FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTOne Year after 2011 Great
East Japan Earthquake- International Symposium on
Engineering Lessons Learned
from the Giant Earthquake -March 3-4, 2012
Kenchiku-Kaikan, Tamachi
Tokyo, Japan
Organized by
Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
Architectural Institute of Japan
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Japanese Geotechnical Society
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Seismological Society of Japan
under the support ofMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, Ministry of the Environment,
Science Council of Japan, WFEO Disaster Risk
Management Committee, National Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Prevention, National Institutefor Land and Infrastructure Management, PublicWorks
ResearchInstitute, Building
ResearchInstitute, Port and Airport Research Institute, andCentral Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

CONFERENCE THEMA
The Great East Japan earthquake on March 11,2011 was an Mw9.0 earthquake extending 500km
north-south and 250km east-west, the 4thlargest earthquake ever recorded in the world.
The earthquake resulted in extensive damage inthe wide areas along the Pacific coast including
Tokyo Metropolitan area. The number of victims
and missing people was nearly 20,000. This wasmuch larger than the victims in 1995 Kobeearthquake.
Damage was developed by ground motion,
tsunami, liquefaction and fire. Ground motion
induced damage was generally less because of
the past seismic measures, but there are anumber of lessons. Tsunami-induced damage
and liquefaction-induced damage were extensive.
Serious accident at a nuclear power plant madethe problem complex.
Since a variety of damage developed at widearea, there are a number of lessons learned fromthis earthquake. Because 2004 Indian Ocean
earthquake, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, 2010
Maule earthquake, and 2011 Christchurch
earthquake recently occurred, it is extremelyimportant
toshare
information
among
researchers and practitioners for mitigating
earthquake risk in theearthquake pronecountries.

SYMPOSIUM TOPICS

Topics of particular interest include, but notlimited to:z Fault mechanism
z Ground motionsz Tsunamiz Liquefactionz Firez Damage of soil structuresz Damage of buildingsz Damage of transportation facilities
z Damage of river hydraulic structures and damsz Damage of lifeline facilities
z Damage of machineries and power generation facilities
z Damage by fires
z Evacuationz Emergent measuresz Removal of debris
z Repairz Restorationz Other recent earthquakes such as 2004 Indian Ocean,2008 Wenchuan, 2010 Maule, and 2011 Christchurch
earthquakes

Key note presentations, organized sessions, oral& poster sessions will be conducted.

TECHNICAL SITE VISIT

A two-day site visit to the damaged areas will
be conducted on March 1 and 2, prior to theSymposium.

IMPORTANT DATESz Deadline for submission of abstracts:
November 15, 2011
Send a one page abstract and a cover sheet in
PDF format to the following e-mail address
eqsymp@event.jaee.gr.jp
z Notification of acceptance:
November 30, 2011z Deadline of submission of full manuscript
February 1, 2012
Send your manuscript to the following e-mailaddress
eqsymp@event.jaee.gr.jp

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGSThe Conference Proceedings in digital format will be edited
together with the hard copy of the Abstract Volume.

REGISTRATIONz Registration fee of the Symposium is USD 300 (USD 120 forstudents). Registration has to be completed when full papers
are submitted by February 1, 2012. On-site registration is
accepted only when seats are available. Charges for attending
the symposium, presentations, a proceedings in digital format
and an abstract volume are included.
z Registration fee of the technical site visit to damaged areas(March 1 and 2) is USD 600. The registration has to becompleted by February 1, 2012. However on-site registrationis acceptable only if bus seats are available. Charges for around trip ticket of Shin-kan-sen between Tokyo and Sendai
Stations, bus, one night stay in a hotel, and lunch for twodays are included. Tentatively, the tour will start at 8:30 at
Tokyo Station on March 1 and complete at 19:00 after
returning to Tokyo Station on March 2.

