SCEC Meetings and Workshops
SCEC is an open community of trust that nurtures early-career scientists and shares information and ideas about earthquake system science. The Center’s working groups, workshops, field activities, and annual meeting enable scientists to collaborate over sustained periods, building strong interpersonal networks that promote intellectual exchange and mutual support. Researchers with new hypotheses are brought together with others who have observational insights, modeling skills, and knowledge of statistical testing methods to more quickly advance earthquake science.
SCEC Activities Code of Conduct. Participation in SCEC is open, and the participants are constantly changing. By accepting an invitation to participate in a SCEC-supported event, by email or online registration, participants agree to abide by the SCEC Activities Code of Conduct.
SCEC Annual Meetings
At our annual collaboration meetings, the SCEC community gathers to share recent research results, review project progress, and plan priorities for SCEC to pursue in the coming year and beyond. Participants include SCEC project teams, leadership, advisory groups, and staff, as well as sponsors and partners who fund Center activities. Researchers working on topics relevant to SCEC priorities and initiatives are encouraged to engage with SCEC at the annual meeting. Potential academic, government, and industry partners connected with computational science, earthquake engineering research, risk communication and other practical applications of SCEC research are also welcome. Early career scientists and students make up >40% of participants.
The 4-day SCEC annual meeting is held in September, usually starting on the Sunday after Labor Day. The program consists of about eight thematic sessions with invited plenary talks and ample time for moderated discussions. Meeting attendees are invited to share results and activities by submitting a poster and joining the twice-daily poster sessions.
Due to the global pandemic, the 2020 SCEC annual meeting was completely online. The next SCEC annual meeting will be held September 12-15, 2021.
Past SCEC Annual Meetings: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991
SCEC Science Workshops
SCEC organizes workshops to focus collaborative efforts to support the Center research program. Participants with ideas for interactive workshops that engage more than one focus and/or disciplinary science group are strongly encouraged to submit a proposal to the SCEC Science Collaboration Plan. The following are SCEC science workshops planned for current funding cycle.
January 8, 2020 | SCEC Dynamic Rupture TAG – The 2019 Ingredients Workshop – Fault Friction, Conveners: Ruth Harris, Michael Barall, Award #19121 |
January 9, 2020 | SCEC Workshop for Advancing Simulations of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS), Conveners: Brittany Erickson, Junle Jiang, Award #19110 |
September 1, 2020 | SCEC Workshop: Multi-scale seismic velocities—Imaging and validation studies, Conveners: Carl Tape, Cliff Thurber, Yehuda Ben-Zion |
September 4, 2020 | SCEC Cajon Pass Earthquake Gate Area: Progress and Future Plans, Conveners: Nate Onderdonk, Julian Lozos, Craig Nicholson, Award #20056 |
October 27, 2020 | SCEC Dynamic Rupture Group Ingredients Workshop on Rock Properties, Conveners: Ruth Harris, Michael Barall, Award #20188 |
October 30, 2020 | SCEC Workshop on Advancing Simulations of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip, Conveners: Brittany Erickson, Junle Jiang, Award #20120 |
GSA Penrose Conference: The geologic fingerprints of slow earthquakes, Conveners: John Platt, Whitney Behr, Melodie French, Greg Hirth, Jamie Kirkpatrick, Christie Rowe, David Schmidt, Award #19133 | |
TBD (2021) | CSEP Workshop: Global CSEP2 Progress and Coordination, Conveners: Maximilian Werner, William Savran, Matthew Gerstenberger, Warner Marzocchi, Andrew Michael, Morgan Page, Danijel Schorlemmer, Award #20076 |
TBD (2021) | CSEP Workshop: Towards Prospective Evaluations of Ground Motion and Seismic Hazard Models, Conveners: Maximilian Werner, Andrew Michael, Warner Marzocchi, Award #20196 |
TBD (2021) | Workshop: Implementing Rheology into the SCEC Community Rheology Model, Conveners: Greg Hirth, Laurent Montesi, Mark Behn, Michael Oskin, Award #20084 |
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SCEC Education, Outreach, and Training
In addition to workshops funded through the annual Science Collaboration Plan, SCEC and our partners present public lectures, preparedness events, research mentorship training, software training, and more.
