The International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (ICEG) is the leading quadrennial conference organized under the auspices of Technical Committee 215 on Environmental Geotechnics (TC 215). The 1st ICEG was held in 1994 in Edmonton, Canada. Since then, the Congress has taken place in various locations worldwide: Osaka in 1996, Lisbon in 1998, Rio de Janeiro in 2002, Cardiff in 2006, New Delhi in 2010, Melbourne in 2014, Hangzhou in 2018, and Chania in 2023.
The upcoming 10th edition of the Congress will be held in Kyoto, Japan, from November 1 to 4, 2027. This event is jointly organized by TC 215 and the Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), under the auspices of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). The Congress will be chaired by Takeshi Katsumi (Kyoto University) and will be hosted at the Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto), a historic venue where the Kyoto Protocol on climate change was signed. This event is set to be a significant gathering, bridging both research and practice to address future challenges in the field of Environmental Geotechnics.
We are delighted to invite you to submit an abstract of 200-250 words through the 10ICEG portal: https://pub.confit.atlas.jp/en/event/issmge10iceg
General sessions will cover the following conference themes:
- Chemicals in the ground
- Remediation and containment
- Waste management and utilization
- Reuse and recycling
- Ground improvement
- Geosynthetics for geoenvironment
- Groundwater vulnerability
- Biodiversity in the ground
- Geoenvironmental challenges for climate change
- Geotechnical innovation, translation & entrepreneurship
- Other geoenvironmental challenges
Additionally, six Special Joint Sessions have been organized in collaboration with the following technical committees of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS):
- ISSMGE TC308 on Energy Geotechnics
- ISSMGE TC307 on Sustainability
- ISSMGE TC306 on Geo-education
- ISSMGE TC223 on Bio-Geotechnics
- IGS TC-B Barriers
- IGS TC-H Hydraulics
There are two distinct submission options available: the Peer-Reviewed Full Paper track (5-10 pages) and the Non-Reviewed Extended Abstract track (2-4 pages). Regardless of the manuscript type, suitable presentation time will be allotted to encourage open and constructive discussions.
We will also be hosting the Bright Spark Lecture (BSL) Award and warmly encourage submissions from early-career researchers. Please note that those seeking nomination are required to submit a full paper rather than an extended abstract. Further details will be announced at a later date.
The deadline for abstract submission is December 31, 2026.
Don't miss this opportunity to participate in a key event that aims to bring together research and practice in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering to address the objective of protecting human health and the environment in the face of urgent global challenges, such as climate change, enhancement of urban sustainability and resilience, energy and materials resource management, and management of water resources.