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Appendix 7: Technical Oversight Committee Report to Council - Period from
October 2009 to August 2013
S. Lacasse
Chair TOC
M. Jamiolkowski, K. Karlsrud, K. Soga
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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR TOC
The Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has the mandate to
oversee the technical activities of ISSMGE. President Jean-
Louis Briaud created the TOC as a Board Level Committee. For
the period 2009-2013, the TOC liaised with the ISSMGE Vice-
Presidents, Professor Gabriel Auvinet and Professor Ivan
Vaniček. The TOC reports to the ISSMGE Board. The ISSMGE
President ratifies most of the decisions by the TOC. Figure 1
illustrates the TOC and the TCs in the ISSMGE organization
and the lines of communication.
The activities overseen by the TOC include:
• The ISSMGE Technical Committees (TCs): TOC
recommends the formation and dissolution of TCs,
suggests TC Chairs and four key members on each TC
to the ISSMGE President, and makes a decision on the
Terms of Reference proposed by each TC Chair. The
TOC has the responsibility to evaluate the work of the
TOC on a yearly basis.
• ISSMGE conferences, in particular the quadrennial
International Conference, and other ISSMGE con-
ferences via a liaison person, with purpose to work
closely with the organizing committee of the con-
ference to provide assistance on the quality of the
technical contributions and, where possible, to in-volve
the TCs in the program of the conference.
• Any other oversight effort dealing with the technical
activities of ISSMGE.
The primary mission of the TOC is to maintain/confirm the
quality of the TCs' composition, work plans and results.
Figure 1. Technical Oversight Committee (2009-2013) in ISSMGE
organization
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COMPOSITION OF TOC
The members of the TOC are representatives from six regions
of the ISSMGE. The TOC is composed of an executive with
four members and eight additional members. Originally, there
were nine members on the TOC, but Dr. Anwar E.Z. Wissa
(USA/Egypt, from Ardaman & Associates, Orlando Florida
USA) unfortunately passed away mid-term. The TOC decided
not to replace Dr. A.E.Z. Wissa.
Table 1. Composition of the ISSMGE Technical Oversight Committee
(2009-2013).
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ACTIVITIES PRIORITIZED BY TOC
The TOC concentrated its efforts on the following aspects:
• Creation and organization of TCs
• Revision of Guidelines for ISSMGE Technical Committees
• Simplifying the initialization of the TCs with each incoming
ISSMGE President
• Quality of TCs and TC work
• Periodical evaluation of the work by TCs
• System for Honours Lectures established by the TCs
Name
Function
Country
Affiliation
Suzanne Lacasse
Chair
Norway /
Canada
NGI
Kjell Karlsrud
Co-Chair
Norway
NGI
Michele Jamiolkowski Vice-chair
Italy
Politecnico di Torino/
Studio Geotecnico
Italiano
Kenichi Soga
Secretary
UK / Japan Cambridge University
Mounir Bouassida
Member
Tunisia
National Engineering
School of Tunis
Jonathan Bray
Member
USA
Univ. California
Berkeley
Mark Cassidy
Member
Australia
Univ. of Western
Australia
Antonio Gomes
Correia
Member
Portugal
University of Minho
Hungsung S. Lee
Member
South Korea Hyundai Co.
Ramon Verdugo
Member
Chile
University of Chile
Yoichi Watabe
Member
Japan
Port and Airport
Research Institute
Sherif Wissa Agaiby Member
Egypt
Univ. of Cairo / Dar
Al-Handasah
Consultants
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