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style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:42.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here?</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>CONCURRENT SESSIONS:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:42.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Case Studies in Seismic Design of Buildings</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:42.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Long-Duration Shaking in Structural Design/Response</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:42.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Challenges of Earthquake Design and Risk Communication for Pacific Northwest Projects</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p 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Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage (FEMA E-74) Training</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:42.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Post Earthquake Reconnaissance Workshop (PERW)</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p 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</o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://www.eeri.org/cohost/registration/2017-eeri-am-poster-abstract"><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#0563C1'>POSTER ABSTRACTS: </span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Individuals interested in participating in one of the 2017 Annual Meeting poster sessions are invited to submit abstracts by <b><u>Tuesday, January 3, 2017</u></b>. Presenters will be notified in mid-January of acceptance. Academic posters that target advanced research nearing completion and focusing on technology transfer to practitioners are encouraged. Practitioner posters that target innovative applications of research in practice or identified code-based needs for research are also encouraged.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Each author of an abstract accepted as a poster will be provided with an easel to display their poster. Poster requirements will be provided following abstract acceptance.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>REGISTRATION GRANTS:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Thanks to support from FEMA, several registration grants are available to assist EERI student and young professional members to attend the 2017 Annual Meeting by waiving registration fees. Grants will be contingent upon participation in one of the poster sessions, either through the applicant's own research project, or as a representative of a student chapter with a poster depicting the chapter's activities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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