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The conference will cover the following topics:
| Lessons Learnt | post-earthquake reconnaissance; lessons from recent earthquakes and tsunamis including the Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake |
| Engineering Seismology | seismicity, ground and site effects, and seismic hazard analysis |
| Tsunamis | hazard assessment, earthquake sources, wave propagation, impact, and early warning |
| Geotechnical Engineering | foundations, ground-failure, liquefaction, and underground structures |
| Structural Engineering | materials, structural systems and elements, structural response, evaluation and retrofit of buildings, bridges, industrial facilities, heritage buildings, and special structures |
| Response Records | actual responses of buildings, bridges, dams, and others during recent earthquakes |
| Advanced Technologies | base isolation systems, passive energy dissipation, semi-active structural control, smart materials and structures, and health monitoring |
| Lifeline Systems | design and analysis, network assessment, mitigation, components and systems |
| Non-Structural Components and Contents | modeling, control and mitigation strategies |
| New Design Criteria and Methods | seismic codes and standards, applications |
| Earthquake Engineering Practice | recent projects, design, and construction |
| Earthquake Loss Estimation | vulnerability analysis, risk assessment and management |
| Multihazards | Expanding earthquake technologies to the protection of infrastructure systems to multiple hazards |
| Information and Computing Technology | simulation, modeling, earthquake wave generation, computer graphics, database information, GIS |
| Socio-economic Issues | loss assessment, risk, seismic awareness, preparedness, and education |
| Human Behavior | egress management, human modeling, recovery methods |
| Blind Analysis Contest | Numerical prediction of shaking table test results for 5-story steel frame with and without base isolation |
| Others | earthquake-induced fire; early warning systems; earthquake prediction; post-quake reconstruction; seismic behavior of non-engineered structures |