2008 National Earthquake Conference

Announcing the 2008 NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE on "Understanding Earthquakes: From Research to Resilience", April 22-26, 2008 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, WA. Organized by members of Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC), Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC), Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC),Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW), Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council (EPICC), and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) with support from FEMA, USGS, NIST, and NSF. The goals of the conference are to provide attendees with a better understanding of the scientific, engineering, and social research that underlies our ability to assess, mitigate, and respond to earthquakes across the U.S., and to exchange ideas about tools for earthquake hazard and risk reduction, successful programs, lessons from past earthquakes, and ways to build resiliency. For more information please see http://www.earthquakeconference.org/index.html