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Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
Also this European Regional Conference approved the idea
of cooperation in our profession in region where are solved very
similar problems. More details can be found in ISSMGE
Bulletin, Vol. 6, issues 5 – October 2012.
Also a special meeting of interested persons was held there
to discuss the future and the final decision and recommendation
was:
- to arrange next XIII Baltic-Sea Geotechnical
Conference in Lithuania, Vilnius in 2016, but the
exact day to discuss with colleagues from Iceland who
are responsible for the next Nordic Geotechnical Day
(Meeting) in 2016 in Reykjavik (May 25-28)
- in future – in 2020 - to think about the possibility to
join both of these activities (e.g. in Helsinki 2020).
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.
Also this European Regional Conference approved the idea
of cooperation in our profession in region where are solved very
similar problems. More details can be found in ISSMGE
Bulletin, Vol. 6, issues 5 – October 2012.
Also a special meeting of interested persons was held there
to discuss the future and the final decision and recommendation
was:
- to arrange next XIII Baltic-Sea Geotechnical
Conference in Lithuania, Vilnius in 2016, but the
exact day to discuss with colleagues from Iceland who
are responsible for the next Nordic Geotechnical Day
(Meeting) in 2016 in Reykjavik (May 25-28)
- in future – in 2020 - to think about the possibility to
join both of these activities (e.g. in Helsinki 2020).
Nordic Geotechnical Meeting
16 Nordic Geotechnical Meeting - NGM 2012, 9th -12th
May 2012, Tivoli Congress Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
255 delegates participated in the 16th Nordic Geotechnical
Meeting, organized by the Danish Geotechnical Society (DGF),
when triumvirate composed by M. A. Jørgensen, A.T.S.
Andersen and J.S.Steenfelt was responsible for this activity.
Two Keynote Lectures were presented by Prof. P.W.Mayne
(“Site investigation in the year 2012”) and by Dr. B.Simpson
(“Eurocode 7 –Fundamental issues and some implications for
users”). 95 papers and two keynotes papers were accepted and
presented during the proceedings. They were also provided on a
USB key, which was included in the conference bag. The
presentations by Paul W. Mayne, Brian Simpson, Ivan Vaníček
and 49 others were available as pdf files at
together with very good summary of NGM2012, where not only
technical aspects were emphasized, by also different cultural
activities. Part of the NGM 2012 was also a visit to the Metro
City Circle (MCC or, in Danish, Cityringen). The MCC is a
new metro line with 17 underground stations in Copenhagen.
17 Nordic Geotechnical Meeting – NGM 2016 will be
arranged in Reykjavik, Iceland, 25-28th of May, 2016. Contact:
e-mail
3.4 European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conferences
20th EYGEC, Brno, Czech Republic, 2010
From May 30 to June 1, 2010, the Brno University of
Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of
Geotechnics, hosted the 20th European Young Geotechnical
Conference co-organized by the Czech and Slovak Committee
for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Mr. Jiří
Boštík and Mrs. Věra Glisníkova were most important persons
of the Organizing committee.
The conference was attended by 48 geotechnical engineers
of age up to 35 from 28 European countries nominated by their
respective National Societies for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering.
The papers were published in the conference proceedings
“GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 20, View of Young
European Geotechnical Engineers, Brno 2010“. Presentations of
the conference delegates were classified into three main
sessions:
1. Ground Investigation
2. Geomechanics
3. Geotechnics
3.1 Foundation Engineering, 3.2 Earth Structures, 3.3
Underground Structures, 3.4 Environmental Geotechnics.
According to the guidelines the sessions were “chaired by
friendly, professional engineers” – John Atkinson (Emeritus
Professor of Soil Mechanics, City University London), Jean-
Louis Briaud (President of ISSMGE, Texas A&M University,
USA) and Ivan Vaníček (Vice President ISSMGE for Europe,
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic).
Besides delegate’s presentations, four keynote lectures were
delivered. John Atkinson delivered his lecture on “How to do
research”. Jean-Louis Briaud talked about “ISSMGE, research,
and education”. Jiří Műhl (Technical Director of Foundation
Engineering Inc., Prague, Czech Republic) and Jan Šperger
(Foundation Engineering Inc., Prague, Czech Republic)
presented “Modern foundation technologies”. Finally, Miloš
Polenka (GEOtest Brno, Inc., Czech Republic) delivered his
lecture on “The removal of rocky environment and groundwater
contamination – GEOtest Brno case studies”.
The days of hard work were accompanied by more relaxing
evening programmes: the sightseeing, dinner with live dulcimer
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