| PROGRAMME | |
| DAY ONE (20 May 2013) |
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Chairman’s introduction |
| 09:15 | Applying the concepts of vulnerability and resilience to urban spatial planning and management policies across Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and the region |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | Developing innovative strategies for seismic microzonation, earthquake forecasting and its verification |
| 11:00 | Standard rules on earthquake resistant standard planning for building construction structures |
| 11:45 | Why do buildings collapse in earthquake and overview of issues involved in seismic assessment and retrofitting |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Advanced GIS for loss estimation and rapid post-earthquake assessment of building damages |
| 14:45 | How to build earthquake-resistant buildings: key issues and challenges |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Earthquake hazards and basic concepts of seismic resistant design of structures: what you need to know |
| 16:30 | Panel discussion on recent earthquake events and taking a comprehensive look at damage assessment using very high resolution aerial imagery |
| 17:00 | End of Day One |
| DAY TWO (21 May 2013) |
| 09:00 | Chairman’s introduction |
| 09:15 | Retrofit strategy issues for structures under earthquake loading using sensitivity-optimization procedures |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | Improving the level of seismic hazard parameters using earthquake location and magnitude calibration |
| 11:00 | How can we protect high-rise buildings/bridges/flyovers from earthquakes? |
| 11:45 | Real-time observation of earthquakes and monitoring data to enable appropriate disaster response |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Earthquake resistance diagnosis and strengthening techniques for existing buildings |
| 14:45 | Post earthquake rock remediation: a case study of large scale 3D rockfall analysis |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Design problems of reinforced concrete beamless frame buildings for seismically hazardous areas |
| 16:30 | Panel discussion on developing framework to quantitatively assess and enhance seismic resilience |
| 17:00 | End of Conference |
It is important to accurately identify areas of high potential vulnerability to earthquakes so that mitigation, emergency response and recovery approaches can be strengthened. Attend this conference to be updated on what you need to know to successfully manage earthquake disaster. An earthquake is the sudden, sometimes violent movement of the earth’s surface from the release of energy in the earth’s crust. Most earthquakes happen near or along the system of fault lines which cover our earth. Some of the most active fault lines are along the East Coast of Japan, the West Coast of the USA and along the West Coast of South America. Earthquakes are the most feared of natural hazards because they occur without warning.
The aftermath of an earthquake manifest great devastation due to unpredicted seismic motion striking extensive damage to innumerable buildings of varying degree, as such, significant attention has to be focused on the development of earthquake-resistant buildings and promote earthquake-resistant construction. Most of this loss and suffering is due to lack of, or inadequate, structural design for the forces that earthquakes impose on buildings and other structures. However, advanced preparation can greatly reduce the extent of damage. Therefore, assessing the seismic risk and determining mitigation alternatives as well as earthquake risk management process is critical. There have been a wide variety of approaches applied to the forecasting of earthquakes. Earthquake forecasting is the process of estimation in unknown situations and can refer to estimation of time series, cross-sectional or longitudinal data and incorporate intuitive judgments, opinions and subjective probability estimates. Nevertheless, earthquake prediction is a science fraught with difficulty. The only question will remain. When and where will the next destructive earthquake occur? The severity and frequency of disasters and their impact on the society will intensify in near future, thus requiring the urgency for sustained strategies to reduce disaster risk. Evaluation of new construction techniques together with increasing understanding of the seismic forces and the building response has certainly contributed positively to decrease seismic vulnerability. Against this backdrop, World Earthquake Disaster Management Conference 2013 is a timely platform to provide an opportunity to learn how to be better prepared for future earthquakes and mitigate the damaging effects of earthquakes as well as to strengthen the capacity to plan and implement earthquake risk reduction strategies and disaster recovery preparedness. Time has been set aside to share perspective and solution for an effective implementation of national building code focusing on the structural analysis and earthquake resistant design of buildings. In addition, at this Conference, you will be armed with latest update on modern methodology of earthquake resistant design and strengthening of reinforced concrete buildings and structures, as well as providing you with clear accounts of both basic and applied fields of earthquake engineering with particular reference to earthquake resistant analysis and the design of structural systems. |