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ISSMGE Council Meeting, Paris, France, September, 2013
9.3 National Conferences:
• 2010 National Geotechnical Conference, Matsuyama.
1,637 participants
• 2011National Geotechnical Conference, Kobe. 1,742
participants
• 2012National Geotechnical Conference, Hachinohe.
1,540 participants
9.4 The periodical journals (2009-2011):
Soils and Foundations (International Journal), 6 issues per
year
1 Japanese Geotechnical Journal (National Journal, in
Japanese, WEB only), 4 issues per year
2 Geotechnical Engineering Magazine (formerly "Tsuchi-
to-Kiso", Journal of Japanese Geotechnical Society, in
Japanese), 12 issues per year
MOU:
• JGS has MOU with GI-ASCE(2003), CISMGE: China
(2006), KGS: Korea (2008), IGS: India (2011)
• Japan- China Geotechnical Symposium 2010 in Okinawa,
Japan
• Japan- US Geotechnical Workshop 2011 at Kyoto, Japan
• Japan- Korea Geotechnical Workshop 2011 at Kobe,
Japan
• Indo-Japan Geotechnical Workshop 2011 at Kochi, India
• China-Japan Geotechnical Symposium 2013 at Chengdu,
China
• Korea -Japan Geotechnical Workshop 2013September
KGS (Korea) Fall Conference, Korea (see Figure 5).
Figure 5. International Symposium on Backwards Problem
in Geotechnical Engineering and Monitoring of Geo-
Construction, Osaka, Japan, 2011
10 KAZAKHSTAN
10.1 International Conference, seminars:
Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society is initiator of established at
TC305 “Megacities and new capitals” and regarding of this
case this society KGS organized per year 10 international
geotechnical Workshops in Kazakhstan (Astana) with
inviting geotechnical experts from leader societies of
ISSMGE (to full number of seminars since 2009-2013 is 30).
• 1st Kazakhstan-Korean Joint Geotechnical Seminar,
Astana, Kazakhstan, 21-22 July 2010
• KGS and KGS Workshop, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2010
• Kazakhstan-USA Joint Geotechnical Seminar, 1 July,
2011, Astana, Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan-Taiwan Joint Geotechnical Seminar, 8
September, 2011, Astana, Kazakhstan
• 2nd Kazakhstan-Korean Joint Geotechnical Seminar, 20-
23 August 2012, Incheon, Korea
• Kazakhstan-Singapore Joint Geotechnical Seminar,
Astana, Kazakhstan, 10 April, 2013
• Kazakhstan-Estonia Joint Geotechnical Seminar, Astana,
Kazakhstan, 18 April, 2013
10.2 MOU: KGS has MOU with Korean Geotechnical
Society (2011), German Geotechnical Society, 2013
(centered, see Figure 6).
Figure 6. Eurasian Summit, Eurasian National University,
Astana, Kazakhstan, 2012.
11 KOREA
11.1 International Conference, seminars:
1. The 5th Int. Symposium on Deformation Characteristics
of Geomaterials, September 2011, Seoul, Korea. 350
participants
2. Korea(KGS)-Russia(AIIS) Geotechnical Workshop, May
2012, Incheon, Korea. 60 participants
3. Korea-Kazakhstan Joint Geotechnical Seminar, August
2012, Incheon, Korea, 60 participants
4. International Joint Symposium on Urban Geotechnics for
Sustainable Development, 2012, Seoul, Korea. 100
participants
MOU: KGS has MOU with JGS (2008), CGES (2009), KGS
(2009), ASCE (2009), VGS (2009), 2010 (PWRI, Japan),
IGS(2011), AIIS(2012), TNC(2012)
11.2 Hosting ATC:
• ATC-7 Thick Deltaic Deposits (Chairman Nam-Jae
Yoo, Prof., Kanwoon National University, Secretary: Prof.
Yun-Tae Kim, Pukyong National University): Holding annual
symposiums, workshops, seminars, shot courses; Special
Session of ATC-7 during of 14 th ARC (Hong Kong)
• ATC 18: Chairman: Prof. Myoung-Mo Kim, Seoul
National University, Secretary: Sang-Seom Jeong, Yonsei
University: 4th Asian Workshop on ATC 18 (Mumbai, India,
September 2010); 5th Asian Workshop on ATC 18 during of
14 ARC 2011, Hong Kong
1st KGS Award (2011 Spring KGS convention):
• Dr. Suzanne Lacasse (Norwegian Geotechnical
Institute)
• Prof. Sangchul Bang (South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology)
2nd KGS Award (2012 Spring KGS convention):
• Prof. Nicholas Sitar(Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Berkeley)
• Prof. Chris Clayton (University of Southampton)
3rd KGS Award (2013 Spring KGS convention): Prof. Neil
Taylor(City University London)
11.3 National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
• 2011 Spring Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea. 450 participants
• 2011 Fall Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea.400 participants
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