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<DIV>The 2011 Christchurch earthquake is especially relevant to the central US
setting and risk exposures. This EERI webinar should be of interest to
everyone interested in the earthquake issue here.</DIV>
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AGENDA BELOW.</B><BR><BR>A briefing on the Christchurch,
New Zealand, earthquake of February 22, 2011, is being
jointly organized by EERI's Learning from Earthquakes
Program and the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research
Center (PEER), and co-sponsored by GEER.<BR><B><BR>Date:
Wednesday, April 6, 2011<BR>Time: 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME</B><BR>Location: Auditorium in
Room 310, Sutardja Dai Hall (CITRIS Building), UC
Berkeley Directions Here<BR><B><BR>Briefing
Agenda:</B><BR><BR>Introductions & Darfield
Earthquake (5 min)<BR> <I>Ron
Mayes, Simpson Gumpertz &
Heger
</I><BR><BR>Earthquake experience, spectral demands,
critical building project (15
min)<BR> <I>Ken Elwood, Univ. of
British Columbia (EERI Reconnaissance Team Co-Leader)
</I><BR><BR>Structural performance observations (15
min)<BR> <I>Russell Berkowitz,
Forell/Elsesser</I><BR><BR>Performance of unreinforced
masonry buildings, focus on retrofits (15
min)<BR> <I>Fred Turner,
California Seismic Safety
Commission</I><BR><BR>Geotechnical observations /
engineering geology (10
min)
<BR> <I>Donald Wells, AMEC
Geomatrix (GEER)</I><BR><BR>Liquefaction (by video
conference) (15 min)<BR>
<I>Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury, New
Zealand</I><BR><BR>Social Impacts (15
min)<BR> <I>Anne Wein, U.S.
Geological Survey</I><BR><BR>University, housing,
policy, and recovery issues (15 min)
<BR> <I>Mary Comerio, Univ. of
CA, Berkeley (EERI Reconnaissance Team Co-leader)
</I><BR><BR>Questions & Discussion<BR><B><BR>How can
I attend this seminar?</B></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2
face=sans-serif>1.
</FONT><FONT size=3>Attend in person at </FONT><A
href="http://citris-uc.org/contact/visitors"
target=_blank><FONT color=blue size=3><U>Auditorium in
Room 310, Sutardja Dai Hall (CITRIS), UC
Berkeley</U></FONT></A> <BR><FONT size=2
face=sans-serif>2.
</FONT><FONT size=3>Watch remotely via Webcast live at 3
pm April 6, 2011 by clicking on this link: </FONT><A
href="mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/PEER"
target=_blank><FONT color=blue
size=3><U>mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/PEER</U></FONT></A><FONT
size=3>. The webcast will become available at 2:45
pm. It should load automatically, but if you have
problems, make sure your computer has the latest version
of Windows Media Player, RealPlayer or QuickTime
installed.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2
face=sans-serif>3.
</FONT><FONT size=3>Videos of the presentations will be
posted at </FONT><A
href="http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2011/03/briefing-on-christchurch-new-zealand-earthquake/"
target=_blank><FONT color=blue
size=3><U>http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2011/03/briefing-on-christchurch-new-zealand-earthquake/</U></FONT></A><FONT
size=3> for viewing after April 16th.</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3><BR>This seminar is hosted by:<BR>• </FONT><A
href="http://peer.berkeley.edu/" target=_blank><FONT
color=blue size=3><U>Pacific Earthquake Engineering
Research Center (PEER)</U></FONT></A><FONT size=3><BR>•
</FONT><A href="http://www.eeri.org/site"
target=_blank><FONT color=blue size=3><U>Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute
(EERI)</U></FONT></A><FONT size=3><BR>• </FONT><A
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target=_blank><FONT color=blue size=3><U>Geo-Engineering
Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)</U></FONT></A><FONT
size=3><BR><BR>For more information about the
Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand, visit </FONT><A
href="http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-02-22-christchurch/"
target=_blank><FONT color=blue
size=3><U>http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-02-22-christchurch/</U></FONT></A><FONT
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