ACES Symposium, Chengdu, China, August 10-16, 2015

亚太经合组织地震模拟合作（ACES）是亚太经合组织（APEC）的多边大挑战科学研究合作。ACES最初成立的目的是为完整的地震发生过程开发真实的超级计算机模拟模型，并将观测结果吸收到这些模型中。随后的会议也扩大了主题，包括海啸、野火、火山爆发、地幔对流和其他有趣的地球动力学主题的模拟。ACES的创始成员是澳大利亚、中国、日本和美国。随后，加拿大、新西兰和中国台北等其他三个经济体申请加入ACES，并获得了会员资格。本次会议将延续前沿科学支持减少地震风险的传统。对美国科学家的旅行支持，特别是对早期职业生涯和代表性不足的群体的旅行支持，将有助于这一关键领域的智力发展。这项研讨会的支持将使美国学生和参与者有机会参加将于8月10日至14日在中国成都举行的关于地震、海啸和其他多重灾害的ACES研讨会，并于8月15日至16日实地考察2008年5月12日中国汶川8级地震的现场。这次会议是亚太经合组织许多经济体参加的多边会议，与会者是对地震和其他自然灾害的计算机建模和模拟感兴趣的科学家和技术人员。美国的参与得到了NASA的共同支持。讨论会的产品将包括同行评议论文的论文集，类似于以前会议产生的许多出版物。潜在影响的一个例子是美国国家航空航天局提出的全球国家卫星系统海啸预警系统项目。作为亚太经合组织科技与创新政策伙伴关系的一项已获批准的科学活动，ACES目前在领导和实施该项目方面发挥着关键作用。

The APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation (ACES) is a multi-lateral grand challenge science research cooperation of APEC (the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation). ACES was originally founded to develop realistic supercomputer simulation models for the complete earthquake generation process and to assimilate observations into such models. Subsequent meetings have also broadened the topics to include simulations of tsunamis, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, mantle convection, and other geodynamically interesting topics. The founding member economies of ACES are Australia, China, Japan and the United States. Subsequently, three other economies have requested and attained membership in ACES, including Canada, New Zealand, and Chinese Taipei. This meetingwill continue the tradition of cutting-edge science in support of earthquake risk reduction. Travel support for US scientists, in particular for early career and under-represented groups, will contribute to the intellectual development of this critical field.This workshop support will allow US students and participants to travel to the ACES Symposium on Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and other Multihazards, to be held in Chengdu, China, August 10-14, with a field trip to visit the site of the May 12, 2008 M8 Wenchuan, China earthquake during August 15-16. The meeting is a multilateral meeting of many APEC economies, whose participants are scientists and technologists interested in computer modeling and simulation of earthquake and other natural disasters. US participation is jointly supported with NASA. Products from the symposium will include a proceedings volume of peer-reviewed papers, similar to the many publications volumes produced from the previous meetings.An example of potential impact is the Global National Satellite System Tsunami Early Warning System project proposed by NASA. ACES is now playing a critical role in the leadership and implementation of this project, through its role as an approved scientific activity of the APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation.