Full Program
Monday March 2
8:00am – 6:00pm
Preconference Event
EERI Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition
Tuesday March 3
10:00am – 8:00pm
Preconference Event
EERI Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition
9:00am – 12:00pm
Preconference Workshop
CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Training Modules Workshop
This workshop will build capacity for post-earthquake reconnaissance participants and hazards and disaster researchers in the areas of social vulnerability, cultural competence, mental health, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) procedures for research involving human participants. The workshop will be presented by Haorui Wu (assistant professor in the School of Social Work, Dalhousie University) and Rachel Adams (postdoctoral researcher at the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder). More information about the CONVERGE Training Modules is available here: https://converge.colorado.edu/training-modules.
1:00 – 3:00pm
Preconference Workshop
Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Training
This workshop will provide an overview of EERI’s Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) Program and the Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team. Participants will receive training on EERI's field data collection tools and virtual reconnaissance methods. EERI members who complete this training will be well-positioned to contribute effectively to reconnaissance efforts following future earthquakes.
9:30am – 3:30pm
Preconference Tour TOUR
UC San Diego Laboratory and Campus Tour
This tour will visit facilities at the University of California, San Diego. The first destination is the NHERI @ UCSD Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table (nheri.ucsd.edu/), followed by a trip to the main university campus to tour the Charles Lee Powell Laboratories (structures.ucsd.edu/research/laboratories).
Wednesday March 4
8:30am – 5:20pm
EERI Seismic Design Competition: Shaking Day
8:30am – 9:00am
Plenary Session P0
Welcome to the National Earthquake Conference & EERI Annual Meeting
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Speakers
- Leslie ChapmanHenderson President and CEO, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc. (FLASH)
- Gary S. Johnston Chief Resilience Officer, San Diego County Office of Emergency Services
- Laurie Johnson Laurie Johnson Consulting and President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- Howard Harary Director of the Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and 2020 NEC Honorary Chair Download Presentation
9:00am – 10:00am
Plenary Session P1
The San Diego Earthquake Scenario and its Vision for a Seismically Resilient San Diego by 2050
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Moderator: Glenn Pomeroy, California Earthquake Authority
Speakers
- Jorge Meneses Principal Geotechnical Engineer, RMA Group, Inc. and EERI San Diego Chapter President Download Presentation
- Stephen Rea Assistant Director of Office of Emergency Services, San Diego County
- Afsaneh Ahmadi Chief Building Official, City of San Diego
- Mona Freels Emergency Operations Services Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
- David Harrison Assistant Director of Emergency Services, City of Carlsbad
For the last five years, a series of experts and community stakeholders have developed a scenario for a possible earthquake on the Rose Canyon Fault Zone in San Diego and considered its impacts on the community. This session will introduce the San Diego-Tijuana Earthquake Scenario earthquake, major findings of this study, and the scenario’s expected losses. The team will also present their vision for a seismically resilient San Diego by 2050. They will also discuss the possibilities and opportunities for action, particularly by local leaders who will be critical to seismic planning and mitigation success.
10:00am – 11:00am
Plenary Session P2
Functional Recovery: What it Means to Design for Community Resilience, EERI Distinguished Lecture
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Moderator: Laurie Johnson, Laurie Johnson Consulting and EERI President
Speaker: David Bonowitz, Structural Engineer
This lecture will focus on the emerging concept of functional recovery as a basis for earthquake-resistant design. Designing buildings and infrastructure for limited downtime – or an acceptably quick functional recovery – is not new, but it is receiving new attention through state and federal legislation, and showing new feasibility through research and technology. Most intriguing is the recognition that designing for functional recovery is a necessary tool for achieving community-wide earthquake resilience. And if progress is to be measured at the community level, functional recovery will also be a matter of public policy. The lecture will look at the roles EERI members can play in shaping this thinking into design practice with four sets of questions: definitional, technical, policy, and implementation.
11:00am – 12:00pm
Networking Break
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Lunch Session
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Plenary Session P3
What is an Earthquake Program and How Do We Work Together Better to Reduce Seismic Risk?
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Moderator: Maximilian Dixon, Washington State Emergency Management Division
Presentation Title: What Is an Earthquake Program and Who Do Earthquake Program Managers Work With to Help Save Lives?
Speaker: Maximilian Dixon Washington State Emergency Management Division Download PresentationPresentation Title: Informed Decision-Making: What Do Emergency Managers and Land Use Planners Need From Engineers and Scientists?
Speaker: Amanda Siok FEMA Region 10 Download PresentationPresentation Title: Cascadia Rising 2022
Speaker: Robert Ezelle Washington State Emergency Management DivisionPresentation Title: Whole Community Integration - We're In It Together
Speaker: Mona Bontty California Governor's Office of Emergency ServicesPresentation Title: Let's Work Together!
