Abstract
For some time it has been recognised that in terms of earthquake risk, many key stakeholders have been functioning in discrete “silos” Recognising the need for a collaborative approach to earthquake risk, and acting under the aegis of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Professor Mike Griffith, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Adelaide University, headed up a team to plan for a two-day conference that was held at the University of Adelaide on 17th and 18th October 2002.