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	Earthquake Engineering Goes Back To Its Seismic Future

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2002 Annual Meeting Announcement With its magnitude 6.4, price tag of $50 million, and death toll of 115, the 1933 Long Beach earthquake pales when compared to the death and destruction caused by several more recent earthquakes -- major seismic events many of you have investigated, studied, spoken and written about in the course of your work. Some may wonder then, why would EERI choose to go back some 70 years to the scene of the Long Beach earthquake for its 2002 Annual meeting? Because, as many of you also know, Long Beach changed everything -- how industry, academia, government, and the general public have thought about, prepared for, and responded to earthquakes, ever since. Not to mention, its formative influence on earthquake engineering. On February 6-9th, in Long Beach CA, EERI will take its members and guests on an invigorating "tour" of the profession's past, present and possible future(s). We invite you to check out EERI's: Summary of program highlights at: http://www.eeri.org/news/press/prrlb.html The very latest, detailed program information at: http://www.eeri.org/news/Meetings/02am.html Easy online meeting registration at: https://home.jump.net/comm/eeri/AM2002/ Our meeting will be held at the Long Beach Westin. Rooms at this lovely hotel are available for discounted rates if booked before Jan 6th. A limited number of scholarships for registration and travel costs are still available -- for this and any other further information on the EERI Annual Meeting call us at: 510-451-0905. See you in Long Beach!