Speaker: Maximilian Dixon Washington State Emergency Management DivisionPresentation Title: WSSPC National Awards of Excellence
Speaker: Matthew Wall Western States Seismic Policy CouncilEarthquake programs exist across the nation in states with seismic hazard. These programs vary in scope and scale, yet all aim to help their state/territory advance earthquake risk reduction. This session will explain what an earthquake program is and key partners that earthquake program managers work with. The discussion will describe how these programs engage critical audiences, like the public, and highlight what earthquake program managers need from the scientific and engineering community to advance seismic mitigation and planning. The session will end with the presentation of the WSSPC National Awards of Excellence.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Concurrent Session 1A
Designing the Earthquake & Geologic Hazards for the San Diego Earthquake Scenario
Location: Nautilus 1
Moderator: Diane Murbach, Murbach Geotech Download Presentation
Presentation Title: Paleoseismic History, Scenario Earthquake & Surface Fault Rupture
Speaker: Tom Rockwell San Diego State University Download PresentationPresentation Title: USGS Scenario ShakeMaps & Simulation
Speaker: Ken Hudnut United States Geological SurveyPresentation Title: Scenario Liquefaction and Landsliding
Speaker: Jim Gingery Hayward Baker Download PresentationPresentation Title: Scenario Tsunami from Submarine Landslide
Speaker: Mark Legg Legg Geophysical, IncThis session will showcase the technical work of the San Diego Scenario's "Earth Science" Working Group. The session will describe the San Diego seismic fault zone, the selection of the scenario earthquake, and the associated shaking, ground failure, and secondary hazards.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Concurrent Session 1B
Leveraging Newly Available Tools and Guidance for Seismic Risk Reduction and Recovery
Location: Nautilus 2
Moderator: Justin Moresco, Applied Technology Council Download Presentation
Presentation Title: FEMA P58-7: Building the Performance You Need
Speaker: David Mar Mar Structural Design Download PresentationPresentation Title: ATC-119-1: Application of FEMA P-58 for City of San Francisco’s Tall Building Safety Strategyn
Speaker: Ayse Hortacsu Applied Technology Council Download PresentationPresentation Title: FEMA P-2018: Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential
Speaker: William Holmes Rutherford + Chekene Download PresentationPresentation Title: CEA-EDA-02: Earthquake Damage Assessment and Repair Guidelines for Residential Wood-Frame Buildings
Speaker: Morgan Griffith Exponent, Inc. Download PresentationPresentation Title: FEMA P-530: Earthquake Safety at Home: Prepare, Protect, Survive, Recover, Repair
Speaker: Colin Blaney Buehler Engineering. Download PresentationThis session will focus on several recent applied research projects managed by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) that developed tools and guidance focused on seismic risk mitigation and recovery. The session will cover topics relevant to a broad audience of professionals, including a discussion about the City of San Francisco’s use of performance-based engineering information in it policymaking, an overview of a guide for assessing and repairing earthquake-damaged wood-frame houses, and an introduction to a guide for homeowners about protecting their families and homes from earthquakes and responding afterwards.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Concurrent Session 1C
Seismic Sorcery: Obtaining Funds to Perform Mitigation Magic
Location: Nautilus 3
Moderator: Michael Conway, Arizona Geological Survey
Presentation Title: Demystifying Federal Funding
Speaker: Amanda Siok FEMA Region X Download PresentationPresentation Title: Seismic Sorcery in Port Townsend: Adding a dash of mitigation to economic revitalization
Speaker: Tim Cook Washington Emergency Management Division Download PresentationPresentation Title: The Nuts & Bolts of Financing Earthquake Retrofit Projects
Speaker: Brad Bartholomew Utah Division of Emergency Management Download PresentationThis interactive session will share the sorcery of funding philosophers and seismic sages enabling seismic crusaders to fund the earthquake mitigation and planning projects of their dreams. While navigating and applying for various funding opportunities can seem daunting, this session will demystify federal funding sources, including: the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program, Disaster Recovery and Reform Act, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and the upcoming Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program. Panelists will also discuss case studies of successfully funded earthquake mitigation projects including: unreinforced masonry retrofits, earthquake risk awareness campaigns, school retrofits, and more. Some of these projects leveraged multiple funding sources, including economic revitalization dollars.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Concurrent Session 1D
Leadership in the Wake of Disaster
Location: Nautilus 4
Moderator: Anna Lang, Zylient Download Presentation
Presentation Title: Responding to the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence
Speaker: Jed McLaughlin Chief of Police, Ridgecrest Download PresentationPresentation Title: Best Recoveries Built on Relationships and Planning Ahead
Speaker: Linda Langston National Academy of Sciences & National Association of Counties Download PresentationPresentation Title: Responding to Alaska’s 7.1 Earthquake, Nov. 30, 2018 to Present
Speaker: William (Bill) D. Falsey Municipal Manager, City of Anchorage Download PresentationInevitably following disaster, a community must come together, pick up the pieces, and find a path forward. Crucial in this process are the leaders who unite and guide residents toward economic, social, and physical recovery. Civic leaders from around the country present riveting accounts of their communities' response to the immediate impacts of disasters and the healing process that follows.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Concurrent Session 1E
Findings from the 2018 M7.1 Anchorage Alaska Earthquake
Location: Marina 6
Moderator: Dan Belanger, Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Download Presentation
Presentation Title: Major Lessons for Structural Engineering Practice
Speaker: Sterling Strait Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Download PresentationPresentation Title: Major Lessons for Geotechnical Engineering Practice
Speaker: Jessica Feenstra Golder Download PresentationPresentation Title: Future Directions for Structural Engineering Research
Speaker: Wael Hassan University of Alaska, Anchorage Download PresentationPresentation Title: Future Directions for Geotechnical Engineering Research
Speaker: Rich Koehler University of Nevada Download PresentationPresentation Title: Future Directions for Seismological Research
Speaker: Natalia Ruppert Alaska Earthquake Center Download PresentationPresentation Title: Future Directions for Geological Research
Speaker: Eric Thompson USGSThis session will summarize major outcomes in earth science, geotechnical engineering, and structural engineering from the 2019 Symposium on the 2018 M7.1 Anchorage Earthquake. Presentations will include lessons for practice and future research directions. This session is supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. CMMI-1938428 and by the USGS under award number G19AC00299. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or the USGS.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Concurrent Session 1F
How Do Hospitals Respond to Earthquakes?
