The kick-off Meeting of IGCP-724 project was held
On June 7, 2022, the kick-off meeting of IGCP-724 project “Fluid geochemistry and earthquake forecasting” was held in Beijing, China. This project was approved in March this year, co-leaded by Prof. Ying Li from Institute of Earthquake Forecasting, China Earthquake Administration (IEF, CEA) and scientists from Iran, Italy, Turkey and Greece, respectively.
The director of IEF, CEA, Prof. Xiaodong Zhang addressed the meeting first. Then, Prof. Ying Li introduced the contents and present status of IGCP-724 project. Prof. Mohammad Mokhtari from Iran, Prof. Galip Yuce from Turkey, Prof. Paraskevi Nomikou from Greece, and Prof. Giovanni Martinelli from Italy delivered speeches in turn online about their research teams, present activities, and possible outputs this year. The project secretary, Dr Le Hu gave a talk about “What should we do this year to meet the program requirements?” At last, all the project participants discussed the project details and reached an agreement on the tasks this year. The IGCP-724 project will be carried out as planned.