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Getting Ready for the Big One - the 1906 Earthquake Today

A chance to hear from Swiss, U.S. and Japanese earthquake luminaries on the inevtiable Big One.
19 Apr 2006 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time

Practical Information:

Location:
730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco CA 94111
Within the next 25 years, scientists estimate a 62% probability of at least one magnitude 6.7 or greater quake striking the San Francisco Bay region. Combined losses from the 1906 and 1989 quakes totaled 6000+ and 63 human lives, and property damage of $400M and $6B, respectively - ’89 reconstruction is expected to last 20+ years.

What can science tell us about the next one?

  • Will monitoring methods and technologies buy us time?
  • Are major earthquake-prone countries -- US, Switzerland and Japan - prepared to the same degree?
  • How do major insurers assess the personal risks and economic losses?

Join in a discussion with earthquake luminaries from Switzerland, the U.S. and Japan on the inevitable big one. Where it will hit, how we can prepare, what to expect…


PROGRAM:

6:00 pm: Doors open - Networking & Cocktail reception
7:00 pm: Keynote addresses:

        • "Are Earthquakes Predictable ?", with Tom Jordan, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California & Director of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
        • "Readiness around the Globe", with Domenico Giardini, Professor of Seismology and Geodynamics ETH Zürich; Director of the Swiss Seismological Service
        • “Insurance for the Inevitable”, with Andy Castaldi, Swiss Re Americas Divison, Head, Catastrophe and Perils
        • "The 1906 Earthquake--lessons learned, lessons forgotten and future directions", with Mary-Lou Zoback, Senior Research Scientist, USGS Earthquake Hazards Team

            followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q&As to include:

        • Ishida Mizuho, Research Scientist, Japan National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NEID), and Mark Zoback, Professor of Geophysics & Benjamin M. Page Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University

10:00 pm: Doors close
In partnership with:


ETH Zürich

Swiss Re
 

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