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORYCOMMITTEE
Akira Wada, Japan (Chairman)
Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Japan
Atilla Ansal, Turkey
Nuray Aydinoglu, Turkey
Patricio Bonelli, ChileRuben Boroshek, Chile
Ross W. Boulanger, USA
Michel Bruneau, USA
Ian Buckle, USA
Michel Calvi, Italy
Mehmet Celebi, USA
K. C. Chang, Taiwan
YiYi Cheng, China
Misko Cubrinovski, New Zealand
Amr Elnashai, USA
Kenneth Elwood, USA
Peter Fajfar, Slovenia
Matej Fishinger, Slovenia
Satoshi Fujita, Japan
Hiroshi Fukuyama, JapanGeorge Gazetas, Greece
Yozo Goto, Japan
Masanori Hamada, Japan
Fumio Hara, Japan
Kazuro Hirahara, Japan
Hisahiro Hiraishi, Japan
Jyunichi Hoshikuma, Japan
Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, France
Hirokazu Iemura, Japan
Fumihiko Imamura, Japan
Kojiro Irikura, Japan
Kenji Ishihara, Japan
Yumio Ishii, Japan
Tomohiro Ito, Japan
Tomotaka Iwata, Japan
Toshimi Kabeyasawa, Japan
Hiroyuki Kameda, Japan
Kazuhiko Kasai, Japan
Hiroshi Kawase, Japan
Kazuhiko Kawashima, Japan
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Japan
Kazuki Koketsu, Japan
Takaji Kokusho, Japan
Kazuo Konagai, Japan
Kenji Kosa, Japan

Mikio Koshihara, Japan
Tetsuo Kubo, Japan
Yasuko Kuwata, JapanWei F. Lee, Taiwan
Yingmin Li, China
Zhenbao Li, China
Panitan Lukkunaprasit, Thailand
Gregory A. MacRae, New Zealand
Stephen Mahin, USA
Hideo Matsutomi, Japan
Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Japan
Masami Miyajima, JapanJack P. Moehli, USA
Masaki Morishita, Japan
Masato Motosaka, Japan
Shoichi Nakai, Japan
Yoshiaki Nakano, Japan
Masayoshi Nakashima, Japan
Isao Nishiyama, Japan
Aydan Omer, Japan
Andreas Oreta, Philippines
Shunsuke Otani, Japan
Stefano Pampanin, New Zealand
Kyriazis D. Pitilakis, Greece
Nigel Priestley, New ZealandAndrei M. Reinhorn, USAAnat Ruangrassamee, Thailand
Saiidi Saiidi, USA
Kenji Satake, JapanCharles Scawthorn, USA
Ai Sekizawa, Japan
Kunihiko Shimazaki, Japan
Masanori Shintani, Japan
Hitoshi Shiohara, Japan
Masaki Shiratori, Japan
Akira Sone, Japan
Takahiro Sugano, Japan
Yuping Sun, China
Kohei Suzuki, Japan
Keiichi Tadokoro, Japan
Hajime Takada, Japan
Yoshikazu Takahashi, Japan
Keiichi Tamura, Japan
Reiji Tanaka, Japan
Jyunichi Tohma, JapanORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Koji Tokimatsu, Japan
Takashi Tomita, Japan
Ikuo Towhata, Japan
Keh Chyuan Tsai, Taiwan
Yoshimichi Tsukamoto, Japan
Shigeki Unjoh, Japan
Ramon Verdugo, Chile
Kazue Wakamatsu, JapanJohn Wallace, USA
Lanmin Wang, China
Fumio Yamazaki, JapanMark Yashinsky, USA
Susumu Yasuda, Japan
Lieping Ye, China
Philip Yen, USA
Solomon Yim, USA
Fulin Zhou, China
Askar Zhuspbekov, Kazakhstan

Kazuhiko Kawashima (Chairman)
Hitoshi Shiohara (Secretary)
Osamu Furuya
Hisahiro Hiraishi
Teruyuki KatoKenji Kosa
Hiroshi Matsuzaki
Izumi Nakamura
Yoshifumi Ohmiya
Yoshikazu Takahashi
Takashi Tomita
Ikuo Towhata
Shigeki Unjoh
Susumu Yasuda
Kazue Wakamatsu

CONTACTCHAIRMAN OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Abstracts as well as any inquiries &questions should be directed toeqsymp@event.jaee.gr.jp

Kazuhiko Kawashima
President, Japan Association for Earthquake
Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tel +81-3-5734-2922
E-mail kawashima.k.ae@m.titech.ac.jp

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