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Inspiring presentations and discussions took place on GEM, risk modelling, research and training in seismic risk and many other related issues when Margareta Wahlström, currently the Assistant Secretary‐General for Disaster Risk Reduction of the United Nations, paid a visit to the Eucentre, where the secretariat of the GEM Foundation is hosted. |
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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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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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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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