4th Japan – Greece Workshop
Seismic Design of Foundations,Innovations in Seismic Design, andProtection of Cultural Heritage

Introduction and Objectives
Following the 1995 Kobe Earthquake a close scientificcooperation was initiated between the National
Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, andsome Japanese institutes. As part of this cooperation
a visit to Kobe of 25 graduating students from NTUA
has taken place every year starting in 1999. In one ofthese visits an agreement was reached to organize
this joint Japan-Greece Workshop. Starting in 2005, itwas held successfully every two years.
The workshop serves as an international meeting at
which specialists, governmental officials andprofessors in earthquake engineering and related
fields may exchange ideas on the latest research
results and technologies mainly on soil-foundationstructure interaction, seismic behavior of soft soil
deposits, performance-based seismic design, lessons
learned from recent earthquakes, innovations on
seismic protection of structures, and seismic
protection of monuments.
Researchers and engineers participated not only fromJapan and Greece, but also from Algeria, China,France, USA, UK, India, Italy, and Germany.

Source of reference: Shashin Jiho by Tokyo Shahin Jihosha, Oct. 1, 1923

October 6 (Thu) – 7 (Fri) , 2011
Kobe, Japan
http://www.civil.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp/yoshida/4JGW/

Scientific and Organizing Committees
Co-chairperson: H. Okamoto
G. Gazetas

Secretariat General: T. Tazoh
Organizing Committee:
Y. GotoK. Maebayashi
T. SatoK. Wakamatsu
T. Kaneyoshi
N. Yoshida
T. Asano
F. Miura
M. Saeki
H. KimataK. Horikoshi
M. Saitoh
N. Funaki

The workshop strives to promote innovation, practiceand safety in reducing the impact of earthquakes onour society and natural environment. We hope many
participants will join this workshop to upgrade theirknowledge and contribute tor the progress of seismic
disaster mitigation.

Kobe Gakuin University

Organized by :Earthquake Engineering Committee of JapaneseSociety of Civil Engineers,
Kobe Gakuin University,
Technical Chamber of Greece,
Hellenic Society for Earthquake Engineering,and Laboratory of Soil Mechanics of National
Technological University of Athens

Workshop Topics
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Seismic
analysis of shallow, embedded, and deepfoundations
Seismic design of foundations against liquefaction
Site response of soil deposits
Soil liquefaction and liquefaction-induced flow
Remedial measures, repair–retrofit, and health monitoringof foundation–structure systems
Performance–based design in geotechnical and structural
engineering
Innovations in seismic protection of structures andfoundations
Seismic protection of cultural heritage
Lessons learned from recent earthquakes

P. Dakoulas
D. Asimaki
M. Panagiotou
S. Kontoe
A. Anastasiadis
N. Gerolymos
A. Papadimitriou
N. Klimis
I. Anastasopoulos
D. Pitilakis
C. Chatzigogos
D. Loukidis
P. Psaropoulos

Invited Lectures•Prof. M. Hamada (Japan)•Prof. K. Kawashima (Japan)•Prof. K. Pitilakis (Greece)•Prof. S. Lagomarsino (Italy)•Prof. M. K. Yegian (USA)•Prof. E. Vintzileou (Greece)

The 2011 East Japan Earthquake
On March 11th, 2011, the East Japan Great
Earthquake caused widespread destruction, with
about 30,000 lives lost and missing, and more than
300,000 houses destroyed. It caused approximately
25 trillion yen in damage – 4.6% of Japan’s GDP.

Workshop History
1st workshop: Greece (Athens), Oct. 2005
2nd workshop: Japan (Tokyo),April 2007
3rd workshop: Greece (Santorini), Sep. 2009
4th workshop: Japan (Kobe),Oct. 2011

To Avoid the Same Tragedy Again
They are the parents and child whose remnants wereexcavated from the ruins of dwellings built 1645 years
ago at the archaeological site of Kourion in Cyprus.
The husband reaches his hands to protect his wife andchild; his wife is embracing their newborn baby. What
had taken their lives is a M8.3 mega-quake focusingnear Crete, Greece which hit a huge area on July 21,
365 A.D. Researchers and engineers working onearthquake engineering in the world have to collaborate
to avoid the same tragedy again. We are living on agreen but earthquake stricken planet.

About Kobe
Kobe is located in central Japan, forming
theKeihanshin metropolitan area with Kyoto and Osaka. As
an international port since days of old, the city has aunique style which blends the exotic atmosphere ofJapan with over a hundred years of influence by foreigncultures. Fifteen years after the 1995 quake, Kobe has
revitalized its communal and business activities, and asof January 2010, it is the sixth-largest city in Japan witha total population of 1,500,000 and more than 670, 000
households.

Submission Procedure
Authors are invited to submit abstracts toSecretariat via email at tazoh@shimz.co.jp
gazetas@ath.forthnet.gr by May 31, 2011.

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Submissions must include the following contents:• Author name• Prefix• Affiliated organization• Email Address• Position• Paper Title• Abstract: a very short, one paragraph abstract orsome keywords

Due Dates
Submission of abstracts: May 31, 2011
Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2011
Submission of full paper: August 15, 2011

Secretariat of 4th Japan – Greece Workshop[Japan side]
Educational Subcommittee of Earthquake Engineering
Japanese Society of Civil Engineers
Yotsuya 1-chome, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 160-0004 , Japan
tel: +81-3-3355-3452
fax: +81-3-5379-2769
email: tazoh@shimz.co.jp
Source of reference: Megaquake published by Shufu to Seikatsu,
March 2010.

Registration Fee
JPY 20,000
JPY 10,000 (for students)[Greece side]
Soil Mechanics Lab (Room 102)
Faculty of Geotechnics
School of Civil Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
9, Iroon Polytexneiou, Athens 15780, Greece
tel.: +30-210-772-3383fax.: +30-210--772-2405
email: gazetas @ath.forthnet.gr