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OVERVIEW
This summer school offers comprehensive training in earthquake impact assessment through a multi-hazard approach, covering ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, and tsunamis.
Participants will learn how to perform earthquake scenarios using the OpenQuake-engine, drawing on recent events such as the 2023 Türkiye earthquake and the 2025 Myanmar earthquake.
This year’s programme also includes sessions on AI for exposure and vulnerability modelling, and on augmented and virtual reality for risk communication.
Participants will also have the opportunity to obtain an official OpenQuake-engine (Scenarios) certification.
Speakers & Panelists
Session Title
Catarina Costa
GEM
Finn Løvholt
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Lana Todorovic
GEM
Vitor Silva
University of Aveiro, GEM
Christopher Brooks
GEM
Karim Aljawhari
GEM
Mukat Lal Sharma
More invited speakers coming soon!
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Auditorium
Time | Title | Speaker | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
14:45 - 15:00 | Future Exposure/Risk to 2065 | Alejandro Calderon | GEM Foundation |
15:00 - 15:15 | Global Exposure of Infrastructure to Liquefaction | Catarina Costa | GEM Foundation |
15:15 - 15:30 | Global Carbon Cost of Earthquakes | Martina Caruso | GEM Foundation |
15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break + GEM demos + GEM PhD posters | ||
16:00 - 16:30 | Keynote: Advancing Seismic Risk Assessment in El Salvador using GEM Tools Moderator: Lindsay Davis, USGS | Luis Mixco | MARN, El Salvador |
16:30 - 17:00 | Ignite Session for Live Demos Moderator: Iain Stewart, University of Plymouth | ||
Luis Mixco | MARN-El Salvador | ||
Iwan Stalder | Zurich Insurance | ||
Josip Atalic | University of Zagreb | ||
Marzia Santini | European Commission | ||
Trevor Allen | GA | ||
Carmine Galasso | UCL | ||
Vitor Silva | GEM | ||
Marco Pagani | GEM | ||
Helen Crowley | GEM | ||
Carmine Galasso | UCL | ||
Vitor Silva | GEM | ||
Marco Pagani | GEM | ||
Helen Crowley | GEM | ||
Chung-Han Chan | National Central University | ||
Ana Beatriz Acevedo | EAFIT University, Colombia | ||
Jenty Kirsch-Wood | UNDRR | ||
Kirsty Bayliss | GEM | ||
Iain Stewart | GEM, University of Plymouth | ||
Catalina Yepes-Estrada | GEM | ||
Anirudh Rao | GEM | ||
Karim Aljawhari | GEM | ||
Jamal Dabbeek | GEM, An-Najah University | ||
Karim Aljawhari | |||
Fatemeh Jalayer | |||
Maria Durante | |||
Finn Løvholt
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Romeu Vicente | |||
Vitor Silva | GEM | ||
Christopher Brooks | |||
Daniela Di Bucci | DPC Italy | ||
Jamal Dabbeek | GEM | ||
Catalina Yepes | GEM | ||
Helen Crowley | GEM | ||
Christopher Brooks | GEM | ||
Kirsty Bayliss | GEM | ||
Manuela Villani | GEM | ||
Marco Pagani | GEM | ||
Catalina Yepes Estrada | GEM | ||
Anirudh Rao | GEM | ||
Al Mouayed Bellah Nafeh | GEM | ||
Martina Caruso | GEM | ||
Alejandro Calderón | GEM | ||
Marco Baiguera | GEM | ||
16:45-17:00 | Q&A | Moderator | GEM |
Catarina Costa | |||
Meera Raghunandan | |||
Cláudia Pinto | |||
Al Mouayed Nafeh | |||
Christopher Brooks | |||
Maria Durante | |||
Finn Løvholt
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Stavroula Fotopou | |||
Fatemah Jalayer | |||
Romeu Vicente | |||
Vitor Silva | GEM | ||
PSHA models for the oceans (Pacific Region) | |||
Development of the Pacific Islands (PAC) Model | |||
16:20-16:45 | Expansion plans under the FORCE project covering small island communities | Kirsty Bayliss | GEM |
16:00-16:20 | Overview of GEM's Global Seismic Hazard Mosaic | Kendra Johnson | GEM |
Anil Pokhrel | Chief Executive, National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Authority, Nepal | ||
Nicolas Pondard | Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank | ||
Helen Crowley | Secretary General, GEM | ||
