• Business Professionals:
  risk managers, continuity planners,
  building owners, facility managers


• Earth Scientists


• Emergency Managers


• Engineers


• Policy Makers


• Students


• Teachers

• Discuss best practices and new research results with
  more than 2,000 cutting edge professionals


• Exchange key information on the state of the art and practice
  in business, science, engineering and public policy


• Hear about successful risk management practices in
  the public and private sectors


• Collaborate with the foremost experts in earthquake
  engineering, geology, and seismology from around the world.


• Work with 200+ policymakers and elected officials from
  California and the nation to better protect our communities.

Video highlights from plenery sessions:
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100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference Press Conference:
Managing Risk in Earthquake Country:
The top ten action agenda and a summary of Charles Kircher's recent findings.

When the Big One Strikes Again: Charles Kircher's recent findings on estimated losses due to a repeat of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (PDF)

Tables for the Charles Kircher report.
Figure 1, Figure 2. (PDF)

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• 100+ technical sessions led by internationally renowned experts and scholars


• Tutorials developed just for teachers and the business community


• 25 exciting field trips that bring home the realities and science of earthquakes


• Sign up early - seating is limited


• A scenario that looks at how the San Francisco Bay Area would fare if a 1906 earthquake hit us today


• Find Cheap Airfares to this conference
• Participating meetings are Centennial Meeting of the Seismological Society of America, 8NCEE by EERI, Disaster Resistant California and the Association of Bay Area Governments' General Assembly (ABAG)


• The next 10 steps our communities must take to avoid a catastrophic disaster.