Programme OVERVIEW
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| TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2025 | |
| 08:00-18:00 | Registration Desk Open |
| 09:00-09:30 | Mihi Whakatau Opening Ceremony |
| 09:30-10:30 | Keynote 1: Marwan Nadar Seismic Design Strategies on Major Bridges located in High Seismic Zones Chair: Sabina Piras |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea Break |
| 11:00-12:50 | Parallel Sessions 1 |
| 12:50-13:50 | Lunch |
| 13:50-15:40 | Parallel Sessions 2 |
| 15:40-16:10 | Afternoon Tea Break |
| 16:10-18:00 | Plenary 1: Managing Seismic Risks in Existing Buildings Chair: Umair Siddiqui Plenary 2: Seismic Risk Working Group Updates Chair: Dion Marriott |
| 18:00-18:30 | NZSEE Annual General Meeting |
| 18:30-20:00 | Welcome Reception Poster Session Young Professionals Meet and Greet |
| WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 2025 | |
| 07:30-18:00 | Registration Desk Open |
| 07:30-08:30 | Breakfast Session 1 Design Competition Presentations |
| 08:30-09:30 | Keynote 2: EQC Toka Tū Ake Keynote Speaker Laurie Johnson Earthquake Resilient Infrastructure: How Do We Get It? Insights from Efforts in San Francisco and the U.S. Chair: Alice Chang-Richards |
| 09:30-10:30 | Keynote 3: Santiago Pujol Expecting the Unexpected Chair: Geoff Rodgers |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Plenary 3: Putting People at the Heart of Engineering Chair: Catalina Miranda |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch He Tohu Pupu Seismic Design Competition |
| 13:00-15:00 | Parallel Sessions 3 Learning from Earthquakes Special Session Chair: Gregory MacRae |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea Break |
| 15:30-16:45 | Plenary 4A: Enhanced Seismic Resilience: A Pathway to the Wider Implementation of Dissipative Controlled Rocking in Bridges Brandon McHaffie Chair: Nikoo Hazaveh 4B: The Place of Base Isolation and Other Mechanisms for Mitigating Significant Seismic Hazard Risks Mustafa Al-Ani Chair: Nikoo Hazaveh 4C: MBIE/NHC/SESOC Low Damage Seismic Design Guidance Hamish McKenzie Chair: Nikoo Hazaveh |
| 19:00-22:00 | Conference Dinner NZSEE Awards NZSEE/QuakeCoRE Emerging Women Leaders Award Otto Glogau Award NZSEE Research Scholarship Bulletin Service Award |
| THURSDAY 10 APRIL 2025 | |
| 08:30-17:00 | Registration Desk Open |
| 08:30-09:15 | Plenary 5: Focus on Resilience and Sustainability of Existing and New Buildings Pathmanathan Brabhaharan Chair: Sanjay Bora |
| 09:15-10:15 | Plenary 6: Leveraging AI and New Technologies for Earthquake Engineering and Resilience Julian Benito, Raj Prasanna, Maria Mingallon Chair: Julian Benito |
| 10:15-10:45 | Morning Tea Break |
| 10:45-12:30 | Parallel Sessions 4 |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:45 | Parallel Sessions 5 |
| 15:15-15:45 | Afternoon Tea Break |
| 15:45-16:45 | Keynote 4: Park and Paulay Keynote Speaker Ruben Boroschek Structural Health Monitoring for Informed Decision-Making: Practical Insights Chair: Catalina Miranda |
| 16:45-17:00 | Conference Closing Conference Awards: Best Student Paper Award Best Research Paper Award Best Practice Paper Award |
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