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Hannover Re to sponsor the Global Earthquake Model initiative
23 September 2010 Hannover Re and the GEM (Global Earthquake Model) Foundation are pleased to announce their partnership agreement. Hannover Re will contribute 1 million euro and technical expertise to the creation of the first global open-source earthquake risk model, which will provide a full spectrum of users with uniform information on seismic hazard, seismic risk and the socio-economic impacts of earthquakes. Download full release below. Calculating and communicating earthquake risk on a global scale is becoming reality Participants of GEM Outreach Meeting 2010 agree on the need for Global Earthquake Model Australia and New Zealand choose to be among GEM’s participants 8 June 2010 More than 250 professionals from over 50 different countries attended the GEM (Global Earthquake Model) Outreach Meeting 2010 at the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington from 3-4 June 2010. During the meeting, preliminary global calculations for seismic risk assessment were presented. Download full release below. GEM to present preliminary results on June 3rd and 4th Fully comprehensive and state-of-the-art software and tools will be available by 2013 6 May 2010 The GEM (Global Earthquake Model) Foundation is pleased to announce the upcoming preliminary results of the first open-source global model for seismic risk assessment at a national and regional scale. GEM is building a truly innovative model that will provide a full spectrum of users with uniform, transparent and reliable information on earthquake hazard, risk and socio-economic impact worldwide. Download full release below. Commercial Property Insurer FM Global Sponsors Global Earthquake Model [FM Global press release] 25 May 2010 FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, has become the first platinum-level sponsor of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM), a cooperative, public-private effort to create the first open-source global earthquake risk model. FM Global will contribute €1 million over four years, and extensive technical expertise to the effort initiated by the Global Science Forum of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD-GSF). Download full release below.
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HighlightGEM NEXUS New (interim) outputs of GEM global projects awaiting your feedback... Online Building Taxonomy Glossary: contribute and send us your building (attribute) photos for the terms of your interest. Read also the related post GMPEs reports published: share your views on the deliverables and progress of the project. Data collection guidelines for GEM's consequences database: what are your experiences with earthquake consequences data?  OPENQUAKE Over a 100 users from at least 42 countries have started to work with GEM's calculation software, from Afghanistan to Costa Rica. Most of them through the web-based OATS service, in order to test the software, but also to do first real hazard (and risk) assessments, for example at country level.  |
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