Geo Events

The “cold regions” of the world cover large areas in the northern hemisphere, including Canada, Alaska, Finland, Norway, Sweden, vast portion of China and Russia, and all the northern tier of the United States. Cold regions cover 50% of the world’s total land area. Transportation infrastructure in cold regions faces great technical challenges due to ground freeze-thaw or permafrost degradation. New transportation infrastructure on embankments, such as high-speed railways on slab tracks or highways, requires high geometry standards. This Conference aims to provide a broader look at the overall problems faced by designers, contractors, and infrastructure owners during planning and building of transport infrastructure in cold regions.

AquaConSoil2019 will take place in the cultural capital of Flanders. Antwerp is both a bustling industrial port city and an outstanding historic centre for Belgian craftwork and artistry. It will host delegates from research institutes and universities, governmental and consultant organisations and from industry.

SETAC Helsinki is a 5-day event featuring a variety of training, networking and learning opportunities. You cannot miss this event if you are interested in emerging research, regulatory developments and the latest methodologies in environmental toxicology and chemistry. Between 2,000 and 2,500 scientists, assessors, regulators and managers from academia, business and government, representing an average of 60 countries, provides a unique networking opportunity and a chance for cross-collaboration long after the closing session.

Coastal Sediments is an international coastal science and engineering conference which has been held every four years since 1977, alternating with its sister conference, Coastal Dynamics. The Coastal Sediments Proceedings, published by World Scientific, are peer-reviewed and have a high impact on the coastal science and engineering community as tracked by Google Scholar.

Climate change is considered by many to be the challenge of the 21st century. The urgency and severity of this challenge call for integrated ways of looking at responses to reduce the risks associated with environmental and social stressors, and ensure a secure future for humans and ecosystems. Adapting to climate change requires a coordinated and synergistic approach from a diverse range of actors across sectors, as well as questioning assumptions about the drivers of risk, vulnerability and environmental change.

Thematical Sessions:
1. Conventionally excavated tunnels
2. Mechanically excavated tunnels
3. Other underground structures, repositories, reconstructions and history
4. Geotechnical investigation and monitoring
5. Numerical modelling, BIM, research and development
6. Equipment, operational safety and maintenance
7. Risk management, contractual relationships and funding
A significant foreign expert will give an invited lecture at the beginning of each section.

Smart resilience to climate change - Smart use of digital technologies - Responsive to local climates - Low carbon - Business smart

Benchmarking is of significant importance in geotechnical engineering, both for testing and verifying innovative soil investigation methods and foundation solutions. The 1st ISGTS aims to present detailed characterization of a wide range of natural soils used for benchmarking in geotechnical engineering, and promote an increase use of the benchmark sites as a research tool, as training and teaching facilities and as ground for development of new soil models, testing of new investigation methods and further advance the state-of-the-art.

As in the previous editions, the conference topics will address through general and parallel sessions the most recent developments in earthquake geotechnical engineering, stimulating fruitful technical and scientific interaction with the fields of seismology, geophysics, geology, structural and infrastructural engineering.

Engineers, financers, policy makers and innovators, both practitioners and academics, need to join forces. ICONHIC2019 invites all stakeholders to come together to question the status quo by proposing out-of-the-box solutions. Challenging panel discussions, top-notch lectures, bilateral meetings, oral sessions and a pre-conference forum are combined to maximize impact and applicability of proposed ideas.

7th ISDCG will follow both its traditions and active promotion of new technical elements to maintain it as one of the most popular and vibrant events within the geotechnical community. The technical core themes will focus on: (i) advanced laboratory geotechnical testing; (ii) application of advanced laboratory testing in research, site characterisation, and ground modelling; (iii) application of advanced testing to practical geotechnical engineering. In addition to these traditional topics, sub-themes will include cutting-edge techniques and approaches, for example experimental micro-mechanics, non-invasive monitoring systems, nano and micro-sensors, new sensing technologies. A key goal is to engage with the full spectrum of geotechnical specialists, from early career engineers and researchers through to world leading experts.

The Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMN 2019) aims to be a forum for the discussion of relevant scientific, and technological developments in computational mechanics, numerical methods and engineering applications. The scientific program will comprise plenary lectures from leading researchers and will be structured in thematic sessions in different research fields. The congress is open to professionals, researchers, educators, students and everyone else interested in numerical methods.

The organize committee of AP-UNSAT2019 hope that all events during the conference may provide an easy-access bridge between the theoretical researches and the practical applications related to unsaturated soils. In particular, young researchers and engineers dealing with unsaturated soils from Asia-Pacific region and beyond are warmly encouraged to attend the conference and submit their papers. Well-documented case histories from the region are also particularly welcome.

