African Seismological Commission 1st General Assembly 2016

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The FIRST general Assembly of the African Seismological Commission (AfSC)

For a long time it has been was a dream forto many African seismologists to have their own commission that will represents them and help to solidify the resources and capacity available within the continent in order to mitigate the earthquake risks and contribute towards in the sustainability and to improving the resilience of the community against such hazards. These efforts hasve finalely lead to the establishment of the African Seismological Commission (AfSC) which is the youngest regional commissions within the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) with its bylaws only recently created and accepted in 2014 and its website launched in 2015 (www.afsc-web.org.za).
With these preliminaries achieved, the AfSC is planning to host its FIRST general assembly from 02 – 05 April 2016, in a cruise ship oin the River Nile starting from Luxor, the one of the oldest inhabited citiesy in the world with that had records of historical Earthquakes dating back to (2000 B.C.), to Aswan where the hHighest and Dam largest dam in Africa may be found, accompanied of course with its own and its artificial reservoir lakeassociated induceding seismicity.
The host country Egypt is a country of historical importance in seismology within Africa since it was where the first seismograph station was installed in 1899 at Helwan south of Cairo and it is appropriate that it is the country where the first AfSC general assembly is to be held.
The first general assembly will compromise of different scientific sessions ranging from seismic monitoring, seismotectonics and, seismic hazard to education and outreach.
All scientists interested in seismological studies withinin Africa are invited to participate in this historical event.
The Assembly will be followed by a training course for African Seismologist in Aswan 6-9 April 2015.
For further information on the general assembly and the training course, please visit www.afsc2015.org



Photo of African Seismologists outside Abu-simple, Aswan (1984)

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The1st General Assembly for the African Seismological Commission will take place onboard of a cruise between Luxor and Aswan in Upper Egypt, from 2-5 April 2016. The venue was confirmed at the IUGG meeting held in Prague, June 2015.

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1st General Assembly
African Seismological Commission
Egypt 2-5 April 2016

The1st General Assembly for the African Seismological Commission will take place onboard of a cruise between Luxor and Aswan cities in Upper Egypt, from 2-5 April 2016. The venue was confirmed at the IUGG meeting held in Prague, June 2015.