Programme

(updated 17.03.26. Programme is subject to change.

Programme Overview

Date	Day	Evening
Tuesday 14 April 2026	9.00am - 4.00pm Pre-Conference Workshop: Rapid Building Assessment (RBA) Training Session 10.00 - 11.30am Infrastructure Site Tour: Ngaio Gorge Retaining Wall Seismic Strengthening 12.00 – 5.30pm Structural Site Tours: 12.00 – 1.00 pm: Manners Street 1.00–2.00 pm: Wellington Town Hall 2.30–3.30 pm: Turnbull House 4.00–5.30 pm: New Parliament Buildings
Wednesday 15 April 2026 9.00 – 18.30	Mihi Whakatau & Opening Ceremony Keynote 1: Masayoshi Nakashima Parallel Sessions 1 & 2 Plenary 1: Challenges and Solutions for Next Update of NSHM Plenary 2: Infrastructure resilience AGM	18.30 Welcome Reception & Poster Session
Thursday 16 April 2026 7.15 – 17.45	Breakfast Session 1: Design Competition Presentations Keynote 2: JoAnn Browning Keynote 3: Reid Zimmerman Plenary 3: Low Seismic Hazard Zones and Resilience Parallel Session 3 Plenary 4: Designing for Continuity - Architectural Leadership in Resilient and Sustainable Futures Perspectives on the EPB Changes	19.15 Conference Dinner and NZSEE Awards
Friday 17 April 2026 7.15 – 17.00	Breakfast Session 2: Future Directions for Earthquake Research in Aotearoa New Zealand Plenary 5: 20 Years Celebration of Ivan Skinner Plenary 6: Seismic Risk Working Group & Low Damage Design Update Parallel Sessions 4 & 5 Keynote 4: Misko Cubrinovski Conference Closing & Conference Awards

This programme is subject to change. The Conference detailed programme will be released in March. Please check back for updates.

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