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ISSMGE Council Meeting, Paris, France, September, 2013
•
All-Russian scientific and technical conference
«numerical methods in geotechnical engineering, SPBGASU,
2011..
•
IV Central Asian Geotechnical Symposium "Geo-
Engineering for Construction and Conservation of Cultural
Heritage and Historical Sites (Challenges and Solution)" –
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 21-23 September. 2012.
•
Тhe annual scientific Conference of the Faculty and staff
of the Tajik Technical University (Geotechnical section). –
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2011-2013 biennium.
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VIETNAM
19.1
International Conferences, seminars, courses:
•
1
st
International conference on Geotecnics for
Sustainable Development Geotec Hanoi 2011, 6-7 October,
2011, Hanoi, Vietnam. 450 participants from 25 countries.
•
Short course on Tunneling in Soft Soil, given by Prof.
Alain Guilloux and Prof. Pierre Duffaut (France) in Hanoi 10
October, in Da Nang 12 October and in Ho Chi Minh City 13
October 2011.
•
Vietnamese Geotechnical Day 16 May 2012 in Hanoi, 22
May 2012 in Da nang City, and 25 May 2012 in Ho Chi Minh
City.
•
Seminar
Geotechnical
Engineering
for
Green
Development GEGD2013, 18-19 January 2013, Hanoi
(Lecturing tour by Prof. Jaen-Louis Briaud, ISSMGE
President).
19.2
The periodical journals (2011-2013):
Vietnamese Geotechnical Journal (VGJ) releases four issues
per year. During 2 October 2011 till 15 April 2013, the
following issues have been published:
•
VGJ issue December 2011
•
VGJ issue March 2012
•
VGJ issue June 2012
•
VGJ issue September 2012
•
VGJ issue December 2012
(see Figure 7).
Figure 7.
The 1
st
International Conference on Foundation
and Soft Ground Engineering Challenges in Mekong Delta
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CONCLUSION
1.
Asian Technical Committees are more concentrated in
JGS (Japan), KGS (Korea) and KGS (Kazakhstan). There
must be also other Asian technical committees to open door
in other Asian regions with focusing on local geotechnical
specifics and challenges.
2.
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are newly joined
members and probably need to establish international
geotechnical seminars such as Touring Lectures.
3.
Board of ISSMGE and also Asian Council Members must
systematically work for opening of new Asian geotechnical
societies (Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, UAE, Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Philippines, Cambodia,
Jordan and other countries in Asian Region).
4.
Asian Technical Committees must be prepare their term
of references for including to website of ISSMGE
5.
Asian Geotechnical Societies must be also increasing
members of CAes and Foundation Donors of ISSMGE for
supporting of young geotechnical generation for attending
international and regional geotechnical conferences.
6.
Important issues in present: to establish an Asian
Emergency Task Force Teams to study natural geohazards
including earthquakes, tsunami and landslides, and to make
recommendations for mitigating these hazards; to develop
more interactions between practice and academic partners /
sectors within the member societies and also to connect to
international organizations including UNESCO, ISO and UN.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want express deep thanks for each Presidents and General
Secretaries of Asian Geotechnical Societies for their great
efforts of development activity of Asian Region of ISSMGE.
I would like say special thanks for ISSMGE Board (2009-
2013): Prof. Neil Taylor, Prof. Pedro Simão Sêco e Pinto,
Prof. Samuel Uche Ejezie, Prof. Michael C.R. Davies, Prof.
Ivan Vaníček, Prof. Gabriel Auvinet, Prof. Roberto Terzariol,
Prof. Roger Frank, Prof. Charles Ng, Prof. Ikuo Towhata for
work together 4 years under and with our President of
ISSMGE Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud (2009-2013), who maked
great revolution in structure of ISSMGE.
I want also express of my appreciations to my secretariat in
Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan: Dr. Assel
Tulebekova, Ms. Bibigul Abdrakhmanova, who help me at
during time of my duty as VP for Asia.
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