14th WORLD CONFERENCE ON
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Steering Committee

President:
HUI Liangyu

Vice Premier, State Council, China

Members:
JIANG Weixin

Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-RuralDevelopment, China

GUO Jinlong

Mayor, Beijing Municipal People's Government,
China

SONG Ruixiang

Former Director General, China Earthquake
Administration

14th WORLD CONFERENCE ON
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGLocal Organizing Committee
President:
CHEN Jianmin

Director General, China Earthquake Administration

Vice Presidents:
HUANG Wei

Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-RuralDevelopment, China

CHEN Gang

Vice Mayor, Beijing Municipal People's Government,
China

LIU Yuchen

Deputy Director General, China Earthquake
Administration

ZHAO Qinping

Vice Minister, Ministry of Education, China

LIU Yanhua

Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology,China

DING Zhongli

Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DU Xiangwan

Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering

SUN Jiaguang

Vice President, National Natural Science Foundation ofChina

QI Rang

Vice President, China Association for Science andTechnology

XIE Lili

President of Chinese Association of Earthquake
Engineering, Vice President of IAEECommittee members:
HE Zhende

WU Huijuan

ZHANG Yi

LI JunhuaXIE Huanzhong

WU Mingshan

CHANG XuGAO Zhongqi

CHAI Yucheng

LI Ming

ZHANG Hongwei

NIU Zhijun

LI Ke

LU Shoude

HUANG Jianfa

Secretary General:
LIU Yuchen
Deputy Secretary Generals:
ZENG Shaohua

XIE Huanzhong

WU Mingshan

CHANG XuGAO Zhongqi

CHAI Yucheng

ZHAO MingQI Xiaozhai

WANG Yayong

HU Chunfeng

14th WORLD CONFERENCE ON
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Scientific Committee
Chairmen:
XIE, Lili (China), HU, Yuxian (China)
Members:
ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, Stavros A. (Greece)
BLAZQUEZ, Rafael (Spain)
CARDONA, Omar D. (Colombia)
CHEN, Houqun (China)
CHERRY, Sheldon (Canada)
ESTEVA, Luis (Mexico)
FACCIOLI, E. (Italy)
FAN, Lichu (China)
GHAFORY-ASHTIANY, Mohsen (Iran)
GULKAN, Polat (Turkey)
HOPKINS, David C. (New Zealand)
IEMURA, Hirokazu (Japan)
JAIN, Sudhir K. (India)
KATAYAMA, Tsuneo (Japan)
LEE, George (USA)
LIAO, Zhenpeng (China)
LIN, Gao (China)
LOH, Chin-Hsiung (Chinese Taiwan)

MOEHLE, Jack P. (USA)O'ROURKE, Thomas D. (USA)OTANI, Shunsuke (Japan)
OU, Jinping (China)
PAN, Tso-Chien (Singapore)PENZIEN, Joseph (USA)
SHAH, Haresh (USA)
SHEN, Zuyan (China)
SPENCER, B. F. (USA)
WANG, Guangyuan (China)
ZHANG, Chuhan (China)
ZHOU, Fulin (China)
ZHOU, Xiyuan (China)
Secretary General:
WANG, Zifa (China)

14th WORLD CONFERENCE ON
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Regular Session
Topics and Coordinators
01 Lessons learned from recent earthquakes
BELAZOUGUI, Mohamed (Algeria)

E-mail: cgsd@wissal.dz

SUN Baitao (China)

E-mail: sunbt@iem.ac.cn

02 Observation and analysis of ground motions
SEO, Kazuoh (Japan)

E-mail: seo@enveng.titech.ac.jp

LI Xiaojun (China)

E-mail: beerli@vip.sina.com

03 Engineering seismology
MILUTINOVIC, Zoran (Macedonia)

E-mail: zoran@pluto.iziis.ukim.edu.mk

WEN Kuo-Liang (Chinese Taiwan)

E-mail: wenkl@ncree.org

04 Geotechnical engineering
LAW K. Tim (Canada)

E-mail: tim_law@carleton.ca

ZHANG Jianmin (China)

E-mail: zhangjm@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

05 Structural engineering
KASAI, Kazuhiko (Japan)

E-mail: kasai@serc.titech.ac.jp

BLAZQUEZ, Rafael (Spain)

E-mail: rafael.blazquez@uclm.es

LU Xilin (China)

E-mail: lxlst@mail.tongji.edu.cn

06 Lifeline systems
O'ROURKE, Thomas D. (USA)E-mail: tdo1@cornell.edu

LI Jie (China)

E-mail: lijie@mail.tongji.edu.cn

07 Seismic hazard analysis and zonation
GIARDINI, Domenico (Switzerland)E-mail: giardini@sed.ethz.ch

ZHANG Peizhen (China)

E-mail: peizhen@ies.ac.cn

08 Seismic codes and standards
ESTEVA, Luis (Mexico)

E-mail: LEstevaM@iingen.unam.mx

WANG Yayong (China)

