As part of its academic activities, the ROSE School organizes an annual International Seminar, providing Master’s and PhD students with the opportunity to present and discuss their research in front of an audience of leading international experts.
Alongside these presentations, the event traditionally features a keynote lecture delivered by a distinguished scientist on a contemporary and highly relevant topic in the fields of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology.
The annual ROSE Seminar has been organised since 2001, the year of the School’s foundation. From its 15th edition in 2015 onwards, it has been officially named the Nigel Priestley International Seminar in honour of Professor Nigel Priestley, co-founder and Emeritus Director of the ROSE School.
Over the years, the Seminar has become a well-established and highly anticipated tradition within the ROSE community, offering a valuable opportunity to engage with leading experts, exchange ideas, explore cutting-edge research developments, and strengthen connections within the global seismic engineering community.
The 10th International Nigel Priestley Seminar will take place in Pavia, at Collegio Cardinale Agostino Riboldi (CAR College) on May 21-22, 2026.
The programme will be available soon.
Contacts for information: info@rosechool.it – lauraolga.meazza@eucentre.it
- 2025 – 9th International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2024 – 8th International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2023 – 7th International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2022 – 6th International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2020 and 2021 – Not held
- 2019 – 5th International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2018 – 4th International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2017 – 3rd International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2016 – 2nd International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2015 – 1st International Nigel Priestley Seminar
- 2014 – 14th International ROSE Seminar
- 2013 – 13th International ROSE Seminar
- 2012 – 12th International ROSE Seminar
- 2011 – 11th International ROSE Seminar
- 2010 – 10th International ROSE Seminar
- 2009 – 9th International ROSE Seminar
- 2008 – 8th International ROSE Seminar
- 2007 – 7th International ROSE Seminar
- 2006 – 6th International ROSE Seminar
- 2005 – 5th International ROSE Seminar
- 2004 – 4th International ROSE Seminar
- 2003 – 3rd International ROSE Seminar
- 2002 – 2nd International ROSE Seminar
- 2001 – 1st International ROSE Seminar
The Nigel Priestley International Prize
Since 2008, the Seminar also represents the occasion on which, every two years, a prestigious Prize is conferred to professionals and academics at any stage of their careers who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to education or through exceptional creativity and innovation in the fields of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology.
The first recipient of the ROSE School Prize was Professor M.J. Nigel Priestley. The subsequent awardees include Professors V. V. Bertero (2010), L. Esteva (2012) and G.M. Calvi (2014). Following the passing of Professor M.J. Nigel Priestley, the Eucentre Foundation renamed the Prize into the Nigel Priestley International Prize. Since then, the awardees were Professors S.L. Kramer (2016), A.K. Chopra (2018), G. Fenves (2022) and M. Nakashima (2024).
The Prize consists of an art piece created by a renowned sculptor, offering an artistic interpretation of earthquakes and their impact on human beings, the environment, and culture.
Further details can be found here.