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Make plans now to attend the upcoming Western
States Seismic Policy Council's (WSSPC)
Annual Conference, October 21-24, 2001, in Sacramento, California.
This is going to be an exciting and influential conference,
co-hosted by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
and the Department of Conservation's Division of Mines and Geology
(CDMG, the state geological
survey of California) under the auspices of WSSPC.
GENERAL CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
& SCHEDULE
The conference will provide the opportunity for all of us to
learn techniques that can work from a number of successful communicators.
We will address some of the natural psychological barriers to
accepting risk messages and potential ways that they can be overcome
from experienced psychologists working in the field. Legal ramifications
of communicating
risk will be discussed with attorneys who are working in the
field at the California state level and the national level.
We will also consider ways in which risk messages can become
confusing and examine the array of post-damaging earthquake risk
communications that need to be provided and how these information
transfers can be made more successful than in the past. Risk
communication within the business community is another area that
will be examined. For a complete schedule (updated on 9/19/01),
including plenary sessions and workshop session speakers, go
to www.wsspc.org/events/ac2001schedule.htm.
The challenge that we are facing is that
we understand the certainty with which damaging earthquake occurrences
will affect crucial portions of the western United States. We
are not as successful as we can and need to be in making the
public in general and decision and policy makers aware of how
these events can influence their future and what they can do
about it.
Read an opinion on
seismic risk communication (pdf download) written by Jim
Davis (California State Geologist) published in Seismological
Research Letters.
Please consider participating in the WSSPC
Conference. If you have any questions or concerns please visit
our website www.wsspc.org/events/ac2001.htm
or contact us at wsspc@wsspc.org.
HOTEL INFORMATION
September 30 is the last day on which you may make a reservation
at the Radisson Hotel Sacramento and be assured of room availability
and the WSSPC special rate of $89/single, $109/double. To make
reservations, call 1-800-333-3333 or 916-922-2020 and ask for
the "WSSPC Annual Conference Rate. Please support WSSPC
by making your reservations today!
GROUND TRANSPORTATION
The Radisson Hotel Sacramento no longer offers a shuttle service
to and from the Sacramento airport. However, SuperShuttle offers
service at $12 each direction, $24 round-trip. You do not need
a reservation to ride from the airport to the hotel. Upon arrival
at the airport, follow the signs to Ground Transportation. For
your convenience, however, you may also make a reservation by
calling 1-800-BLUE-VAN (258-3826).
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