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Planned for Industry and Government Leaders</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</SPAN>An <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Earthquake Insight Briefing</I></B> will be
held on <STRONG>Wednesday, February 19, 2014</STRONG> in Washington DC.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The half-day program addresses the
business impacts of earthquake hazards and risks from a business, operations,
market, equity, and portfolio perspective.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</SPAN>It is for those in insurance, lending and finance, portfolio management,
risk analysis, equity and investment, commodity transport, utility systems,
communications, business operations, continuity planning, national security, and
related areas.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The program is for
non-geoscientists and non-engineers in both the public and private sectors,
especially in the eastern US.</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Confirmed speakers for <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
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include:</SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian
Institution;</SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Steve Jaume; College of Charleston
(S.C.);</SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Martin Chapman; Virginia Tech;</SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Deborah Pettit; Superintendent, Louisa County
Public Schools;</SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Morgan Eddy; Steele Foundations; Washington
DC;</SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Tom Pratt; US Geological Survey; Reston, Va.;
and</SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Wright Horton; US Geological Survey; Reston,
Va.</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Other speakers from the New Zealand GNS (geoscience research agency) also
have been invited to this<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Earthquake Insight Briefing</I></B>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They will tell their story of direct
damage and ongoing relocation impacts to Christchurch after devastating
earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>However, their participation depends on funding availability from both
the New Zealand and US governments as well as other schedule
constraints.</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Earthquake Insight Briefing</I> </B>will be
held at the AIA District Architecture Center, 421 Seventh Street NW, Washington
DC.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Registration information may be
found at </SPAN><A
href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/workshop_eqinsight2014.php"><SPAN><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/workshop_eqinsight2014.php</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN>.
Before January 15, 2014, the cost of the event is $125.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After January 15, 2014, registration
increases to $145.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Registration
includes continental breakfast and lunch.</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Earthquake Insight Briefing</I></B> is
modeled after a similar program that has been held annually in St. Louis, Mo.,
since 1994.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That program has been a
cornerstone outreach effort from the geoscience and engineering community,
including the US Geological Survey, to decision-makers in business and
government.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It also has focused on
earthquake hazards and risks in the central and eastern US.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>For more information or to register, please contact Phyllis Steckel at
</SPAN><A href="mailto:psteckel@charter.net"><SPAN><FONT
color=#0000ff>psteckel@charter.net</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN> or
636-239-4013.</SPAN></P>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000">Earthquake
Insight LLC<BR>Phyllis J. Steckel, RG<BR>PO Box 2002<BR>Washington, MO
63090<BR>636-239-4013<BR><A
href="mailto:psteckel@charter.net">psteckel@charter.net</A> <BR><BR>"Minimizing
earthquake risk is a funny business. The payoff may not come for a long time --
and then it will be in terms of what did not
happen."</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>