Speaker Background

Dr. Jamal Dabbeek is an Assistant Professor at An-Najah National University and serves as the Coordinator of the Earth Sciences and Seismic Engineering Unit at the Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction Centre. He also acts as the Arab States Regional Coordinator for the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation. Dr. Dabbeek holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Risk and Emergency Management from IUSS, Pavia, Italy, and a Bachelor’s in Building Engineering from An-Najah University. With extensive experience in seismic and multi-hazard risk modelling, he contributed to the development of the 2020 European Seismic Risk Model (ESRM20), the Arabian Peninsula Risk model, the Global Seismic Risk Model (GRM), and led national-scale seismic and multi-hazard risk assessments in Palestine.

Dr. Karim Aljawhari is a researcher in seismic vulnerability modelling at the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation in Pavia, Italy. He develops advanced earthquake fragility and vulnerability models, characterising the various economic, environmental, and social impacts of natural hazards on the built environment. Before GEM, Karim was a Research Fellow in Risk and Resilience Engineering at University College London (UK), working on the Tomorrow’s Cities Project. Throughout his journey, Karim has contributed to several research projects in earthquake-prone countries, including Indonesia, Nepal, and Palestine. He holds a PhD degree in Earthquake Engineering from the University of Pavia and the University School of Advanced Studies (IUSS), Italy, and he has an MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Management from the University College London.

Location

The Arab Centre for Prevention from Earthquakes Dangers And Other Natural Hazards.

CTC Centre, 01 rue Kadour RAHIM, Husien DEY

Algiers, Algeria

Agenda

Day 1 - Earthquake Scenarios

Module 1: Introduction (2 hrs)

• About the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation

• Introduction to Disaster Risk Assessment and Management

• Introduction to OpenQuake Engine

Module 2: Scenario hazard and risk (4 hrs)

• Seismic faults and rupture mechanisms

• Ground motion models and variability

• Hands-on: Generate and visualise ground motions

• Exposure and vulnerability models

• Scenario damage and loss

• Hands-on: estimate and visualise scenario damage and loss for Algeria

Day 2 - Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Risk

Module 3: Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (3 hrs)

• Seismic source characterisation

• Ground motion characterisation

• Logic trees

• Hands-on: commute hazard curves and maps, hazard spectra

Module 4: Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment (3 hrs)

• Event-based damage assessment

• Event-based risk assessment

• Hands-on: estimate and visualise human and economic impacts