In this new century, new large-scale testing facilities are being developed worldwide for earthquake engineering research. Concurrently, the advances in Information Technology (IT) are increasingly allowing unprecedented opportunities for: i) remote access and tele-presence during extended remote off-site experimentation, ii) hybrid simulation of entire structural systems through a multi-site experimentation and computational overall model, and iii) near-real time data archival, processing and sharing. In this Workshop, a representative set of such state-of-the-art testing facilities will be presented. Attention is focused on geotechnical earthquake engineering applications including Instrumented test sites, mobile and large-scale testing laboratories, and centrifuge testing. Using such facilities, a number of collaborative research efforts will be also presented. Related areas of large-scale satellite monitoring, advanced visualization, computational simulation and implications for the state of practice will be highlighted. Finally, two open discussion sessions will address: i) The potential for further worldwide joint activities, and ii) Future directions and new horizons.

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