Earthquake Engineering & Urban Planning Panel

Time

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CEST

About

Earthquakes are inevitable — but the devastation they cause is not. On UN International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, leading engineers and researchers from across the Americas make the case that resilience is engineered, not accidental — and that it begins with the buildings we live in.

Enjoy learning from these global panelists:

Dr. Kishor Jaiswal, USGS, USA

Assessing Seismic Risk for the United States and its Territories: U.S. earthquake losses now average $15.8B/yr (FEMA P-366)

Dr. Daniel Ruiz, Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Lessons from the Venezuela & Colombian Earthquake: A tale of two recent and close earthquakes with two different outcomes

Dr. Jorge Alva, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Peru

From Peru to Nepal- A Landslides' Parallel: The Nepal 2026 climate-related & Peru 1970 EQ-related Landslides

Alberto Blanco, ITW LHN & MTS DRR, USA

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