Istanbul International Conference on Seismic Risk Mitigatiton
Conference Programme
| TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 | ||
| 08:00AM - 09:00AM | Arrival and Registration | |
| 09:00AM - 09:45AM |
Opening Address
Kazım Gökhan Elgin, Director of İstanbul Project Coordination Unit (IPCU), Turkey Tekin Küçükali, President of Turkish Red Crescent Ulrich Zachau, Country Director for Turkey, World Bank Memduh Aslan Akçay, Directorate General of Foreign Economic Relations, Undersecretary of Treasury Hasan İpek, President of Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Agency Muammer Güler, Governor of İstanbul Cemil Çiçek, Deputy Prime Minister, State Minister |
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| 09:45AM - 10:00AM | Documentary on Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness (ISMEP) Project | |
| 10:00AM - 10:30AM | Keynote Speech Margareta Wahlström, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction |
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| 10:30AM - 11:00AM | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00AM-1:00PM |
Session I: Turkey: Disaster Preparedness Since 1999 Earthquakes Chairpersons: Hikmet Çakmak - Giorgio Croci 1. Wael Zakout: World Bank-Turkey Partnership in Disaster Risk Reduction and Implications for the Region 3. Tuncer Arabul: Activities Carried Out by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality 2. Murat Sungur Bursa: Turkey after Marmara Earthquakes 4. Kazım Gökhan Elgin: Preparing Istanbul for Future Disasters 5. Gökay Atilla Bostan: Institutional Structuring of Istanbul Provincial Disaster and Emergency Directorate/Volunteer System 6. Hasan İpek: Institutional Changes to Disaster Risk Management in Turkey |
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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM | Buffet Lunch | |
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Session II: Turkey: Disaster Preparedness Since 1999 Earthquakes Chairpersons: Kazım Gökhan Elgin - Dan Lungu 1. İdris Serdar: Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool 2. Nuray Aydınoğlu: Seismic Assessment and Retrofit Works on Highway Bridges in Istanbul 3. Mustafa Erdik: Earthquake Early Warning and Rapid Information Generation Studies in Turkey 4. Atilla Ansal: Microzonation and Earthquake Scenarios for Istanbul 5. Zekai Celep: Code Development and Training of Engineers on Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting |
Closed Session Institutional Changes to Disaster Risk Management in Turkey Undersecretaries of Disaster and Emergency Coordination Council, Governors and Directors of Province Disaster and Emergency Directorates |
| 4:00PM - 4:30PM | Coffee Break | |
| 4:30PM - 6:30PM |
Session III: From Reconstruction to Mitigation Chairpersons: Mustafa Erdik - Kenji Okazaki 1. Mauro Dolce: Seismic Risk Mitigation in the Aftermath of the Abruzzo Earthquake 2. Carlos Oliveira: The Latest Developments in Study of Seismic Risk in Portugal 3. Vinod Chandra Menon: New Initiatives in Seismic Risk Management in India 4. Tian Liya, Yang Xin, Shi Yi: Seismic Risk Reduction in China 5. Giorgio Croci: Seismic Behaviour of Historical Buildings 6. Avelar Frausto Carlos Eduardo:Assessment Tools for Decision Makers |
Closed Session Institutional Changes to Disaster Risk Management in Turkey Undersecretaries of Disaster and Emergency Coordination Council, Governors and Directors of Province Disaster and Emergency Directorates |
| 6:30PM - 8:30PM | Cocktail Reception hosted by the Governor of Istanbul | |
| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 | ||
| 09:00AM - 11:00AM |
Session IV: Preparing for Future Earthquakes Chairpersons: Atilla Ansal - Carlos Oliveira 1. Anne Kiremidjian: Loss Estimation as a Decision Tool for Disaster Mitigation, Insurance and Disaster Preparedness 2. Lyonpo Minjur Dorji: Earthquakes in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan 3. Jaime Campos: Seismic Risk Mitigation in Chile 4. Mikayel Melkumyan: Seismic Risk Mitigation in Armenia by Application of Innovative Seismic Isolation Technologies 5. Stella Petrescu: Seismic Risk Mitigation in Romania |
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| 11:00AM - 11:30AM | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30AM - 1:30PM | Parallel Sessions | |
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Session V: Social Issues in Mitigation Chairpersons: Jean Jacques Wagner - Nehir Varol 1. David Johnston & Nuray Karancı: Overcoming Social and Economic Barriers to Seismic Retrofitting of Residential Buildings in Turkey and New Zealand 2. Kenji Okazaki: Incentives for Safer Buildings 3. Mikdat Kadıoğlu: ISMEP Public Awareness Trainings and Volunteer System 4. Aurel Bilanici: Communication and Raising Awareness in Romania 5. Giovanni De Siervo: Volunteer System in Italy 6. Ahmet Mete Işıkara & Funda Gülay Ünal: Mobilization of Community Leaders Project, Disaster Mitigation Programme |
Session VI: Seismic Rehabilitation Chairpersons: Derin Ural - Mikayel Melkumyan 1. Toshimi Kabeyasawa: Full-scale 3-D Shake-table Tests on Fail-safe Performance of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Against Extreme Motions 2. Barış Binici: Performance Examination of Turkish Earthquake Code Based Strengthening Procedures by Pseudodynamic Testing 3. Dan Lungu: Bucharest Risks and Seismic Rehabilitation of Heritage Buildings in Romania 4. Sevinç Özek Terzi: Inventorization and Multi-Hazard and Earthquake Performance Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Buildings in Istanbul 5. Faruk Karadoğan: Rehabilitation of Low Rise Conventional Buildings and Industrial Type Precast Structures |
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| 1:30PM - 2:30PM | Buffet Lunch | 2:30PM - 4:30PM | Parallel Sessions |
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Session VII: Urban Risks and Mitigation Chairpersons: Anne Kiremidjian - Handan Türkoğlu 1. Nuran Zeren Gülersoy: Urban Risks and Istanbul Earthquake Master Plan 2. Fulin Bölen: Urban Structure and Earthquake Risks in Istanbul 3. Hormoz Modaressi: Earthquake Risk and Mitigation in Iran 4. Priyadi Priyautama Ignatius: Mitigation Issues in Jakarta 5. Faruk Göksu: Public Land Management Study; Transfer of Development Rights Approach |
Session VIII: Private Sector in Disaster Risk Management Chairpersons: David Johnston - İdris Serdar 1. Serap Gönülal: Principles of PPP in Disaster Insurance 2. Okan Utkueri: Catastrophe Risk Insurance 3. Reto Schnarwiler: Integrated Risk Management Approach 4. Nirmaljit Paul: World Bank MultiCat Program 5. Jean Jacques Wagner: Are Major Earthquake Disasters a Fatality? |
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| 4:30PM - 5:00PM | Coffee Break | |
| 5:00PM - 5:30PM |
Summing up Leading to Framework for Global Center of Excellence Saroj Jha: Manager of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) |
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| 5:30PM - 6:15PM | Closing Remarks and Declaration | |
| 7: 45PM | Gala Dinner hosted by the Governor of Istanbul | |
| THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 | ||
| 9:00 AM -1.00 PM | Field Visit | |
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