Dominik Lang | Director, Natural Hazards Division, NGI, Norway | ||
Shinji Takarada | Chief Senior Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan | ||
Robert Emberson | Associate Program Manager, NASA Earth Applied Sciences Program | ||
Janise Rodgers | COO, Geohazards International | ||
Ramesh Guragain | Deputy Executive Director, National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) Nepal | ||
Discussion: Forming a global geohazards risk assessment network (community of practice) | Malaika Ulmi and John Schneider | GSC and GEM | |
Renato Solidum, Jr. | Secretary, Department of Science & Technology-Philippines | ||
Lindsay Davis | Manager, Global Portfolio-Earthquake Hazard & Risk, USAID/USGS | ||
Christina Magill | Natural Hazard Risk Scientist, GNS Science, NZ | ||
Anselmo Pedrazzi | Executive Coordinator, Applied Geology Division, (LAMESO-SGB), Brazil | ||
Celestin Mahinda | Scientific Director, Research Center of Natural Sciences, Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
Teresito Bacolcol | Director, Phivolcs, Philippines | ||
Mabelline Cahulogan | Supervising Science Research Specialist, -Phivolcs, Philippines | ||
Asaka Iwaki | Chief Researcher, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), Japan | ||
Hendriyawan Djazilus | Head, Ocean Engineering Program, ITB-Indonesia | ||
Takeshi Sato | Senior Engineer, Earthquake and Tsunami Div, Japan Meteorological Agency | ||
Panel 2: Existing Global Networks | John Schneider | Senior Advisor, GEM | |
Malaika Ulmi | Nat. Hazards & Climate Change Geoscience Program Manager, Geo Survey of Canada | ||
Judith Giblin | Ocean & Coastal Risk Data Analyst, South Pacific (SPC) | ||
Panel 1: Assessing National Capability | John Schneider and Malaika Ulmi | GEM and GSC | |
Gill Jolly | Chief Science Advisor, MBIE, GNS Science, NZ | ||
Malaika Ulmi | Nat. Hazards & Climate Change Geoscience Program Manager, Geo Survey of Canada | ||
Nicolas Pondard | Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank | ||
Renato Solidum, Jr. | Secretary, Department of Science & Technology-Philippines | ||
Anil Pokharel | Chief Executive, National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Authority (NSET), Nepal | ||
Shunichi Koshimura | Deputy Director, IRIDes-Tohoku University | ||
Shubharoop Ghosh | Vice President, ImageCat, Inc. | ||
Laurie Johnson | CEO, Laurie Johnson Consulting | ||
Helen Crowley | Secretary General, GEM | ||
Maksud Kamal | Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University | ||
18 June
10:30 - 12:30 (Plenary) | Plenary: Richter Resilience: Advancing Seismic Protection Worldwide | The World Bank | ----- |
Ron Eguchi | CEO, ImageCat, Inc. |
Syllabus
At the end of the school, what will I be able to do?
Participants will learn how to perform hazard and risk analysis using:
open-source tools, in particular the OpenQuake engine developed by the GEM Foundation, and open models and datasets covering the District of Lisbon
(Portugal), or datasets from their own regions.
They will be able to:
model earthquake scenarios using OpenQuake,
work with open data, models, and tools for hazard and risk analysis,
understand the main components required for multi-hazard
risk assessment,
explore the use of AI for exposure and vulnerability modelling,
understand how AR and VR can support risk communication,
present complex risk results to different stakeholders.
Who will teach?
Vitor Silva (University of Aveiro, GEM Foundation)
Finn Løvholt (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute)
Catalina Yepes (GEM Foundation)
Catarina Costa (GEM Foundation)
Lana Todorovic (GEM Foundation)
Christopher Brooks (GEM Foundation)
Karim Aljawhari (GEM Foundation)
Daniel Gomez (GEM Foundation)
Marzia Santini (EU JRC)
Hugo Rodrigues (University of Aveiro)
Daniel Emilio (University of Aveiro)
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