“Cities, Earthquakes, and Time” EERI Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Robert Olshansky, Professor and Head at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as EERI’s 2015 Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Olshanksy’s lecture, titled “Cities, Earthquakes, and Time”, examines the relationships of earthquakes to time and the policy implications thereof. The EERI Distinguished Lecture Award is given to members of the EERI Institute to recognize and encourage communication of outstanding professional contributions of major importance for earthquake hazard mitigation.

International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure ICONHIC 2016

The International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure ICONHIC 2016, will be held on June 28-30, 2016 at the island of Crete, Greece.The purpose of ICONHIC 2016 is to bring together specialists from the academia and industry on earthquake engineering, landslides, floods, tsunamis and hurricanes. This conference offers us all the opportunity not only to state our case in our own specialty but also to watch and listen how our “scientific neighbors” are coping with in their fields of expertise. More information can be found at:

http://www.iconhic2016.com/