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students with a participation of more than 450 people.
COBRAMSEG2010 had an attendance of more than 1000
specialists from many parts of the country and the world. Jean
Louis Briaud, ISSMGE president and Pedro Seco e Pinto past
president, attend the Conference together with Roberto
Terzariol and Gabriel Auvinet, ISSMGE Vice Presidents for
South and North America, respectively.
The event held the “Victor de Mello Lecture”, given by the
Professor Harry Poulos (Australia), after the introduction of
Professor John Burland (UK). During COBRAMSEG2010,
were elected the ABMS new authorities (Prof. A. Negro was
elected as president), and were organized meetings between the
executive secretary of the Deep Foundation Institute and the
Brazilian Association of Foundation Engineering. A special
tribute to all the past presidents of ABMS was performed.
The Nordeste Chapter of ABMS, organized in Recife (PE),
during November, 10-11 of 2010, the “1º North East
Symposium on Geotechnics” with a participation of more than
230 attendants.
During the month of January of 2011, ABMS presented the
“Soils and Rocks Prize”, in a ceremony wich has the
participation of Dra. Laura Caldeira, president of the
“Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG)”, Prof. Arsenio Negro
president of ABMS, Prof. Henio Palmeira from “International
Geosynthetics Society (IGS)” and Dra. Heloisa Frasca past
president of the “Brazilian Association for Engineering Geology
and Environment ABGEE”.
In February began the second Course for Bore Holes
Operators, qualifying 40 technicians, in association with the
National Secretary of Education, which supervise the qualifying
courses.
6.3
Chilean Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Chilena de
Ingenieria Geotecnica (Sochige)
The Chilean Society is an important society in the region
especially on issues of geotechnical earthquake engineering and
mining geotechnics, with more than 70 members. Professor
Ramón Verdugo is President of SOCHIGE and also member of
the ISSMGE Earthquake Technical Committee.
During January, 10-13, 2010, the city of Santiago de Chile
held the “5º International Conference on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering”, presided by Professor Ramón
Verdugo and organized between the SOCHIGE and the
National University of Chile, sponsored by the TC04 of the
ISSMGE.
About 500 of attendants from all the world shows the interest
that events like this, has in the geotechnical community around
the world. Jean Louis Briaud, like president of the ISSMGE,
Pedro Seco e Pinto past president, and Roberto Terzariol
currently ISSMGE Vice President for South America attends
the conference. Additionally were presents Professors Kiriazis
Pitilakis (Greece) president of the 4º ICEGE, Kenji Ishihara
(Japan) ISSMGE past president, I. Idriss (USA), G. Gazetas
(Greece), E. Faccioli (Italy), Liam Finn (Chairman of Steering
Committee), Luis Valenzuela (Chile), Ikuo Towatha (Japan),
and T. Koshusho (Japan) and Atila Ansal (Turkey) co-chairmen
of the advisory committee. During the conference Professor
Ricardo Dobry (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) was honoured
with the Ishihara Lecture, who gives an interesting lecture about
the “in situ” methods for liquefaction prediction”, specially
about traditional procedures.
There was:
• 10 Special Session led by F. Leyton, J. Bray, C.
Ledezma, D. Frost, S. Yasuda, R. Verdugo, B. Bradley,
M. Cubrinovski and R. Saragoni.
• 7 State of the Art Sessions coordinated by Ikuo
Towhata, An-Bin Huang, F. Chavez, R. Boulanger, S.
Kramer, P. Seco e Pinto and G. Gazetas.
• 12 Theme lectures, given by J. Bray, P. Ortigosa, L.
Valenzuela, K. Pilitakis, R. Villagra, M. Cubrinovski,
R. Verdugo, A. Elgamal, E. Ovando Shelley, J.
Kuwano, S. Yasuda and K. Stokoe.
• 3 Workshop led by Professors Jorge Troncoso, Takaji
Kokusho and Atila Ansal, respectively.
The post Conference Technical Visit, was a guided trip to
the areas of Concepción and Arauco in the south region of
Chile, where the major geotechnical damages were observed
after the earthquake of February, 27, 2010.
6.4
Colombian Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Colombiana
de Geotecnia (SCG)
In this year the SCG meets, 40 years from it foundation. It is a
strong society which includes the Societies for Engineering
Geology and Rock Mechanics. Alvaro Gonzalez is president of
the SCG and also ISRM Vice President for South America.
During September of 2010, in Manizales the SCG,
associated with National University of Colombia, organized the
XIII Colombian Geotechnical Conference and the VII
Colombian Seminar on Geotechnics, the later about Mining
Geology.
The events were simultaneous with the presentation of 77
papers and 12 main lectures. The lectures were offered by
Laurence Wesley (New Zealand), Daniel Salcedo (Venezuela),
Tarsicio Celestino (Brasil), Antonio Samaniego (Peru),
Gianfranco Perri (Venezuela) and Jaime Suárez, Juan Montero
y Alvaro Correa from Colombia. There were a total of 301
attendants which additionally could make a post-conference
technical visit in the vicinity of Manizales.
In November 18-19, 2010, SCG organized with
INGEOMINAS, the “International Seminar-Course on
Petrologic and Climates Aspects in the Behavior of Agregates”.
The lecturers were Antonio Gomes Correia (Portugal-
ISSMGE), Chris Rogers (Canada), Dar Hao Chen (USA) and
Juan Montero, Sandra Campagnoli, Octavio Coronado and
Diego Sánchez de Guzmán from Colombia. The Seminar had 77
participants of all the country.
Bogotá held the “V Academic Seminar on Rock Engineering
- Theoretical and Applied Rock Mechanics for Tunnels and
Slopes”, in November, 18-20, 2010. The event was organized
together with the Research Group on Rock Engineering from
the National University of Colombia, with the support of the
SCG´s Rock Engineering Commission.
6.5
Costarrica Geotechnical Association – Asociacion
Costarricense de Geotecnia (ACG)
The ACG is 30 years old and is very active in the region.
Professor Marlon Jimenez is the president of ACG is pro-active
and recognized in the Central America and Caribbean
geotechnical community.
On April, 8, 2010, in the University Auditorium, Professors
Luis González de Vallejo and Mercedes Ferrer, from Spain,
give a lecture on “Geotechnical Risks and Impact in Civil
Facilities and Environment”, with 83 attendants.
During October, 2010, the ACG held the “Strategic
Workshop of ACG´s Technical Committees” in this event were
treated the following issues:
•
Geotechnical Engineering Teaching
•
Rock Mechanics
•
Foundations Standards
•
Landslides
The 2ª Geotechnical Colloquium, about “Geotechnical
Characterization of Material from a Cut” given by the Eng.
Alejandra Morice, during the annual Assembly of ACG, in
November of 2010.
On March, 16-19, 2011, Professor Nick Barton (Norway)
give the Regional Geotechnic Course “Latest techniques and
experiences in the design and stabilization of excavations in
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