2012 WSSPC Events

This year's WSSPC events will be held in April at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee alongside the Joint 2012 National Earthquake Conference/Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Conference, and the National Earthquake Program Managers Meeting.

2012 WSSPC Annual Meeting Schedule

The WSSPC Annual Meetings will be held April 10-11, 2012.

Agendas will be posted as they become available.

April 10, 2012

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WSSPC Basin & Range Province Committee Meeting

Chair: Bill Lund, Utah Geological Survey

Meeting Room: Alonzo Locke

AGENDA

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WSSPC Engineering, Construction & Building Codes Committee Meeting

Chair: Ron Lynn

Meeting Room: George Peabody

AGENDA

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

WSSPC Board Meeting

Chair: John Parrish

Meeting Room: Hernando Desoto

DRAFT AGENDA

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

WSSPC Annual Business Meeting

Chair: John Parrish

Meeting Room: Hernando Desoto

DRAFT AGENDA

April 11, 2012

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Seismic Councils and Commissions Meeting - AGENDA

Co-Chairs: Pete McDonough, Utah Seismic Safety Commission and Cliff DeBerry, West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission

Meeting Room: Venetian

2012 National Earthquake Program Managers Meeting

The 2012 National Earthquake Program Managers (NEPM) Meeting will be held April 10, 2012 from 8:00am - 2:00 p.m. DRAFT AGENDA - Updated March 20, 2012

For more information on the 2012 NEPM Annual Meeting, visit http://eqprogram.net/.

2012 National Earthquake Conference

The National Earthquake Conference will be held April 10-13, 2012.

Registration Fees:
Register by January 15: $395
January 15 to March 15: $495
After March 15: $550

With the theme of “Learning from the Past to Protect the Future,” the joint National Earthquake Conference and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Conference program commemorates the 200th anniversary of the historic series of strong earthquakes that struck the New Madrid seismic zone in late 1811 and early 1812. It will feature many lessons from recent and historic earthquakes that are applicable to the practice of U.S. professionals. The meeting is jointly hosted by EERI and the earthquake consortia*, and will consist of both plenary and concurrent sessions to ensure an abundance of offerings for engineers, scientists, emergency managers, and policy makers.

Visit http://earthquakeconference.org/ for information about the program, the hotel, and how to submit abstracts for one of the poster sessions (deadline January 23).

The following pre-conference programs will be held Tuesday, April 10;

• ASCE Symposium on Seismic Hazard Design Issues in the Central U.S. (full-day, $65 fee),
• New Madrid Earthquake Scenario Workshop (half-day, free), and
• URM Memphis South Main Street Demonstration Workshop (evening, free).

Additionally, a State Seismic Safety Councils and Commissions Meeting will be held Wednesday evening, and Friday evening will feature a free tour of major facilities in downtown Memphis that have been designed or retrofitted for earthquakes, including the $25 million retrofit of the Memphis Pyramid. The tour will be led by some of the area’s top structural engineers and architects, followed by a reception at the downtown University of Memphis Law Department Building, two presentations, and a Q and A session. Maximum space: 45 participants.

For hotel reservations at the group discount or government rates, visit http://2012am.eeri.org/hotel
The meeting venue is the historic Italian Renaissance-style Peabody Hotel, built in 1925 and designated as one of the top 10 grand hotels in the U.S. by Christopher Reynolds of the Los Angeles Times. It's a short walk to the live music of Beale Street and a short drive to Graceland and the National Civil Rights Museum.

* The consortia consists of the Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC), the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC), the Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC), and the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW).