********************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.21
19 October 2007********************************************************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. The 48th Annual Training Course started
2. The Deadline for Abstract submission for ICEEDM08 has extended
3. Information on the Earthquake that hit San Salvador, on October 10th, 1986 is available++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=================================================================[1] The 48th Annual Training Course started
The 48th Annual Training on Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami
Disaster Mitigation courses started on October 3rd 2007. In this year, we invite 26
participants from 16 countries including a third-generation Japanese-Dominican who is invited by
The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad. Furthermore this is the first time for us to have aparticipant from Mozambique, where the earthquake of magnitude 7 hit in February 2006. Thesetraining courses will be carried out until September next year in cooperation with GRIPS and JICA.
After getting through the courses with credits required, the master's degree will be awarded to theparticipants. So, we hope all 2007-08 participants will take the master's degree one year later.
The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad:
http://www.jadesas.or.jp/EN/index.html
http://www.jadesas.or.jp/ES/kenshu/01jicanikkei.html

Group Photo at IISEEShoji SAKURAZAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] The Deadline for Abstract submission for ICEEDM08 has extended
Abstract submission deadline for the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering andDisaster Mitigation (ICEEDM08) to be hold in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 14-15, 2008 has extended
by October 31. Please visit and see our 2nd announcement of ICEEDM08 for your information;
http://www.si.itb.ac.id/iceedm08/docs/Second%20Announcement%20ICEEDM08.pdf
or official website for ICEEDM08
http://www.si.itb.ac.id/iceedm08/
Wayan Sengara
1998 Seminar-course participant, Indonesia----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] Information on the Earthquake that hit San Salvador on October 10th, 1986 is available
I'm pretty sure you would like to see the information of the Earthquake that hit San Salvador, on
October 10th, 1986. Please visit
http://www.laprensagrafica.com/especiales/2006/terremoto86/
that "La Prensa Grafica" provides.
Francisco Aragon
2000-2001 E-course participant, El Salvador===========================================================================*******************************************************************************************We send this IISEE Newsletter to ex-participants whose e-mail addresses are known. The IISEE
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