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Proceedings of the 18
th
International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
Conferences and seminars being planned in next few years (with AGS
as main or co-sponsor)
Title
Date(s) and
location of
conference or
seminar
Name of organising
organisation and
other co-sponsor (if
any)
19th ICSMGE
2017
Sydney
ISSMGE
[Bid made at Paris
Council meeting but
not successful]
5th International
Conference on Problematic
Soils
4-6 December
2013
Melbourne
International
Association of
Engineering
Geologists
(Commission 18,
Collapsible Soils),
RMIT
8th International
Conference on Physical
Modelling in Geotechnics
January 2014
Perth
ISSMGE (TC104)
7th International Congress
on Environmental
Geotechnics
9-14 November
2014
Melbourne
ISSMGE (TC215)
6th International
Conference on Unsaturated
Soils (UNSAT 2014)
July 2014
Brisbane
ISSMGE (TC106)
10th ANZ Young
Geotechnical Professionals
Conference
2014
Brisbane
NZGS
5th International
Conference on In-situ
Testing and Geophysical
Characterisation
2016
Brisbane
ISSMGE Technical
Committee TC102
Training courses etc.
Title of course
Date(s) and
location
Name of organising
organisation and other co-
sponsor (if any)
AGS Geology for
Engineers Course
Bi-Annual course
since 2008
Adelaide
Delivered by Dr Fred
Baynes, Baynes Geologic,
Mark Eggers, Pells Sullivan
Meynink and Dr Phil
Flentje, University of
Wollongong Faculty of
Engineering for the AGS as
a CPD Course.
AGS Engineering
Geology Course
22-30 September
2012
Wollongong
Delivered by Dr Fred
Baynes, Baynes Geologic,
Mark Eggers, Pells Sullivan
Meynink and Dr Phil
Flentje, University of
Wollongong Faculty of
Engineering for the AGS as
a CPD Course.
Soil & Rock
Logging Course –
AS1726
Geotechnical Site
Investigations
August 2012
Melbourne
August 2013
Adelaide
Delivered by Dr Fred
Baynes, Baynes Geologic,
for the AGS as a CPD
Course.
Prizes and awards (National only)
Award
Year of
award
Winner
EH Davis Memorial
Lecture (biennial)
2011
Dr Mark Cassidy
Geotechnical
Practitioner of the
Year Award (biennial)
2012
Gary Chapman
D.H. Trollope Medal
2012
Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn
Design procedure for vertical
drains considering a linear
variation of lateral
permeability within the smear
zone
John Jaeger Memorial
Award
2012
Professor Ian Johnston
AGS – Don Douglas
Youth Fellowship
2012
David Lacey
The Australian
Geomechanics Award
2011
Dr W.S. Kaggwa and Dr Y.L.
Kuo.
Probabilistic Techniques
in Geotechnical Modelling –
Which One Should You Use?
AG Vol 46 28 No 3 September
2011
2012
Peter C Stone
- Landslide
impacts on the South Coast
Railway During the 1988-90
El Nino Event
Engineers Australia Sir
John Holland Civil
Engineer of the Year
2011
Andrew Leventhal
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APPENDIX B - NEW ZEALAND GEOTECHNICAL
SOCIETY (NZGS)
This appendix contains a summary of the highlights of the
activities of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS).
Membership statistics
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
NZGS
731
756
759
884
982
ISSMGE
421
440
443
506
575
Young Geotechnical Professional Activities
9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, 11 to 14
July 2012, Melbourne (organised jointly by ANZ and NZGS)
2011 NZGS Student Awards, 20 October 201, Auckland
2012 NZGS Student Awards Poster Competition, 27 November
2012, Auckland (main) / Hamilton (video streamed) / Christchurch
(video streamed)
Publications
NZ Geomechanics News –
published 2 times per year (editors Hamish
Maclean and Camilla Gibbons)
Featured articles:
June 2011 Issue – Special feature with articles on Christchurch
earthquake of February 2011
December 2011 – Geology of the Auckland Urban Area –
Revisiting Kermode (1992) and the Manukau Fault
June 2012 – Special feature containing past articles of Life
Members of NZGS
December 2012 – Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrogeology-
Driving the Victoria Park Tunnel Project
June 2013 – Includes a Technical Article on the ‘Liquefaction
Severity Number,’ a new Christchurch specific liquefaction damage
index based on correlations with extensive damage observations
and geotechnical investigations
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