Keynote Presentations

Abstracts of the keynote presentations listed below can be read by clicking on the topic.

Gail M. Atkinson
Professor of Earth Sciences
Carleton University, Ottawa, CANADA
Topic: An Overview of Developments in Seismic Hazard Analysis

Hugo Bachmann
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Structural Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich SWITZERLAND
Topic: Political Activities of Earthquake Engineers for Seismic Risk Mitigation?

Gian Michele Calvi
Professor of Structural Engineering
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, ITALY
Topic: Recent Experience and Innovative Approaches in Design and Assessment of Bridges
Anil K. Chopra
Horace, Dorothy and Katherine Johnson Chair in Engineering
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Topic: Estimating Seismic Demands for Performance-Based Engineering of Buildings

W.D. Liam Finn
Anabuki Professor of Foundation Geodynamics
Kagawa University, Takamatsu City, JAPAN
Topic: Characterizing Pile Foundations for Evaluation of Performance Based Seismic Design of Critical Lifeline Structures

Jorge Gutiérrez
Professor and Chair, Structural Engineering Department
University of Costa Rica, San Jose, COSTA RICA
Topic: Notes on the Seismic Adequacy of Vernacular Buildings

Yuxian Hu
Professor and Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, CHINA
Topic: Development of Earthquake Engineering in China

Tsuneo Katayama
President, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
Tokyo, JAPAN
Topic: Earthquake Disaster Risk Mitigation Before And After The 1995 Kobe Earthquake

Thomas D. O’Rourke
Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA
Topic: Advances in Lifeline Earthquake Engineering

Shunsuke Otani
Professor
Chiba University, Chiba, JAPAN
Topic :Japanese Seismic Design of High-rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings – An Example of Performance-based Design Code and State of Practices

Chris D. Poland
Chairman, CEO and President
Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California, USA
Topic: Making Performance Based Engineering Useful