Location: Nautilus 5
Moderator: Derek Skolnik, Kinemetrics, Inc.
Presentation Title: Rapid Evaluation and Assessment Program (REAP) for Hospitals
Speaker: Dave Swanson Reid Middleton, Inc.Presentation Title: Emergency Management’s Role in Continued Operations at Stanford Health Care
Speaker: Laura Jackson Stanford Health Care Download PresentationPresentation Title: Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Post-Earthquake Assessment after the 2019 M6.4 and M7.1 Earthquakes
Speaker: Daniel Zepeda Degenkolb Engineers Download PresentationPresentation Title: How the 1M+ SF Naval Medical Center San Diego is prepared to respond to Earthquakes
Speaker: Josh Hall Navy Medical Center, San DiegoThis session aims to answer the question posed in the title. Speakers will draw from multiple point-of-views, including engineering practice, emergency management policy, and onsite facility operations. Case studies will include Ridgecrest Regional, Naval Medical Center San Diego, and Stanford Healthcare.
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Networking Break
4:00 – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 2A
Pre-earthquake Response: Closing the Critical Data Gap and Preparing for Large Earthquakes
Location: Nautilus 1
Moderator: Mark Benthien, Southern California Earthquake Center, and Keith Knudsen, USGS
Presentation Title: Lessons Learned from Parkfield that Should Be Applied to Future Studies
Speaker: Andrew Michael USGSPresentation Title: Pre-Earthquake Preparation Processes
Speaker: Yehuda Ben-Zion University of Southern CaliforniaPresentation Title: Preparing for Major Earthquakes by Using Small Magnitude Events
Speaker: Albert Kottke PG&E Download PresentationWhat should we be doing to prepare for the next large earthquake? How should we prepare to gather those data that will help answer critical questions about earthquakes, hazards, and risk?
4:00 – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 2B
Infrastructure and Building Vulnerabilities in San Diego and Tijuana
Location: Nautilus 2
Moderator: Alvaro Celestino, Degenkolb Engineers
Presentation Title: Overview of San Diego Scenario Engineering Impacts and Findings
Speaker: Anthony Court AB Court & AssociatesPresentation Title: Assessment of Impacts to Tijuana Due to the Rose Canyon M6.9 Scenario Earthquake
Speaker: Mario GonzalezDuran and Roberto Ruiz-Salas Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, Baja California, México and KimleyHorn Download PresentationPresentation Title: How Vulnerable Are We? A Look into the Existing San Diego Building Stock
Speaker: Peter Maloney Degenkolb EngineersThis session will take a closer look at the impacts to buildings and lifeline infrastructure in the San Diego and Tijuana areas as a result of the geologic hazards in the San Diego Scenario. This session will use an engineering perspective to better describe the studies that helped to identify expected impacts, and discuss opportunities for mitigation. This session will also include perspectives from studies that took place in Tijuana as a result of the scenario effort.
4:00 – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 2C
Strengths and Opportunities for Earthquake Clearinghouses
Location: Nautilus 6
Moderator: Matthew Wall, Western States Seismic Policy Council
Presentation Title: 2018 M7.1 Anchorage Earthquake Clearinghouse Lessons Learned and Opportunities
Speaker: Maggie OrtizMillan EERI Download PresentationPresentation Title: 2019 Plan and Exercise of the Idaho Clearinghouse Plan & After Action Findings
Speaker: Mario Susan Cleverly Idaho OEMPresentation Title: 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Clearinghouse Lessons Learned and Opportunities
Speaker: Cindy Pridmore CA Geological Survey Download PresentationPresentation Title: National Efforts for NEHRP Clearinghouse Planning
Speaker: Ken Hudnut USGSPost-earthquake clearinghouses play an important role in earthquake reconnaissance by facilitating and coordinating field investigation efforts and disseminating information through daily briefings and virtual clearinghouse websites. Conveners of two recent clearinghouses for the 2018 M7.1 Anchorage Earthquake and 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence will describe lessons learned and opportunities for future deployments, alongside an emergency manager who recently created and exercised a new Clearinghouse activation plan for the state of Idaho. Federal efforts focused on planning for clearinghouses will also be shared. Panel discussion will be used to explore opportunities and challenges for launching clearinghouses after future U.S. earthquakes.
4:00 – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 2D
Mitigating in the Real World: Tackling URMs in Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City
Location: Nautilus 4
Moderator: Anna Lang, Zylient and Anne Hulsey, Stanford University Download Presentation
Speaker: Jonna Papaefthimiou Portland Bureau of Emergency Management
Speaker: Audrey Pierce Program Manager, Salt Lake City Fix the Bricks, and Critical Infrastructure Liaison, Salt Lake City Emergency Management
Speaker: Nancy H. Devine City of Seattle, Department of Construction and Inspections
It is well known that unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are seismically vulnerable and should be retrofitted or replaced. But achieving that goal doesn't stop with an engineer's recommendation. Policies intending to improve seismic safety can unintentionally overlook the social impacts and economic challenges of such legislation on the very communities they're intended to protect. This session invites panelists from Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City to discuss the challenges, successes, and lessons learned for implementing seismic safety legislation and programs for URM buildings.
