Calendar

Governing Board Meeting [closed] 3-4 December

GEM's Governing Board will meet in Paris at the OECD headquarters for their bi-annual meeting. There is a full agenda for the two days. A few possible new participants have been invited to join as guests to get insight into the working of GEM.

GEM at Civil Protection Forum EU, 25-26 November

GEM has 25 and 26 November a stand at the exhibition part of the EU Civil Protection Forum; together with the project LESSLOSS that run from 2004-2007 and can in some way be seen as one of the predecessors of GEM.

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Regional Programme meetings Africa 12-13 November

Following a workshop that took place in South-Africa in August, on 12-13 November meetings are scheduled for the development of a Regional Programme in Africa. The programme will feed into GEM, but will at the same time build capacity on the African Continent.

MAG meeting GEM1 [closed] 2-4 November

From 2-4 November, an external panel of experts will review the GEM1 project that is aimed at producing a basic infrastructure for the construction of the global earthquake model. With still four months to go until the end of the project, a MAG (Model Advisory Group) meeting is scheduled for a participatory review.

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GEM at UNESCO / Luso-American Foundation conference 26-28 Oct

GEM's Secretary General has been invited to participate in the conference "Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region", jointly organised by UNESCO, the Luso-Americana Foundation and Instituto Dom Luiz. The conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal from 26-29 October 2009.

GEM at 9th IIASA-DPRI Conference 15-17 October

From 15-17 October GEM will be presented at the 9th IIASA-DPRI Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM), in Kyoto, Japan.  

GEM at the Managing Risk & Funding Recovery Conference 15 Oct

A GEM presentation is part of the programme of the Managing Risk & Funding Recovery Conference in Amsterdam, 15 October 2009.

The conference offers insight into claims recovery and funding management in today’s challenging environment, with a focus on cross-border trade.

GEM at the CERESIS International Conference, 13-14 Oct

In Lima, Peru, the CERESIS international conference on Seismology in South America and mechanisms of prevention and mitigation, is taking place on 12-14 October. The conference is also a tribute to Alberto Giesecke Matto and GEM has been invited to present the Global Earthquake Model initiative.

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