The 2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria Earthquake (MERCEA'08) will provide a forum to discuss the state-of-the-art, the best practices and the new research results in the field of earthquake engineering and geotechnics. The Conference is organized by:

• The University of Reggio Calabria
• The University of Messina
• The University of Catania
• The University of Palermo
• ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment)
• C.I.Di.S (Centro Interuniversitario di Dinamica Strutturale Teorica e Sperimentale)

	Associazione Geotecnica Italiana
	Anti-Seismic System International Society
	Consiglio Regionale della Calabria Assessorato Regionale alla Cultura Assessorato Regionale all'Urbanistica e al Governo del Territorio
	International Geosynthetics Society
	Isolation and other antiseismic design strategies
	Rete dei Laboratori Universitari di Ingegneria Sismica