4:00 – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 2E
FEMA Guidance on Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluations
Location: Nautilus 5
Moderator: Ayse Hortacsu, Applied Technology Council
Speaker: Ayse Hortacsu Applied Technology Council Download Presentation
Speaker: Andrew Herseth Federal Emergency Management Agency
Speaker: Bret Lizundia Rutherford + Chekene
The United States had a seismically active year, and earthquake engineers were ready to respond! But do you know how and when you can help? In November 2019, FEMA published Post-disaster Building Safety Evaluation Guidance: Report on the Current State of Practice including Recommendations Related to Structural and Nonstructural Safety and Habitability (FEMA P-2055), as required by the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018. This session will discuss safety evaluations in the recent 2020 Puerto Rico Earthquake Sequence, generally address community needs following an earthquake, summarize best practice guideline documents for conducting safety evaluations, and identify recommended improvements, such as development of guidance for habitability evaluations. The presenters will also showcase the new proposed tools for efficient program management including qualifications of team members conducting safety evaluations.
4:00 – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 2F
Preliminary Reconnaissance Findings from the 2020 Puerto Rico Earthquake Sequence
Location: Nautilus 3
Moderator: Mike Blanpied, USGS
Presentation Title: Event Summary and Aftershocks Sequence
Speaker: Nicholas van der Elst USGS Download PresentationPresentation Title: Ground Failure Observations
Speaker: Eric Thompson USGSPresentation Title: Structural Impacts
Speaker: Eduardo Miranda Stanford University Download PresentationPresentation Title: FEMA Pre-Mitigation Assessment Team Observations
Speaker: Andrew Herseth FEMA Download PresentationPresentation Title: Building Tagging
Speaker: Jose Sanchez Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Download PresentationThis session will provide an overview of findings from initial reconnaissance studies following the January 7, 2020 M6.4 Earthquake and aftershocks.
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Welcome & Networking Reception
Thursday March 5
9:00am – 10:15am
Plenary Session P4
From Earthquakes Big to Small: How to Frame the Earthquake Hazard Conversation, SSA Joyner and Invited Lectures
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Moderator: Heidi Tremayne, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Speaker: Julian Bommer Imperial College London
Speaker: Lucy Jones Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society Download Presentation
Planning and mitigating for earthquakes often consider earthquakes with large magnitudes with extensive damage distribution and far-reaching societal impacts. However, talking about earthquakes only at such large scales to the public, policymakers, and critical decision-makers can affect how they perceive risk and influence the actions they take to prevent it. This session will explore the science of smaller earthquakes and consider how to frame conversations about earthquake risk to consider earthquakes of various scales so that they motivate action. This session will feature presentations by the EERI/SSA Joyner Lecture by Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London, Julian J. Bommer, and Lucy Jones, founder of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, followed by a facilitated discussion about how action can be expedited by talking about earthquakes at various scales.
Dr. Julian Bommer will discuss how the occurrence of some low-magnitude earthquakes in recent years has been the cause of unexpected levels of damage and particularly by the heightened concern regarding earthquakes of anthropogenic origin. The lecture begins by re-visiting the often misunderstood rationale behind the exclusion of smaller magnitude earthquakes from probabilistic seismic hazard analysis as being related to the risk posed by such events. A number of case histories of small magnitude events reported having caused damage are then reviewed, highlighting in each case the specific factors contributing to the impact—and in some cases arguing that the impact may have been exaggerated. This is followed by a global analysis of smallto-moderate magnitude earthquakes to ascertain the likelihood of these resulting in damage and/or injury. As well as looking at the smallest magnitude earthquakes that have caused structural damage, the question of the smallest magnitudes required to trigger liquefaction is also addressed. The lecture concludes with some insights regarding if and when smaller earthquakes should be a concern as well as discussing the challenges associated with modeling the resulting hazard and risk that such events can pose.
Dr. Lucy Jones will expand upon the scientific basis for consideration of small earthquakes by considering what we can learn from risk perception science and how that should impact how we speak about both large and small earthquakes. Disasters can be on a personal scale, for those whose home or livelihood are lost, or on a societal scale when infrastructure damages result in cascading impacts that interrupt the economic prosperity of a community. They create different motivators for action at both the personal and societal levels.
10:15am – 11:00am
Plenary Session P5
Local Perspectives from the 2020 Puerto Rico Earthquake Sequence
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Moderator: Laurie Johnson, Laurie Johnson Consulting and EERI President Download Presentation
Speaker: Elizabeth Vanacore Puerto Rico Seismic Network
Speaker: Jose Antonio Martinez Cruzado UPR Mayaguez
Speaker: Marla Perez Lugo RISE Network
This session will provide an opportunity to hear from colleagues from Puerto Rico about their roles as scientific and engineering experts involved in the earthquake response.
