Scientific Program
Conference Format
Four days of presentations and discussions, limited to the participants, will be followed by a one-day public commemoration of the M 9.5 1960 earthquake and by two days of geologic field trips.
Expected Participation
75 including 25 graduate students and post-docs.
Fields of Interest
Disciplines include seismology, paleoseismology, neotectonics, structural geology, fault physics, tsunami simulation, and engineering.
Venues and Field Trips
The conference will take place in Valparaíso May 17–20. An optional trip is planned to Valdivia for a public commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1960 mainshock on May 22, followed by field trips near and south of Valdivia, along the 1960 earthquake rupture.