits

• Identification criteria 

• Geological context (morpho-structural setting, lithologies...). Predisposing factors

2. Investigation and mapping of large landslides

• Characterization and mapping

• Surface and subsurface exploration

• Monitoring (in-situ, remote)

3. Initiation and movement mechanism of large landslide

• Initiation mechanisms

• Triggers

• Runout analysis and modeling

4. Monitoring and early-warning of large landslides
5. Risk evaluation and control of large landslide: mitigation, prevention and protection strategies

• Hazard and risk analysis

• Risk scenarios

• Risk prevention and mitigation

• Failure forecasting. Alert systems

• Case histories

6. The disaster-chain effects
7. Large landslides and society: processes and impacts