5th IASPEI / IAEE International Symposium: Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion August 15-17, 2016 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ABSTRACT FOR 5TH IASPEI / IAEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: EFFECTS OF SURFACE GEOLOGY ON SEISMIC MOTION (ESG5) Kuo-Chun Chang1 and Che-Min Lin2 1 Director, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan Associate Researcher, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan Email: kcchang@narlabs.org.tw, cmlin@narlabs.org.tw 2 The length of the abstract should not exceed 1 page inclusive of figures, tables, and photographs. The abstract should be formatted for A4 paper with 2.5cm margins on all four sides. Use a 14 point all caps Times Roman font centered for the title of the abstract, and a 12 point Times Roman font either justified or left flushed for the text, and a 10 point Times Roman font for the author affiliation footnote. The abstract text should be typed single spaced, and should contain no more than 400 words. The abstracts for ESG5 will be prepared in hardcopies and distributed during the conference. Please visit our ESG5 website (http://esg5.ncree.org.tw/) and submit your abstract(s) online before Feb. 15th, 2016. Keywords: seismic motion, site effect, earthquake engineering