US-EGYPT Workshop: Toward Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development at the new Suez Canal region in Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; December 18-20, 2015

该研讨会将在开罗德国大学（GUC）举行，将由新墨西哥州大学（UNM）和GUC共同组织，以讨论一个路线图，以确保弹性基础设施的发展，并对埃及新苏伊士运河的预期大型项目产生有利的社会和环境影响。苏伊士运河地区是一个多灾害地区，具有相当大的地震活动、干旱环境和海上耐久性挑战。该研讨会将于2015年12月18日至20日举行，这是埃及新苏伊士运河开通后的几个月（预计2015年8月）。为期两天半的研讨会将包括所有研讨会与会者有组织地参观新的苏伊士运河，然后在GUC举行研讨会活动。由PI领导的研讨会选拔委员会将从美国学术界和工业界选出15名杰出成员，与埃及同行一起参加研讨会并进行小组讨论。计划中的新苏伊士运河地区的大规模基础设施开发为科学界积极参与经济发展和全球经济增长提供了一个独特的机会。本次研讨会为美国研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，可以在现实的现场条件下测试和验证研究概念和方法，以进行具有重大挑战性的案例研究。这一挑战体现在设计中必须考虑的多种灾害，包括重大地震活动、土壤条件差、海上建筑耐久性以及气候变化导致的运河水位可能上升。此外，成功的发展还面临着需要谨慎减轻潜在的负面环境影响的挑战。最后，需要认真规划，以产生积极的社会经济影响。讨论这些挑战并制定成功发展这种战略性国际设施的路线图，将对埃及和国际社会具有巨大价值。美国学术界和工业界专家通过讨论、观察和潜在的参与合作研究机会参与这种具有挑战性的发展，为综合从苏伊士运河地区发展中吸取的经验教训提供了一个独特的机会，供美国和国际上类似领域的未来项目使用。

This workshop, to be held at The German University in Cairo (GUC), will be co-organized by the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the GUC to discuss a roadmap to ensure resilient infrastructure development with favorable social and environmental impacts of the anticipated mega-scale projects to take place at the new Suez Canal in Egypt. The Suez Canal region is a multi-hazard region with considerable seismic activity, an arid environment and offshore durability challenges. The workshop will be held in December 18-20, 2015, a few months after the opening the new Suez Canal in Egypt (anticipated in August 2015). The two and half-day workshop will include an organized visit by all workshop attendees to the new Suez Canal followed by workshop activities to take place at the GUC. The workshop selection committee, led by the PI, will select 15 distinguished members from US academia and industry to participate with Egyptian counterparts to deliver presentations and engage in discussion panels. The PIs will emphasize participation of experts from underrepresented groups in science and engineering specifically women, minorities,and people with disabilities.The planned mega-scale infrastructure development of the new Suez Canal region represents a unique opportunity for the scientific community to participate positively in economic development and global economic growth. This workshop represents an unique opportunity for US researchers to test and validate research concepts and methods on realistic field conditions for a case study with significant challenge. The challenge is manifested by the multi-hazards necessary to consider in design including significant seismic activity, poor soil conditions, offshore construction durability and potentially rising water in the Canal due to climate change. In addition, successful development is challenged by the need to carefully mitigate potential negative environmental impacts. Finally, careful planning is necessary to cultivate positive socio-economic impacts. Discussing these challenges and developing a roadmap for successful development of such strategic international facility will be of immense value to Egypt and the international community. Involvement of US academia and industrial experts in such challenging development through discussions, observations and potential involvement in collaborative research opportunities, offers a unique opportunity for synthesis of lessons learned from the Suez Canal region development for future projects in similar areas in the US and internationally.