11:00am – 12:00pm
Networking Break
12:00pm – 2:00pm
LUNCH
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Plenary Session P6
EERI Awards Ceremony
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Moderator: Laurie Johnson, Laurie Johnson Consulting and EERI President Download Presentation
Award: George W. Housner Medal
Awardee: Jack P. Moehle University of California, BerkeleyAward: The Alfred E. Alquist Special Recognition Medal
Awardee: Anthony F. Shakal California Geological Survey (retired)Award: EERI Honorary Membership
Awardee: William J. Hall University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaignAward: EERI Honorary Membership
Awardee: Anne Kiremidjian Stanford UniversityAward: Shah Family Innovation Prize
Awardee: Carlos Molina-Hutt University Of British ColumbiaAward: Younger Member Award
Awardee: Guillermo Diaz-Fanas WSP USAAward: Younger Member Award
Awardee: Erica Fischer Oregon State UniversityAward: EERI/FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellowship
Awardee: Andrew J. Makdisi University of WashingtonAward: EERI/FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellowship
Awardee: Sarah Wichman University of WashingtonAward: Outstanding Paper Award for Earthquake Spectra
Awardee: Anastasios Sextos et al. University of Bristol, UKAward: Graduate Outstanding Student Paper Award
Awardee: Ganyu Teng Stanford UniversityAward: Undergraduate Outstanding Student Paper Award
Awardee: Omar Issa University of California, Los AngelesThis session will showcase honorees of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
2:00pm – 3:30pm,
Concurrent Session 3A
What's New & What's Needed: National Seismic Hazard Model(s)
Location: Nautilus 1
Moderator: John Anderson, University of Nevada, Reno
Presentation Title: Progress in Applying the Latest Science to Asses Earthquake Hazards Across the Country
Speaker: Mark Peterson USGS Download PresentationPresentation Title: Quantifying Uncertainty in National Seismic Hazard Models
Speaker: Peter Powers USGSPresentation Title: Project 17 and How the National Seismic Hazard Model has Responded to the Recommendations of that Project
Speaker: Nicolas Luco and Sanaz Rezaeian USGSPresentation Title: Enhancing USGS NSHM Data for Insurance Risk Scoring
Speaker: Taronne Tabucchi Guy Carpenter Download PresentationPresentation Title: Implementation of Basin Effects in Seismic Hazard of the Greater Seattle Region
Speaker: Melanie Walling GeoEngineers, Inc.This session will showcase recent changes and upcoming changes to the National Seismic Hazard Models, and seek feedback on improved use & effectiveness.
2:00pm – 3:30pm,
Concurrent Session 3B
Advanced Tools in Earthquake Engineering for Processing, Computation, Simulation, and Visualization
Location: Nautilus 2
Moderator: Sissy Nikolaou, WSP USA
Presentation Title: NGA Automated Record Processing Routine
Speaker: Tim Ancheta Risk Management SolutionsPresentation Title: EQSIM – A High Performance Computational Framework for Fault-toStructure Simulations on Massively Parallel Computer Platforms
Speaker: Floriana Petrone Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & University of Nevada Download PresentationPresentation Title: SeismoVLAB: A Parallel Object-Oriented Virtual Laboratory for Mesoscale Seismic Wave Propagation Simulations
Speaker: Domniki Asimaki California Institute of Technology Download PresentationPresentation Title: “ShakeMap®” for Buildings
Speaker: Derek Skolnik Kinemetrics, Inc.Presentation Title: Leveraging ArcGIS Mapping: Investigation of Concrete Building Damage after 2017 Mexico Earthquake
Speaker: Anahid Behrouzi, Alejandra Bravo, Nicholas Slavin California Polytechnic State University - San Luis ObispoDevelopment of new tools and techniques, and transformation of existing tools and techniques are essential for progression in any field. This session will focus on a broad range of innovative tools and techniques related to computation, automation, simulation, and visualization in the area of earthquake engineering. The session will also address how these tools are expected to advance into the future and what impact each tool will have on the engineering practice in the future.
2:00pm – 3:30pm,
Concurrent Session 3C
San Diego Seismic Resilience – Stakeholder Insight Panel
Location: Nautilus 3
Moderator: Gary Johnson, San Diego County of Emergency Services
Speaker: David Harrison Assistant Director of Emergency Services, City of Carlsbad
Speaker: Ryan DeHart Emergency Services Coordinator, County of San Diego Office of Emergency Services
Speaker: Clint Welch Director of Aviation Security and Public Safety for the San Diego Airport
Speaker: Ron LaPlante Senior Structural Engineer/Codes & Standards, Division of the State Architect
Speaker: Bill White Manager, Security and Emergency Planning, City of San Diego, Public Utilities Department
Speaker: Jim Fisher Operations and Maintenance Director, San Diego County Water Authority
Speaker: Matt Brown Port of San Diego – Homeland Security Program Manager, San Diego Unified Port District
Speaker: Brian Souerhage Commander, Third Fleet, United States Navy
Diverse stakeholders from the San Diego region will discuss impacts from the scenario on their own infrastructure or systems, describe their organization's seismic mitigation and planning accomplishments, and compare them to their other hazard planning efforts. Panelists will also explore challenges and opportunities in mitigating their seismic risk and achieving a seismically resilient San Diego by 2050.
2:00pm – 3:30pm,
Concurrent Session 3D
Beyond California: Disaster Resilience Planning from Across the Nation
Location: Nautilus 4
Moderator: Jack English, The University of Texas at Austin
Presentation Title: Resilience Effort in Oregon: Making a Difference
Speaker: Mike Harryman State Resilience Officer, Oregon Office of Governor Kate BrownPresentation Title: Earthquakes In Texas?! Engaging and Preparing Concerned Community Stakeholders From the Shaking Ground Up
Speaker: Chris Hillman City Manager, City of Irving, Texas Download PresentationPresentation Title: Resilience Planning in the Charleston Metro Region
Speaker: Dan Burger Charleston Resilience Network Download PresentationPresentation Title: Mitigating at Altitude: Reducing Earthquake Risk in the Rockies
Speaker: Sean McGowan FEMA Region VIII Download PresentationTo improve seismic resilience, we must draw on lessons from beyond our “own backyard.” Communities are challenged to prepare for and withstand a wide range of disasters by identifying and executing contextdependent strategies. This session explores unique approaches to building resilience in communities through all levels of government and volunteer efforts. Speakers will highlight distinctive processes that enable success, including multi-hazard risk evaluation, resource optimization, and stakeholder engagement.
