Thread: IUGG Montreal symposium S08 - NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EARTHQUAKE CENTERS: HIGHLIGHTS AND CHALLENGES

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to consider submitting an abstract to the following IASPEI Symposia, part of the centennial IUGG taking place in Montréal, Canada July 8-18, 2019.

Abstracts are due February 18, 2019.

See http://iugg2019montreal.com/index.html for more information.

S08 - NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EARTHQUAKE CENTERS: HIGHLIGHTS AND CHALLENGES
Convener: Aaron A. Velasco (USA)
Co-Conveners: Kristine Pankow (USA), Dmitry Storchak (ISC), Xyoli Perez-Campos (México)

Description
National and regional seismic operation centers play an important role in monitoring natural earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other phenomena, such as induced seismicity. The products
generated by these centers, from raw waveforms to earthquake catalogs are used by a wide a variety of stakeholders, including researchers, emergency management agencies, policymakers,
educators, regulators, and the general public. This symposium focuses on the important role that earthquake centers play in advancing the scientific study, especially as it relates to local and regional hazard; integrating new technological advances in data acquisition and processing; and communicating earthquake hazard and risk. We welcome contributions describing new and evolving networks, data policies and data sharing, new processing algorithms, hazard assessments, and novel education and outreach initiatives. Other topics that highlight current advances and challenges for earthquake operation centers are also of interest. Potential outcomes of the symposium may include summary publications, organized advocacy, and frameworks for closer collaboration.