Seismic Roundtable in Sacramento
| July 2019
Zahraa @Scyma joined a Seismic Roundtable at the California State Capitol in Sacramento to to discuss the development of a nationally applicable approach to seismic functional recovery for new construction. Brought to us by ICC and CALBO.
Read more about the outcome of the roundtable discussion here.
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DRR Pathways Canada
| July 2019
With Sage on Earth Consulting located in B.C., we kicked off a week of resilience and risk reduction discussions for B.C. and greater Canada supporting the DRR Pathways Project.
Disaster Risk Reduction Pathways | Incentives for Mitigation and Adaptation Investments
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP)
Building disaster resilience in BC and Canada by enhancing understanding systemic risk and evidence-based disaster risk management including the socio-economic value of investing in mitigation and adaptation measures for managing earthquake and flood risk.
Learn more about DRR Pathways here.
AIA University presents Resilience Education Education Series
| December 2018
Do you want to integrate resilience into the design services your firm offers? The Resilience and Adaptation series is your answer. This exclusive multi-course series covers mitigation, resilience and adaptation, technical design application, and design process application. Take all courses in the series to learn best practices for mitigating risk for hazards, shocks, and stresses and adapting to changing conditions. Perfect for midcareer architects. Anyone completing all courses in the AIA Resilience and Adaptation series will receive a certificate acknowledging their completion of all courses in the program, in addition to the individual course certificates available for each course.
For a limited time, click the red button below to purchase all nine courses and get 25% off the series!
The AIA Resilience and Adaptation Online Series is developed by the AIA as part of the resilience and adaptation initiative.
https://aiau.aia.org/aia-resilience-and-adaptation-online-series
Quoted from the American Institute of Architects
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program Reauthorized Signed into Law
| December 2018
Founder Zahraa Saiyed has worked with members of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s Public Policy and Advocacy Committee that she Co-Chairs with member Chris Poland on the Reauthorization of critical legislation for earthquake hazard risk reduction which impacts millions of Americans. The bill was signed into law on December 11, 2018.
Sustainability and Disaster Risk Reduction: Scyma @ Berkeley
| September 2018
Founder Zahraa Saiyed presents to undergraduate City Planning students on the intersection of sustainable design and designing for disaster risk mitigation.
Scyma Consulting @ 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering
| June 2018
Zahraa Saiyed of Scyma Consulting will be presenting at the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Los Angeles this June, discussing the SE3 Project, moderating a panel on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Control Systems, as well as discussing policy related to Earthquake Early Warning systems as part of the Public Policy and Advocacy group. Check out the newly released Legislative Action Center on the EERI National website!
Scyma Presenting at IBPSA-SF
| May 2017
Scyma had the pleasure of presenting Building Systems for Resilience on Passive Survivability at the International Building Performance Simulation Association - San Francisco USA chapter's May meeting. We had a fantastic discussion about a topic that many building science firms are excited to implement. Read up on ScymaSpeaks about Passive Survivability and Thermal Autonomy.
Scyma @ EERI Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon
| March 2017
Scyma presenting a proposal for child-centered disaster risk reduction using art therapy and visual media.
Rebuild x Design: It Takes a Town
| February 2017
Scyma working with Rebuild x Design, Oakland on the third workshop for community engagement design processes intended for mitigating and preparing for Sea Level Rise in West Oakland. Summaries from the past two workshops can be found below:
http://www.rebuildbydesign.org/news-and-events/events/resilient-oakland-workshop-iii
http://www.rebuildbydesign.org/news-and-events/updates/oakland-february-2017-update
AIA Resilience Education Working Group
| December 2016
Zahraa Saiyed of Scyma Consulting will be joining AIA National's Resilience Education Working Group, developing resilience curriculum for design professionals.
https://www.aia.org/press-releases/12026-architects-to-create-resilience-curriculum-f
Market Street Prototyping Festival
| July 2016
Presenting the PREPHub Incubator project by MIT's Urban Risk Lab at the Market Street Prototyping Festival. Check out other prototypes at http://marketstreetprototyping.org/
School Earthquake Safety Initiative - EERI
| May 2016
Scyma is collaborating with a dedicated group of EERI members to promote school tsunami hazard mitigation and preparedness. To be presented at the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Chile, 2017!
2016 EERI Annual Meeting
| April 2016
Scyma will be presenting at the 68th Annual Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Conference in San Francisco - Beyond the Epicenter, Expanding Our Risk Perspective
Lunch and Learn, City of San Francisco
| October 2015
Offering overview of Resilience by Design - Department of Public Works brown bag lunch talk.