AGENDA
37TH JOINT MEETING
PANEL ON WIND AND SEISMIC EFFECTS
16-21 May 2005

May 16 (Monday)

10:00 Opening Ceremonies

11:10 Group Photograph

11:30 Session 1 (LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS (INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI) /STORM SURGE AND TSUNAMI)
Chairman - Dr. H.S. Lew
12:40 Lunch

13:40 Session 2 (LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS (MID NIIGATA PREFECTURE EARTHQUAKE))
Chairman - Dr H.S. Lew

14:40 Break

14:55 Task Committee Meetings

A: Geotechnical Engineering and Ground Motion
B: Next-generation Building and Infrastructure Systems
C: Dams
D: Wind Engineering
F: Advanced Information and Communication Technology for Disaster Prevention and Public Health Evaluation
G: Transportation Systems
H: Storm Surge and Tsunami
I: Fire Performance of Building and Transportation Structures

17:00 Conclusion of Day 1

18:30 Japan-side Panel Hosted Reception

May 17 (Tuesday)

09:00 Session 3 (NEXT-GENERATION BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS)
Chairman - Dr. Tadahiko Sakamoto

10:20 Break

10:35 Session 4 (WIND ENGINEERING)
Chairman - Dr. Tadahiko Sakamoto

11:55 Lunch

13:00 Session 5 (GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND GROUND MOTION)
Chairman - Dr. Tadahiko Sakamoto

14:00 Break

14:15 Session 6 (DAMS)
Chairman - Dr. Tadahiko Sakamoto

15:15 Break

15:30 Strategic Planning Session

17:00 Conclusion of Day 2

May 18 (Wednesday)

09:00 SESSION 7 (ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DISASTER PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH EVALUATION)
Chairman - Dr. H.S. Lew

09:40 Break

09:45 SESSION 8 (TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS)
Chairman - Dr. H.S. Lew

10:45 Break

11:00 SESSION 9 (FIRE PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES / SPECIAL THEME: PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS)
Chairman - Dr. Tadahiko Sakamoto

12:20 Lunch

13:20 Workshop and Task Committee Reports

Chairman: Dr. Tadahiko Sakamoto

14:40 Break

15:00 Adoption of Final Resolutions
Chairman: Dr. Tadahiko Sakamoto

16:00 Break

16:10 CLOSING CEREMONIES

16:40 Conclusion of 37th Joint Panel Technical Sessions

18:30 U.S.-Side Panel Hosted Reception