2024 Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE Directors’ Award Winner: Alice Lake-Hammond
September 3, 2024
2024 Annual Meeting – Day Two
September 5, 2024
Nau mai haere mai, Welcome to Ahuriri Napier and the 2024 QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting
We take great pride in welcoming almost 250 attendees from all over Aotearoa to the 2024 Annual Meeting
in Ahuriri Napier. With representatives in attendance from:
- The major national Universities and Wānanga
- Various Crown Research Institutes
- Government Ministries and National Agencies
- Industry Members
- Members of the Plate Boundary Alliance
- Respected Member Bodies
- Consulting firms
- Civil Defence and Emergency Management Professionals
And, of course, members from across the wider Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE Community:
- Board Members
- Directors
- Programme Area Leaders
- Associate Investigators
- Research Affiliates
- Early-career Researchers
- QuakeCoRE Scholars
- QuakeCoRE Student Chapters
Early Career Researcher Network Event
Before the official commencement of the 2024 QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, the Early Career Researchers (ECR) Network Executive Committee seized the opportunity to convene an Annual Meeting Aligned Event for the newly established QuakeCoRE ECR Network. The networking event and launch of the subsequent mentoring programme were open to all Early Career Researchers within the QuakeCoRE community. It served as a platform for attendees to explore collaborative and strategic opportunities available to ECRs in QuakeCoRE while providing a valuable space for networking and discussion.
For more information or to join the Early Career Researcher Network contact the ECR Network Executive Committee Chair, Megan Boston, or Co-chair Andrew Stotle.
Welcome
Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE's Pouwhakahaere Kelvin Tapuke welcomed attendees to Ahuriri Napier. Brendon welcomed attendees and gave an opening address. Kelvin concluded the welcome with an interactive waiata session.
Distinguished Lecture: Ductility is Essential but Otherwise Unimportant
- Polat Gülkan (Baskent University, Türkiye)
Due to travel difficulties sadly Polat was unable to join us in person. He was however able to join us virtually for his presentation and subsequent Q&A session.
Santiago Pujol introduced Polat and his pioneering work in ductility over his prolific career. Polat's presentation centred around the intent of ensuring seismic performance through building code provisions for resisting minor, moderate and major earthquakes diverges in interpretation. He posed several key questions including: What constitutes a "moderate" earthquake? When does damage transition from minor to major?
Polat touched on the ways building drift limits aim to control damage, however the reliance on ductility alone is overestimated. Building codes focus on objectives around safeguarding life, health, property and welfare but lack the essential human element of ensuring people's trust in rehabilitated buildings. Polat stressed that clear objectives reconciling technical goals with societal expectations are crucial for meaningful seismic performance.
To read the full abstract, and Polat's bio click here.
Sponsor Address
Jo Horrocks, Chief Resilience and Research Officer from the Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake addressed attendees as a sponsor of the Annual Meeting as dinner was served. Jo highlighted the exponential cost increases, both past and projected, in the insurance industry. Jo was quick to recognise the valuable and important work QuakeCoRE researchers are producing in identifying issues of risk, testing new research, and mitigating risk, which was particularly vital to reinsurers.
2024 Directors' Award Winner - Alice Lake-Hammond
This annual award is given to members of our QuakeCoRE whānui, to recognise significant dedication and service to the mission and values of QuakeCoRE.
This year’s award recognises the important contribution of Alice Lake-Hammond in supporting the advancement of the Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE mission since 2018.
In her role as Programme Manager for AF8 over the last six years, Alice Lake-Hammond has built a reputation as a connector of research, policy and practice, and her ability to build relationships, communicate effectively and coordinate across teams has had an immeasurable impact. Alice sits on our QuakeCoRE Communication, Education and Engagement (CEE) Committee and always offers wise counsel on strategic and practical issues. Over the years, Alice has supported our Student Chapters through ECR-focused workshop delivery at annual meetings, and as a judge for posters and Lightning Talks. Her collaboration with QuakeCoRE has provided an invaluable conduit for our science to be communicated to varied audiences, including through the AF8 Roadshow across the South Island.
If there was some way to clone Alice, Aotearoa New Zealand would be a much safer and more resilient nation. Thank you, Alice for your significant contribution. We look forward to continuing to work together in the future.
Day Two of the 2024 Annual Meeting
