Conference Programme

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Thursday 12 April

14.00 – 18.00	Registration Open
14:30 – 17:30	Pre-Conference site visit programme

Friday 13 April

8:00 – 19:30	Registration Open
8:50 – 10:00	Conference Opening and Welcome
	Plenary:	Hon Jenny Salesa Minister for Building and Construction and Ethnic Communities Associate Minister of Education, Health, and Housing and Urban Development
10:00 – 10:30	Morning tea
10:30 – 12:30	Plenary: Speakers	Kaikoura Earthquake Lessons Learned Impacts of Surface Fault Rupture Russ Van Dissen, GNS Science Landslide Models developed for the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake Chris Massey, GNS Science Carving Enduring Connections: the Kaikoura Earthquake Transport Recovery Experience Brian Kirtlan, NCTIR Performance of Modern Bridges John Wood, John Wood Consulting Seen Effects: Improving our predictions based on observations in Wellington from the Kaikoura Earthquake Alistair Cattanach, Dunning Thornton Where should effort be focussed to reduce the risk from non-structural damage? Andrew Baird, Beca
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch & Poster Session
13:30 – 15:00	Oral Presentations	Steel Structures - Versatile Low Damage Systems Soil Structure Interaction / Geotechnical
15:00 – 15:30	Afternoon Tea
15:30 – 17:30	Plenary: Speakers	Geotechnical and Geohazards Present and Future Directions in Ground Motion Modelling: Implications for Seismic Design and Assessment Brendon Bradley, University of Canterbury System Response of Liquefiable Deposits Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury MBIE Geotechnical Guidelines, Module 4: Design of Earthquake Resistant Foundations Kevin McManus, McManus Geotech Nathan Schumacher, MBIE
17:40 – 18:30	NZSEE AGM
18:30 – 20:00	Welcome Reception

Saturday 14 April

8:30 – 10:00	EQC Introduction EQC Lecture Plenary	Have we realised the hopes of NZ pioneers in Earthquake Engineering? Richard Sharpe, Beca Lessons from Christchurch and Kaikoura - Emerging Challenges in Concrete Design Ken Elwood, University of Auckland
10:00 – 10:30	Morning tea
10:30 – 12:00	Oral Presentations	Structural Concrete Liquefaction Assessments and Solutions
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch & Poster Session
13:00 – 15:30	Plenary Panel	Seismic Assessments of Existing Buildings The Property Owners Perspective Michael Cole, NZ Property Council The Structural Engineers Perspective John Hare, Holmes Seismic Assessment Technical Challenges Kam Weng Yuen, Beca Geotechnical Perspective Stuart Palmer, Tonkin + Taylor A Practical Example – Wellington East Girls College Carl Ashby, WSP Opus
15:30 – 16:00	Afternoon Tea
16:00 – 17:30	Oral Presentations	Timber Structures – The Next Frontier Analysis and Design Isolation, Dampers and Devices Emerging Technologies and Analysis Methods
19:00 – Late	Conference Dinner

Sunday 15 April

9:00 – 10:30	Plenary	Future Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Can we Achieve Seismically Resilient Buildings? Bill Holmes, Rutherford + Chekene, USA Seismic Loadings Code: Challenges and Emerging Issues Rob Jury, Beca
10:30 – 11:00	Morning tea
11:00 – 12:30	Oral Presentations	Assessment and Retrofit Seismic Hazards and Ground Motion Infrastructure and Lifelines and Learning from Earthquakes
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00	Plenary Speakers	Resilient Communities A Sceptical Economist’s View of Earthquake Risk Mitigation Policy Decisions Ilan Noy, Victoria University Resilience Challenges and Opportunities Mary Comerio, University of California, Berkeley, USA
15:00 – 15:30	Conference Close