The 18th U.S.-Japan-New Zealand Workshop was 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 Proceedings. A report summarizing workshop events, discussions, and papers presented is available for download  pdf here(43.42 MB)

Workshop Summary. A communique developed with input from all workshop participants (60 experts from 3 countries) is presented in the Proceedings document and also available for download here.