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7th International Working Group on Rotational Seismology Meeting, Opole, Poland

23-26 June, 2025, Opole, Poland

Held under the auspices of The International Working Group on Rotational Seismology (IWGoRS)
Organized by the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture (FCEA), Opole University of Technology


[ Detailed program of the 7th IWGoRS meeting ] [ Selection of photographs ]

Introduction

The International Working Group on Rotational Seismology (IWGoRS) intends to promote, plan, and share scientific investigations covering all degrees of freedom of the seismic wave field by extending conventional translational recordings with observations of strain and rotations, which, together with three translations, constitute six component measurements (denoted in short 6C or 6-dof). Such the extended measurement set has various implications for many fields, such as earthquake engineering, geodesy, strong-motion seismology, tectonics, etc., and to share experience, data, and software. For more information see website of the IWGoRS group: https://www.rotational-seismology.org

Previous workshops were organized in Menlo Park, USA (2007); Prague, Czech Republic, (2010); Christchurch, New Zealand (2013); Munich, Germany, (2016); Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan (2019); Paris, France (2022), followed by a recent successful special session at the 18th World Conference on Seismic Engineering in Milan Italy (July 2024). https://program.wcee2024.it - Rotational Special Session

The 7th IWGoRS workshop will be held at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Opole University of Technology. As previously the workshop will focus on any aspect of gradient-related ground motion, including the recording of rotations and strain, instrumentation, earthquake sources, non-standard rheologies, inverse problems, geodesy, long-period seismology, planetary seismology, array-derived rotation and strain, noise-correlation studies, ring laser technology, Earth's rotation, seismic decoupling, earthquake engineering, strong 6 component ground motion effects on structures, application of rotation measurements and rotation-rate sensors in Structural Health Monitoring, problems of fundamental physics and structural engineering.

Scientific Committee

  • Heiner Igel (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich - chairman)
  • Zbig Zembaty (Opole Univ. of Technology – co-chairman)
  • Felix Bernauer (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)
  • Piotr Bonkowski (Opole Univ. of Technology)
  • Johana Brokesova (Charles University, Prague)
  • Eva Eibl (Potsdam University)
  • Celine Hadziioannou (Hamburg University)
  • Leszek Jaroszewicz R. (Military Univ. of Technology, Warsaw)
  • Chin-Jen Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
  • Simon Stellmer (University of Bonn)
  • Angela di Virgilio (Ntl. Institute for Nuclear Physics, Pisa)

Local Organizing Committee

  • Andrzej Marynowicz (Opole Univ. of Technology – chairman, dean FCEA)
  • Zbigniew Zembaty (Opole Univ. of Technology – co-chairman)
  • Heiner Igel (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, co-chairman)
  • Wiesław Baran (Opole Univ. of Technology)
  • Piotr Bobra (Opole Univ. of Technology)
  • Piotr Bonkowski (Opole Univ. of Technology – scientific secretary)
  • Leszek Jaroszewicz R. (Military Univ. of Technology, Warsaw)
  • Arkadiusz Mordak (Opole Univ. of Technology – vice-dean FCEA)

Conference Secretariat

  • Magdalena Kropelnicka (secretary)
  • Elżbieta Kuźniar (secretary)
  • Piotr Nowacki (web-site)
  • Piotr Bobra

Invited Speakers and titles of their presentations

  • Luciano Errico (University of Naples, tilt meters)
    High precision tiltmetry above 10 mHz for gravitaional physics experiments
  • Carlo Lai (Pavia University, inverse methods in soil dynamics)
    Damping Measurement in Soils by Inversion of Dispersion Functions of P and S waves
  • Andrzej Katunin (Silesian University of Technology, shearography)
    Evaluation of modal rotation fields using shearography for structural damage identification
  • Eduardo Kausel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, soil structure Interaction)
    On ground displacements, their spatial derivatives, and instrument rotations from SSI
  • Michel P. Ross (University of Washington, seismic decoupling, gravitational wave detection)
  • Yara Rossi (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich/University of Oregon, vibration of structures using 6C measurements)
    Enhancing structural monitoring through 6C measurement techniques
  • Ulrich Schreiber (Technical University of Munich, ring lasers and geodesy)
    High Resolution Inertial Earth Sensing with Large Sagnac Interferometers
  • Maria Todorovska (Univ. of Southern California, rotational seismic engineering)
    Rotations in the seismic response of a tall building on piles: simulated by a detailed finite element model and recorded during earthquakes
  • Weiwei Xu (Chinese Earthquake Administration - 6C seismology, seismic networks)
    Optical Fiber Sensing in the CSES Project: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract submission

One page abstracts should be submitted to IWGoRS secretariat (e-mail: iwgors7@po.edu.pl) until March 17th, 2025. The submission should include the title of the paper, a 250-500 word abstract of the paper in English and name/s of author/s as appropriate. Please be certain to include the following: objective, methodology, results and conclusions. Write possible journal reference for further reading or a pre-print data (if any). Identify the expected presenter who will also be a contact person. For each author, please include affiliation, mailing address and e-mail. The contact author will receive the notification of acceptance/rejection of the submitted abstracts by March 31st, 2025.

