Technical Program
Plenary Session Details
updated 6/15/09
Technical Session Details Including Papers/Authors & Moderators
subject to change
SUNDAY, June 28, 2009
10:00am - 5:00pm
Pre-Conference Workshop:
California Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) Post-Disaster Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Training for Evaluators
10:00am - 2:00pm
Pre-Conference Workshop: Water System Reliability Assessment
This workshop has been canceled due to lack of enrollment.
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open - Icebreaker Reception
MONDAY, June 29, 2009
8:00am - 9:15am
Welcome & Opening Plenary Session
Lifeline Performance Under Extreme Events
Speaker: Thomas O'Rourke, PhD., M.ASCE, Cornell University
9:00am - 4:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open
9:15am - 9:45am
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
9:45am - 11:15am
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Electric Power Session 1 - Equipment
- Port Session 1- Seismic Risk Management for Port Systems
- Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridge Structures
- Gas & Liquid Fuels Session 1
- Lifelines Interdependence
11:15am - 12:15pm
Poster Sessions
12noon - 1:00pm
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Electric Power Session 2 - Power System Design & Qualification Standards
- Port Session 2 - Seismic Design Standards and Codes for Ports
- Seismic Performance of Transportation Facilities
- Seismic Risk Analysis Session 1
- Pipelines Sesssion 1
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Poster Sessions
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Electric Power Session 3 - Transmission Towers
- Port Session 3: Panel Discussion on Seismic Risk Issues for United States Ports
- Seismic Risk Analysis of Bridges and Highway Systems
- Seismic Risk Analysis Session 3
- Pipelines Session 2
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Workshop:
ShakeCast Software for Lifeline Risk Assessment and Management
TUESDAY, June 30, 2009
8:00am - 9:00am
Plenary Session - Critical Infrastructure - Keys to a Sustainable and Resilient Renewal
Speaker: Blaine Leonard, Utah Department of Transportation and President-Elect of American Society of Civil Engineers
9:00am - 4:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open
9:00am - 10:00am
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
9:15am - 10:45am
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Lifelines Interdependence and Sustainability
- Port Session 4 - Seismic Rehabilitation for Port Structures and Marine Oil Terminals 1
- Seismic Analysis of Bridges - Session 1
- Seismic Risk Analysis - Session 3
- Lifeline Research at MCEER - Earthquake Engineering to Extreme Events (formerly Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research)
10:45am - 11:45am
Poster Sessions
11:45am - 1:15pm
Awards Luncheon - Toward Resilient, Smart and Self-Healing Interdependent Infrastructures
Speaker: S. Massoud Amin, Professor and Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership and Director of the Center for the Development of Technological Leadership, University of Minnesota
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Performance of Lifelines Subjected to Mulithazards
- Port Session 5 - Seismic Rehabilitation for Port Structures and Marine Oil Terminals 2
- Water and Wastewater Facilities and Systems
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Lifelines
- Panel Discussion - Asset Integrity Management for Lifeline Risk Reduction Projects
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Plenary Session - Disaster Risk Management from the Perspective of a Multilateral Financial Institution
Moderator: Tom Cooper
Panelists from World Bank including John Scales, China Transport Section Coordinator Beijing, China
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Performance of Lifelines during Major Earthquake along Hayward Fault
- Port Session 6 - Seismic Response and Instrumentation of Port Infrastructure
- Seismic Analysis of Bridges - Session 2
- Performance of Lifelines during Wenchuan EQ. Special Session 1
- Pipelines Session 3 - Panel Discussion
WEDNESDAY, July 1, 2009
8:00am - 9:30am
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Performance of Lifelines during Hurricane Katrina
- Performance of Lifelines during Wenchuan EQ. Special Session 2
- Dam and Reservoir Analysis and Safety
- Lifeline Research at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center
- Panel Discussion - Lifeline Risk Management Project Funding
9:45am - 11:15am
Closing Plenary Session - Lifelines and the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)
Moderator: Yumei Wang, P.E., F.ASCE, Oregon Dept of Geology and Mineral Industries and member of NEHRP Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR)
Panelists:
Jack Hayes, P.E., M.ASCE, National Institute for Standards and Technology and Director of NEHRP
Chris Poland, S.E., F.SEAOC, M.ASCE, Degenkolb Engineers; Chair of NEHRP ACEHR
Brian Pallasch, Aff.M.ASCE ASCE Managing Director, Government Relations & Infrastructure Initiatives
12noon - 6:00pm
Field Trips:
1 - Critical Infrastructure Fault Crossings
2 - Water Lifeline System Facilities
3 - Major Bridge Crossings of the San Francisco Bay