2:00pm – 3:30pm,
Concurrent Session 3E
Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence: Science Findings and Lessons
Location: Nautilus 5
Moderator: Christine Goulet, SCEC
Presentation Title: Geodesy and InSAR
Speaker: Eric Fielding NASA Download PresentationPresentation Title: Seismology
Speaker: Annemarie Baltay USGS Download PresentationPresentation Title: Fault Rupture
Speaker: Tim Dawson CGS Download PresentationPresentation Title: Aftershock Forecasting
Speaker: Kevin Milner SCEC Download PresentationPresentation Title: Ground Motions
Speaker: Silvia Mazzoni UCLA Download PresentationThis session will summarize science findings and lessons from the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. This session is supported by the National Science Foundation under award number CCMI-2002617 and by the USGS under cooperative agreement number G20AC00042. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this session are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or USGS.
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Networking Break
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 4A
Development of NIST-FEMA Recommendations for Achieving Functional Recovery
Location: Nautilus 2
Moderator: Jon Heintz, Applied Technology Council (ATC) Download Presentation
Presentation Title: NEHRP Reauthorization Charges for Investigation of Functional Recovery
Speaker: Mike Mahoney Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Download PresentationPresentation Title: Functional Recovery Working Group Processes
Speaker: Steve McCabe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Presentation Title: Stakeholder Workshops on Functional Recovery
Speaker: Leslie Abrahams IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI)Presentation Title: Preview of Recommended Options
Speaker: Lucy Arendt and Ryan Kersting St. Norbert College & Buehler Engineering Download PresentationThe late 2018 reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) required two of the NEHRP agencies, NIST and FEMA, to “convene a committee of experts from Federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private sector entities, disaster management professional associations, engineering professional associations, and professional construction and homebuilding industry associations, to assess and recommend options for improving the built environment and critical infrastructure to reflect performance goals stated in terms of post-earthquake re-occupancy and functional recovery time.” This session will showcase recent findings from activities conducted by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI), in support of this aim. The discussion will define functional recovery, explain why it is needed, then focus on implementation options including an assessment of each option’s pros and cons developed with input from social scientists as well as architects, engineers, building owners, government officials, and building code officials.
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 4B
Development and Key Changes of the 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for Buildings and Other Structures
Location: Nautilus 1
Moderator: Erin Sibley, Mott MacDonald
Presentation Title: Development of the NEHRP Provisions to Support U.S. Codes and Standards
Speaker: Mai (Mike) Tong Physical Scientist, Federal Emergency Management Agency Download PresentationPresentation Title: Development of the NEHRP Provisions to Support U.S. Codes and Standards
Speaker: Jiqiu Yuan Building Seismic Safety CouncilPresentation Title: An Overview of the 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions
Speaker: David R. Bonneville Chair, 2020 NEHRP Provisions Update Committee, Degenkolb Engineers Download PresentationPresentation Title: Multi-Period Response Spectra and Ground Motion Requirements
Speaker: Charles A. Kircher Kircher & Associates Download PresentationPresentation Title: New Nonstructural Design Equations in the 2020 NEHRP Provisions
Speaker: Bret Lizundia Rutherford+Chekene Download PresentationThe NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures (NEHRP Provisions) translates new knowledge and research into standards language and serves as the consensus resource document for US seismic codes and standards. The 2020 NEHRP Provisions are being used in the ongoing development of the seismic provisions for ASCE/SEI Standard 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures. The NEHRP Provisions are developed by the Provisions Update Committee (PUC) of the Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) through a five-year project sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). During this cycle, the PUC considered a wide range of critical issues and developed technical proposals related to seismic design ground motion maps, multi-period design spectra, coupled reinforced concrete and steel plate shear walls, rigid wall/flexible diaphragm buildings, and design of nonstructural components. In addition, a framework for future provisions related to functional recovery is being developed. The intent of this group presentation /session is to provide an overview of the development of the NEHRP Provisions and key changes approved by the PUC and BSSC Member Organizations, which are currently being considered by the ASCE/SEI 7-22 seismic subcommittee.
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 4C
Shut Down Impacts: Can They Be Avoided or Reduced?
Location: Nautilus 3
Moderator: Jim Wilkinson, Central United States Earthquake Consortium
Presentation Title: After the Earthquake, Will the Lights Come Back on in Your Critical Facility?
Speaker: Phil Caldwell Schneider Electric Download PresentationPresentation Title: Earthquake Monitoring on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Speaker: Sterling Strait Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Download PresentationPresentation Title: Oregon Hospitals: Road to Resilience
Speaker: Yumei Wang Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Download PresentationPresentation Title: Emergency Water Supplies for San Diego, California
Speaker: Jerry Reed San Diego County Water Authority Download PresentationPresentation Title: Missouri School Seismic Safety Initiative
Speaker: Philip Gould Washington University in St. Louis Download PresentationPresentation Title: Performance of Electrical Substations in the 2018 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake
Speaker: Riccardo Cappa Simpson Gumpertz & HegerWhen we talk about earthquake safety, building stability is almost always the emphasis. To achieve true resilience we must also consider the lifelines and services that make everyday life possible. This session will highlight case studies of lifeline networks and critical facilities that demonstrate practical approaches to achieve societal resilience.
