

Proceedings of the 18
th
International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
The Conference Committees
Les Comités du Congrès
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CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ICSMGE) /
COMITÉ CONSULTATIF (SIMSG)
President: Jean-Louis Briaud (ISSMGE President)
Members: Ivan Vanicek (Vice President Europe), Neil Taylor (General Secretary), Mamdouh Hamza (17ICSMGE Chairman), Pedro
Seco e Pinto (ISSMGE Immediate Past President), Suzanne Lacasse (President of the Technical Oversight Committee), Roger Frank
(18ICSMGE President of the Strategic Advisory Committee), Philippe Mestat (18ICSMGE President of the Conference Organizing
Committee), Alain Guilloux (18ICSMGE Vice President of the Conference Organizing Committee).
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CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE /
COMITÉ D’ORGANISATION DU CONGRÈS
President: Philippe Mestat
Vice President: Alain Guilloux
Members: Séverine Beaunier, Valérie Bernhardt, Nathalie Borie, Laurent Briançon, Yu-Jun Cui, Pierre Delage, Jacques Desrues,
François Depardon, Philippe Gotteland, Pierre Habib, Roger Frank, Philippe Liausu, Stéphane Monleau, Claude Plumelle, Alain
Puech, Jacques Robert, Frédéric Rocher Lacoste, David Remaud, Françoise Ropers, François Schlosser.
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STRATEGIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE /
COMITÉ STRATÉGIQUE CONSULTATIF
President: Roger Frank
Vice President: Alain Puech
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE /
COMMISSION SCIENTIFIQUE
President: François Schlosser
Vice Presidents: Jacques Desrues, Pierre Delage
Members: Dietmar Adams, Dominique Allagnat, Eduardo Alonso, Gabriel Auvinet, Mounir Bouassida, Malek Bouazza, Sylvie
Bretelle, Denys Breysse, Bernardo Caicedo, Robert Charlier, Christophe Chevalier, Alain Corfdir, Michael Davies, Peter Day, Hervé
Di Benedetto, Claudio Di Prisco, Rich Finno, Etienne Flavigny, Bertrand François, Roger Frank, Jean-Jacques Fry, Christophe
Gaudin, Antonio Gens, Antonio Gomez-Correia, Roland Gourvès, Yves Guerpillon, Pierre Yves Hicher, Robert Holtz, Catherine
Jacquard, Richard Jardine, Richard Kastner, Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak, Zoubeir Lafhaj, Serge Lambert, Eric Leber, Serge Leroueil,
Michael Lisyuk, Juan Martinez, Farimah Masrouri, Hormoz Modaressi, Arezou Modaressi, Franz Molenkamp, David Muir Wood,
Charles Ng, Fusao Oka, Trevor Orr, Olivier Pal, Anne Pantet, Manolo Pastor, Alain Puech, Françoise Ropers, Pierre Schmitt, Bruno
Simon, Claudio Tamagnini, Jean-François Thimus, Luc Thorel, Christos Tsatsanifos, Serge Varaksin, Laurent Vulliet.
* The Scientific Committee acknowledges the contribution of the following persons to the edition of the Proceedings: P. Bésuelle, M.
Boulon, S. Burlon, J. Canou, C. Chevalier, G. Combe, J.C. Dupla, S. Hemmati, O. Jenck, A. Le Kouby, O. Plé, A. Pouya, S. Salager,
J. Sulem.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE FRENCH-SPEAKING WORLD /
COMMISSION POUR LA FRANCOPHONIE
President: Jean-Pierre Magnan
Vice Presidents: Claude Plumelle, Mounir Bouassida
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COMMITTEE FOR SPONSORS AND EXHIBITION / COMMISSION POUR LES SPONSORS ET L’EXPOSITION
President: Valérie Bernhardt
Vice President: Jacques Robert
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 5TH YOUNG GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS CONFERENCE (5TH IYGEC) /
COMITÉ D’ORGANISATION DU 5ÈME CONGRÈS DES JEUNES GÉOTECHNICIENS (CIJG)
President: Yu-Jun Cui
Vice President: Fabrice Emeriault
Members: Fahd Cuira, Siavash Ghabezloo, Jean-Michel Pereira, Hugo Ravel, Michael Reboul, Anh Minh Tang, Séverine Beaunier.
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