Programme
Please CLICK HERE to download a pdf of the full programme. Please note this is subject to some small changes at this stage. (last updated 3 April 2019)
Wednesday 3 April - Pre-Conference Activities
13.00 - 17.00 | Natural Hazards Research Platform Workshop โข To register, please e-mail: resources@gns.cri.nz โข RSVP by 22 March 2019 - seats are filling fast! โข Include in the Subject Line: '2019 NHRP Workshop (11th PCEE)' โข Please include your name, organisation, contact telephone & contact email |
Victoria Room, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Auckland |
13.00 - 16.30 | Field Trip Visiting Auckland Volcanoes | Various Sites Meet @ Sky Tower, Federal Street |
Thursday 4 April
08.00 - 19.30 | Registration Open | Level 5, SkyCity Convention Centre |
09.30 - 09.45 | Welcome and Conference Opening | New Zealand Room |
09.45 - 10.45 | Session 1: EQC Keynote: Maryann Phipps Better Buildings by Design. What does it really take to design a good building? |
New Zealand Room |
10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea | Exhibition & Poster Area |
11.15 - 12.15 | Session 2: Inaugural Park and Paulay Lecture: David Hopkins Improving earthquake resilience of New Zealand buildings. Who cares? |
New Zealand Room |
12.15 - 13.15 | Lunch | Exhibition & Poster Area |
13.15 - 15.00 | Session 3: Invited Plenary Session Susan Freeman-Greene (Chief Executive, Engineering NZ) Mike Kerr (Chief Engineering Advisor, BSP Branch, MBIE) Kelvin Berryman (Manager Strategic Relationships, Hazards Division, GNS Science) The Natural Hazards Research Platform 2009-2019: a retrospective William Power (Senior Geophysicist, GNS Science) Tsunami |
New Zealand Room |
15.00 - 15.30 | Afternoon Tea | Exhibition & Poster Area |
15.30 - 17.00 | Session 4: 5 minute presentations x 3 sessions | Various Rooms |
17.00 - 18.00 | NZSEE Annual General Meeting | New Zealand Room |
18.30 - 20.00 | Welcome Reception and Poster Session 1 | Exhibition & Poster Area |
Friday 5 April
08.00 - 17.00 | Registration Open | Level 5, SkyCity Convention Centre |
08.30 - 09.30 | Session 5: Keynote: Carlos Ventura Seismic Performance of Timber Buildings |
New Zealand Room |
09.30 - 10.30 | Session 6: Invited Plenary Session Trevor Allen (Senior Seismologist, Geoscience Australia) Seismic hazard estimation in stable continental regions: challenges and opportunities Andrew Coleman (Chief Executive, Heritage New Zealand) |
New Zealand Room |
10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea | Exhibition and Poster Area |
11.00 - 12.30 | Session 7: Oral Presentations x 3 Session | Various Rooms |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch | Exhibition and Poster Area |
13.30 - 15.00 | Session 8: Oral Presentations x 3 Session | Various Rooms |
15.00 - 15.30 | Afternoon Tea | Exhibition and Poster Area |
15.30 - 17.00 | Session 9: 5 minute presentations x 3 sessions | Various Rooms |
17.30 - 19.00 | Pre-Dinner Drinks and Poster Session 2 | Exhibition and Poster Area |
19.00 - Late | Conference Dinner | New Zealand Room |
Saturday 6 April
08.00 - 17.00 | Registration Open | Level 5, SkyCity Convention Centre |
09.00 - 10.30 | Session 10: Invited Plenary Session Jan Kupec (Technical Director, Aurecon) Disruptive technology in the geotechnical profession Geoffrey Rodgers (University of Canterbury) ILEE-QuakeCoRE collaboration: Low-Damage Concrete Wall Building Test Tony Yang (Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China and University of British Colombia) ILEE-EERF collaboration: Large-scale test of a high-performance tall building |
New Zealand Room |
10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea | Exhibition and Poster Area |
11.00 - 12.30 | Session 12: Oral Presentations x 3 Session | Various Rooms |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch | Exhibition and Poster Area |
13.30 - 15.00 | Session 13: Oral Presentations x 3 Session | Various Rooms |
15.00 - 15.30 | Afternoon Tea | Exhibition and Poster Area |
15.30 - 16.30 | Session 13: Keynote: Teuku Faisal Fathani 2018 Palu Earthquake and Tsunami: Toward the Reconstruction and Recovery |
New Zealand Room |
16.30 - 17.00 | Conference Awards and Closure | New Zealand Room |


