International Workshop on Uncertainties in Nonlinear Soil Properties and their Impact on Modeling Dynamic Soil Response

	International Workshop on Uncertainties in Nonlinear Soil Properties and their Impact on Modeling Dynamic Soil Response Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and PEER Lifelines Program PEER Headquarters, UC Berkeley, March 18-19, 2004

General Information Workshop Schedule Registration Paper Submission Plenary & Opinion Papers Plenary Presentations Travel & Lodging Sponsors Contact Information	Date Thursday and Friday, March 18th and 19th, 2004 Location University of California, Berkeley Richmond Field Station 1301 S. 46th St. Richmond, CA 94804 Participants International representatives representing four research areas: Testers Soil Model Developers Site Response Researchers Users in Practice Objectives To improve coordination between the testing and modeling communities by addressing the following questions: What is the current status of soil testing for dynamic soil properties, and what are the major sources of bias and uncertainty? What is the current status of nonlinear soil property models? What is the current status of earthquake site-response modeling, as it relates to the need for new soil models and the quantification of uncertainties?