[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] Earthquake Insight Briefing - Feb 19, 2014 -- Washington DC

[Phyllis Steckel]

Earthquake Insight Briefing Planned for Industry and Government Leaders




            An Earthquake Insight Briefing will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in Washington DC.  The half-day program addresses the business impacts of earthquake hazards and risks from a business, operations, market, equity, and portfolio perspective.  



            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.  The program is for non-geoscientists and non-engineers in both the public and private sectors, especially in the eastern US.



            Confirmed speakers for Earthquake Insight Briefing include:

·       Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution;

·       Steve Jaume; College of Charleston (S.C.);

·       Martin Chapman; Virginia Tech;

·       Deborah Pettit; Superintendent, Louisa County Public Schools;

·       Morgan Eddy; Steele Foundations; Washington DC;

·       Tom Pratt; US Geological Survey; Reston, Va.; and

·       Wright Horton; US Geological Survey; Reston, Va.



            Other speakers from the New Zealand GNS (geoscience research agency) also have been invited to this Earthquake Insight Briefing.  They will tell their story of direct damage and ongoing relocation impacts to Christchurch after devastating earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.  However, their participation depends on funding availability from both the New Zealand and US governments as well as other schedule constraints.



            Earthquake Insight Briefing will be held at the AIA District Architecture Center, 421 Seventh Street NW, Washington DC.  Registration information may be found at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/workshop_eqinsight2014.php.  Before January 15, 2014, the cost of the event is $125.  After January 15, 2014, registration increases to $145.  Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch.



            Earthquake Insight Briefing is modeled after a similar program that has been held annually in St. Louis, Mo., since 1994.  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.  It also has focused on earthquake hazards and risks in the central and eastern US.  



            For more information or to register, please contact Phyllis Steckel at psteckel at charter.net or 636-239-4013.



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Earthquake Insight LLC
Phyllis J. Steckel, RG
PO Box 2002
Washington, MO 63090
636-239-4013
psteckel at charter.net 

"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."
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