1. 7 EC Conference Helmut WENZEL International Collaboration on Natural Hazards in the 7th FP Prague, 02. June 2006 Safeguarded Cultural Heritage

2. Monitoring of a Church during tunnelling 17 20 19 21 22 13 TRACK 1 TRACK 2 EXCAVATION 240m EXCAVATION 190m

3. Erzherzog Karl Statue integrity check

4. Laser Monitoring Westminster, London

5. Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy

6. Nerves Pain Data Virtual Pain Virtual Doctor for Structures

7. Current Situation Last Century (1900 – 2000) Earthquake Loss: 239000 Lives in Europe Damage to Infrastructure 325 billion € Indirect Damage ? There are huge global initiatives on Earthquake Engineering Simulations Can EUROPE afford to stay away ?

8. Annual investment EQ Research by Federal Institutions 19952000200520102015 JAPAN (50) E-Defense USA (40) NEES LESSLOSS (3) EU (7) 5FP TAIWAN (10) NCREE KOREA (12) KOCED CHINA (15) NSFC Northridge (136) Kobe (5.400) Turkey (18.900) Chi Chi (1.100) Human Loss: 1900-2000 239.000 in Europe

9. Austrian Seismic Code 1978

10. Austrian Seismic Code 2002

11. 8 million visitors per year Castle of Schönbrunn, Vienna

12. Schönbrunn Castle Vienna, Fault Locations

13. Advances Needed Kocaeli Quake, 1999, Turkey

14. Local amplification map due to soil condition Micro Zonation

15. ECOEST European Network of Shaking Tables EERC Bristol NTU Athens ISMES Bergamo LNEC Lisbon CEA Saclay Shaking Tables JRC Ispra Reaction Wall ECOLEADER FP5 - Users European Laboratories of Structural Mechanics Internationals Collaborations Japan, USA Taiwan,Armenia End Users Access to ELSA as Large Research Infrastructure ECOLEADER

16. ECOLEADER (Tests at JRC) Application to: Steel Structure RC structure Devices: Viscous, Hysteretic, Friction Original ‘Protected’ Storey Force [kN] Storey Disp. [mm] Time [s]

17. International Collaboration Earthquake Engineering & Disaster Prevention  USA Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES-ORG), Davis San Diego Super Computer Centre (NEES-IT), California  JAPAN Building Research Institute (BRI), Ministry of Construction, Tsukuba National Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Tsukuba  TAIWAN National Centre for Research in Earthquake Engineering (NCREE)  ARMENIA Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) International Organizations & Nuclear Safety  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria  OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA), Paris, France

18. Main Subject of Collaboration Earthquake Engineering & Disaster Prevention Exchange of scientific and technical information Common organization of Workshops and Conferences Exchange of short visits of researchers Harmonization of Data Models for Experimental Databases Development of Technologies for Distributed Laboratory Harmonization of codes and standards International Organizations & Nuclear Safety Co-management of Coordinated Research Projects Technical management of International Benchmarks Redaction and delivery of documents on specific topics Consulting for Seismic Behaviour of Structures

19. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 MREFC Construction ($82 M):  15 Equipment Sites  Cyberinfrastructure  NEES Consortium, Inc. Maintenance & Operations by NEESinc NSF-Funded NEES Research (NEESR) Education, Outreach, & Training Partnerships Today Federal Fiscal Year (starts Oct 1 of preceding year) NEES Timeline

20. NEES Shared Use Infrastructure Operated by NEES Consortium, Inc.

21. 1200 tons at 10 m/s E-Defense

22. E-Defense, Japan

23. EU Knowledge Base, Onthology

24. Worldclim Worldclim is a set of global climate layers (grids) on a square kilometer grid. The last version released (March 2004) is Version 1.2. The data layers were generated through interpolation of average monthly climate data from weather stations on a 30 arc-second resolution grid (often referred to as "1 km²" resolution). Variables included are monthly total precipitation, and monthly mean, minimum and maximum temperature, and 19 derived bioclimatic variables.

25. EU Knowledge Base, Onthology Historical Earthquake Catalogues Knowledge of the geological history of the region and the tectonic conditions, earthquake catalogues are a prerequisite for a statistical analysis. Such catalogues of seismic events should be as complete as possible and cover a wide area and a long period of time. Written records of the effects of earthquakes are collected and evaluated, and earthquake parameters, such as location of the epicenter and epicentral intensity, are determined. The results of these studies are compiled in computerized earthquake catalogues.

26. Opportunities to be taken ! Brooklyn Bridge

27. Do we have a European Answer ? Condition of the Bridge, Security ?

28. Ramses II 3 rd Important Monument In Cairo (Pyramids, Sphinx,..Ramses II..) 3300 Years Old. 11.4 m High, 120 Ton weight One Piece of Red Granite To be Transported for 30 Kms Opportunity Ramses II in Egypt

29. EU Know How, Onthology

30. Conclusions We need International Collaboration The international Partners are well equipped with projects and funds 6FP has left our research alone If the situation does not change soon we will fall back dramatically and cannot take the responsibility for the citizens Can EUROPE really afford this ? Thank you for the attention !