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Closing Plenary, 12 Sep 2008

ESC – Closing Plenary

Friday, 12 September 2008

The Plenary session was opened by ESC Secretary General, Mariano Garcia-Fernandez.

The following Agenda was proposed:

AGENDA:

1. Address of the ESC President

The audience was addressed by the ESC President, Domenico Giardini, whose mandate ended at the end of the Assembly.

  • There were 460 registered participants at the conference.
  • During the conference a NERIES evaluation was taking place in the same venue.
  • For the first time, SSA officers were formally present at ESC General Assembly.

2. Executive Committee 2008-2010

3. Working Groups 2008-2010

4. Titular members 2008-2010

5. General Assembly 2010

The XXXII General Assembly of the ESC will take place in Montpellier, France, in Conference Centre Corum. More information will be available soon.

6. Resolutions

7. Announcements

The IASPEI conference in Cape Town, South Africa (January 2009) was announced.

8. Closing words of the ESC President

President Giardini thanked everybody for an excellent meeting, congratulated the members of the LOC, the Executive Committee and the Council for the efficient organisation of the Assembly. In the end he made special thanks to the Secretaries.

The conference was officially closed on 12 September 2008 at 16:30.

News

ESC/SSA Travel Grant to attend the 2024 SSA Annual Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska

Apply for the ESC/SSA travel grant by the deadline of 30 November 2023! Seismologists from any member state of the ESC are eligble to apply. We encourage in particular students and early-career researchers to consider applying. More information can be found here.

From the ESC Working Groups:

Visit the website of the WG Preservation, valorisation and analysis of seismological legacy data

Visit the website of the WG Harmonizing Internet Macroseismology in Europe 

Contribute to the Portal of the ESC WG on Communication here

Get to know the website of the FAULT2SHA Working Group and find out forthcoming activities! The WG promotes a new initiative, open to all researchers interested in contributing to discussions on topics that could improve the assessment of seismic hazard.

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Find out about the Young Seismologist Training Course here.

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What were the past General Assemblies of the ESC like? Find out! Interesting documentation has been made easily accessible.

This list summarizes the files.

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Sadly we announce the loss of esteemed and beloved colleagues and friends:

 
Older obituaries can be found here.

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