The Call for Special Session Proposals is now open!
The conference will include a small number of special sessions. Attractive special session proposals cross disciplinary and general topic boundaries and raise challenging technical-social issues.
Special sessions can be mini-workshops, short presentations followed by panel discussions, debates, or other unique and engaging formats. They should not be merely a collection of presentations in a general topic area. This type of session, titled a Technical Topic Session, will be built by the Program Committee after reviewing the submitted papers.
The program committee is particularly interested in special session proposals that touch on the following themes:
- Intersection of Earthquake Engineering and Multi-Hazard Resilience
- Response and Recovery from Simultaneous Disasters
- Local and Regional Earthquake Hazard
- Indigenous Knowledge and Earthquake Resilience
- Seismic Resilience of Coastal Communities Facing Rising Sea Levels
- Interdisciplinary Hazards/Resilience Education
The deadline for submitting special session proposals is May 19, 2025.
Special Session proposals will be reviewed for content and completeness of session details. Proposals should include a session title, the session format, a description of the session, and the session speakers. Special session proposers will be notified of acceptance in late June 2025. Upon acceptance, each special session organizer shall submit a conference paper that contains at least a short session overview along with the paper submission fee. All special session presenters within the accepted session will also be required to submit a conference paper that contains at least a short presentation abstract along with the paper submission fee.
Sponsor-Designed Special Sessions
EERI will release more information about Sponsor-Designed Special Sessions later in 2025. These sessions are intended to be proposed and fully designed by a sponsor. If your organization is interested in learning more about this sponsorship opportunity, please email eeri@eeri.org.