Tom Hanks, a Remembrance
Credit: Mike Diggles, USGS
Thursday, October 17, 2024
9am – 5pm (doors open at 8am)
We invite you to a celebration of the life and work of Tom Hanks. Let’s come together to share some of Tom’s scientific contributions as well as share memories and stories from our time together. If you have ideas for topics or ideas to share, please contact us.
In addition to our full program, we will have space at the symposium for people to share photos and written remembrances, in both physical and digital format. If you have any memories or mementos to share, please upload digital material, or bring physical/printed material to the symposium. Digital material will either be printed and displayed or used in the slideshow (without sound). We will also have memory cards available on October 17, on which you can write a story or memory, to be pinned on the display boards.
Doors will open at 8am, and a Social Happy Hour will follow the program after 5 o’clock in the Building 3 Space Bar.
NOTE: In-person attendance is encouraged due to limited web streaming services.
Registration
We are still accepting registrations and walk-ins are also ok, but please RSVP ASAP so we can get an accurate headcount.
* = required field
Share Photos or Written Rememberances
Agenda
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 8:57am to 5:04pm
ShakeOut at 10:17 am; Loma Prieta earthquake anniversary at 5:04pm
- 8:01am
- Doors open
- 8:57am
- Welcome remarks
- 9:13am
- Session 1 – Big earthquakes that matter
- 10:27am
- Morning break
- 10:41am
- Session 2 – Tom plays outdoors: geomorphology and earthquake recurrence
- 11:58am
- Lunch and remembrances
- 1:44pm
- Session 3 – Magnitude, stress drop, and other source curiosities
- 3:16pm
- Afternoon break
- 3:31pm
- Session 4 – Putting it all together: from shaking to hazard to warning
- 5:04pm
- Loma Prieta earthquake anniversary and Happy Hour begins
Location
Moffett Field NASA Research Center
Building 3, Ballroom Conference Room
500 Severyns Avenue
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Directions and Map
- Take US Hwy 101 to the Moffett Blvd / NASA Pkwy EXIT.
- Turn RIGHT onto Moffett Blvd.
- Enter the MAIN GATE (you will need a valid driver's license).
- Proceed from the main gate to S. Akron Road toward HANGAR 1.
- Turn LEFT onto Severyns Avenue. NASA AMES Conf. Center, Building 3 on the LEFT.
- Parking is on the RIGHT.
Security
Moffett Field base security ask ALL ADULT VISITORS to show a photo ID when entering the Moffett Field gates. U.S. citizens and permanent residents may use current driver’s license, state ID card or passport. Non-resident visitors must show a current passport.