NCREE – QuakeCoRE Collaboration: Future Opportunities
Tuesday 1 September | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Workshop Leader: Ke Jiang
The National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering in Taiwan (NCREE) is a world leader in earthquake resilience in terms of both its testing facilities and its ability to produce, communicate, and implement effective measures for disaster mitigation. NCREE has also been a salient international partner of QuakeCoRE as demonstrated by the successful completion of two large collaborative projects involving dynamic tests of full-scale building structures. It is imperative for QuakeCoRE to maintain a productive relationship with NCREE and they have confirmed they are interested in continued collaboration.
This workshop will bring together investigators from NCREE and QuakeCoRE to strengthen collaboration and identify future joint research opportunities, particularly opportunities that may involve large-scale dynamic (i.e. shake-table) tests. The session will help attendees compare research needs and priorities, and delineate opportunities for collaboration, joint submission of proposals, and exchanges of personnel.
2028 / 2029 NSHM Revision Workshop – Developer Plans and User Feedback
Tuesday 1 September | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Workshop Leader: Brendon Bradley
This interactive workshop will focus on the upcoming update to New Zealand’s National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM). Following its most recent completion in 2022, the model is scheduled for revision in 2028 and 2029. Workshop facilitators from the NSHM team will outline key planned activities, including advancements in data integration, source characterization, and ground motion modelling. This session provides a valuable opportunity for attendees to engage directly with model developers. Key end users from research institutions and the practitioner community are encouraged to share feedback on the 2022 NSHM—identifying elements that are working well and suggesting areas for improvement. By promoting open dialogue between developers and users, the workshop aims to enhance the relevance and applicability of the next-generation seismic hazard assessment for New Zealand’s earthquake risk management.
Managing Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) System Transition
Tuesday 1 September | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Workshop Leader: Charlotte Brown
New earthquake-prone building regulations, expected in 2027, will mark a significant shift in how New Zealand identifies and manages seismic risk in existing buildings. The current approach — centred on building-specific assessments — will give way to typology-based inclusion criteria, requiring engineers and territorial authorities to fundamentally rethink their processes and practices.
This transition introduces real risks: gaps in guidance, inconsistencies in application, and uncertainty among building owners and the public about what the changes mean for seismic safety. Getting the communication right will be as important as getting the technical settings right.
This workshop brings together researchers, practitioners, and regulators to identify the key transition risks, take stock of research that can support the shift, and define the research needed to ensure a well-managed transition.
Understanding, Managing and Communicating Cascading Hazards in Earthquake Contexts
Tuesday 1 September | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Workshop Leader: Emma Hudson-Doyle
A significant challenge in earthquake risk management is improving the understanding of cascading hazards and risks, their causes, impacts, and how they can be mitigated. These cascades arise from interconnected causal chains, which can amplify impacts and generate secondary and tertiary consequences. The initial trigger, such as an earthquake, can interact with system vulnerabilities that can produce unpredictable and compounding impacts. Mitigation is complicated by complex system interactions, limited empirical data, high uncertainty, temporal and spatial compounding affects, disciplinary silos limiting holistic understanding, and challenges in translating and communicating risk without overwhelming audiences. This workshop will identify priorities for research and collaboration, develop an initial framework to map decision concerns and needs, and explore the communication research needed to support this. Participants are encouraged to express interest during registration to present their work and insights.
