7th General Assembly of Asian Seismological Commission
Since the establishment of the Asian Seismological Commission in 1996, many earthquakes in Asia and Pacific region caused serious disasters to economy and society, and at the same time, provided significant lessons and knowledge to earthquake science. Today, with the booming of economy and rapid development of modern technology, earthquake disasters have started to threaten not only earthquake-prone regions but also the whole society. The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in 2004 generated tremendous tsunami disasters not only in Indonesia but also in the whole Indian Ocean. The 2006 Taiwan offshore earthquake caused not only ground shaking but also the destruction of optical cable under the sea, causing seismic disaster in the cyber world as well. Earthquakes and earthquake disasters, which never recognize political boundaries, cultural differences, or academic disciplines, put us to work together and to go forward together. In the last 12 years, development of earthquake science showed rapid development, bright future and significant potential to serve the sustainability of society. Advancements have occurred in seismological observation and interpretation, earthquake source modeling, seismic hazard and risk zonation, strong ground motion seismology and engineering seismology, earthquake forecast and study of earthquake predictability, earthquake early warning system, and seismotectonics. Interdisciplinary studies combining seismology, geodesy, geology, engineering, space science and technology, and computational technology have provided earthquake science with unprecedented opportunities for deepening our understanding of earthquakes and earthquake disasters. We are clear that there is still a long way to go to the solving of the scientific problems of earthquake prediction, the nonlinear response of engineering to seismic strong ground motions, and the preparation of extreme disasters. On the other hand, realistic philosophy is to make full use of our scientific knowledge for reducing earthquake disasters, and to make full use of the practical technologies to obtain the optimized results of the reduction of earthquake disasters. The main theme of this ASC Assembly, ‘Sharing of Up-to-date Science and Technology to Reduce Earthquake Disaster in Asia’, is to bridge science and technology, to bridge research and application, to bridge domestic efforts and international collaboration, and to bridge Asia-Pacific and the whole world. The goal is the capacity building in Asia-Pacific for the reduction of earthquake disasters. We chose Tsukuba as the venue of the ASC 2008 Assembly, partly due to the long tradition of Tsukuba to facilitate international cooperation, to organize the training of young professionals, to communicate with policy makers, public, and industry, and to assist the capacity building in the developing world. Go to the 7th ASC General Assembly website Scientific ProgramThere are two categories of session. Several keynote speakers will provide invited talks in Plenary Session. Regular Session is open to all participants and will comprise both oral and poster sessions. Sessions A01 to A03 are thematic sessions especially designed to accentuate sprits of joint meeting of ASC and SSJ. Some invited speakers for Regular Session will be selected by the program committee. Each author is asked to designate one session for his/her presentation in submission procedure. Program Committee may change their sessions, if necessary, and inform the authors. Two presentations (one oral and one poster, or two posters, excluding invited talk) can be submitted by an author. Plenary SessionThis session will be composed of presentation by invited Keynote Speakers, highlighting the problems and challenges in the following issues:
Special SessionThe program committee has decided to propose two late breaking sessions for Wenchuan (Sichuan, China) Earthquake of May 12, 2008 and for the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku (inland, Japan) Earthquake in 2008. We highly welcome seismological researches and reports on these earthquakes.
Regular Session
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