Themes
1a."Dynamic Properties of Soils and Soil-Like Materials, Engineering Soil Parameters and Constitutive Relations”
1b.“New Field and Laboratory Methods and Results, Data Base, Large Scale Field Tests, Centrifuge Tests”
2.“Wave Propagation,Engineering Vibrations and Solutions, Vibrations of Machine Foundations, Blast, Traffic and Construction Vibrations, Vibration Problem of High Speed Railways, Vibration Absorption”
3a.“Engineering Seismology: Near Fault and Directivity Effects, Geologic Indicators of Rupture Direction,Geometric Effects  on Ground Motions, Motion Parameters for Design, Borehole Arrays,Seismological and Strong Motion Arrays,Interpretation  of  Field Array Data, Site Amplification”
3b.“Local Site Effects:1-D/2-D Wave Propagation Predictions and Measurements, Nonlinear versus Equivalent Linear Analysis,Effective Stress versus Total Stress Analysis”
4a “Liquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground Failures, Seismic Studies of Bhuj (India), Kobe, Lima Peru, Chile, Taiwan, China, Turkey, U.S., New Zealand (Christchurch) and other Recent Earthquakes, Spatial Liquefaction”
4b.“Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes,Landfills and Earth Dams under Earthquakes”
5a.“Soil-Structure Interaction under Dynamic Loading for both Shallow and Deep Foundations, Effect of Vibrations of High Speed  Railways on Soils and Soil-Structure”
5b.“Soil-Foundation Interaction Triggered by Seismic Faulting”
6a.“Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining and Marine Structures, Field Studies on Retaining Walls in California, Japan, India and  other countries”
6b.“Seismic Hazard Zonation:Earthquake Risk Assessment with Earthquake Risk Management, Microzonation Projects and Procedures, Use of Building Codes to Reduce Earthquake Hazards”
7a.“Case Histories of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Failures and
Geotechnical Analysis of Recent Earthquakes, Reports of Recent Damaging Earthquakes”
7b. “Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Foundations of Bridges and other Sub-Structures, Seismic Retrofit Projects and Procedures”
8.“Model and Full-Scale Tests of Geotechnical Structures including Centrifuge Tests,Recent Advances from Earthquake Simulation Facilities such as NEES, E- Defense, NCREE.