From September 29th al 3 October 2025, Nicolosi (CT), the first edition of the will take place International School on Drone and VR for Volcano-Tectonic Studies at Etna, organized from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and by 'University of Milan-Bicocca (UniMiB)in partnerships with the International Lithosphere Program (ILP), Italian Geological Society (SGI), CRUST – Interuniversity Center for 3D Seismotectonics with territorial applications, Agisoft LLC, Cableway of Etna e TECLA Project.
The School's program will focus on the use of drones e immersive virtual reality as innovative tools for scientific research, monitoring and study of active volcanic areas. Participants will learn how to perform surveys with drones to generate 2.5D and 3D modelsThe latter will be used for GIS analysis and for immersive virtual reality techniques.
The activities will be divided into three modules: theoretical sessions in the classroom, to introduce key concepts and methodologies, field activities dedicated to data acquisition and drone survey techniques on the slopes of the Etna volcano e lab sessions for data processing, model generation and virtual reality integration.
The School will take place in English language.
The number of participants will be between twelve and sixteen and the selection will be made by assigning priority strictly according to the following order:
1. PhD students in Earth and Environmental Sciences;
2. Master's students in Earth and Environmental Sciences;
3. Post-doc researchers in the same disciplinary fields;
4. Other candidates.
Within each category the selection will be made on the basis of theregistration order.
It will be possible to send your application no later than 12:00 on Wednesday 23 April 2025, following the procedure indicated in .
More information about the School and the participation fee .
Useful links:
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
