International Conference on Advances and New Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research

2001年在韩国首尔由7个现有的国家地震工程研究中心组成了一个独特的专业联盟，称为亚太地震工程研究中心网络（ANCER）。ANCER的愿景是通过合作活动扩大研究和开发的影响和缓解做法，这些活动可以在中心对中心的基础上在大的地理区域内得到最好的推进。2002年8月15日至20日，ANCER将首次主办“地震工程研究的进展和新挑战”国际会议。会议将在哈尔滨和中国香港连续举行两次会议。这两次会议的共同基础是应用先进技术和新的设计理念/方法来应对地震工程和减灾方面的最新挑战。这一前瞻性的智力活动将涉及亚太区域的多个机构和主要大学，汇集该领域的主要研究人员，以明确该领域的现状，并在亚太区域和全球合作的基础上研究新的机会。该项目为美国研究人员代表团参加这一重要会议提供资金。

A unique professional consortium called the Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER) was established in 2001 in Seoul, Korea by 7 existing national earthquake engineering research centers. The vision of ANCER is to broaden the research and development impact and mitigation practices through cooperative activities that can be best advanced on a center-to-center basis over a large geographical area. ANCER will sponsor, for the first time of this kind, the International Conference on Advances and New Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research in August 15-20, 2002. The Conference will consist of two consecutive back-to-back meetings in Harbin and Hong Kong, China. The common underpinning of both meetings is the application of advanced technologies and new design philosophies/methodologies to address recent challenges in earthquake engineering and hazard mitigation. This forward looking intellectual exercise will involve multiple agencies and major universities from the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together leading researchers in the field to develop a clear picture of the current status in the field, as well as to examine new opportunities on the basis of Asia-Pacific regional and global cooperation. This project provides the funds to allow a delegation of US researchers to participate in this important Conference.