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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span></span></span><span>Dear Colleagues,<span></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Members of the
NSF </span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/convergence-accelerator/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>Convergence Accelerator Program</span></a><span> invite you to participate in its <b>Societal Shock
Resilience Workshop</b>. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/Yn9HhCwt4fthFz6UA" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Registration is now open</span></a><span> for this event, which takes place <b>June 7, 8
and 11</b>, from 9:00am to 1:00pm PDT each day.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span>June 7 & 8</span></b><span>: Plenary and break-out sessions. (Up to 600 participants.)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span>June
11</span></b><span>: Focused-group working meetings. (Up to
50 individuals will be selected to participate. Attendance to June 7 & 8 sessions
is required.)<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span>Motivation. </span></b><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Extreme stressing events (“shocks”) such as hurricanes, earthquakes,
floods, wildfires, and pandemics disrupt societal functions at both local and (increasingly)
national levels. Yet, resilience and adaptation tools that can confront the consequences
of such shocks are still not implemented or even developed. This is mostly due to
the lack of interaction and collaboration among the different communities involved
in potential solutions. </span><span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Goals. </span></b><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">In this workshop, we will gather input on what is needed to foster
convergence that improves resilience in an impactful way within a few years. The
workshop is supported by the </span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/convergence-accelerator/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">NSF Convergence
Accelerator Program</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> and will bring together a multi-hazard,
multi-disciplinary, and trans-disciplinary community to discuss and revise a proposed
<i>Societal Shock Resilience Framework</i> that will most benefit from the NSF convergence
approach. The goal will be to identify interactions and actionable pathways to “connect
the silos” of the framework’s </span><span>elements (society,
shock, exposure, vulnerability, response, recovery, mitigation)<span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">. </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">An open call to a broad community. </span></b><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">We invite registrants that span a broad range of relevant expertise,
including: </span><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">hazard assessment (e.g., geoscience,
climate science); </span><span><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">ecologic, biological, and environmental
science; </span><span><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">engineering disciplines (civil, mechanical,
electrical); </span><span><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">mathematics and statistics modeling;
</span><span><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">computer science and software engineering,
data science; </span><span><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">social sciences (communication, education,
urban planning, public policy, disaster management, public health, emergency response,
and network analysis); and</span><span><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">economics and financial stress modeling.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Experts from these disciplines also span
a wide range of sectors, including academia, government at all levels, and the private
sector (for- and not-for-profit). </span><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">In addition, stakeholders and communities
depend on various entities for their resilience, which in turn span several sectors
and multiple industries, the natural and built environments, energy and storage
facilities, distributed infrastructure such as transportation and utilities, and
communication systems. We invite stakeholders from these categories as well.</span><span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">See the workshop web page for more details:</span><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.scec.org/workshops/2021/resilience__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4UJbKoPBjjMFtm_bKreixJh3ruqSRFysh7BqV0WOJN-uR_S7L_ouMICpPqpshRVt$" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">https://www.scec.org/workshops/2021/resilience</span></a><span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Register here:</span><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/Yn9HhCwt4fthFz6UA" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">https://forms.gle/Yn9HhCwt4fthFz6UA</span></a><span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Sincerely,<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Workshop convenors:<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.scec.org/user/goulet__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4UJbKoPBjjMFtm_bKreixJh3ruqSRFysh7BqV0WOJN-uR_S7L_ouMICpPt2K7jEC$" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Christine
Goulet</span></a><span> <span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">(USC)</span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/samueli.ucla.edu/people/yousef-bozorgnia/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4UJbKoPBjjMFtm_bKreixJh3ruqSRFysh7BqV0WOJN-uR_S7L_ouMICpPn9-IXWh$" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Yousef
Bozorgnia</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> (UCLA)</span><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.earth.columbia.edu/users/profile/marco-tedesco__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4UJbKoPBjjMFtm_bKreixJh3ruqSRFysh7BqV0WOJN-uR_S7L_ouMICpPpLXAJeK$" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Marco Tedesco</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> (Columbia University)</span><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sites.google.com/site/ellenrathje/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4UJbKoPBjjMFtm_bKreixJh3ruqSRFysh7BqV0WOJN-uR_S7L_ouMICpPlbwu_1u$" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Ellen
Rathje</span></a><span> <span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">(UT Austin)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">-----------------<br><span><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span><span></span></span></p>
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