After the 2008 National Earthquake Conference: From Research to Resilience – What next? (read or download this report)

From April 22-26, 2008, more than 400 people came to Seattle for the National Earthquake Conference with its theme, Understanding Earthquakes: From Research to Resilience. The five conference objectives were to: understand the research; exchange ideas about tools for earthquake hazard and risk reduction; showcase successful programs; learn from past disasters, and build resiliency. This report covers what was discussed over the three days of the conference, focusing resiliency and what we can learn from past, current and future lessons.