ISSMGE News & Information Circular - August 2016

Please visit the ISSMGE website ; http://www.issmge.org/ for full details of all ISSMGE activities.

1. Upcoming International Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conferences.
Please note that there may still be time to encourage your young geotechnical engineers to attend their regional YGECs.

·8th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineering Conference, 5-7 August 2016 - Astana, Kazakhstan. Information: http://kgs-astana.wix.com/8aygec
·5th African Young Geotechnical Engineering Conference, 10-12 August 2016, Kumasi, Ghana. Information: 5aygec16@gmail.com
·5th South American Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference - SAYGEC/GEOJOVEM 2016. 19-22 October 2016, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Information: http://cobramseg2016.com.br/index.php/geojovem-sobre/
·11th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference (11YGPC). 25-28 October 2016, Queenstown, New Zealand. Information: http://www.nzgs.org/resources/pdfs/YGP_11Queens2016formsv1.pdf

2. ISSMGE Webinars
Speaker : Yoshi Iwasaki (Japan)
Date : 12:00 (noon) GMT, Monday, 27th June 2016
Title : Geotechnical Engineering for Conservation of Heritage.

3.ISSMGE Bulletins
To retrieve copies of the ISSMGE Bulletin, please go to http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/issmge-bulletin

4.Conferences
Conferences added since the July edition of the Circular:
·The 1st International Symposium on Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Sustainability, 8- 9 August 2016, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong S.A.R., E-mail: gwang@ust.hk, Website: http://www.ce.ust.hk/issdgs2016/
·Advancing Experimental Geomechanics, 31 October ; 2 November, University of Sydney, Australia, E-mail: benjy.marks@sydney.edu.au, Website: http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/civil/research/scigem/workshops/aeg2016.shtml
·XXIII CAMSIG - Argentinian Congress on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 9-11 November 2016, Paraninfo de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fé, Argentina, E-mail: camsig2016@frsf.utn.edu.ar; Website: http://fich.unl.edu.ar/camsig2016/#about
·International Seminar on Roads, Bridges and Tunnels, 18-24 November 2016, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece, E-mail: isrbt@civil.auth.gr, Website: http://isrbt2016.civil.auth.gr/
·International Conference on Advances in structural and geotechnical engineering ICASGE17, 27-30 March 2017, Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, E-mail: marawan.shahin@f-eng.tanta.edu.eg, website: http://icasge.com/home/main/2017
·Second International Symposium on Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics (CPEG2), 6-8 September 2016, University of Leeds, UK, E-mail: CPEG2@leeds.ac.uk, Website: http://tinyurl.com/cpeg2017
·XVI Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 18-22 November 2019, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, E-mail: support@panamerican2019mexico.com, website: http://panamerican2019mexico.com/

5. ISSMGE Foundation
The next deadline for receipt of applications for awards from the ISSMGE Foundation is the 1st November 2016. Click here for further information on the ISSMGE Foundation.

6. 2016 Geotechnical Business Directory
Be part of the 2016 Geotechnical Business Directory! Access the online platform of the directory at http://www.mygeoworld.info/business-directory/ where you can also access last year’s e-book. Any questions, contact Dimitrios Zekkos, Chair of the Innovation and Development Committee (zekkos@geoengineer.org).