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2006 Annual Meeting: Agenda

2006 SCEC Annual Meeting -- Current Agenda
last updated September 10, 2006

Saturday, September 9
all day Field Trip: Pulverized Faults
(Leaders: Chester/Ben-Zion) 		San Andreas fault
Sunday, September 10
07:30 - 08:30 Continental Breakfast Palm Canyon/Tapestry Room
09:00 - 14:00 Salt Creek Trench Viewing
(Leaders: Seitz/Williams) 		Salt Creek site
09:00 - 16:00 Statewide Velocity Model Workshop
(Chair: Hauksson) 		Palm Canyon
09:00 - 16:00 Pulverization Workshop
(Chairs: Chester/Ben-Zion) 		Tapestry
15:00 Poster Session Set-Up
 Plaza Ballroom
16:00 - 18:30 Southern San Andreas Project Meeting
(Chair: Hudnut) 		Palm Canyon
18:30 Cocktails Poolside
19:00 Icebreaker Reception Poolside
20:00 SCEC Advisory Council Executive Session
 Boardroom
20:00 Poster Session Plaza Ballroom
Hotel Lobby

Monday, September 11
07:00 Continental Breakfast Tapestry Room
Terrace Restaurant
Harvey's Bar
Plaza Alfresco

Session I: Chair: Ralph Archuleta
 Horizon Ballroom
08:00 Welcome and State of the Center Tom Jordan
08:15 Report from NSF
08:30 Report from USGS
08:45 State of the CEO Program
 Mark Benthien
09:15 SCEC 3-New Paradigm and New Initiatives
 Tom Jordan
10:00 Break
10:30 "The Other Strike-Slip Plate Boundaries -- A Synoptic Model of Slip on Oceanic Ridge Transform Faults"
 Margaret Boettcher
11:00 "Toward Southern California Waveform Tomography Based Upon Adjoint Methods"
 Jeroen Tromp
11:30 Introduction: Planning Process and New Meeting Structure Ralph Archuleta
12:00 Lunch Tapestry Room
Terrace Restaurant
Harvey's Bar
Plaza Alfresco

Session II: Chairs: Mike Oskin and Ken Hudnut
 Horizon Ballroom
13:30 "Investigating the Mechanics of Crustal Deformation and the Seismic Cycle in the Himalaya"
 Jean Philipe Avouac
14:00 "Earthquakes That Break the Earth's Surface" Steve Wesnousky
14:30 Discussion -- Topic Group 1:
  • Improve the unified structural representation and employ it to develop system-level models for earthquake forecasting and ground motion prediction
  • Develop an extended earthquake rupture forecast to drive physics-based SHA
  • Define slip rate and earthquake history of southern San Andreas fault system for last 2000 years
  • Investigate implications of geodetic/geologic rate discrepancies
  • Develop a system-level deformation and stress-evolution model
  • Map seismicity and source parameters in relation to known faults
  • Develop a geodetic network processing system that will detect anomalous strain transients
  • Test of scientific prediction hypotheses against reference models to understand the physical basis of earthquake predictability
15:30 Break
16:00 "Quantifying the Link Between Surface Deformation, Stress Evolution, and Seismicity in the Southern California Fault System" Brad Hager
16:30 WGCEP, CSEP, Southern San Andreas (10 minutes each) Ned Field
Tom Jordan
Ken Hudnut
17:00 Continued Discussion: Topic Group 1
18:00 Cocktails Poolside
19:00 Dinner Horizon Ballroom
20:00
 Poster Session and UseIT Intern Software Release Party
 Plaza Ballroom
20:00 SCEDC Users Meeting
(Rob Clayton and Vikki Appel)
Palm Canyon

Tuesday, September 12
07:00 Continental Breakfast Tapestry Room
Terrace Restaurant
Harvey's Bar
Plaza Alfresco

Session III: Chairs: Judi Chester and Nadia Lapusta
 Horizon Ballroom
08:00
 "Stress and Strain in Southern California" Thorsten Becker
08:30
 "The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Afterslip Following the 2004 Parkfield, CA, Earthquake Estimated from Global Positioning System Data" Jessica Murray
09:00
 Discussion: Topic Group 2
  • Determine the origin and evolution of on- and off-fault damage as a function of depth
  • Test hypotheses for dynamic fault weakening
  • Assess predictability of rupture extent and direction on major faults
  • Develop statistical descriptions of heterogeneities (e.g., stress, strain, geometry and material properties) in fault zones and understand the origin and role of these by modeling single ruptures and multiple earthquake cycles
10:30
 Break
11:00
 Physical Limits to Ground Motion; Broadband Modeling -- 10 min. each
 Tom Hanks
Rob Graves
11:20
 Continued Discussion -- Topic Group 2
12:00
 Lunch
 Tapestry Room
Terrace Restaurant
Harvey's Bar
Plaza Alfresco

Session IV: Chairs: Rob Graves and Ruth Harris
 Horizon Ballroom
13:30
 "Rock Damage and Earthquake Dynamics"
 Yehuda Ben-Zion
14:00
 "Putting Rupture Dynamics into Ground Motion Prediction"
 Steve Day
14:30
 Discussion -- Topic Group 3
  • Predict broadband ground motions for a comprehensive set of large scenario earthquakes
  • Develop kinematic rupture representations consistent with dynamic rupture models
  • Investigate bounds on the upper limit of ground motion
  • Develop high-frequency simulation methods and investigate the upper frequency limit of deterministic ground motion predictions
  • Validate earthquake simulations and verify simulation methodologies
  • Collaborate with earthquake engineers to develop rupture-to-rafters simulation capability for physics-based risk analysis
16:00
 Break
16:30
 Continued Discussion -- Topic Group 3
17:00
 Community Modeling Environment
TeraShake (Kim Olsen); CyberShake (Rob Graves); OpenSHA (Ned Field) 		Bernard Minster
18:00
 Cocktails
 Poolside
18:30
 Dinner
 Terrace Restaurant
Harvey's Bar
Plaza Alfresco
19:30
 Poster Session
 Plaza Ballroom
20:00
 SCEC AC Meeting
 Boardroom

Wednesday, September 13

Session V: Chair: Tom Jordan
 Horizon Ballroom
08:30
 Advisory Council Report
 Sean Solomon
09:00
 "New Perspectives on Fault Zone Processes and Rupture Dynamics"
 Jim Rice
09:30
 "Robustness, Fragility, and Earthquake Complexity"
 Jean Carlson
10:00
 Meeting Summary: Chairs of 4 sessions (Topics 1, 2 and 3), CME (15 minutes each)
 Group Leaders
11:00
 Wrap-Up and Planning for 2007
 Tom Jordan
12:00
 End of SCEC Meeting
12:00
 Lunch for PC, Board and ExGM Workshop Participants
 see locations below
Afternoon
 Extreme Ground Motion Workshop

SCEC Board Meeting

Planning Committee Meeting
 Palm Canyon

Boardroom

Tapestry

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