EERI 2003 Annual Meeting

The EERI Annual Meeting 2003 was held this year in Portland, Oregon on February 5-8th at the Marriott Downtown. The theme of the conference was entitled Challenges for Policies and Programs in Regions of Infrequent Earthquakes.
The MAE Center was an exhibitor at the conference and a subscribing member of EERI for a fifth year. MAE Center graduate students, Cale Ash and Carrie Wagner, University of Illinois, and Joonam Park and Peeranan Towashiraporn, Georgia Institute of Technology, attended the conference and are featured in the photos below.
 
The conference covered topics such as:

EFFECTS OF GREAT EARTHQUAKES
IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC AND CORPORATE FACILITIES IN THE NORTHWEST
RESEARCH AND MONITORING
IMPLEMENTATION AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM
GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIMULATION
 
The meeting also offered a variety of speakers including, “Success of the USGS Seismic Mapping in Areas of Infrequent Earthquakes: What More is Needed?” Arthur Frankel, USGS.