ADPC will co-organize the Fourth General Assembly of the Asian Seismological Commission (ASC) with the National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET), to be held in Kathmandu on 24 November 2002.  

ASC is a regional scientific organization affiliated with the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (IASPEI). It was formally established in August 1996 at the first ASC meeting in Tangshan, China. It serves as a platform to bring together experts in seismology and its related disciplines to mitigate earthquake disasters in the Asia-Pacific region. ASC has met twice since its first meeting, in 1998 and 2000 in Iran and India respectively.

The Assembly will be followed by a three-day Symposium on Seismology, Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Risk Management to be held during 24-26 November. As a major contribution to the event, ADPC in partnership with the National Society for Earthquake technology-Nepal (NSET-Nepal) will offer a shortened version of its training course on Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction in Cities (EVRC) as a pre-symposium training course from 11-22 November.

The Symposium and the EVRC course are both fee-based. The registration fee for the Symposium is US$200.00.

For details on abstract submission and registration, please contact Ms. Neo Chee Szu or Ms Neeva Upreti, NSET-Nepal at asc@nset.org.np or visit the website at http://www.nset.org.np/ASC2002/