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Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
was working very hardly. Into main technical programme two
Keynote lectures were included (Prof. Robert Mair and Prof.
Antonio Gens), as well one Heritage Lecture by Prof. Th.
Tassios. One hour was also devoted to the 75th Anniversary of
our society. The main programme consisted from the Main
Sessions followed by Discussion Sessions:
-Investigations, Classification and Testing;
-Selection of Parameters Modelling;
-Foundations and Ground Improvement;
-Embankments and Dams – Slopes and Landslides;
-Excavations and Tunnelling;
-Role of Geotechnics for the Protection of the Environment.
Very interesting Workshops, combining activities of
individual European Regional Technical Committees were
organized on Sunday, September 11.
Even when the conference was arranged nearly at the top of
economic crisis the conference was very well attended and the
participants were going back at home not only with new
technical information but also with nice memory on pleasant
conference atmosphere and hospitality. Only the number of
participants from Greece was little bid lower than organizers
expected. The state of the preparation of the next European
Conference of ISSMGE was presented at the end of the closing
ceremony.
XVI European Conference ISSMGE in Edinburgh,
Scotland from 13th to 17th September 2015
The BGA prepared bid for this conference just in time,
before May 31st , 2011. No other European Society asked for, as
probably accepted hard work of the BGA, which prepared the
first proposal in 2006.
The BGA bid has been put together by a small sub-
committee led by co-Chairmen Dr. Mike Winter (Transport
Research Laboratory, Edinburgh) and Mr Derek Smith (Coffey
Geotechnics Ltd.). Main theme:
“Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and
Development”
Many supporting organisations have expressed a wish to
assist on the Organising Committee. Conference venue -
Edinburgh Convention Bureau, first proposal of the Technical
programme and Conference Budget are specified in details.
More details will be presented during IC in Paris and you
can check the conference development on web page:
3.3 European Regional Conferences
Danube European conferences
14th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, June 2nd-4th 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia
After thirty-three years the Danube-European Conference on
Geotechnical Engineering had came back to Bratislava, the
capital city of Slovak Republic. The 14th conference took place
in the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of
University of Technology, the organizers composed from
triumvirate Prof. P.Turcek, J. Hulla and J.Frankovska. The main
topic of the conference was
"From Research to Design in European Practice".
The topic was discussed in one keynote lecture session and
during seven sessions:
• Session 1: Ground characterization and new development
in soil mechanics,
• Session 2: Case studies using Eurocode 7,
• Session 3: Specific problems for environmental
consideration,
• Session 4: Design methods for geotechnical structures,
• Session 5: Monitoring and supervision of geotechnical
considerations,
• Session 6: Numerical and physical models in geotechnical
design,
• Session 7: Interactive design and other problems in
geotechnical practice,
Despite to the world wide economical crises and thanks to
the prestigious reputation of Danube – conferences in history,
this conference was again attended by many world leaders of
the geotechnical engineering: Prof. J.L. Briaud from USA
(President of ISSMGE), Prof. P. Seco E.Pinto from Portugal
(former President of ISSMGE), Prof. I.Vaníček from the Czech
Republic (Vice - President of ISSMGE for Europe), Prof. R.
Frank from France (former Vice - President of ISSMGE for
Europe), Prof. H. Brandl from Austria and many others.
According to the feed-back reactions from participants and
ISSMGE representatives, the conference was successful.
The conference was attended by 245 participants from 38
countries of the world. Their papers were published in the
proceedings containing the main lectures and abstracts. The full
papers were published in an electronic form on CD. The
proceedings contain 175 papers of which 68 were presented
orally in one of the conference sessions. More details are in
ISSMGE Bulletin, Volume 4, Issue 4.
15th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, September 9-11, 2014, Vienna, Austria –
jubilee conference – 50 anniversary of Danube-European
Conferences on Geotechnical Engineering.
Main theme:
“Geotechnics and Roads and Railways”
Chairman of the Organizing committee is Prof. Brandl who
attended the first one 50 years ago and vice-chairman is Prof. D.
Adam from Technical University Vienna, contact:
More details can be obtained on web
page
16th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering will be arranged in Serbia, Belgrade in 2018, as
proposed by the chairman of the Serbian society Prof. M.
Maksimovic.
Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conferences
XII Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference was arranged in
Germany. Rostock, 31 May–2 June 2012.
Main theme of the conference:
“Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea Region”
The German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and the
University of Rostock under the chairmanships of Prof. G.
Heerten and Prof. F. Saathoff were responsible for this activity,
which obtained more than 150 papers from 23 countries. Part of
the programme was Mercer Lecture presented by Dr.-Ing.
Michael Heibaum, BAW (Federal Waterways Engineering and
Research Institute), Karlsruhe, Germany, with title:
“Geosynthetics for waterways and flood protection structures –
controlling the interaction of water and soil”.
2 Keynote Lectures were presented by N.Nolte from
Germany (“Offshore wind energy”) and by J.Kammer from
Denmark (“Fehmarn Belt Project”). Six main sessions were
focused on: Traffic infrastructure, Research and development
projects, Constructions in soft subsoil, Harbour construction,
Coast protection and Foundations for offshore wind energy
plants.
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