9.00 - 9.20 Opening of the conferenceRichard Yelland, Head of the OECD Programme on Educational Building

Room D,OECD Château

9.20 - 9.40 Presentation of the conferenceBrian Tucker, President, GeoHazards International (GHI), United States

9.40 - 10.00 Welcome by the meeting ChairWilfred Iwan, Director, California Institute of Technology, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, United States

Theme 1: Acknowledging the importance of improving seismic safety in schools10.00 – 10.30 Barry McGaw, Director of the OECD Directorate for Education

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

Theme 2: Recognising the obstacles to achieving this objective11.00 – 11.20 Earthquake vulnerability of school buildings in Algeria

Fouad Bendimerad, Technical Director, Risk Management Solutions, United States

11.20 – 11.40 Seismic safety in Italian schoolsMauro Dolce, Professor of Civil Engineering, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy

11.40 – 12.00 Seismic safety of school buildings in Turkey: Obstacles impeding the achievable?Polat Gülkan, Department of Civil Engineering and Director, Disaster Management Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

12.00 – 12.20 Seismic risk in schools: The Venezuelan projectOscar Lopez, Director of the Institute of Materials and Structural Models, Central University of Venezuela, Faculty of Engineering, Venezuela

12.30 - 14.30 Lunch Restaurant au Parc de la Muette

14.30 - 15.30 General discussion

Theme 3: Defining seismic safety principles for schools15.30 – 16.00 Fundamental concepts and principles for assuring acceptable performance of schools and

the educational systemDennis Bellet, Chief Structural Engineer, Division of the State Architect, United States

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

16.30 – 17.30 Discussion to identify seismic safety principles

17.30 – Conference cocktail George Marshall Room, OECD Château

Earthquake Safety in Schools

Monday 9 February 2004An experts’ meeting organised by the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) and GeoHazards International (GHI)

Theme 4: Assessing vulnerability and risks to schools and educational systems9.00 – 9.20 The translation of earthquake hazard mitigation measures from one country to another:

A case studyChristopher Rojahn, Executive Director, Applied Technology Council (ATC), United States

Room D,OECD Château

9.20 – 9.40 Building Code Effectiveness Grading ScheduleTom Tobin, Manager, Tobin and Associates, United StatesAnselm Smolka, Head of Geological Risk Research, Munich Reinsurance Co., Germany

9.40 – 10.00 Protecting schools from earthquakes in GreeceEmmanuel Baltas, Managing Director, School Building Organisation S.A., Greece

10.00 – 11.00 General discussion

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

Theme 5: Identifying strategies and programme approaches for improving school seismic safety11.30 – 11.50 Strengthening existing buildings to resist earthquakes:

Progress in European countries with reference to school buildingsRobin Spence, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

11.50 – 12.10 Creating demand and supporting the local expertsRichard Sharpe, Director of Earthquake Engineering, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner, Ltd, New Zealand

12.10 – 12.30 Evaluating earthquake retrofitting measures for schools: A demonstration cost-benefit analysisAndrew Smyth, Assistant Professor, Columbia University, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, United States

12.30 – 12.50 Some thoughts on school seismic safety programmes in developing countriesSudhir K. Jain, Professor of Civil Engineering Kanpur, Indian Institute of Technology, India

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 16.15 Working Groups to develop recommendations for basic principles, guidelines, and strategies for implementation programmes

Working Group chairs: Thomas Tobin, Manager, Tobin and Associates, United StatesCarlos Ventura, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, CanadaHaresh Shah, Director, Risk Management Systems Inc., United States

Room DRoom 9Room E

16.15 – 16.45 Coffee break Room D,OECD Château

16.45 – 18.30 Working Group Chair reports from break-out sessions and discussion led by Chair

Earthquake Safety in Schools

Tuesday 10 February 2004An experts’ meeting organised by the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) and GeoHazards International (GHI)

9.30 – 10.00 Summary of previous days Room D,OECD Château

Theme 6: Taking an initial step toward achieving the objective 10.00 – 10.30 Legal and procedural issues at the OECD: Identifying initial step(s) in the process

– Recommendations for OECD actionNicola Bonucci, OECD legal advisor

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 11.30 The role of the UNISDRSálvano Briceño, Director, UN Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster

11.30 – 13.00 Discussion led by Chair: Recommendations and next steps

13.00 – 13.30 Closing session: Conference wrap-up and outcomes

Earthquake Safety in Schools

Wednesday 11 February 2004An experts’ meeting organised by the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) and GeoHazards International (GHI)

Sécurité scolaireSchool Safety and Security

Experts’ Meeting onEarthquake Safety in SchoolsParis, 9 - 11 February 2004

Organised by the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) and GeoHazards International (GHI)

Programme