The theme of the Conference is "Geotechnical Engineering, foundation of the future", which embraces all aspects of geotechnical engineering. Geotechnical engineering is the foundation of current as well as future societies, which both rely on complex civil engineering infrastructures, and call for mitigation of potential geodangers posing threat to these. Geotechnical means and solutions are required to ensure infrastructure safety and sustainable development. Those means are rooted in past experiences enhanced by research and technology of today.

The potential to mitigate such a natural disasters in the future would have to be in the field of vulnerability reduction by adaptation, e.g. in urban planning and construction, based on risk and vulnerability maps. Geoinformation technologies will and better expressed should help in all facets of Disaster Management. An international effort in this direction is the Gi4DM series of Conferences, which was held for the first time in 2005 in Delft after the Indian Ocean Tsunami and repeated every year in almost all parts of the world. The upcoming conference in next September 2019 will demonstrate the last international advances in Geoinformation regarding the Disaster Management.

Predicting the behavior of fault and top seals remains a major uncertainty not just in the exploration, appraisal and production of conventional petroleum reservoirs but also in areas such as gas methane and CO2) storage and radioactive waste disposal.

The conference program includes the following topics:
- Laboratory and in-situ tests
- Theoretical and analytical solutions in geomechanics
- Numerical formulations of geotechnical problems
- Geotechnical practice and case study
- Transportation geotechnics
- Geological and glacitectonic problems
- Special session "Pile tests - 2019"

2019 will be a special year for the ISRM South America National Groups when the region welcomes the ISRM family for its 14th Congress. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay will be the host countries for the event that is to be held in Foz do Iguassu, city that marks the common border amongst these countries. The central theme of the Congress is Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development, a theme much relevant and needed for the current stage of most of the countries.

The conference will be organized under the auspices of Turkish Geotechnical Society and ISSMGE with the intention of bringing young geotechnical engineers and researchers from European countries together and encouraging them to present their work and reinforce their connections. An excellent platform will be provided for the young participants to meet and interact, to exchange knowledge and new ideas and to share interests and experiences while enjoying natural beauty of Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey.

With this event, the creation of future collaborations and networks is aimed between young researchers and fellow colleagues while the geotechnical topics are discussed.

This conference aims to address the most updated developments in information communication and technologies in geo-engineering. It covers the application to laboratory and field tests, as well as the monitoring and survey of geo-structures. It embraces also intelligent geomaterials, intelligent construction and all the related aspects with design, construction and maintenance of geo-structures.

The main theme of the 17th ARCSMGE is “Innovation and Sustainability in Geotechnics for Developing Africa”. The theme originates from the fact that Africa as a whole suffers from a pronounced infrastructural deficit when compared to other developed countries and regions. Therefore, both innovative and sustainable infrastructure is crucial for Africa’s economic integration. As such, the vision of improved geotechnics is a positive notion directed at the development of the continent.

The Offshore Energy Conference addresses topics of interest to all levels of the industry ranging from young professionals to seasoned industry leaders. The three-day program consists of Keynotes on Gas, Oil, Offshore Wind and Marine Energy, Master Classes and Thematic Sessions. The conference covers a spectrum of topics from technological innovation in various disciplines to industry wide strategic challenges.

The main theme of the 16ARC is Geotechnique for Sustainable Development and Emerging Market Regions. A number of subjects on modern geotechnical technologies and activities will be covered up to match up the main theme.

Natural resources of our planet are among the main topics of interest for geoethics. Referring to surface and groundwater management, geoethics promotes a prudent and responsible use, and recycling wherever possible, fostering key concepts like sustainability, respect for natural dynamics, and preservation from pollution. In this perspective, geoscientists are called to disseminate correct information on the best way to manage water resources for the benefit of society, and to sensitize public opinion about the active contribution the population can give to the conservation of water in order to avoid the depletion of this essential resource for the life on the planet.

4th DRR2019 is the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners to present the most recent trends, practical challenges and the solutions for natural disaster risk reduction. In the fourth edition, we would like to focus on local problems and solutions highlighted in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). Session topics will cover theoretical and practical issues of natural disaster risk reductio. There is a place for geographical physical and social issues as well as the risk reduction management in the context of natural hazards.
4th DRR2019 will host several workshops addressing different areas related to DRR. Workshops are intended to serve as an intensive collaborative forum for exchanging ideas, theories and practis.

In this 4th conference, besides the four typical themes of GEOTEC HANOI series, i.e. Deep foundations, Tunnelling and underground spaces, Ground improvement, and Geotechnical modelling and monitoring, two new and imperative topics in sustainable development, namely, Landslide and erosion, and Coastal foundation engineering, are also included.

