ATC-15-17 Workshop 2024

The 18th U.S.-Japan-New Zealand Workshop will be held on December 2-4, 2024, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel.

Purpose. Sponsored by the Applied Technology Council (ATC), the Japan Structural Consultants Association (JSCA), the New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence (QuakeCoRE), and the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE), this Workshop is intended to bring together leading seismic engineering researchers and practitioners to discuss and develop recommendations for improved community resilience based on topics related to current state-of-practice, innovative engineering solutions, and emerging resilience technologies. The focus of the Workshop will be determined by the abstracts submitted for consideration.

Workshop Program. The workshop program will be designed around participation from practicing engineers, researchers, planners, policy makers, and other risk reduction specialists. The workshop format will include technical presentations and discussions. The workshop schedule is expected to be as follows:

Monday, December 2: 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Tuesday, December 3: 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Wednesday, December 4: 8:30 am-12:00 pm
Optional social and networking events are under development.

Important Dates. Technical papers, up to 8 pages in length, are due to ATC by November 15, 2024 via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or upload to https://cloud.atcouncil.org/s/LrcbW6s9s485PKX for publication in the Workshop Proceedings using the provided Microsoft Word template. The official language of the Workshop is English. All participants are required to register for the event.

Important Dates
Event	Date
Registration Closes	November 1, 2024
Hotel Reservations	November 8, 2024
Papers Due	November 15, 2024
Workshop Dates	December 2-4, 2024

Workshop Proceedings. Papers presented at the Workshop will be published in preprints distributed at the Workshop. The results of technical discussions, findings and policy recommendations will be distributed after the Workshop.

Hotel Reservations. Hotel reservations have a guaranteed rate of USD $229 per night at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, valid during the event dates, as well as three days pre- and post-event. Please use this link (or URL: https://book.passkey.com/event/50809171/owner/71485/home) to make your reservation, or call Hilton Hotels toll-free 1-888-446-6677 or direct 1-619-564-3333 and mention the group code ATC.

Sponsored by:


Applied Technology Council	Japan Structural Consultants Association	New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Questions? Please contact the Applied Technology Council by sending email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Welcome to the ATC Team!

Michael Valley

As a former Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle, Mike Valley comes to ATC with more than 30 years of structural engineering experience in new design, evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings, applied research, and codes and standards development. Mike’s design experience includes the landmark Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and his research and development experience includes the FEMA 356 Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, FEMA P-2012 Assessing Seismic Performance of Buildings with Configuration Irregularities (ATC-123 Project), and NIST GCR 10-917-9 Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design (ATC-76-6 Project).

Mike also has extensive experience as an ATC consultant serving as a reviewer, a technical contributor, and Project Director on multiple ATC projects. We look forward to how Mike’s unique experiences as a successful team member will contribute to ATC projects in the future.

Michael Mahoney

Retired from federal service as a Senior Geophysicist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mike Mahoney comes to ATC with more than 30 years of experience in hazard mitigation program management and policy development, post-disaster response and recovery, and problem-focused research and development in support of FEMA’s efforts under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). He has led FEMA’s earthquake-related work with the International Code Council and has been involved with the development of national model codes and standards since 1984.

In his career at FEMA, Mike has led the development of countless major FEMA publications, including: FEMA 350 Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings and its series of companion reports (ATC-41 Project series), FEMA P-58 Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Methodology and Implementation (ATC-58 Project series), FEMA P-695 Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (ATC-63 Project), FEMA P-2018 Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential (ATC-78 Project), and FEMA P-2090/NIST SP-1254 Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake Reoccupancy and Functional Recovery Time (ATC-137 Project). With Mike’s extensive knowledge of federal government programs, and past collaboration with state and local agencies, hazard mitigation partners, and code development organizations, we look forward to how his unique experiences will help serve ATC’s client needs and objectives in the future.