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1 The International Workshop on Fundamentals of Coastal Effects of Tsunamis December 26-28, 2006 Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Sponsored by National Science Foundation CMS

2 Dr. Cliff Astill: March 4, 1936 Dec. 23, 2004

3 List of Tsunami Surveys Supported by Cliff Nicaragua Earthquake and Tsunami, September 1992 Flores-Island (Indonesia) Earthquake and Tsunami, December 1992 Okushiri-Island (Japan) Tsunami, July 1993 The East Java Tsunami (Indonesia), June 1994 South-Kuril-Island (Russia/Japan) Earthquake and Tsunami, October 1994 Mindoro (Philippines) Tsunami, November 1994 Skagway (Alaska) Landslide Tsunami, November 1994 Chimbite (Peru) Tsunami, February 1996 Irian Jaya (Indonesia) Tsunami, February 1996 Aitape (Papua New Guinea) Tsunami, July Vanuatu Tsunami, November 1999 Southern Peru Tsunami, June 2001

4 List of Workshops Supported by Cliff Hydrodynamic Model Developments: International Workshop on Long-Wave Run-up, Catalina Island, CA, August 1990 Second International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA, September 1995 The Third International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models, Catalina Island, CA, June Development of Hazards Mitigation Tools: Workshop on the Development of a Tsunami Scenario Simulation Program, Seattle, WA, September 2002 Workshop for an Integrated Tsunami Scenario Simulation, Corvallis, OR, August 2003 & San Francisco, CA, October 2004 Tsunami Field Survey and Data Management: Tsunami Measurement Workshop, Estes Park, CO, June 1995 International Workshop on Bathymetry and Coastal Topography Data Management, Seattle, WA, March 1998 & Birmingham, UK, July Tsunami Sources: Workshop on Seafloor Deformation Models, Santa Monica, CA, May 1997 Workshop on the Prediction of Underwater Landslide and Slump Occurrence and Tsunami Hazards, Los Angeles, CA, March Development of NEES: Workshop for Tsunami Research Facilities, Baltimore, May 1998 Ad-Hoc Planning Working Group for the NSF Major Research Equipment Program: National Earthquake Engineering Simulations, Workshop on Research with NEES Tsunami Facility, Corvallis, OR, March 2001

5 The Indian Ocean Tsunami: December 26, 2004 Banda Aceh: photo by Borerro Nicobar Island: photo by JP Singh Nagappattinam: photo by Katada

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14 A List of Participants Abe, Ikuo Bourgeois, Jody Breidenthal, Bob Crawford, George Curtis, George Dodd, Nick Francis, Matthew Fredsøe, Jørgen Frandsen, Jannette Fritz, Hermann Fujima, Koji Higman, Bretwood Horikawa, Kiyoshi Imamura, Fumihiko Jaffe, Bruce LeVeque, Randy Li, Wenwen Liu, Philip Mish, Kim Mok, Kai Meng Tohoku University University of Washington University of Washington State of Washington University of Hawaii University of Nottingham URS Corporation Technical University of Denmark University of Hawaii Georgia Tech National Defense Academy, Japan University of Washington University of Tokyo Tohoku University U.S. Geological Survey University of Washington Oregon State University Cornell University University of Oklahoma University of Macau Murty, Tad University of Ottawa Oumeraci, Hocine Technical University Braunschweig Page, William Pacific Gas & Electric Pancake, Cherri Oregon State University Peterson, Curt Portland State University Riggs, Ron University of Hawaii Sato, Shinji University of Tokyo Sekiguchi, Hideo Kyoto University Shoemaker, Christine Cornell University Shuto, Nobuo Nihon University Sou, In Mei Oregon State University Sundar, V. IIT, Madras Teng, Michelle University of Hawaii Tonkin, Susan Moffat & Nichols Wiegel, Bob University of California, Berkeley Yasuda, Mari Tohoku University Yeh, Harry Oregon State University Yim, Solomon Oregon State University Young, Julie Princeton University Zhou, Hongqiang (John) University of Hawaii

15 Day 1 (Tuesday, December 26) 8:15-8:50 Registration and breakfast 8:50-9:00 Welcome and Introduction (Yeh & Curtis) 9:00-9:15 Input from Prof. Wiegel (presented by Yeh) 9:10-9:45 The 1960 Chilean tsunami (Horikawa) 9:45-10:00 coffee/tea 10:00-11:30 Tsunami, disasters and countermeasures (Shuto) & discussion 11:30-12:20 Lunch 12:20-12:45 Transit to Tsunami Museum 12:45-2:00 Museum visit and presentation (Curtis) 2:00-4:00 Tsunami Trail excursion, ending with coffee/tea at hotel 4:00-5:45 Group discussion 1: General Topics - rational evacuation plans (Walsh); tsunami warning & lessons learned (Crawford); real time observation (Imamura); tsunami protection by sand dunes (Sato) and others chaired by Michelle Teng 5:45-6:30 Free time 6:30-8:00 Dinner at Queen's Court 8:00-9:00 Uncertainty methods for buoy and bathymetry data (Shoemaker)

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