EERI's Learning from Earthquakes Program is organizing a series of briefings on Haiti and Chile in various locations, primarily as webinars and webcasts.
The first in this series is being organized and sponsored by EERI, PEER and GEER and will be held:
Tuesday March 30, 2010
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Auditorium in Room 310, Sutardja Dai Hall (CITRIS Building), UC Berkeley Directions Here
Speakers to include: Professor Jack Moehle, former PEER Director & EERI Reconnaissance Team Leader, Bill Holmes and Mark Yashinsky, EERI team members and Jon Bray, co-leader of GEER team.
This first briefing about the Chile Earthquake on Feb 27, 2010 and its many subsequent aftershocks will provide an overview of the findings of the reconnaissance teams. It will be followed by a series of other briefings that are arranged on specific topics that warrant additional detail and discussion.
How can I attend this seminar?
Attend in person at Auditorium in Room 310, Sutardja Dai Hall (CITRIS), UC Berkeley
Watch remotely via Webcast live at 3 pm March 30, 2010: mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/PEER. The webcast will become available at 2:45 pm. It should load automatically, but if you have problems, make sure your computer has the latest version of Windows Media Player, RealPlayer or QuickTime installed.
A video recording of the seminar will be available and posted to this web page by April 2, 2010 for viewing on demand.
This seminar is jointly organized and hosted by:
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER)
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Geo-Engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)
These reconnaissance efforts were sponsored by EERI's Learning from Earthquakes Program and GEER, with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, and by PEER.
For members in the Bay Area, another briefing of interest next week, sponsored by EERI's subscribing member ARUP:
April 1, 5:30 -- 7:30.
Preliminary Lessons from Chile and Haiti: What the Bay Area Should (and Should Not) Expect from a Major Earthquake.
Speakers: Andy Thompson and Ignacio Barandiaran, ARUP
Presentation will start at 6. Location: 560 Mission Street, 7th floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 RSVP: event@arup.com
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