Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
7:00 am REGISTRATION CONTINUES
8:00–8:20 am WELCOME AND OPENING STATEMENT Mary Comerio, President, EERI
8:20–8:30 am WELCOME FROM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Scott Civjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
8:30–10:00 am SEISMIC HAZARD IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA Far from the plate boundary, infrequent earthquakes occur in unforeseen locations, exacerbated by low attenuation and tricky site conditions. Explore the seismicity and hazard characteristics of the CEUS, and the practical issues of determining local site conditions and buried active faults from limited data. Moderator: Harold Magistrale, FM Global Speakers: John Ebel, Boston College/Weston Observatory Mark Petersen, USGS Stephen Halchuk, GSC William Ellsworth, USGS Martitia Tuttle, M. Tuttle and Associates
10:00–10:30 am BREAK
10:30–12:00 pm STRATEGIC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW The role of emergency management in earthquake preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation from local and international perspectives. Moderator: Brian Collins, FEMA Region I Speakers: Brian Collins, FEMA Region I Amy Gryzbowski, Town of Westerly, RI Dave Brunsdon, Kestrel Group NZ
12:00–2:00 pm LUNCHEON AND EERI DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Robert Olshansky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:00–3:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
I. PANEL: CHALLENGING SITE CONDITIONS Challenging site conditions encountered worldwide with specific examples from CEUS will include the influence of depth to bedrock, hard rock, glacial materials, artificial fill, and soft soils materials. Moderator: Laurie Gaskins Baise, Tufts University Panelists: Youssef Hashash, University of Illinois Laurie Gaskins Baise, Tufts University Adrian Rodriguez, Virginia Tech Guney Olgun, Virginia Tech Sissy Nikolaou, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Aaron Bradshaw, University of Rhode Island
II. STRATEGIC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROCESSES Planning for earthquakes and other events through programs for evaluating and inventorying structures using FEMA (FEMA 154, ROVER, HAZUS) and the NCHRP 14-29 project specific to bridges. Moderator: Ayse Hortacsu, ATC Speakers: Mike Griffin, CCS Group, Inc. Mai (Mike) Tong, FEMA HQ Ayse Hortacsu, ATC Kelly S. Stone, FEMA Region IX Andre Barbosa, Oregon State University
3:30–7:30 pm POSTER SESSION
3:30–4:00 pm BREAK
4:00–5:15 pm EERI—LEARNING FROM EARTHQUAKES EERI’s flagship Learning from Earthquakes program will be highlighted with a focus on lessons learned from recent earthquakes (including the 2014 Napa CA Earthquake), how EERI responds to earthquakes, and ways for EERI members to participate in reconnaissance. Moderator: Ken Elwood, University of Auckland Speakers: Marko Schotanus, R+C Mike Mahoney, FEMA Maggie Ortiz, EERI Jeff Hunt, Exponent
5:15–6:30 pm EERI COMMITTEE MEETINGS
6:00–7:30 pm POSTER SESSION AND SEISMIC DESIGN COMPETITION SILENT AUCTION
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