Program in short

  • Monday, June 23rd, 2025, 17.00 ‐ 21.00 Registration and icebreaker party.
  • Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, 9.00 - 17.00 Sessions #1 - #4 (with lunch, 14.00-15.00). 17.30-20.00 City tour and organ concert.
  • Wednesday, June 25th, 2025, 9.00 - 17.20 Sessions #5 - #8, poster Session (with lunch, 14.00-15.00). 19.00 - 22.00 Conference Dinner (optional).
  • Thursday, June 26th, 2025 9.00 - 13.00 Sessions #9 - #10. 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch.
  • Friday, June 27th. Excursion to Cracow for foreign participants (optional - 150 Euro).

Registration fee

The registration fee should be paid until May 15th 2025. In case of later payments, the increased ammounts are given in paranthesis

  • 250 Euro regular (290 Euro - late payment)
  • 100 Euro PhD. student (140 Euro - late payment)
  • 50 Euro - conference dinner Wednesday, June 25th - optional - (70 Euro - late payment)

Polish participants pay ammounts given below respectively in Polish zloties:

  • 1065 PLN regular (1235 PLN - late payment)
  • 426 PLN PhD. student (639 PLN - late payment)
  • 213 PLN conference dinner - optional - (298 PLN - late payment)

BANK ACCOUNT

All payments should be carried out in form of bank transfers to:

Santander Bank Polska S.A. O/Opole
Account number: PL 13 1090 2138 0000 0001 2136 6833
SWIFT/BIC: WBKPPLPP

(in the transfer description, please include a note: 7IWGoRS and the SURNAME of participant in upper case letters.
In case of paying for the conference dinner or the Cracow trip add also the words: 'and dinner' and 'excurssion')

Transport to Opole, Poland

There are three airports in the vicinity of Opole (1.5 to 2 hours car journey) in Wroclaw, Katowice and Cracow:

The distance from Warsaw is somewhat farer https://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/index.html

The train from Warsaw Central Station to Opole travels about 3 hours

A shuttle service from Wrocław, Katowice and Kraków airports to Opole will be provided by the organizers of the conference.

The map shows the central and southern parts of Poland. The main cities with airports are marked on it: Warsaw, Wrocław, Katowice and Kraków, which are marked with blue airplane icons and signed in white text on a blue background. The city of Opole is marked with a red dot and signed in red font.
  Map of airports

Accomodation

The participants should reserve themselves hotels in Opole using popular reservation portals like Trivago, Booking.com etc. Be careful to use only trusted partners in your hotel reservations or directly contact the hotel. Following hotels in the vicinity of the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Architecture are advised (walking distance from the conference venue is given in the parentheses):
This is a simplified map of the center of Opole. The map shows various hotels and the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture. The map also shows the main streets and the river that flows through the city. At the bottom of the map is a legend with a description of the markings.
  Opole city map
 The photo shows the panorama of the city of Opole in Poland. In the foreground is a bridge over the river, and behind it are visible urban buildings with characteristic red roofs. On the left side, a large, brick church with two towers dominates, which is the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. On the right side, you can see the tower of the town hall. In the background, there is the rest of the city with numerous residential and commercial buildings.
  Opole downtown

Group tour

A group tour to Cracow is planned on June 27th, 2025. Further details will be posted on the website.

The photo shows a view of the Main Market Square in Krakow. The focal point of the image is the Cloth Hall, a long building with arcades and an ornate roof. On the left side, you can see the Town Hall Tower, which is part of the former town hall. In the background, there is a panorama of the city with visible roofs of tenement houses and green hills on the horizon. There are people walking in the market square and umbrellas from cafes, suggesting that it is a warm, sunny day.

  Cracow, the Old City Market with the famous “Cloth Hall/ Sukiennice”

Contact us

IWGoRS Organizing Committee
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Opole University of Technology
ul. Proszkowska 76
45-758 Opole Poland
E-mail: iwgors7@po.edu.pl

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