E-mail: yayongwang@sina.com

09 Earthquake risk reduction for urban and rural areas
SUHADOLC, Peter (Italy)

E-mail:suhadolc@dst.units.it

WU Zhongliang (China)

E-mail: wuzhl@gucas.ac.cn

10 Social and economic impacts of earthquakes
TATANO, Hirokazu (Japan)

E-mail: tatano@imdr.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

LIU Weiqing (China)

E-mail: wqliu@njut.edu.cn

11 Emerging technologies in earthquake engineering
IEMURA, Hirokazu (Japan)

E-mail: iemura@catfish.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp

SPENCER, B.F. (USA)E-mail: bfs@uiuc.edu

OU Jinping (China)

E-mail: oujinping@hit.edu.cn

12 Experimental studies
MAHIN, Stephen (USA)E-mail: mahin@ce.berkeley.edu

TSAI Keh-Chyuan (Chinese Taiwan)

E-mail: kctsai@ncree.org.tw

13 Earthquake and multi-hazards
LEE, George (USA)E-mail: gclee@buffalo.edu

WANG Lanmin (China)

E-mail: wanglm@gssb.gov.cn

14 Numerical methods in earthquake engineering
HAO Hong (Australia)

E-mail: hao@civil.uwa.edu.au

DU Xiuli (China)

E-mail: duxl@iwhr.com

15 Tsunami
KING, Andrew (New Zealand)E-mail: a.king@gns.cri.nz

KO Jan-ming (China)

E-mail: cejmko@inet.polyu.edu.hk

Special Session
Topics and Conveners
S01 Earthquake Risk & Insurance
S01-01 Micro-Credit and Micro-Insurance for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation
SHAH, Haresh

E-mail: hshah@stanford.edu

S01-02 From Science and Technology to Insurance: Earthquake Insurance as a Risk
Mitigation Measure
DONG, Weimin

E-mail: weimind@rms.com

S02 Researches on Earthquake Prediction
ZHANG, Guomin

E-mail: gmzhang@seis.ac.cn

ZHANG, Xiaodong

E-mail: zxd@seis.ac.cn

S03 Earthquake Risk in Low and Medium Seismicity Regions
ELNASHAI, Amr S.

E-mail: aelnash@uiuc.edu

S04 Open Seismic Risk Analysis
SCAWTHORN, Charles

E-mail: cscawthorn@att.net

S05 JAEE Special Sessions
S05-01 Spectacular Projects of Base-Isolated Buildings
WADA, Akira
KOBORI, Toru

E-mail: Kobori@nikken.co.jp

S05-02 Spectacular Projects of Passively-Controlled Buildings
MARTELLI, Alessandro
KASAI, Kazuhiko

E-mail: kasai@serc.titech.ac.jp

S05-03 Earthquake Early Warning System
MOTOSAKA, Masato

E-mail: motosaka@archi.tohoku.ac.jp

FUJINAWA, Yukio
S06 Recent Contributions of the China-US Cooperative Research Program inEarthquake EngineeringLEE, George C.

E-mail: gclee@buffalo.edu

QI, Xiaozhai

E-mail: qxziem@126.com

S07 Historical Aspects of Earthquake Engineering
REITHERMAN, RobertE-mail: reitherman@curee.org

S08 Architecture and Earthquake Engineering
CHARLESON, Andrew

E-mail: andrew.charleson@vuw.ac.nz

S09 Earthquake Engineering Research and Practices in Seasonally Frozen andPermafrost Conditions
YANG, Z. (Joey)

E-mail: afzy@uaa.alaska.edu

DUTTA, Utpal

E-mail: afud@uaa.alaska.edu

SRITHARAN, Sri

E-mail: sri@iastate.edu

S10 Long-period ground motions and their impacts on large-scale structures
KOKETSU, Kazuki

E-mail: koketsu@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp

GRAVES, Robert W.
MEGAWATI, Kusnowidjaja
HEATON, Thomas H.
S11 Assessment and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings
MONTI, Giorgio

E-mail: giorgio.monti@uniroma1.it

S12 Seismic Design of Wood Frame Buildings
VAN DE LINDT, John W.

E-mail: jwv@engr.colostate.edu

S13 Seismic Aspects of Large Embankment and Concrete Dams
WIELAND, Martin

E-mail: martin.wieland@poyry.com

CHEN, Houqun

E-mail: chenhq@iwhr.com

S14 Seismic Design Optimization
PAPADRAKAKIS, ManolisE-mail: mpapadra@central.ntua.gr

LAGAROS, Nikos D.

E-mail: nlagaros@central.ntua.gr

FRAGIADAKIS, Michalis

E-mail: mfrag@central.ntua.gr

S15 Collapse simulation and seismic assessment of existing reinforced concrete buildings- Realistic experimental verification and rigorous analytical modeling
MOEHLE, JackE-mail: moehle@berkeley.edu

KABEYASAWA, Toshimi

E-mail: kabe@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp

S16 Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Special Sessions
S16-01 NEES Collaboratory Research Advances
LEON, Roberto T.

