GEM at a glance

GEM is a global cooperative effort that brings together state-of-the-art science, national, regional and international organisations and individuals to improve earthquake risk modelling and assessment worldwide.

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Experts review GEM’s IT infrastructure and activities

August 22, 2010
An IT Review Panel, composed of 17 experts from around the world, and featuring extensive experience and a rich assortment of backgrounds, left no stone unturned when discussing GEM’s IT Architecture, web services, databases, user interface, computational engine, etc.
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Australia and New Zealand adhere to GEM

June 14, 2010
At the 2010 edition of the GEM Outreach Meeting, Australia and New Zealand officially became part of the GEM partner network. Representatives of both countries took part in the Governing Board meeting of June 5th, where they were formally installed as a Public Participant. On the picture, the signing of Australia's country-adhesion agreement in Washington DC.
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Discussion for improved development: OM2010

June 6, 2010
Is everyone going to 'use' GEM or will there also be many 'consumers'? How do regional programmes and global programmes interact? How are we going to construct a global database on active faults? What really is 'open-source'? How do we involve the community best? What applications does GEM have?

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GEM video in Zurich Business Review 2009

April 1, 2010
Claudio Boettcher, representative for Zurich Financial in GEM's Governing Board speaks about GEM in Zurich's 2009 Business Review. Zurich is one of GEM's Founders and is keen on finding possibilities of making more people aware of the GEM initiative.