2024 EERI Annual Meeting (2024AM)

The Pacific Northwest is susceptible to numerous seismic hazards and their cascading downstream impacts to the built and living environments. Although earthquake risk mitigation has been ongoing in the region for decades, efforts to advance earthquake science, engineering, and policy have gained new momentum in recent years. The Opening Plenary session will feature keynotes by local and national leaders in the effort to build seismic resilience in Washington State and beyond. Speakers will discuss the significant advancements the region has made in areas such as conducting seismic retrofits and developing URM risk reduction strategies, and highlight the next steps for future action. The session will close with a welcome from the EERI President and Organizing Committee Chairs with an introduction to the week ahead. Speakers will include: U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (by video), Washington State Representative Cindy Ryu, Pacific Northwest Seismic Network Director Harold Tobin, and Washington Geological Survey Chief Hazards Geologist Corina Allen, City of Seattle Chief Operating Officer Marco Lowe, and Oral Historian with the Muckleshoot Tribe, Warren KingGeorge.