EERI is now inviting Special Session Proposals for the 13th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13NCEE) in Portland in July 2026! Learn more about the conference at the 13NCEE website here.
The conference will include a small number of special sessions. Attractive special session proposals cross disciplinary and general topic boundaries and raise challenging technical-social issues. Special sessions can be mini-workshops, short presentations followed by panel discussions, debates, or other unique and engaging formats. They should not be merely a collection of presentations in a general topic area. This type of session, titled a Technical Topic Session, will be built by the Program Committee after reviewing the submitted papers.
The program committee is particularly interested in special session proposals that touch on the following themes:
- Intersection of Earthquake Engineering and Multi-Hazard Resilience
- Response and Recovery from Simultaneous Disasters
- Local and Regional Earthquake Hazard
- Indigenous Knowledge and Earthquake Resilience
- Seismic Resilience of Coastal Communities Facing Rising Sea Levels
- Interdisciplinary Hazards/Resilience Education
The deadline for submitting special session proposals is May 19, 2025.
View the full Call for Special Session Proposals here and submit your proposal soon!
Individual paper submission will open in summer 2025; view the call for papers and the list of technical topics for more information. We’re excited to see you in Portland in next summer!
