Sessions

The programme of the ESC2024 will be consisted of the following Sessions:

Session 01 Seismic anisotropy and shear-wave splitting: Achievements and perspectives
Conveners: George Kaviris, Yuan Gao, Lucia Margheriti, Silvia Pondrelli

Session 02 Sinergy in advancing the models, observations, and verification toward Operational Earthquake Forecasting
Conveners: Antonella Peresan, Dimitar Ouzounov, Vladimir G. Kossobokov, Angelo  De Santis, Gerassimos Papadopoulos, Sergey Pulinets

Session 03 Seismological studies in polar regions and the cryosphere
Conveners: Myrto Pirli, Peter Voss, Fabian Walter

Session 04  Passive and active seismological methods for imaging and monitoring of shallow geological structures
Conveners: Francesco Panzera, Paolo Bergamo, Sebastiano D’Amico, Manuel Hobiger, Stefano Parolai, Fabio Villani

Session 05 Empowering communities: Engaging citizens in seismic risk reduction
Conveners: Lorena Kuratle, Camille de Carolis, Chiara Scaini

Session 06 Physics-based fault-to-site ground motion modelling for seismic hazard and risk assessment
Conveners: Aybige Akinci, Arben Pitarka, Domniki Asimaki, Chiara Smerzini, Morgan Moschetti

Session 07 & 15 Methodological advancements and their multidisciplinary applications in solid Earth science in general and single-station seismometry in particular
Conveners: Jan Michalek, Anastasia Kiratzi, Yawar Hussain, Helena Seivane, Salvatore Martino, Sebastiano D’Amico

Session 08 & 09
Physics of earthquake preparation process: From laboratory experiments to earthquake forecast
Conveners: Eleftheria Papadimitriou, Alexey Zavyalov, Ramon Zuniga, Daya Shanker, Vasileios Karakostas, George Kaviris

Session 10 & 14
Control on fault slip nucleation and dynamics: role of fluids, physical mechanisms at play, and their interplay
Conveners: Gian Maria Bocchini, Carolina Giorgetti, Rebecca M. Harrington, Efthimios Sokos, Mauro Palo, Ortensia Amoroso

Session 11 Seismological data workflows from seismic network management to novel data products
Conveners: Susana Custódio, Lucia Luzi, John Clinton, Christos Evangelidis, Christian Haberland, Wayne Crawford, Carlo Cauzzi

Session 12 & 20
Geodynamics and active faults in the Mediterranean Realm: Recent insights and innovations
Conveners: M. Filomena Loreto, Matthew Agius, Andrea Cannata, Athanassios Ganas, Paraskevi Nomikou, Serafeim Poulos

Session 13 New data and methods for earthquake risk assessment: Statistical models and machine learning tools applied to ground and satellite data
Conveners: Antonella Peresan, Elisa Varini, Ioanna Triantafyllou

Session 16 Seismic instrumentation – How precise is precise enough?
Conveners: Peggy Hellweg, Thomas Bruns

Session 17 & 50
Earthquake Source Mechanics
Conveners: Simone Cesca, Satoshi Ide, Daniela Kuehn, Gesa Petersen, Efthimios Sokos, Jiří Zahradník, Václav Vavryčuk, Pavla Hrubcová, Christos Evangelidis

Session 18 Characterization and mitigation of anthropogenic seismicity: Towards a sustainable green energy development
Conveners: Grzegorz Kwiatek, Luisa Valoroso, Emmanuelle Klein, Vala Hjörleifsdóttir

Session 19 Surface-breaking earthquakes as a key tool in seismic hazard assessment
Conveners: Francesca Ferrario, Stéphane Baize, Alessio Testa, Octavi Gómez Novell

Session 21 Environmental monitoring for North Sea CO2 storage site development
Conveners: Pauline Kruiver, Daniela Kühn, Peter Voss, Florian Schmid

Session 22 The International Macroseismic Scale of 2024 (IMS-2024) and related research and development
Conveners: Vitor Silva, David Wald, Ayse Hortacsu

Session 23 New swing for old waveforms
Conveners: Raphael De Plaen, Ryan Gallacher, Silvia Scolaro, Josep Batlló

Session 24 Analysis of spatiotemporal evolution of seismicity using physical and statistical models, machine learning, and laboratory experiments
Conveners: Stefania Gentili, Álvaro González, Filippos Vallianatos, Piero Brondi

Session 25 Preparatory processes of earthquakes, from laboratory experiments to large earthquakes
Conveners: Antonio Giovanni Iaccarino, Matteo Picozzi, Daniele Spallarossa, Giuliana Rossi, Jorge Jara, Zahra Zali, Grzegorz Kwiatek