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 4D
Achieving a Seismically Resilient San Diego by 2050: A Collaborative Workshop
Location: Nautilus 4
Moderator: Zahraa Saiyed, Scyma Consulting, University of San Francisco Download Presentation
Speaker: Laurie Johnson Laurie Johnson Consulting and EERI President Download Presentation
Speaker: Claudia López District Director for California Senator Ben Hueso
Bring your ideas and passion for seismic resilience policy! This interactive session will discuss how scenarios have resulted in policy or mitigation actions by sharing a few examples of success, followed by interactive table top exercises and discussions to brainstorm policy options and possibilities to achieve a seismically resilient San Diego by 2050.
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Concurrent Session 4E
Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence: Engineering Findings and Lessons
Location: Nautilus 5
Moderator: Janiele Maffei, California Earthquake Authority (CEA) Download Presentation
Presentation Title: EERI Ridgecrest Response
Speaker: Maggie OrtizMillan Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Download PresentationPresentation Title: Geotechnical Impacts
Speaker: Jonathan Stewart UCLA/GEER Download PresentationPresentation Title: Structural Impacts at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
Speaker: Dave Swanson Reid MiddletonPresentation Title: Impacts to Manufactured Housing
Speaker: Kelly Cobeen Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Download PresentationPresentation Title: Structural Impacts to housing and commercial buildings
Speaker: Wayne Chang Structural Focus Download PresentationPresentation Title: Lifelines Impacts
Speaker: Craig Davis LA Department of Water and Power, retired Download PresentationThis session will summarize engineering findings and lessons from the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. This session is supported by the National Science Foundation under award number CCMI-2002617 and by the USGS under cooperative agreement number G20AC00042. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this session are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or USGS.
5:30pm – 6:00pm
Lightning Sessions
In these lightning sessions, hear back-to-back one-minute presentations from poster presenters. You’ll get a short glimpse into their work and an opportunity to note posters you’d like to visit later in the poster reception and reception.
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6:00pm – 7:30pm
Poster Session & Reception
Friday March 6
9:00am – 10:30am
Concurrent Session 5A
Assessing and Communicating Hazards: From Early Warning to Aftershocks
Location: Nautilus 1
Moderator: Cynthia Pridmore, California Geological Survey, and Keith Knudsen, USGS
Presentation Title: Failure to alert? Exploring Perceptions of ShakeAlert During the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence
Speaker: Sara McBride USGS Download PresentationPresentation Title: New National Aftershock Forecast Capabilities and Application to the Anchorage And Ridgecrest Earthquakes
Speaker: Jeanne Hardebeck USGS Download PresentationPresentation Title: Global Rapid Damage Mapping System with Spaceborne SAR Data
Speaker: Sang-Ho Yun NASA JPLPresentation Title: Developing Methodologies for Rapidly Updating PAGER Loss Estimates
Speaker: Kishor Jaiswal USGS Download PresentationFrom National Seismic Hazard Model to ShakeAlert and Operational Aftershock Forecasting, there are new hazards assessment approaches. This session will include discussion of these hazards assessments, and how they are best communicated.
9:00am – 10:30am
Concurrent Session 5B
Progress and Challenges in Utilizing Simulated Ground Motions for Engineering Practice
Location: Nautilus 2
Moderator: Christine Goulet, SCEC
Presentation Title: Progress and Challenges in Ground Motion Simulation Validation (GMSV)
Speaker: Nico Luco USGS Download PresentationPresentation Title: Basin effects in simulated and observed ground motions for Southern California
Speaker: Jonathan Stewart & Buka Nweke UCLA Download PresentationPresentation Title: Guidelines on Utilization of Simulations for Engineering Building Response Applications
Speaker: Ting Lin Texas Tech University Download PresentationPresentation Title: Selection of Simulated Cybershake Time Series for Engineering Building Code Analyses
Speaker: Jack Baker Stanford University Download PresentationPresentation Title: Utilization of Simulated Ground Motions for Bridge Engineering Applications
Speaker: Farzin Zareian UCI Downlod PresentationPresentation Title: Tall Building Ground Motions in Southern California: Comparison of Recent Design Ground Motions with Cybershake Simulated Ground Motions
Speaker: Marty Hudson Turner Construction Company Download PresentationAlthough recorded ground motion datasets get better populated over time, the use of simulated earthquake ground motions to supplement those datasets for the design of engineered structures is highly desirable. Ground motions simulated by various methods can be used to enhance dynamic analysis of buildings and bridges or to perform probabilistic seismic hazard analysis when recorded ground motions are sparse or for specific local source-site combinations. However, for the engineering community to gain confidence in these simulations, they must first be validated against available recorded data or empirical models. As a result, validation of ground motion simulations is also gaining special attention. In recent years, ground motion simulation models have improved significantly through better science implementations and validation modification cycles. This oral session offers an opportunity to discuss a wide range of simulation methods and their current strengths and shortcomings through available validation methodologies in addition to the progress and challenges in utilizing simulated ground motions in the engineering practice
9:00am – 10:30am
Concurrent Session 5C
Developing Effective Outreach Tools and Strategies
Location: Nautilus 3
Moderator: Althea Rizzo, Oregon Office of Emergency Management
Presentation Title: Tips for Conducting Earthquake Risk Reduction Outreach through the Great ShakeOut Campaign and Media/Social Media
Speaker: Maximilian Dixon Washington State Emergency Management Division Download PresentationPresentation Title: Yes, You Can Talk Seismic Safety in Schools to NonEngineers!
