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Appendix 2: Regional Reports
Report from the Vice-President for North America
G. Auvinet
ISSMGE Vice-President for North America
1 INTRODUCTION.
This report contains a summary of the highlights of the
activities of the North American Region from October 2009 to
May 2011. During this period, ISSMGE Vice-Presidency for
North America was initially held by M.P. Romo, as established
in the ISSMGE Council Meeting during the 17th ICSMGE held
in Alexandria in October 2009. G. Auvinet, former president of
Mexican Society of Geotechnical Engineering, took over after
M.P. Romo resigned for personal reasons in December 2009.
Three progress reports were presented by G. Auvinet on
activities in the region to ISSMGE Board:
- Board meeting in Moscow, June 6th 2010
- Board meeting in New Delhi, November 8th 2010
- Board meeting in Hong Kong, May 22nd 2011ce the
relevant item format).
2 THE NORTH AMERICAN REGION
The North American region includes only three member
countries: Canada, USA and Mexico, a small number when
compared to other regions such as South America, Asia and
Europe. The individual membership in the ISSMGE represents
however close to 20% of the grand total membership
(approximately 18,000) of all Member Societies around the
globe. It has already been pointed out in the past that the impact
of the three votes of the region (out of more than 80 countries)
in the major issues under consideration on the floor at Council
Meetings is far from proportionate to the number of individual
members and their fee contributions.
The three member societies of the region are extremely
active and have a strong presence and influence in the
engineering community and society in general in their
respective country as well as internationally.
3 ACTIVITIES OF MEMBER SOCIETIES
Detailed information regarding the activities of each of the three
Member Societies can be found on their excellent individual
web sites:
Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS, Canada):
GeoInstitute (GI, USA)
Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Geotécnica (SMIG,
Mexico)
Only the main activities of the period will be mentioned below
4 CGS, CANADA
Presidents during the period: Michel Aubertin, Bryan Watts
4.1 Annual Conferences:
62nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 10th Join
CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference
September 20-24, 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia
63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Canadian
Permafrost Conference
September 12-16, 2010, Calgary, Alberta
4.2 Other important technical events:
13th International Seminar on paste and thickened tailings
May 3-9, 2010, Toronto, Ontario
15th Annual contaminated and hazardous waste site
management course theory, practice & outdoor field
demonstrations
May 3-7, 2010, Toronto, Ontario
World Tunnel Congress 2010 (ITA): Tunnel Vision Towards
2020
May 14-20, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia
The Second IASTED International Conference on
Environmental Management and Engineering
July 15 – 17, 2010, Banff, Alberta
3rd Canadian Young Geotechnical Engineers and Geoscientists
Conference
September 16-18, 2010, Bayshore Inn, Waterton Lakes, Alberta
Second International Conference on Oil Sands Tailings,
December 5-8, 2010, Edmonton, Alberta
5 GI, USA
President during the period: Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Larry P.
Jedele
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