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Proceedings of the 18
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International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
The 5
th
international Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference - iYGEC 2013
Le 5
ème
Congrès International des Jeunes Ingénieurs Géotechniciens - iYGEC 2013
Yu-Jun CUI
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REPORT
The fifth international Young Geotechnical Engineers’
Conference – iYGEC 2013 was held on 31st of August and 1st
of September, 2013, at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)
under the auspices of the French Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) and the International Society
for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
The Organising Committee was composed of: Yu-Jun Cui
(Chair), Fabrice Emeriault (Co-chair), Séverine Beaunier, Fahd
Cuira, Siavash Ghabezloo, Jean-Michel Pereira, Hugo Ravel,
Michael Reboul and Anh Minh Tang. The contribution of the
following volunteer PhD students is greatly appreciated: Rawaz
Muhammed, Trong Vinh Duong, Hamza Menaceur, Sadok Feia,
Linh Quyen Dao, Simona Saba, Jean-François Bruchon and
Radja Elandaloussi. In Fig. 1 some of these volunteers can be
identified, working at registration desk.
Figure 1. Registration with the help of volunteer PhD students
Figure 2. At opening ceremony
The president of the French Society of Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) - Philippe Mestat - opened
the Conference, and the Director of Ecole des Ponts ParisTech -
Armel de la Bourdonnaye and the President of the Student and
Young Member Presidential Group (SYMPG) - Jennifer Nicks
delivered warm addresses (see Fig. 2). The former ISSMGE
President, Jean-Louis Briaud especially prepared a piece of
video for an encouraging address.
The iYGEC conference series aims at bringing together
young people who may be studying for a PhD or Msc or at the
early stage of their career in industry or academia, and enables
them to communicate with each other and to share their
experience in their academic and professional activities.
Traditionally, the participants are selected by their respective
ISSMGE Member Society – i.e., two nominees per Member
Society. For this fifth edition of iYGEC, in order to further
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