Speaker: Lucy Arendt St. Norbert College Download PresentationPresentation Title: Social Media Strategies for the ‘Elder Millennial’ Working in Non-Profit, Government, and Beyond: Case Studies, Big Data, and Subsequent Expectations
Speaker: Jason Ballman Southern California Earthquake Center Download PresentationPresentation Title: Neighborfest: Social Cohesion as a Cornerstone for Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness
Speaker: Daniel Homsey and Mark Benthien City of San Francisco Neighborhood Empowerment Network and Southern California Earthquake Center Download PresentationThis session will provide proven practical ways to bring your message to your communities. Session will discuss outreach through the Great ShakeOut Campaign, neighborhood events, social media, and more.
9:00am – 10:30am
Concurrent Session 5D
From Expectation to Reality: Understanding and Leveraging Public Perceptions to Improve Earthquake Resilience
Location: Nautilus 4
Moderator: Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc. (FLASH)
Presentation Title: ReadyBusiness QuakeSmart: How Community Stakeholders are Leveraging the Program to Advance Seismic Safety
Speaker: Daryl L. Osby Fire Chief County of Los Angeles Download PresentationPresentation Title: Resilient Design for Functional Recovery – Motivations and Drivers
Speaker: Curt B. Haselton CSU Chico and HB-Risk Download PresentationPresentation Title: Earthquake Brace + Bolt Program: Insights from Improving Homeowners' Seismic Resilience
Speaker: Janiele Maffei California Earthquake Authority Download PresentationPresentation Title: No Code No Confidence Campaign - Inspect2Protect.org: Researching Homeowner Perceptions of Building Code Performance, Adoption, and Enforcement And FLASH Effort to Increase Transparency on Current Adopted Codes in Communities Across the U.S. as the Foundation for Resilience
Speaker: Leslie ChapmanHenderson Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc. (FLASH) Download PresentationThis session explores various ways the public is engaged, incentivized, and ultimately motivated to adopt seismic safety measures. Topics include the new research-informed 'No Code. No Confidence.' campaign to bring transparency to building codes; lessons learned from business and public demand for resilient buildings; the QuakeSmart program for community seismic resilience; and insights from the residential earthquake mitigation Earthquake Brace + Bolt Program.
9:00am – 10:30am
Concurrent Session 5E
EERI Learning from Earthquakes: Resilience Lessons from Reconnaissance Over Time
Location: Nautilus 5
Moderator: Erica Fischer, Oregon State University
Presentation Title: Palu Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami Reconnaissance Findings on Population Displacement and Recovery
Speaker: Robert Olshansky and Ghazala Naeem University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, retired, and Resilience Group Download PresentationPresentation Title: Initial Survey of Businesses Following the November 30, 2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Speaker: Mike Mieler ARUP Download PresentationPresentation Title: Tools for Advancing Understanding of Community Resilience through Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance
Speaker: Debra Murphy Slate Geotechnical Consultants Download PresentationPresentation Title: Learning From Earthquakes New Zealand Travel Study Program: Challenges in Rebuilding the Built Environment
Speaker: Ezra Jampole ExponentPresentation Title: Learning From Earthquakes New Zealand Travel Study Program: Opportunities in Rebuilding the Built Environment
Speaker: Anne Husley Stanford Download PresentationPresentation Title: Environmental Impacts of 2010-2011 Canterbury Sequence and 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake: Lessons Learned to Inform Resilient Strategies
Speaker: Andrew Makdisi University of Washington Download PrsentationThe session will present resilience findings and observations from earthquakes that have occurred in the last 10 years. Presentations draw on resilience reconnaissance studies that are part of several new EERI initiatives to more carefully document and measure resilience through reconnaissance.
10:30am – 11:00am
Networking Break
11:00am – 12:15pm
Plenary Session P7
Local Perspectives from the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Moderator: Kate Scharer, USGS
Speaker: Jed McLaughlin Ridgecrest Chief of Police
Speaker: Sean Frieberg US Navy
Speaker: Jonathan Schmidt Trona
Speaker: Robyn Moses Red Cross
This session will provide an opportunity to hear from local officials about the response and recovery from the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. This session is supported by the National Science Foundation under award number CCMI-2002617 and by the USGS under cooperative agreement number G20AC00042. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this session are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or USGS.
12:15pm – 12:30pm
Plenary Session P7
Closing Thoughts and Call to Action
Location: Grande Ballroom B&C
Speaker: David Maurstad FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation and chief executive of the National Flood Insurance Program
Speaker: Leslie Chapman Henderson President and CEO, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc. (FLASH) Download Presentation
Speaker: Laurie Johnson Laurie Johnson Consulting and EERI President
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Lunch Session (tickets required)
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Plenary Session P8
SDC Award Ceremony with Presentations by EERI-FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellows
Speaker: Sarah Wichman University of Washington, EERI-FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellow Download Presentation
Speaker: Andrew Makdisi University of Washington, EERI-FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellow Download Presentation
Speaker: Polly Murray University of Colorado Boulder, EERI Student Leadership Council Co-President
Speaker: Tyler Oathes University of California, Davis, EERI Student Leadership Council Co-President Download Presentation
This session will unveil the winners of the 2020 EERI Seismic Design Competition and include presentations by EERI-FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellows.