Japan-Taiwan-New Zealand Seismic Hazard Assessment Meeting
Wednesday 29 November to Sunday 3 December 2023
Napier Conference Centre, Ahuriri / Napier, Aotearoa New Zealand
The Taiwan-Japan-New Zealand Seismic Hazard Assessment Meeting is an annual event aimed at sharing research and finding collaboration opportunities between these three tectonically similar countries.
The topics discussed have an applied societal focus for reducing the risk of earthquake disasters.
Aotearoa New Zealand will be holding the 2023 Taiwan-Japan-New Zealand Seismic Hazard Assessment meeting at the Napier Conference Centre.
Ahuriri / Napier is a city located along the active Hikurangi subduction margin in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island.
The city of Ahuriri / Napier(external link) was largely destroyed in the 1931 magnitude 7.8 earthquake(external link) and is known for its unusually high concentration of 1930s Art Deco buildings. Napier was selected as the location of this year's meeting for its earthquake history and plate tectonic setting.
As with previous meetings we will run the meeting in conjunction with a 2-day fieldtrip, so delegates can experience some of the Aotearoa New Zealand geology and culture. The fieldtrip will start from Napier on Saturday 2 December and finish in Auckland on Sunday 3 December.
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General information
Meeting participants will be asked to arrange their own transport to Napier and from Auckland (if you are not attending the fieldtrip you will need to arrange return transport from Napier).
In addition, attendees will arrange their own accommodation in Napier. You will require accommodation in Napier for the nights of 28, 29, 30 November and 1 December. Below are links to a number of accommodation options relatively close to the Napier Conference Centre.
- Scenic Hotel Te Pania(external link) – Directly opposite the centre on Marine Parade
- Art Deco Masonic Hotel(external link) - Overlooks the Napier Soundshell, a 3 minute walk to the venue
- Expressotel(external link) - Opposite the stunning Municipal Theatre, a 10 minute stroll down Tennyson Street
- The Quest Napier(external link) – 10 minute walk from the centre down Dickens Street.
- Swiss-Belboutique Napier(external link) – Scenic 12 minute walk along Marine Parade
- The Crown Hotel(external link) – 5 minute drive or taxi ride from the centre to Ahuriri
- Conference Centre(external link) - 48 Marine Parade
If none of these options suit your requirements, Napier has a thriving AirBNB supply of detached (mostly wooden) houses for rent.Travel and accommodation for the fieldtrip will be organised by the conference committee. Meeting participants will be asked to cover the cost of the fieldtrip accommodation via the registration portal.
There will be a modest registration fee for the meeting that will be set at a level to encourage participation. The fee will be set prior to opening of the registration.
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Meeting agenda
Aim to arrive in Napier on 28 November – please book your own travel
29 November – Day 1
9.30 - 10.30 am coffee and greetings
- Welcome and Introduction (30 minutes)
- Advances in national models. Current practice in NSHMs: models, uncertainty, questions, and outlook (4 talks at 20 minutes = 80 minutes)
Lunch 12.20 - 1.20 pm
- Advances in national models. Current practice in NSHMs: models, uncertainty, questions, and outlook (2 talks at 20 minutes = 40+60-minute discussion)
Afternoon tea 3 - 3.30 pm
- Fault models (active Faults, source structure, paleoseismology, Subduction and crustal fault co-rupture and triggering) (4 talks at 15 minutes = 60+30-minute discussion)
Drinks and posters - 5 - 6.30pm30 November – Day 2
Arrive from 8.30 am for a 9.00 am start
- Fault models (Geodesy, source structure, Subduction, and crustal fault co-rupture) (4 talks at 15 minutes = 60+15-minute discussion)
Morning tea 10.15 am -10.45 am- Distributed seismicity modelling (6 talks at 15 minutes=90+15-minute discussion)
Lunch 12.30 pm -1.30 pm- BREAKOUT: What is “best-available science” and how do we define the appropriate level of scientific advancement for seismic hazard models and what level of review and testing is required before an aspect of science is used?
Afternoon tea 3.15 pm - 3.45 pm- Non-Poisson modelling – Incl. time-dependence both short and long-term (3 talks at 15 minutes=45+15-minute discussion)
Bus departing from Conference Centre at 5.45 pm for 6 - 9 pm dinner1 December – Day 3
Arrive from 8.30 am for 9.00 am start
- Incorporating earthquake simulations in PSHA (3 talks at 15 minutes=45+15-minute discussion)
- Posters 10-10.30am
Morning tea 10.30 am -11am
- Records and Analysis of Recent Large and Small Earthquakes (3 talks at 15 minutes=45+15-minute discussion)
Lunch 12-1pm- BREAKOUT: What are the greatest uncertainties we currently face that are important for both hazard and risk applications and how do we understand this? (105 minutes)
Afternoon tea 2.45 pm - 3.15 pm- Ground Motion Modelling (incl. physics, empirical, site, basin) (6 talks at 15 minutes= 90+30-minute discussion)
Meeting summary and closing (5.15 pm) -
Fieldtrip agenda
Registration for the field trip has now closed. We will not be accepting any late requests to attend the field trip.
Fieldtrip details to be provided to registrants at a later date2 December – Day 1
8.30 am - 9.45 pm Napier to Rotorua activities
3 December – Day 28.45 am - 6.30 pm Rotorua to Auckland activities
6.30/7.00 pm Delegates will be dropped off at Auckland International airport or downtown Auckland
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Registration
Registrations for the meeting and field trip have now closed.