June-November, 2020 | ECA Webinar: Safer at Home Series |
January 27, 2021 | ECA QuakeSmart Online Workshop |
February 10, 2021 | ECA Online Workshop: 50th Anniversary of the San Fernando Earthquake |
February 17, 2021 | ECA Bay Area Online Workshop |
March 22-26, 2021 | California’s Tsunami Preparedness Week |
October 21, 2021 | International ShakeOut Day |
November 5, 2021 | World Tsunami Awareness Day |
Community Calendar
If you are interested in holding an event sponsored by SCEC, consider submitting a workshop proposal to the Science Collaboration Plan. For questions, or to have your own event included in the Community Calendar, please email SCEC Meetings.
January 22, 2021 | USGS Workshop: National Seismic Hazard Model Project (NSHMP) 2023 50-State NSHM Update Kickoff Meeting |
January 25, 2021 | SCEC Board of Directors Meeting |
January 27, 2021 | ECA Workshop: Secure Your Space |
January 28-29, 2021 | SCEC Proposal Review Meeting |
February 2, 2021 | SSA Session: Virtual Seismic Tomography |
February 2-4, 2021 | USGS Workshop: 2021 Northern California Earthquake Hazards Workshop |
February 9, 2021 | ASCE/UCLA/LADWP Seminar: Commemorating 50-year Anniversary of February 9, 1971, San Fernando Earthquake |
February 10, 2021 | ECA SoCal Online Workshop: 50th Anniversary of the San Fernando Earthquake |
February 11, 2021 | SCEC CEO Planning Committee Meeting |
February 17, 2021 | ECA Bay Area Online Workshop |
February 23, 2021 | USGS Workshop: Recurrence Models for Earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone |
February 26, 2021 | SZ4D Virtual Town Hall: An Update and Discussion on the Developing Plans for an SZ4D Implementation |
March 2, 2021 | SSA Session: Virtual Seismic Tomography |
March 16-30, 2021 | RISE Virtual Workshop: pyCSEP, Testing Earthquake Forecasts |
March 18, 2021 | SCEC CEO Planning Committee Meeting |
March 22, 2021 | SCEC Board of Directors Meeting |
March 22-26, 2021 | California’s Tsunami Preparedness Week |
March 23-25, 2021 | 2021 EERI Virtual Annual Meeting |
April 6, 2021 | SSA Session: Virtual Seismic Tomography |
April 13, 2021 | SCEC-IRIS-UNAVCO Community Workshop: Rupture and Fault Zone Observatory |
April 15, 2021 | The Great Utah Shakeout |
April 19-23, 2021 | 2021 SSA Annual Meeting |
April 19-30, 2021 | EGU General Assembly 2021 |
April 23, 2021 | ECA Webinar: Prepare to Survive and Recover: Act now to reduce losses when Coronado shakes! |
April 26, 2021 | ECA Webinar: Prepare to Survive and Recover: Don’t Let Earthquakes Catch You Off Guard |
May 3-4, 2021 | SCEC Leadership Retreat |
May 12-14, 2021 | GSA 2021 Cordilleran Section Meeting |
May 20, 2021 | SCEC CEO Planning Committee Meeting |
May 24, 2021 | SCEC Board of Directors Meeting |
May 25, 2021 | USGS Workshop: 2023 Update to the Alaska NSHM |
July 15, 2021 | SCEC CEO Planning Committee Meeting |
July 26, 2021 | SCEC Board of Directors Meeting |
September 10, 2021 | EERI Webinar: Lifeline Infrastructure System Resilience – Exploring What Is It and How We Can Implement |
September 12-15, 2021 | 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting |
October 10-13, 2021 | Geological Society of America 2021 Annual Meeting |
October 21, 2021 | International ShakeOut Day |
November 5, 2021 | World Tsunami Awareness Day |
December 13-17, 2021 | AGU Fall Meeting 2021 |
February 7-11, 2022 | San Fernando Earthquake Conference - 50 years of Lifeline Engineering |