International Activities


The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE) was held from October 13th to October 17th, 2008 in Beijing,China. 3,328 attendees from 68 countries/regions attended the Conference, while 3,041 full papers from 77 countries/regions were included in the proceedings. There were 15 regular sessions and 31 special sessions. As the diamond sponsor of 14WCEE, IEM mainly supported all the preparation of the Conference.


14th Word Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Oct. 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

Professor XIE Lili, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, presided over the Keynote Speech at 14WCEE

IEM researchers are always active in relevant international exchange activities

Professor Sun Baitao gave an invited report at 15WCEE

IEM researchers participate in 16WCEE


International Conference on Earthquake Engineering Research Challenges in the 21st Century was held May 18-21, 2012 Harbin, China for commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Professor LIU Huixian.


Other activities

PRC-US Coordinator’s Meeting on Earthquake Scientific and Technical Cooperation, May 19, 2012 Harbin, China.

First PRC-US Earthquake Engineering Forum for Young, May, 2006, Harbin & Beijing, China.

Second PRC-US Earthquake Engineering Forum for Young, October, 2008, Beijing, China.

Third PRC-US Earthquake Engineering Forum for Young, May, 2006, Harbin & Beijing, China.

International Summer School at IEM - New Advances in Earthquake Engineering, August 10-21, 2013, Harbin & Beijing, China.