PREEMPTIVE Workshop 2015

News

Group photos for PREEMPTIVE Workshop 2015 are here.
Program for Sendai workshop is uploaded here.
REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS page is closed.
Program of JAEE Annual Conference and International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering 2015 is updated.

Introduction

This is the first PREEMPTIVE workshop concerned with understanding, promoting, and accelerating the adoption of protective systems for building seismic response reduction to provide for resilient and sustainable societies. The workshop is to be held in partly conjunction with the JAEE International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering held at the Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo. This event provides an opportunity to build and strengthen an international community for researchers who share interests in seismic protective systems for civil structures.

Topics

Earthquake engineering
Protective systems
Seismic isolation
Structural control
Earthquake early warning system
Real-time hybrid simulation

Venues

The venue for the JAEE International Symposium
The Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo

Access map for the IIS is here.

The venue for PREEMPTIVE workshop 2015
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Further details can be found here.

Itinerary

November 19-20
JAEE International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
Further details can be found here.

November 21
Workshop at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai

Keynote lectures
Breakout sessions focuced on research needs
Breakout sessions focuced on joint research needs and future international collaborations
Reception

November 22
Visit to buildings incorporated with seismic protective systems and a bus tour to the tsunami affected areas.

A telecommunication company building containing a novel seismic control system
Base-isolated buildings in the Aoba-yama campus at Tohoku University
Tsunami affected coastal areas
Hiyoriyama park, which commands panoramic view of tsunami affected Ishinomaki city
The disaster management center building of Minami-Sanriku. The structural remain of a tsunami wrecked building in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Further details can be found here.

Registration and Accommodations

Please register here.

PREEMPTIVE Workshop 2015 in Sendai

Registration	JPY 3,000	* Coffee breaks and lunch included
Reception	JPY 5,000
Bus Tour	Free	* Lunch included

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[Contact Information]

Mr. Koji Kamata,
JTB Tohoku Inc.,
Corporate sales office, Sendai Branch
PREEMPTIVE 2015,
JAEE International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering Desk
4F Meiji-yasudaseimei Building
1-4-1, Omachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-0804 Japan
Tel: +81-22-263-6712
Fax:+81-22-263-6693
E-mail: k_kamata344@th.jtb.jp
Office Hours: 9:30-17:45 (weekdays only)

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