A Wake-Up Call for California: Innovations in Earthquake Preparedness
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Update: We regret to inform you that Lt. Gov. Newsom will no longer be available to participate in this event.
No one likes to be reminded that there’s a 99.7% chance that California will experience a major earthquake in the next 30 years. But new innovations in earthquake early warning, preparedness, and response can help.
We invite you to join us for a public forum where we will discuss the data and lessons learned from QuakeCAFE (http://quakecafe.org) followed by a panel discussion with leading experts in seismology and new innovations for earthquake early warning, preparedness, and response.
Agenda
1:00 - 1:15 pm: Welcome and Opening Remarks from Dr. Camille Crittenden, Deputy Director, CITRIS
1:15 - 1:30 pm: QuakeCAFE.org Results and Insights from Prof. Ken Goldberg, IEOR & EECS; Dr. Brandie Nonnecke, CITRIS; & Sanjay Krishnan, EECS
1:30 - 3:00 pm: Panel: Innovations in Earthquake Early Warning, Preparedness, and Response
- Amina Assefa, Manager, Office of Emergency Management, UC Berkeley
- Dan Coughlin, Director, the QuakeFinder Project
- Prof. Robert Full, Biology, UC Berkeley
- Prof. Peggy Hellweg, Seismological Lab, UC Berkeley
- Grace Kang, PEER - Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
- Dr. Ross Stein, Temblor
The event will feature demos and insights from:
QuakeCAFE (http://quakecafe.org)
Launched by the CITRIS Connected Communities Initiative at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Office of the Lt. Governor of California, QuakeCAFE provides Californians with a powerful tool that allows them to quickly and easily assess their level of preparedness, and compare their readiness for the Big One with others across the state.
Temblor (http://temblor.net)
Temblor enables participants to learn their seismic hazard, to determine what most ensures their safety, and to decide what best reduces their risk. By estimating the likelihood of seismic shaking and home damage, Temblor shows how the damage or its costs could be decreased by buying or renting a seismically safe home.
We invite you to join us for a public forum where we will discuss the data and lessons learned from QuakeCAFE (http://quakecafe.org) followed by a panel discussion with leading experts in seismology and new innovations for earthquake early warning, preparedness, and response.
Agenda
1:00 - 1:15 pm: Welcome and Opening Remarks from Dr. Camille Crittenden, Deputy Director, CITRIS
1:15 - 1:30 pm: QuakeCAFE.org Results and Insights from Prof. Ken Goldberg, IEOR & EECS; Dr. Brandie Nonnecke, CITRIS; & Sanjay Krishnan, EECS
1:30 - 3:00 pm: Panel: Innovations in Earthquake Early Warning, Preparedness, and Response
- Amina Assefa, Manager, Office of Emergency Management, UC Berkeley
- Dan Coughlin, Director, the QuakeFinder Project
- Prof. Robert Full, Biology, UC Berkeley
- Prof. Peggy Hellweg, Seismological Lab, UC Berkeley
- Grace Kang, PEER - Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
- Dr. Ross Stein, Temblor
The event will feature demos and insights from:
QuakeCAFE (http://quakecafe.org)
Launched by the CITRIS Connected Communities Initiative at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Office of the Lt. Governor of California, QuakeCAFE provides Californians with a powerful tool that allows them to quickly and easily assess their level of preparedness, and compare their readiness for the Big One with others across the state.
Temblor (http://temblor.net)
Temblor enables participants to learn their seismic hazard, to determine what most ensures their safety, and to decide what best reduces their risk. By estimating the likelihood of seismic shaking and home damage, Temblor shows how the damage or its costs could be decreased by buying or renting a seismically safe home.
QuakeFinder (www.QuakeFinder.com)
QuakeFinder is a humanitarian research & development effort to mature technology enabling an earthquake forecasting system providing days to weeks of notice ahead of major seismic events. Based in Palo Alto, California, QuakeFinder has deployed and operates 165 sensors in California, Chile, Taiwan, Indonesia, Peru and Greece.
We hope you can join us! Please reach out to Brandie Nonnecke (nonnecke@citris-uc.org) with any questions.
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