E-mail: rleon@ce.gatech.edu

WHITMER, John

E-mail: john.whitmer@nees.org

S16-02 NEES Collaboratory Innovations in Research Methods
McCabe, Steven L.

E-mail: steve.mccabe@nees.org

WHITMER, John

E-mail: john.whitmer@nees.org

S17 E-Defense Special Sessions
S17-01 E-Defense Steel - Full-Scale Shake Table Tests and Analyses on Conventional,
Value-Added, and Innovative Multi-Story Steel Buildings
KASAI, Kazuhiko

E-mail: kasai@serc.titech.ac.jp

MAHIN, Stephen
S17-02 E-Defense Bridge - Verification of Seismic Performance of Bridge Structures
Utilizing Large-Scale Shaking Table
KAWASHIMA, Kazuhiko

E-mail: kawashima.k.ae@m.titech.ac.jp

S17-03 International Collaboration - Experiences and Challenges for Sharing
Large-Scale Testing Facilities and Sharing and Disseminating Experimental Information
NAKASHIMA, Masayoshi

E-mail: nakashima@archi.kyoto-u.ac.jp

LEON, Roberto

E-mail: rleon@ce.gatech.edu

S18 Earthquake Disaster Mitigation on Non-engineered Houses
ISHIYAMA, Yuji

E-mail: narafu@kenken.go.jp

S19 Fire Resistance of Structures Subsequent to Seismically Induced Damage
USMANI, Asif S

E-mail: asif.usmani@ed.ac.uk

S20 Seismic Risk Reduction of Operational and Functional Components for Buildings
FOO, Simon

E-mail: simon.foo@pwgsc.gc.ca

S21 Quantifying Seismic Resilience
BRUNEAU, Michel

E-mail: bruneau@buffalo.edu

S22 Information Networking on "Implementation Technology" for Earthquake Disaster
Reduction - with a framework from the Disaster Reduction Hyperbase (DRH) Initiative
KAMEDA, Hiroyuki

E-mail: kameda@edm.bosai.go.jp

GHAFORY-ASHTIANY, Mohsen
S23 Information sharing and educational initiatives for improving global seismic safety
MURTY, CVR

E-mail: cvrm@iitk.ac.in

SUN, Baitao

E-mail: sunbt@iem.ac.cn

COMARTIN, Craig D.

E-mail: ccomartin@comartin.net

S24 Dr. Kobori Memorial Session
Wilfred D. Iwan

E-mail: wdiwan@caltech.edu

Yoshiyuki Suzuki

E-mail: suzuki@zeisei.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

S25 From Kyoto to Beijing: 20 years of structural control
Fabio Casciati

E-mail: fabio@dipmec.unipv.it

S26 Recent Geotechnical Findings in Destructive Near-Field Earthquakes
Takaji Kokusho

E-mail: kokusho@civil.chuo-u.ac.jp

S27 IASPEI-IAEE Special session on“Dialogue Between Seismologist and Earthquake
Engineers On Effective Earthquake Risk Reduction Implementation”
Mohsen Ghafory-AshtianyPeter Suhadolc
Zhongliang Wu
Luis Esteva
Hirokazu Iemura
Polat Gulkan

E-mail: ashtiany@iiees.ac.ir

S28 Experimental and analytical investigation of near-source effects on structures
C.C. Spyrakos

E-mail: spyrakos@hol.gr

S29 Seismic Technologies for Rural Dwellings and Model Projects
Wang Lanmin

E-mail: wanglm@gssb.gov.cn

Yuan Zhongxia
S30 ASCE Special session
Alex Tang

E-mail: alexktang@mac.com

S31 Wenchuan Earthquake Special Session
LU XilinE-mail: lxlst@mail.tongji.edu.cn

SUN Baitao

E-mail:sunbt@iem.ac.cn14th WORLD CONFERENCE ON
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGInternational Working GroupCASCIATI, Fabio (Italy)
CHANG, Sung Pil (Korea)
DONG, Weimin (USA)
HAUSEN, Maria (Spain)
HU, Chunfeng (China)
IEMURA, Hirokazu (Japan)
INGHAM, Jason (New Zealand)
KIREMIDJIAN, Anne (USA)KO, Jan-ming (Hongkong, China)
LAM, Nelson Tung-Kiu (Australia)
LEE, George (USA)
LIU, Shih-Chi ( USA)
QI, Xiaozhai (coordinator) (China)
SPENCER, Bill (USA)SYRMAKEZIS, Costas (Greece)
TSAI, Keh-Chyuan (Chinese Taiwan)
TUBBESING, Susan K. (USA)XU, Zhizhong (China)
ZHAO, Ming (China)