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Hokudan 2015 |
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January 12th through 17th, 2015 in Awaji City, Awaji Island, Japan |
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Invitation to Hokudan 2015 International Symposium on Active FaultingHosts Sponsors Awaji City and Awaji City Board of Education Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Japanese Society for Active Fault Studies National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Cosponsors (provisional): Hyogo Prefecture and Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education Japan Association for Quaternary Research Seismological Society of Japan The Association of Japanese Geographers Geological Society of Japan Japan Society of Engineering Geology Tokyo Geographical Society International Research Institute for Disaster Science Desaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Supporting Organizations Hokudan, Co. Hyogo Museum of Natural History Invitation On the occasion of 20th anniversary of the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nambu (Kobe) Earthquake, 4th International Symposium on Active Faulting will be held in Awaji City from January 12 through January 17, 2015. Please join the symposium and present your works. Theme Twenty years after 1995 Kobe earthquake: The keys to mitigate risks from extreme earthquake hazards: Remember Kobe! Date January 12 -- 17, 2015 Venue Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center and Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park in Awaji City, Awaji Island, Japan Program outline January 12: Arrival, registration, and welcome party at Westin Awaji Resort January 13: Opening ceremony, plenary Lectures, and oral and poster sessions January 14: Oral and poster sessions January 15: Oral and poster sessions Topics of oral sessions: Plate boundary fault and earthquake cycle Earthquake geology for hazard assessment Forecasting big ones and risk assessment Recent technical development January 16: Field trip to Nojima Fault, Rokko Fault, and Kobe Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution January 17: 20th anniversary ceremony at Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park (optional) Provisional speakers from abroad Yeats, R.S., Jordan, T.R., Wodruff, J., Weldon, R.J., Scharer, K.M., Akçiz, S.O., Rockwell, T.K., Field, E.H., Petersen, M., Dawson, T.E., Beroza, G.C., Denolle, M., Arrowsmith, R.J. (United States), Walters, R. (United Kingdom), Malik, J.N.(India), James, Berryman, K.R., Stirling, M. (New Zealand), Daag, A.S. (Philippine), and Klinger, Y. (France) Provisional speakers from Japan Hashimoto, M., Hirahara, K., Ikeda, Y., Irikura, K., Iwata, T., Kondo, H., Lin, A., Mori, J., Morikawa, N., Mukoyama, S., Nomura, S., Sagiya, T., Toda, S., Tsutsumi, H., Une, H., Yarai, H., Yoshioka, T. Website All detailed information is available now at http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/kojiok/hokudan2015.html Call for Papers / Abstract Submission Present your works related to active faulting in Hokudan 2015!! Volunteered papers will be presented in posters. You may present multiple posters. Abstract submission deadline is December 28, 2014, Abstract submission procedures at http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/kojiok/abstract.html Registration and housing Most participants stay together at Westin Awaji Resort next to conference venue. Book and register before December 28 at: https://v3.apollon.nta.co.jp/hokudan15/joho? MODE=top&language=1 Registration fees Local citizens without science or engineering expertise are free. Researchers with tenured position: JPYen10,000 Students and early career researcher without tenured position: JPYen5,000 Housing rate at Westin Awaji Resort 2 persons sharing a 2 bed room with breakfast and dinner: JPYen14,000 per person-night 2 persons sharing a 2 bed room with breakfast (no dinner): JPYen11,000 per person-night 1 person in a 2 bed room with breakfast and dinner: JPYen18,500 per person-night 1 person in a 2 bed room with breakfast (no dinner): JPYen15,500 per person-night Reception January 14, 18:00--20:00 at Westin Awaji Resort Researchers with tenured position: JPYen7,000 Students and early career researcher without tenured position: JPYen3,500 Contact Secretaries Tomoo Echigo (Geo-Research Institute) echigo@geor.or.jp Koji Okumura (Hiroshima University) kojiok@hiroshima-u.ac.jp |