Session 26 & 43
Advances in Archaeoseismology, techniques and field cases
Conveners: Klaus-G. Hinzen, Carla Bottari, Shmuel Marco, Arnaud Montabert, Sarah Roth, Laura Pecchioli, Andrea Arrighetti

Session 27 Innovating and integrating: Bringing new science into Earthquake Hazard and Risk Assessment for Europe
Conveners: Fatemeh Jalayer, Graeme Weatherill, Roberto Basili, Olga-Joan Ktenidou, António A. Correia, Radmila Salic Makreska, Laurentiu Danciu, and the EFEHR Consortium

Session 28 & 40
Seismic interferometry, ambient noise and seismo-acoustic: From theory to monitoring
Conveners: Regina Maass, Charlotte Bruland, Sven Schippkus, Julien Barrière, Adrien Oth, Raphael De Plaen

Session 29 Episodic earthquake swarms and recurrent unrests: Multidisciplinary approaches
Conveners: Pınar Büyükakpınar, Maria Mesimeri, Luigi Passarelli

Session 30    Jointly organized with the Seismological Society of America (SSA)  
Large-scale seismological experiments: Plans, results, and challenges

Conveners: George Kaviris, Kris Pankow, Men-Andrin Meier, Valerie Sahakian, Thomas Meier

Session 31 Advances in monitoring, modeling, hazard assessment, and inputs for managing of anthropogenic seismicity
Conveners: Alexander Garcia, Beata Orlecka-Sikora, Olivier Lengliné, Harsh Gupta, EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards

Session 32 Data and process in seismic hazard: a TREAD-Fault2SHA joint session
Conveners: Bruno Pace, Maria Ortuno, Alessandro Valentini, Francesco Visini

Session 33 & 42
Development and Operation of Earthquake Early Warning and Rapid Response Systems
Conveners: Valerio Poggi, Elisa Zuccolo, John Clinton, Simona Colombelli, Maren Böse

Session 34 Integrating Geodesy, Seismology and Tectonics to quantify strain accumulation and fault slip, before, during and after earthquakes
Conveners: Athanassios Ganas, Jean-Mathieu Nocquet, Sigurjón Jónsson

Session 35 & 36
Macroseismic intensity data: from historical investigation to the assessment of seismic parameters, hazard and risk
Conveners: Gianfranco Vannucci, Laura Gulia, Paolo Gasperini, Christa Hammerl, Vera D’Amico, Andrea Rovida

Session 37 Characterization of urban built environment for seismic risk reduction
Conveners: Bojana Petrovic, Chiara Scaini, Deniz Ertuncay, Maria Rosaria Gallipoli

Session 38 Geophysical testing and modelling of seismic site effects in complex geomorphological environments
Conveners: Samuel Bignardi, Giovanna Vessia, Chiara Faraone

Session 39 The case of the Mw6.9 Al Haouz Earthquake - Seismogenic tectonics of an intraplate mountain range - Lessons learned so far
Conveners: Martin Zeckra, Lahcen EL Moudnib, Andrea Chiang, Abdelilah Tahayt, Afaf Amine, Sahar El Kasmi, Mustapha Bouiflane, Tuna Onur, Kaoutar Bargach

Session 41 New approaches in seismic event detection, phase identification and characterization
Conveners: Natalia Poiata, Tom Garth, Sonja Gaviano

Session 44 Active deformation in Western Greece: Linking rifting, strike-slip and subduction
Conveners: Simon Bufféral, Antonio Avallone, Panagiotis Elias, Alexandrine Gesret, Anna Serpetsidaki

Session 45 Innovations in Geoscience education: Inspiring students to become tomorrow’s earth scientists
Conveners: Olga-Joan Ktenidou, Katerina Orfanogiannaki, Efthimios Sokos

Session 46 The role of communication and dissemination in the relationship between research and society
Conveners: Stefano Solarino, Giuliana D’Addezio, Remy Bossu, Elena Eva

Session 47 The 50th anniversary of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC)
Conveners: Rémy Bossu, Päivi Mäntyniemi, Hélène Hébert, Florian Haslinger

Session 48 Recent Large and Devastating Earthquakes
Conveners: Dmitry A. Storchak, Johannes Schweitzer, Aysegul Askan 

Session 49 General Seismology
Conveners: Maria-Jose Jimenez, Nicholas Voulgaris, George Kaviris, Adrien Oth