Website for workshop 2024 is here.  https://sites.google.com/view/slow2fast-earthquake-workshop/2024

Updated on September 12, 2022

WS Date: September 14 (Wed.) - 16 (Fri.) , 2022 *Sessions will be slotted between 9 AM and 6 PM (JST), ended by 5PM (JST) on the 16th. 

Pre-Event for early-career researchers: September 13 (Tue.) 14:00~17:00 (under planning)

Business Meeting: TBD (In Japanese, project member only) 

WS Style: Hybrid (Subject to change due to pandemic) 

Onsite Venue: Nara Kasugano International Forum I-RA-KA (Official site, map)

Language: English

Fee: Free (For field trip, participation fee is required)

Program (updated on Sep. 12)

Abstracts (uploaded on Aug. 30)

Access to "Nara Kasugano International Forum I-RA-KA"

20min. walk from Kintetsu Nara station (Exit 2), 30min. walk from JR Nara station (East exit)

Nearest airports to the venue:

Osaka International Airport (ITM): To Nara, approx. 85 min. by limousine bus (direct) , 100min. by train (2-3 transfers) 

Kansai International Airport (KIX): To Nara, approx. 90min. by train (1-2 transfers), *limousine bus to Nara suspended as of July 2022

*From airports in Tokyo region:

Narita International Airport (NRT)

Surface: Approx. 270min. (40min. to Nippori station by Keisei Skyliner, 10min. to Tokyo station by JR line, 130min. to Kyoto station by Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen, 35min. to Kintesu Nara station by Kintetsu Railway or 50min. to JR Nara station by JR line)

Air: JAL flies to ITM 

Haneda International Airport (HND)

Surface: Approx. 220min.

Air: JAL and ANA fly to ITM

Tip: The most convenient route is to take an international flight to HND then take a domestic flight to ITM and take a limousine to Nara. 

Presentation Style (Please check the program for presentation details)

• Oral (onsite, online)

• Poster (onsite, online)

We will play “flash talks” from poster presenters during the meeting. Please upload one-minute video file to introduce your poster in advance (not mandatory).

Deadline: Noon (JST) on Sep. 9

File types: mp4, mpg, avi, mov

Upload form: Click here

The flash talk will be played in the main hall at 14:00, Day 1 (Sep. 14) and during lunch time as well.

Field Trip

• Date: September 17 (Sat.) - 18 (Sun.), 2022

• Place: Median Tectonic Line and high-pressure metamorphic rocks in subduction zones, at Matsusaka and Ise, Mie Prefecture 

• Details: Click here

Important Dates (JST)

• Registration Deadline (Those who plan presentation need to submit tentative title by the date as well): July 19 (Tue.) 9:00  in-person participation & presentation closed

*Secondary registration (online & no presentation only)  Click here  

 Please note that there may be a delay in responding to registrations made just prior to or during the event.

• Travel Grant Application

  • Deadline: July 1 (Fri.)  (in registration form)

  • Result notification: completed by July 13

  • Deadline for acceptance of grant allocation result : to be informed at the time of result notification. 

• Abstract Submission Deadline: August 20 (Sat.)  Abstract template　

• • Please set your file name as 2022SFeq_[First Name]_[LAST NAME].pdf,  for example, 2022SFeq_Satoshi_IDE.pdf

• • How to submit has been informed to the presenters by email on July 27. If not, please contact us from the *Contact below.

*Tentative title submitted at the time of registration will be used to create the program.

*Presentation style (oral or poster) for each presenter will be announced around August 26.

• Field trip (Optional, selection wil be applied)

  • Deadline: July 1 (Fri.)  (in registration form)

  • Announce of selection result: completed by July 13

*Contact: Click here

Focus

Our understanding of earthquakes has changed significantly in recent years. We now observe various slow-deformation phenomena in addition to ordinary fast earthquakes, and this highlights the need to reconstruct earthquake science based our growing understanding of various interacting deformation processes. Deep interdisciplinary research across scientific disciplines such as geophysics, geology, and physics, as well as expanding our frontier into engineering and information science, are therefore critical to fully conceptualize these complex intricacies of earthquake science. The Science of Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes projects will hold “International Joint Workshop on Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes 2022” to promote a more integrated approach in earthquake research that encompasses the slow-to-fast earthquake spectrum. We will hold three plenary sessions on selected topics during the workshop, together with general oral and poster sessions, to share research results, deepen our understanding of slow-to-fast earthquake processes, and explore new research directions among the participants.

• Scaling slow-to-fast earthquakes with heterogeneity

Keynote speakers: Daniel Faulkner (The University of Liverpool), Satoshi Ide (The University of Tokyo)

• Diagnostic of slow-to-fast earthquakes by emerging technologies

Keynote speakers: Bertrand Rouet-Leduc (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Zhongwen Zhan (Caltech Seismological Laboratory)

• Slow-to-fast earthquakes and fluid migration

Keynote speakers: Whitney M. Behr (ETH Zürich), Cailey B. Condit (University of Washington)

Details of plenary sessions Click here

We welcome presentations in various fields other than above three themes as well.

Network

• Iraka Free Wi-Fi is available at venue.

Efforts to prevent spread of COVID-19

We will make utmost efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection at the local site during the hybrid phase in comformity with UTokyo Guideline. 

UTokyo Guideline

Others

• Lunchbox will be served to the on-site participants.  Choice of lunchbox: non-vegetarian (2-3 types, with no restrictions of ingredients) and vegetarian (not halal, limited number).   

• Participants are responsible for all expenses for changing itinerary caused by getting infected with COVID-19.

Organizer

• Office and LOC of "Science of Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes" project (See contact at the bottom of the (official website)

This workshop is co-organized by:

• Science of Slow Earthquakes

• Joint Usage/Research Center Program of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
  "What do we know and what do we need to know about the relation between slow earthquakes and megathrust earthquakes?: Toward disaster mitigation of the Nankai Trough earthquake"

• Joint Usage/Research Center Program of Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
  "Toward a comprehensive understanding of all seismic phenomena from slow earthquakes to fast ruptures"

Past Workshops

2021, online

2020, online
2019, Sakura Hall, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
2018, ACROS Fukuoka, Japan
2017, Hotel Mystays Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
2016, Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2015, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
2014, Uji campus, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
2013, ERI, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2012, ERI, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan