Proceedings of the 12th International INQUA meeting on paleoseismology, active tectonic and archaeoseismology

PATA Days 2024 The conference was sponsored by the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), the Geological Society of Chile (SGCh), the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (SENAPRED), and the National Seismological Center (CSN). Administrative support was provided by the Department of Geology of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Chile. Travel grants for students and early career researchers were provided by the CHAMP (INQUA) and OLLIN (IGCP, UNESCO) projects. We thank theMunicipality of San Esteban, and especially the children, teachers, and representatives from local schools who participated in the outreach activities that were specially designed and carried out within the framework of the conference, enabling their interaction with the international community of Earth scientists. We also thank to Termas El Corazón, the meeting venue -located on the Cariño Botado fault trace-, and its staff, together with all the people who contributed to the development of this event in the different locations visited. We thank prof. Sergio Barrientos (Director of CSN), Alicia Cebrian (National Director of SENAPRED), Rich Koehler, Roberto Valles, Nicolás Campillay, and all the students and the research teams that helped with carrying out the fieldtrips. Likewise, we are grateful for the administrative and logistical support provided by William Godoy, Verónica Carrasco and Mónica Sorondo, as well as the work of Mauricio Marchant (web manager), Rodrigo López and the team of journalists from the University of Chile. The organizers specially thank Elisa Avendaño, along with prof. Sonia Pérez and Fernanda Haverbeck, for the special moment experienced during the Mapuche ceremony held on Calán hill. Thank you very much to all the participants for coming, for sharing and for great scientific discussions! On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Dr. Gabriel Easton PATA Chile 2024 06