NOTE: There will be overhead projector, slide projector for presentations. A PC computer will be ready to be connected to LCD projector. Laptop connection will also be available. CD copies of powerpoint presentation files make convenience and save time.

PROGRAMME AND TIMETABLE (Updated on May 17, 2001)

May, 22, 2001-Tuesday
18:30-19:30	Registration, Meeting of the Organising Committee
19:30-21:00	Welcome Reception
May 23, 2001, Wednesday
Plenary Session	Chair: Efim Pelinovsky
08:00-08:45	Registration
08:45-09:05	Ahmet C Yalciner, Prof. Dr. Tugrul Tankut, Ertugrul Akalin
09:05-09:20	Nobuo Shuto
09:20-09:35
09:35-09:45	Costas Synolakis
09:45-09:55	Stefano Tinti
09:55-10:10	Harry Yeh
10:10-10:30	Coffee Break
SESSION 1:	Chair: Nobuo Shuto
10:30-10.45	Aykut Barka, William Lettis, Erhan Altunel
10:45-11:00	George Plafker, H.G.Greene, N.Maher, C.Synolakis, J.Borrero and A.Yalciner
11:00-11:15	Alexander B.Rabinovich, Isaac V.Fine and Evgueni A.Kulikov
11:15-11:30	David R Tappin
11:30-11:45	Masafumi Matsuyama, Harry Yeh
11:45-12:00	Emile A. Okal, Costas E. Synolakis
12:00-12:10	Mahmut Parlaktuna
12:10-12:30	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
12:30-13:45	LUNCH
SESSION 2:	Chair: Emile Okal
13:45-14:00	Tatsuo Ohmachi
14:00-14:15	Mihailo D. Trifunac, and Maria I. Todorovska
14:15-14:20	M. A. Nosov, S. N. Skachko, B.W. Levin
14:20-14:30	M.A. Nosov, S.V. Kolesov
14:30-14:40	Ahmet C Yalciner, Ilknur Ozbay, Fumihiko Imamura
14:40-14:50	Alexander V. Teterev
14:50-15:00	Glinskaya Nadezda V.
15:00-15:10	Kaminsky D.Valery, Burtsev Yu.A., Palamarchuk V.K., Piculev E.G.
15:10-15:40	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
15:40-16:00	Coffee Break
SESSION 3:	Chair: Aykut Barka
16:00-16:15	Levin, B.W. and Chirkov, Y.B.
16:15-16:30	Peder A. Tyvand, Touvia Miloh and Kjetil B. Haugen
16:30-16:40	Igor Selezov
16:40-16:50	Palamarchuk Vasily K. Gramberg Igor S.
16:50-17:00	Boyko Ranguelov
17:00-17:30	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
17:30-18:30	Formation of Working Groups
May, 24, 2001 Thursday
SESSION 4:	Chair: Boris Levin
09:00-09:15	Patrick Lynett and Philip L.-F. Liu
09:15-09:30	Tad S. Murty
09:30-09:45	E.V.Sassorova, B.W.Levin
09:45-10:00	Marc Francius, Efim Pelinovsky, Igor Riabov, and Christian Kharif
10:00-10:10	David R Tappin, Naci Gorur
10:10-10:20	Ahmet C Yalciner, Bedri Alpar, Ilknur Ozbay, Yildiz Altinok, Fumihiko Imamura
10:20-10:30	Emre N. OTAY, C. Melek KAZEZYILMAZ-ALHAN
10:30-10:50	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
10:50-11:10	Coffee Break
SESSION 5:	Chair: Harry Yeh
11:10-11:20	Leonid B. Chubarov, Zinaida I. Fedotova
11:20-11:30	Tatiana Talipova and Oxana Poloukhina
11:30-11:40	Stefano Camerani, Anton Luigi Merlani, Ettore Salusti
11:40-11:50	A.Stromkov, I.Didenkulov, Ya.Karlik, A.Kazarova, L.Lyubavin
11:50-12:00	Palamarchuk Vasily K.
12:00-12:20	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
12:20-13:45	LUNCH
SESSION 6:	Chair: Stefano Tinti
