At an opportunity of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
(WCEE) in Lisbon, Portugal during Sept. 24-28, 2012, IISEE will hold an
alumni meeting on Sept. 26 (Wed.). 10 staffs including 3 from IISEE (Ando,
Inukai, Kashima) will join from Building Research Institute (BRI) and
set up a booth during the WCEE. As the time and venue of the meeting
will be announced there, please visit our booth. Every ex-participant
will have a CD-ROM in memory of IISEE 50 years anniversary, this year.

Toshihide KASHIMA
Senior Research Engineer, IISEE

We are planning to hold the IISEE Alumni Meeting in the opportunity of the
9th General Assembly of Asian Seismological Commission 2012 that is held
from September 17th to 20th in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia. Further information
will be given at the conference venue. Dr. Hurukawa and Dr. Yokoi will
participate in the assembly from IISEE. If you intend to participate in
IISEE alumni Meeting planned in September 21st, please pay attention to
the message board in the venue.

Toshiaki YOKOI
Chief Research Scientist, IISEE

Please find the following web page on an earthquake of M 7.6 last week.
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/special2/20120831philippines.htm
Reports of recent large earthquakes in the world are available at the web:
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/quakes.htm

Tatsuhiko HARA
Chief Research Scientist, IISEE

United Nations ISDR initiated on-line discussion on the future framework
after "Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015". Please visit the
following web-site and join the discussion.
http://www.preventionweb.net/posthfa/dialogue/

Shoichi ANDO
Director, IISEE