ISSMGE News and Information Circular May 2023

ISSMGE News & Information Circular
May 2023

  1. ISSMGE HERITAGE TIME CAPSULE (HTC) UPDATE

The HTC contributions of the Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society and Technical Committee TC 307 Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering are now available for viewing in Part A of the HTC (https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule/part-a). 

The following two papers were added to the contributions for ISSMGE Past President, M. Jamiolkowski (Italy) in Part B of the HTC (https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule/part-b).

  • Jamiolkowski, M., Ladd, C.C., Germaine, J.T., Lancellotta, R. (1985). New developments in field and laboratory testing of soils. 11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, San Francisco, California, USA, pp. 57-153. 
  • Jamiolkowski, M. (2001). The leaning tower of Pisa: End of an Odyssey. 15th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 2979- 2996  

Part C of the HTC (https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule/part-c) now includes Discoverer reports from Choo Siung Chung, Malaysia, and Monica Löfman, Finland. 

  1. ISSMGE BULLETIN

The latest edition of the ISSMGE Bulletin (Volume 17, Issue 1, April 2023) is available from the website.

  1. ISSMGE FOUNDATION

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

  1. CONFERENCES

Member Societies, Technical Committees, Sister Societies and related organisations may add their events directly to the ISSMGE Events database via the link + Submit Event at the top of the EVENTS page

For a complete 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

GEO-CONGRESS 2024 - 25-02-2024 - 28-02-2024  
Fairmont Waterfront, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Language: English; Organiser: Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineering (G-I of ASCE); Contact person: ASCE registration; Email: [email protected]; Website: https://www.geocongress.org/

NORDIC GEOTECHNICAL MEETING - NGM 2024 - 18-09-2024 - 20-09-2024  
Lindholmen Science Park, Göteborg, Sweden; Language: English; Organiser: Swedish Geotechnical Society; Contact Information: Victoria Svahn; Address: Sveaborgsvägen 16;Email: [email protected]; Website: http://www.ngm2024.se;

XVIII AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING - 06-10-2024 - 09-10-2024  
Algiers, Algeria; Languages: English & French; Organiser: Algerian Geotechnical Society; Contact Information: Algeos; Address: USTHB, Faculty of Civil Engineering BP 32 El-Alia - Bab-Ezzouar; Phone: (213) 66130954 ; Fax: (213) 21247224 : Email: [email protected]; Website : https://algeos-dz.com/18ARC.html

5TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON PHYSICAL MODELLING IN GEOTECHNICS - 02-10-2024 - 04-10-2024
Deltares, Delft, Netherlands; Language: English; Organiser: Deltares & Delft University of Technology; Contact person: Suzanne van Eekelen & Miguel Cabrera; Email: [email protected]

5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS - 20-11-2024 - 22-11-2024  
Sydney Masonic Centre, 66 Goulburn Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia; Language: English; Organiser: UTS Transport Research Centre (https://www.uts.edu.au/research/transport-research-centre); Contact person:  Dr Chamindi Jayasuriya ; Address: 15 Broadway; Email: [email protected]; Website: http://www.ictg2024.com.au; Email: [email protected]

NON-ISSMGE EVENTS

DFI 48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON DEEP FOUNDATIONS - 31-10-2023 - 03-11-2023  
Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, United States; Language: English; Organiser: Deep Foundations Institute; Contact person: Theresa Engler; Address: 326 Lafayette Avenue; Phone: 9734234030 ; Fax: 9734234031 ; Email: [email protected]; Website : http://www.dfi.org/annual2023