Annual Research Forum
The 5th Annual Research Forum was held virtually on Monday, September 20 and Tuesday, September 21, 2021.
CEA’s annual Research Forum invited subject matter experts across risk and resiliency disciplines to come together and discuss groundbreaking ways to improve the safety and security of our communities.
The 2021 forum concentrated on Equitable Residential Earthquake Resilience in California, with the focus on translating research into action.
In October 2021, we will be introducing a low-income supplemental grant in conjunction with the Earthquake Brace + Bolt program. As the world transitions out of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent experience with health science communication and the inequitable impacts of a disaster on vulnerable communities can inform and improve the proposed grant. The conference discussed “lessons from the pandemic” and resilience equity issues in order to develop strategies for a successful program launch, and to promote resilience justice throughout the state.
View agendas, full PowerPoint presentations, and videos at the links below:
For more information about CEA’s annual Research Forum, contact: research@calquake.com.
Past Research Forums
2020 Research Forum
In 2020, CEA teamed up with the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) to host the 2020 Research Forum on Residential Seismic Retrofits.
The 4th annual CEA Research Forum was held virtually on Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
Topics focused on:
- Current understanding of seismic risk for wood-frame single-family residential (SFR) structures and the tools available
- Describing the CEA/PEER project and findings
- “Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Plate Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-frame Buildings”
- Identifying remaining gaps in research, and potential research programs
- Implications of SFR earthquake risks
View agendas, full PowerPoint presentations, and videos at the links below:
2019 Research Forum
The 2019 CEA Research Forum "Post Event: Data Collection - Lessons Learned - Damage Assessment" was a one-day event on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
The Forum centered around the discussion of post event data collection and methods for collecting data on seismic activity, and structural performance of residential dwellings in impacted areas.
2018 Research Forum
The 2018 CEA Research Forum "Innovation in Earthquake Risk Assessment: How Technology is Changing the Industry" was held February 22-23, 2018 at the Sacramento Convention Center. View the agenda (PDF) for more information, and watch panel videos and interviews from the forum.