Meetings and Events Calendar

Find below an overview of upcoming technical meetings, presentations, workshops and other GEM-related activities.

Upcoming GEM-related activities:

GHI-GEM Workshop 'Beneficiaries Needs', 28-30 March

GHI is organising a workshop at the GEM Secretariat in Pavia to discuss the findings of their Beneficiaries Needs research, with a group of GEM-related experts.

In various thematic sessions discussions will be held in order to understand how findings can (best) be accomodated in GEM activities, to support risk mitigation.

GEM @ OECD workshop on Global Risk Modelling, 9-10 February

The Global Science Forum of the OECD has organised a workshop to research the desirability and feasibility of establishing a new international collaborative scientific undertaking on multi-hazard/risk modelling.

EMCA OpenQuake Training, 7-9 February 2012

A team of GEM's Model Facility will go to Potsdam Germany to train collaborators of the Earthquake Model for Central Asia (EMCA) programme, coming from the various Central Asian countries. After this 3-day training they will use the OpenQuake software and modelleling tools for development of regional models.

See the GEM Nexus agenda for more information.

GEM @ Caribbean Risk Atlas Project Workshop, 2-3 February

On 2-3 February 2012 a workshop is hosted by the Caribbean Risk Atlas Project. The goal of the Risk Atlas Project is to build capacity on applications of results from risk assessments in DRM decision making and to build capacity within the Caribbean for conducting hazard and risk assessments.

The workshop has 2 components: 
A) progress and challenges in conducting hazard and risk assessments for the risk atlas project in particular the issues of exposure modeling and vulnerability modeling
B) Hazard and risk data management practice in the Caribbean

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GEM @ 7th Gulf Seismic Forum, 22-25 January 2012

The Saudi Geological Survey will host and organize the seventh Gulf Seismic Forum (GSF2012) from January 22 to 25, 2012 and a number of GEM representatives will be present. See for further information about the event: http://7gsf.info