Organizing Committee

Dr. Mehmet Çelebi U.S. Geological Survey 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 977 Menlo Park, Ca. 94025 Tel:650-329-5623 Fax:650-329-5143 celebi@usgs.gov http://nsmp.wr.usgs.gov/	Dr. Izuru Okawa Building Research Institute Tachihara-1, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 305-0802 Tel +81-29-864-6627 Fax +81-29-864-6773 okawa@kenken.go.jp http://www.kenken.go.jp/english/
Dr. Maria Todorovska University of Southern California Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept. Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 Tel:(213) 740-0616 Fax (213) 744-1426 mtodorov@usc.edu www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/	Dr. Masanori Iiba National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Tachihara-1, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 305-0802 Tel +81-29-864-4387 Fax +81-29-864-6774 iiba-m92hx@nilim.go.jp http://www.nilim.go.jp/english/eindex.htm