February 17, 2016 On February 7, 2016 Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Dr Heide Hackmann (South Africa), President of CODATA prof. Jeffrey Boulton (UK), Executive Director of CODATA Simon Hudson (UK) and Director of GC RAS, Chairman of the Russian Committee of CODATA Academician A. Gvishiani held talks in Paris.

The central themes of the talks were the RNF project of GC RAS ​​and CODATA to recognize high-risk seismic zones; international school for young seismologists "System Analysis and Seismic Hazard Assessment" from 12 to 15 July, 2016 in Moscow; International Conference "Data Intensive System Analysis for Geohazard Studies” from 18 to 21 July 2016 in Sochi. The sides elaborated concrete steps for the joint organization of these events. CODATA will send researchers of international class to take part in them.