Meetings and conferences
Earthquake Engineering & Urban Planning Panel
Organizer(s)
Massachussets Institute of Technology
Format
Online
Event language(s)
- English
Date
Time
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CEST
About
Earthquakes are inevitable — but the devastation they cause is not. On UN International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, leading engineers and researchers from across the Americas make the case that resilience is engineered, not accidental — and that it begins with the buildings we live in.
Enjoy learning from these global panelists:
Dr. Kishor Jaiswal, USGS, USA
Assessing Seismic Risk for the United States and its Territories: U.S. earthquake losses now average $15.8B/yr (FEMA P-366)
Dr. Daniel Ruiz, Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Lessons from the Venezuela & Colombian Earthquake: A tale of two recent and close earthquakes with two different outcomes
Dr. Jorge Alva, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Peru
From Peru to Nepal- A Landslides' Parallel: The Nepal 2026 climate-related & Peru 1970 EQ-related Landslides
Alberto Blanco, ITW LHN & MTS DRR, USA
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