Webinars

EERI’s professional development webinars covers a broad range of topics for the community of earthquake risk reduction professionals. You will hear about the latest impacts and lessons from recent earthquakes, learn about emerging research from Earthquake Spectra, and hear from leading experts on complex technical topics. Recordings from previous webinars can be found in the Digital Library and on EERI's YouTube Channel.

Oral History Webinar: Izzat (Ed) Idriss Interviewed By Ross Boulanger

Friday, October 18, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
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Join us for a free webinar highlighting the most recent publication from EERI's Connections Oral History series! The webinar will feature Dr. Izzat (Ed) Idriss, a pioneer in the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering. He will share recollections from his long career as an academic and engineering practitioner, which included major contributions to understanding soil sites and structures behavior and participation in in post-earthquake reconnaissance and investigation of several major earthquakes over the last 50 years. Dr. Idriss will be joined by Dr. Ross W. Boulanger, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis, and a longtime colleague and friend, who conducted the interviews for the oral history.

LFE/SSEER Webinar: Findings From Türkiye Follow-Up Reconnaissance Team

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

11:00 AM-12:30 PM PT

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Join us for a joint webinar from EERI’s Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) program and the Social Science Extreme Events Research Network (SSEER) network. The webinar will share observations and findings from the EERI-SSEER reconnaissance team that traveled to Turkey in October 2024 to conduct follow-up reconnaissance on the impacts of the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence. The team members, Michael Mieler, Burçak Başbuğ, Süleyman Çelik, Louise Comfort, Alpay Demiryurek, Ayse Hortacsu, Carlos Molina-Hutt, Sabine Loos, Halil Sezen, and Egemen Sönmez, conducted reconnaissance on issues in recovery and resilience in the areas of employment, schools, and housing. The team also focused on capturing lessons that can inform the development of functional recovery codes and standards. Their report will be released in early February.

Confirmed Speakers:

Süleyman Çelik, Anadolu University
Burçak Başbuğ, Middle East Technical University
Egemen Sönmez, İzmir University of Economics
Carlos Molina Hutt, University of British Columbia
Michael Mieler, ARUP, Learning From Earthquakes Co-Chair (moderator)

LFE's ability to conduct reconnaissance over time to improve our understanding of earthquake recovery and resilience is made possible by the generous support of the many donors to the LFE Endowment Fund.

To register for this free webinar, you will need to sign into your account on EERI’s new member portal. If you haven’t yet reset your password to do so, view the instructions here.

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EERI members who attend the webinar will receive a one-hour PDH credit.