Second Workshop and Joint Coordination Committee Meeting at DOST-PHIVOLCS, Diliman, QC on March 8, 2011. Conference participants include DOST-Phivolcs, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED). The Conference aims to enhance earthquake and volcano monitoring, and use of information in disaster mitigation efforts, in the Philippines. Filipino and Japanese seismologists during the event discussed important topics, such as earthquake monitoring, evaluation of earthquake potential, integrated real-time volcano monitoring, and disaster mitigation information. (Alan Taule, S&T Media Service)
