ISSMGE News and Information Circular December 2022

ISSMGE News & Information Circular
December 2022

  1. PRESIDENTIAL REPORT JULY 2022

The President of the ISSMGE, Dr Marc Ballouz, has prepared a short video report on his activities during July 2022, available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Mboa2cJLE.

  1. CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR THE 3rd JOHN BURLAND LECTURE

The ISSMGE and the Technical Committee TC306 on Geo-engineering Education established the John Burland Lecture in recognition of Professor Burland's outstanding impact on Geotechnical Engineering Education. Nominations are now being sought for the 3rd John Burland Lecturer (to present at GEE 2025).

Nominations should be made through the TC306 members and/or National Societies to the selection committee chaired by David Airey by December 17, 2022. For full background and procedures, please refer to https://www.issmge.org/news/call-for-nomination-for-the-3rd-john-burland-lecture.

  1. ISSMGE INTERACTIVE TECHNICAL TALKS: A NEW EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE BY THE PRESIDENT OF ISSMGE

The President of ISSMGE Dr. Marc Ballouz has just launched a new educational initiative titled ISSMGE Interactive Technical Talks (IITT). It represents a series of technical talks to bring together geo professionals from around the world, young and renowned, from both the academia and the industry, to discuss a certain subject of geotechnical engineering. 

The following episodes are now available

ISSMGE Interactive Technical Talk Episode 1: Tailings and Mine Waste (TC221)

ISSMGE Interactive Technical Talk Episode 2: Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering for Nuclear Waste Disposal (TC308)

ISSMGE Interactive Technical Talk Episode 3: Energy Geostructures & Storage of Thermal Energy in the Ground (TC308)

  1. Proceedings from the 11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics available in open access

The Innovation and Development Committee of ISSMGE is pleased to announce that through the initiative of Dr. Andrew M. Ridley and the British Geotechnical Association, the 111 papers from the proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG2022 September 2022) are available in the ISSMGE Online Library here: https://www.issmge.org/publications/online-library.

  1. ISSMGE BULLETIN

The latest edition of the ISSMGE Bulletin (Volume 16, Issue 5, October 2022) is available from the website.   

  1. ISSMGE FOUNDATION

The next deadline for receipt of applications for awards from the ISSMGE Foundation is the 31st January 2023. Click here for further information on the ISSMGE Foundation.

  1. CONFERENCES

Member Societies, Technical Committees, Sister Societies and related organisation may add ther events directly to the ISSMGE Events database via the link +SUBMIT EVENT at the top of the EVENTS page

 
   

For a listing of all ISSMGE and ISSMGE supported conferences, and full information on all events, including deadlines, please go to the Events page at https://www.issmge.org/events. For updated information please refer to that specific events website.

The following are events that have been added or amended since the previous Circular:

ISSMGE EVENTS

GEOMANDU (AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SERIES OF NEPAL GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY): GEOHAZARDS AND GEO-INFRA DISASTERS - 16-03-2023 - 17-03-2023  
Hotel Radisson, Kathmandu, Nepal; Language: English; Organiser: Nepal Geotechnical Society; Contact person: Mandip Subedi; Address: Lalitpur-11, Chakupat; Phone: +977-9851124192; Email: [email protected]; Website: https://geomandu.ngeotechs.org/; Email: [email protected]

GEO-CONGRESS 2023 - 26-03-2023 - 29-03-2023  
Los Angeles Convention Centre, United States ; Language: English; Organiser: Geo-Institute of ASCE; Contact person: Brad Keelor; Email: [email protected]; Website: https://www.geocongress.org/; Email: [email protected]

9TH CONFERENCE OF THE CROATIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY - 04-05-2023 - 06-05-2023  
Sisak, Croatia, Language: English & Croatian; Organiser: Croatian Geotechnical Society; Contact person: Sonja Zlatovic; Address: Avenija Veceslava Holjevca; Phone: +38598457497; Email: [email protected]; [email protected]: Website : https://www.hgd-cgs.hr/savjetovanja/sisak-2023/ ; Email : [email protected] ;

3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY GEOTECHNICS SEG23, 03-10-2023 - 05-10-2023  
Lijm en Cultuur Monumental Site, Delft, Netherlands ; Language: English ; Organiser: TC-308 in cooperation with Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology; Contact person: Delft University of Technology; Email: [email protected]; Website : https://seg23.dryfta.com/

NON-ISSMGE EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED TOPICS IN MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION -  05-03-2023 - 07-03-2023  
Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia; Language: English; Organiser:  Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University; Contact person: Richard Maranan; Address: P.O. Box 1664; Phone: +966 13 849 9345; Email: [email protected]; Website: https://pmu.edu.sa/atomech1-2023; Email: [email protected]

XX TECHNICAL DAM CONTROL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - 12-09-2023 - 15-09-2023  
Hotel Diament Arsenal Palace, Chorzów, Poland; Language: English; Organiser: Warsaw University of Technology; Contact person: Agnieszka Dbska; Address: Nowowiejska st., 20; Phone: +48 234 74 53 ; Fax: +48 22 825 29 92 ; Email: [email protected]; Website ; http://www.tkz.is.pw.edu.pl; Email : [email protected]