简介:The3^rdInternationalConferenceonContinentalEarthquakes,Mechanism,Prediction,EmergencyManagement&Insurance(the3^rdICCE)washeldonJuly9-14,2004inBeijing,China.TheICCEhasbeenheldeverydecadesinceitwaslaunchedovertwentyyearsago.ThefirstICCE,withthetitle""""InternationalSymposiumonContinentalSeismicityandEarthquakePrediction""""(ISCSEP),hadinternationalsponsorshipandwassupportedbye.g.,UNESCOandhostedbytheSeismologicalSocietyofChina(SSC)inBeijingin1982.In1992inresponsetotheinitiativesfromtheUN'sInternationalDecadeforNaturalDisasterReduction(IDNDR),