The purpose of this symposium is to promote the exchange of newly invented technology among young and skilled researchers/engineers and to aid in the passing on of this technology and future developments to the younger generations.

The broad theme of “Geotechnical Engineering” has been kept for 15ICGE to attract a diversity of quality papers from around the globe. The Conference will act as a platform for exchange of technical ideas between Clients, Consultants, Contractors and Manufacturers. Outstanding keynote lectures, presentations and technical discussions will afford opportunity to explore the advancements in geotechnical engineering. Select papers from the conference shall be considered for journal publication in Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

The objective of ISGSR 2019 is to provide a forum for reliability researchers, design code developers, and practitioners to discuss RBD implementation issues, be it in the semi-probabilistic format, direct probabilistic format, or a full risk informed format, in the context of design circumstances distinctive to geotechnical engineering, such as diversity of in-situ conditions, scarcity of information, importance of observational approach, fuzzy divide between design and construction, difficulty of standardization, and robustness/resilience. ISGSR 2019 also hopes to engage the broader community which would include rock engineers and engineering geologists.

Geomechanics, Environment and Energy are increasingly related and contemporary themes. The goal of the school is to provide the participants with a deep understanding on selected topics in Geomechanics which are fundamental for applications related to Energy and the Environment. This year we have invited four renowned guest lecturers to present various topics related to the field of geomechanics.

Avalanches, debris flows, floods, landslides & rock falls. Focus will be on integrated management of natural hazards and risks, equally considering causes of disasters as well as measures of prevention, preparedness, response and recovery in the view of climate and social changes.

The Nordic Geotechnical Meeting is one of the oldest seminar series in the field of geotechnical Engineering. We wish all geotechnical experts welcome to Helsinki to join our professional event.

Finnish Geotechnical Society (SGY) invites you to the 14th Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference 2020. The conference will be held in beautiful Helsinki Finland 25-27 May 2020. The theme of the conference is Urban Geotechnics.

EUROCK 2020 Hard rock Engineering Themes at a glance:

Hard rock tunneling and rock support / Weakness zone issues / Design of unlined hydropower tunnels / Rock stress estimation and measurement
Characterization of rock mass / Recent advances in rock mechanics theory / Brittle failure / Rock falls/Rock avalanches - mapping and monitoring
Abrasivity/advance and cutter wear in hard rock conditions / Rock support design in swelling clay conditions

The event is the fourth of a series of European conferences and will be hosted at IST in Lisbon, Portugal, from 24 to 26 June 2020. Thematic sessions will be on (i) Climate Stresses, (ii) Environmental Geotechnics, (iii) Energy Geotechnics, (iv) From Micro to Macro and (v) on any topic related to unsaturated soils and rock mechanics and geoengineering. Applications to Geotechnical Engineering (Linear Infrastructures, Landslides, Field Measurements, …) and new topics will be also addressed, such as (i) Nano-Micro Technology, (ii) Bio-Inspired Technology and (iii) Powder-Grain Technology.

The main topics addressed by TC204 Cambridge 2020 concern the geotechnical aspects of the analysis, design, construction and maintenance of deep excavations, tunnels and large underground structures, with particular emphasis on the development, effects and control of ground movements, their interaction with existing structures, mitigation measures and risk management.

The aim of the conference is to give an up-to-date picture of the broad research field of computational geomechanics. Contributions from experts around the world will cover a wide range of research topics in geomechanics. Pre-conference courses will also be held in Grenoble (France) and Milan (Italy).

ISFOG 2020 will strive to continue providing a specialist forum for practitioners and academics to share solutions and new ideas that address the dynamic challenges of working in offshore design and installation. It will highlight emerging technologies related to data science and also emphasize the recent surge in offshore renewables development, both domestically in the United States and globally.

See more information in link to "Call for abstracts" below.

Site characterisation is unarguably the most important, but also most “difficult”, component of geo-engineering. ISC’6 brings together the world’s experts who, with you and others, are working daily to improve the quality and reduce the difficulties involved. This conference is the forum for sharing this knowledge and experience. Hear and contribute to the latest ideas and technologies at the conference. See and touch and learn of the latest hardware and software and services at the trade exhibition.

This Forum will include a mid-term review of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships, voluntary contribution to the Sendai Framework 2015-2030 and the Agenda 2030 – Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Participants of the Fourth World Landslide Forum adopted the 2017 Ljubljana Declaration on Landslide Risk Reduction – contributing to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Declaration proposes the Kyoto 2020 Commitment for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk to be finalized during the preparatory activities for WLF5 and adopted during WLF5 in order to serve this purpose. The Commitment aims to establish in the medium and long term a global alliance that will accelerate and incentivize action for landslide risk reduction.