[iris-bulk] Seismology Education and Outreach session at IUGG

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Please consider submitting an abstract for the Seismology Education  
and Outreach session at IUGG sponsored by IASPEI.  Abstracts are due  
February 28 , 2007.

Education and Outreach session description:
The  2004 Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake and tsunami demonstrated  
both the level of potential public interest in earthquakes and more  
importantly, the need for increased education. This need exists at  
all levels, from educating more school children about the causes and  
effects of earthquakes to training new seismic network operators in  
the management and analysis of seismic data. This symposium will  
focus on effective strategies for education and outreach for this  
wide range of audiences. Presentations are encouraged on the  
following topics:
(1) Innovative professional education of geophysicists and seismic  
network operators, including manuals of standard practice and  
informed use of standard data bases.
(2) Formal and informal education of teachers, the public, press,  
officials, etc., especially using new technologies.
(3) Examples of the successful use of school seismographs and seismic  
networks to engage students and teachers in recording and analyzing  
seismic data as part of their science curriculum.
(3) Interdisciplinary professional outreach, including projects in  
assessing seismic hazard, seismic risk, and sustainable development.
(4) Capacity building in developing countries and underrepresented  
groups.


Please submit your abstract at http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/ 
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The IUGG meeting home page is at http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/ 
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