13:45-14:00	Costas E. Synolakis, Jose Borrero and Ahmet Yalciner
14:00-14:15	Maria I. Todorovska, Abdul Hayir and Mihailo D. Trifunac
14:15-14:30	Elena Suleimani, Roger Hansen, Zygmunt Kowalik
14:30-14:45	G.A. Papadopoulos
14:45-15:00	Efim Pelinovsky and Tatiana Talipova
15:00-15:15	Stanislaw R. Massel, Efim N. Pelinovsky
15:10-15:40	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
15:40-16:00	Coffee Break
SESSION 7:	Chair: Veicheslav Gusiakov
16:00-16:15	S.Monserrat, M.Marcos R.Medina, C.Vidal
16:15-16:30	Victor M. Kaistrenko, Tatiana K.Pinegina, Mark A.Klyachko
16:30-16:40	A.Ganas, E.Nikolaou, Th.Dermentzopoulos, G.A.Papadopoulos
16:40-16:50	M.Klyachko, V.Kaistrenko, I.Nudner and E.Pelinovsky
16:50-17:00	Zhivago Vasily N., Palamarchuk Vasily K.
17:00-17:15	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
May, 25, 2001 Friday
SESSION 8:	Chair: Philip Liu
08:50-09:00	N.N.Ambraseys
09:00-09:15	V.K.Gusiakov
09:15:09:30	S.Tinti, A.Maramai, L.Graziani
09:30-09-40	Yildiz Altinok, Bedri Alpar, Cenk Yaltirak
09:40-09:50	Boyko Ranguelov
09:50-10:00	Minoura, Koji, Imamura, Fumihiko, and Sugawara, Daisuke
10:00-10:10	Koji Minoura, F.Imamura, U.Kuran, T.Nakamura, G.A.Papadopoulos, T.Takahashi, A.C.Yalciner
10:10-10:30	DISCUSSION AND REMARKS
10:30-10:45	Coffee Break
SESSION 9:	Chair: Gerassimos Papadopoulos
11:45-11:00	F.I. Gonzalez, V.V. Titov, H.O. Mofjeld and J.C. Newman
11:00-11:25	Vasily Titov and Frank Gonzalez
11:15-11:30	Aysen Ergin, Can Elmar Balas, Allan Thomas Williams
11:30-11:45	Martin L. Eskijian
11:45-12:00	Ricardo A.Alvarez, Allan T.Williams
12:00-12:15	Richard J.McCarthy
12:15-12:30	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
12:30-13:45	LUNCH
13:45-15:15	Working Group Meetings
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-17:30	Final Plenary Session and Closure
SESSION 10:	Chairs: Costas E. Synolakis, Co-directors and Co-organizers
15:30-16:15	Presentations of Working Groups(15 minutes each)
16:15-17:00	DISCUSSIONS AND REMARKS
17:00-17:30	CLOSURE
19:30 -	Gala Dinner
May, 26, 2001 Saturday
9:00 am 6:00 pm	Social Program

P.S: Field Trip to August, 17, 1999, Earthquake and Tsunami Area in Izmit Bay. The trip starts from European side of Istanbul, follow the route along Bosphorus bridge to Asia and reach the earthquake area along the freeway. During the trip the north and south coasts of Izmit bay and earthquake area will be visited. A long stop for investigation and discussion will be in Degirmendere, a coastal town which has significantly been damaged and a coastal park with 150 years old plane trees, a pier, a hotel, cafes and shops, slided into the sea at Degirmendere during the earthquake within a minute. The Mayor and the technical personnel of Degirmendere Municipality are appreciated to give detailed information on site about the earhquake, damages and following great engineering and management efforts for the reconstruction of the infrasutructure and for reestablishing the coastal environment.