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23-Jun-2023

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Hello Participants in Mondays Workshop on Topics in Performance-Based Seismic Design of Bridges

 We are in the final stages of planning for the short course. We have some interesting and engaging presentations ready to go!

 It looks like we have over 30 folks in the room and over 50 will be connecting through the webcast.  Some key points: 

• We will be starting at 1pm Monday afternoon PDT (8:00 am Tuesday morning NZST) sharp as we have a full agenda (posted below). 

• Sepideh Ashtari will be moderating the program. We have left Q&A time at the end of each major topic which Sepideh will manage.  I will relay any questions to Sepideh from the Zoom chat box. 

• Three of our presenters will be joining through the Zoom interface. The others will be in-person. 

• We are planning to run a couple Menti polls. Please have your phone handy. 

• One of the themes of the short course is finding common ground and differences between Canada and NZ practice. We will introduce that question at the start of the program and then circle back for reflection at the end. 

• A PDF of the presentations will be made available just prior to the course. 

• On completion of the workshop, a certificate of continuing education for 4 hours will be available on request. 

• Short course description and bios are posted to the ClassBit Platform.

In-Person Attendees

• The program will be in Room C485 in UBC Robson Square (800 Robson Street).
• Coffee/tea/juice will be available at the start. Cookies at the break.

 Webcast

• Link to the webcast: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86783832835?pwd=aTZ3S2t4YXJPRSt1NUFsbUZaYTM5UT09
• Please follow the usual rules of webcast etiquette – notably please stay on mute (we are all good at this now, right?)
• Would be nice if you had your video on at the start/break/end. But that is wholly optional. Suggest you keep it off during the presentation.

 Looking forward to see you on all next week!

Keith