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Room: 204

Date: 4/18/2023

Session Time: 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM (local time)

Collective Impact in Earthquake Science
The earthquake science and engineering community has the opportunity to apply leading edge earthquake research to improve resilience from seismic hazards in an equitable, accessible and sustainable manner. One way to do this is by adopting a collective impact model, which develops a network of community members, organizations and institutions by adopting a common agenda, centralized support, continuous communication, mutually reinforcing activities and shared measurement. In this session, we invite presentations highlighting research from any disciplines with the potential to respond to the needs of vulnerable populations that have been historically underserved by current earthquake science, engineering and public policy. Topics could include 1) community-driven or community-based research results, 2) discoveries advancing our understanding of seismic hazards in areas of low probability but high impact earthquakes (including intraplate and induced earthquakes), 3) strategies for implementing practical, research-inspired solutions for communities, 4) research engaging low-resourced communities or historically marginalized populations, 5) existing efforts to coordinate research and projects for broader community benefits and 6) integration of social science with seismology. We encourage presenters to highlight strategies and efforts to improve inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility in seismology.

Conveners
Aaron A. Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso (aavelasco@utep.edu)
Marianne S. Karplus, University of Texas at El Paso (mkarplus@utep.edu)
Michael R. Brudzinski, Miami University (brudzimr@miamioh.edu)
Susan Bilek, New Mexico Tech (sbilek@nmt.edu)
Manuel Mendoza, University of Colorado (mame3278@colorado.edu)
Alexandros Savvaidis, Bureau of Economic Geology (alexandros.savvaidis@beg.utexas.edu)
Steven Jaume, College of Charleston (jaumes@cofc.edu)

Oral Presentations