GNIG – Gruppo Nazionale di Ingegneria Geotecnica

DFI-EFFC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEEP FOUNDATIONS & GROUND IMPROVEMENT

Urbanization and Infrastructure Development: Future Challenges

ROME, ITALY ~ JUNE 6-8, 2018

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) are organizing our next International Conference on 6-8 June 2018 in Rome, Italy.  The conference is being presented to discuss the future challenges our industry faces in relation to urbanization and infrastructure development.

Through the conference presentations and discussions, we aim to explore the worldwide industry’s challenges presented by owners and owners’ representatives (consultants and construction managers) who are associated with building the infrastructure systems that meet modern demands.

The enclosed Conference Introduction and Call for Abstracts documents further explain the full scope of the planned conference content and the forum we are looking to provide for all members of our geotechnical construction community.

Theresa Engler – DFI Executive Director (tengler@dfi.org)

Massimo Grisolia – Conference Chair (massimo.grisolia@uniroma1.it)

Dear TC203 Committee members: Please see below information about the GEESD V conference in Austin in June 2018.  We hope you will submit an abstract and join us in Austin in 2018.  Please feel free to forward this information to local geotechnical societies within your countries.

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics 2018 (GEESD V)

Austin, Texas 

June 10-13, 2018

Abstracts Due: May 24, 2017

On behalf of the Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Committee of the Geo-Institute (G-I) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), we would like to cordially invite you to attend the 5th Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (GEESD V), which will be held June 10–13, 2018 in Austin, TX.  GEESD V 2018 builds upon the success of past events in Sacramento CA (2008), Seattle WA (1998), Park City UT (1988), and Pasadena CA (1978).

GEESD V 2018 will feature a wide range of knowledge-enhancing keynote speakers, technical sessions, and short courses focused on the following topics:

• Ground motions and site response
• Seismic hazard assessment
• Recent Advances in In Situ Site Characterization
• Liquefaction: Triggering, Consequences, and Mitigation
• Recent Advances in Numerical Modeling
• Recent Advances in Physical Modeling
• Laboratory Testing
• Seismic Slope Stability and Landslides
• Induced Seismicity
• Regional Scale Assessment of GeoHazards
• Applications of Remote Sensing

The deadline for abstract submission is May 24, 2017.  Please visit www.geesd2018.org for more information and to access the abstract submission system.