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5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics – Call for abstracts

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The Transport Research Centre, UTS, in liaison with ISSMGE Technical Committees, TC202, TC 211, TC307 and the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) is organizing the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics in Sydney, Australia, from 18 to 20 November 2024.  Conference Chair: Distinguished Prof  Buddhima [email protected] Technical Program Chair:Prof Cholachat [email protected] Secretary:Dr Chamindi [email protected] Important Dates Abstract Due: 30 June 2023 Notifying Abstract Acceptance:  31 July 2023 Full paper submission: 28 February 2024 Notifying Paper Acceptance:  31 March 2024 Final manuscript submission: 30 May 2024 Abstract Submission Site eOrganiser Login – ICTG 2024

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AGS Harry Poulos Award: Call for Nominations

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The Australian Geomechanics Society (Sydney Chapter) has established the Harry Poulos Award in recognition of the extraordinary impact of Professor Harry Poulos’s contributions to pile foundation analysis and design and his work in understanding soil structure interaction. His research has enabled a more reliable approach to be adopted for pile design, replacing procedures that previously relied purely on experience and empiricism. He has been a prolific contributor to and supporter of the activities of the international and Australian geotechnical community. Basis of the award The award will be presented annually to a person selected by the Sydney Chapter Committee as having made a significant contribution to either practice and/ or research in foundation engineering or soil structure interaction that has…

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Call for abstracts – 2023 NSW Research Award Night

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2023 NSW Research Award Night  As part of their ongoing support of academic institutions and students, the Sydney and Newcastle Chapters of the Australian Geomechanics Society are offering the prestigious AGS NSW Research Award for research in Geotechnical Engineering or Engineering Geology. The award aims to provide a forum for research students from NSW universities to showcase their research to the wider Geotechnical Community. Important Dates Closing date for submissions 17th May 2023 Selection of Three Finalists 19th June 2023 Finalists Presentation (Sydney) 12th July 2023 Eligibility The award is open to: Candidates must preferably be current research students (i.e. No PhD awarded at the time of the application) or research students that have been awarded their PhD within a year of the event. Also, they must…

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Call for abstracts – Sydney Symposium 2023

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The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) Sydney Chapter is holding its 27th annual Symposium on Friday 10 November 2023, ‘Sustainable Geotechnics in design, materials, construction and maintenance’. The symposium forms part of the continuing program of events organised by the AGS Sydney Chapter. It aims to encourage ideas and discussions about one of the key aspects of design, construction and research which are becoming more prevalent in industry and academia. Overview The symposium will showcase state-of-the- art practices, new research findings and case histories that demonstrate sustainable design, construction and development. The organising committee invites papers on reliability-based approaches covering various aspects of site investigations, interpretations, designs, specialised testing and technologies. The symposium presents an opportunity for professional engineers, researchers, specialist…

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Call for abstracts – 2023 Victoria Symposium

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The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) is pleased to announce the 2023 AGS Victorian Symposium titled “Novel Solutions in Geotechnical Engineering” to be held on 25 October 2023. The symposium forms part of the continuing program of events organised by the Victoria Chapter of the AGS. The event is designed to showcase recent novel solutions and innovations to address geotechnical challenges in practice.  This symposium will be held as a face-to-face event in Melbourne.  The event For the past decade, Australia and particularly Victoria has seen unprecedented boom in infrastructure investment involving mega-projects, transport and rail developments. These significant infrastructure developments have generated new geotechnical challenges due to complex geological conditions, spatial variability of the ground and…

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245th IAEG Connector

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The latest IAEG Connector newsletter, including coverage of more floods, landslides, liquefaction and mine crashes worldwide, is available to read online.

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IAEG XIV Congress 2023

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The XIV Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment will be held in Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center, Chengdu, China from September 21 to 27, 2023. Based on the theme of “Engineering Geology for a Habitable Earth”, the congress expects to enhance the disciplinary and research development of international engineering geology and the environment, and contributes to the advancement of major projects, ecological progress, and habitable earth with research and discussion in global climate change mitigation and adaption, geological hazard assessment and prevention, geotechnical properties of rock and soil mass, engineering geology applied to traffic, energy, urban and marine, ecological environment protection in major projects, and artificial intelligence, new theories and technologies in engineering geology, etc. We…

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244th IAEG Connector

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The latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter, covering a week of spectacular geodisasters, is available to read online.

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Call for Papers: ISRM Global Journal 2nd Edition

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The next journal issue will be published in late-March 2023, and we are calling for papers from risk and resilience management professionals who would like to share their experience and insights with their colleagues. Aligning with the Australian CIS (Cyber and Infrastructure Security) Conference 2023, the theme for this edition is “Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure” – and we are looking to publish 18 papers in total. Papers will be chosen based on the grounds of relevance, quality, and significance. Papers may also be chosen, at the editor’s discretion, for inclusion in future journal issues. Deadline for Submission The deadline for submissions is Friday 24th February 2023. Submissions can either be opinion pieces or peer-reviewed articles, guidelines for which are…

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AGS change of address

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Members are reminded that the society postal address has changed. All correspondence should be addressed to: P.O. Box 7The Gap QLD 4061 Mail sent to the previous address will no longer be received.

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