A Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre one day workshop in assocation with the Under 35s Reinsurance Group focusing on global urban seismic risks.

• Shaking in the heart of Europe - 650th Anniversary of the Basel 1356 Earthquake
  (Dr. Milan Simic, Benfield)
• Engineering issues in urban seismic risk
  (Professor Adrian Chandler, BUHRC University College London)
• China: seismic hazard and risk and Shanghai futures
  (Dr. Paul Burton, BUHRC University of East Anglia)
• Seismic hazard and risk assessment in South Africa
  (Dr. Andrzej Kijko, Benfield Geohazards Centre, South Africa)
• Urban earthquake risk in Istanbul
  (Professor Eser Durakal, Bogazici University, Istanbul)
• Forward modelling of earthquake and tsunami hazard
  (Professor John McCloskey, University of Ulster)
• A displacement-based method for earthquake loss modelling at variable geographical scales
  (Dr. Helen Crowley, University of Pavia, Italy)
• Assessing the seismic vulnerability of urban areas
  (Dr. Tiziana Rossetto, BUHRC, University College London)

Date: Thursday October 12th 2006
Venue: The City Club, 19 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DS