Society News

Call for abstracts – 2022 AGS Victorian Symposium

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The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) is pleased to announce the 2022 AGS Victorian Symposium titled “Digital Geotechnics” to be held on 26 October 2022. The symposium forms part of the continuing program of events organised by the Victorian Chapter of the AGS. The event will showcase recent developments in digital geotechnics and applications of digital geotechnics in practice.  This symposium will be held as a full-day face-to-face event in Melbourne.  The following is a list of suggested topics: Data capture techniques (drone survey, LIDAR, InSAR etc.) enable improved design/operation outcomes. Data management and integration to identify the geotechnical information gap. Digital twins of infrastructures. 3D geological/geotechnical modelling. Advanced numerical analysis. Construction/operating phases instrumentation and monitoring (settlement,…

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193rd IAEG Connector

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Call for nominations for IAEG — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.

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ISSMGE News & Information Circular, March 2022

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The latest issue of the ISSMGE News & Information Circular is available to read online.

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192nd IAEG Connector

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Incredible Geodisaster in Petropolis, Brazil — The latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.

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AGS SA-NT Chapter 2022 event schedule

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The SA-NT Chapter have announced a preliminary schedule of upcoming events for 2022: Late March — Engineer and Student Speed Networking Event, presented by AGS and ICE Late April — Ovimgham Grade Separation, presented by Michael Kipreou (McD) May 22 — Piling for the New Joy Baluch Bridge Duplication at Port Augusta, presented by Matthew Duthy (GHD) & Maria Pham (Aurecon) Late July — Parameters in Soil Strengthening, (TBD) Richard Herraman Late October — AGS SA-NT Chapter Symposium – Topic TBD Late November — Social Event: Popeye Cruise Field Trip As more details come available the events will be listed on the AGS website.

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Sydney Symposium 2022: call for abstracts

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The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) Sydney Chapter is holding its 26th annual symposium on Friday 11 November 2022, ‘Reliability-based Design: Advances, Innovation and Experiences‘. 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 which is becoming more prevalent in industry and academia. The organising committee is now calling for abstracts. Suggested Topics Reliability-based analysis is a design approach to quantify and incorporate uncertainty into geotechnical analysis using probabilistic techniques. The following are some suggested topics for this symposium: Reliability-based assessments for geotechnical site investigations and interpretation Reliability-based assessments in the derivation of geotechnical design parameters Reliability-based design for…

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14th NZGS/AGS Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference

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Update: The organising committee have extended the deadline for abstract nominations for the 14 ANZ YGP conference to Friday 8th April The New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) and the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) are excited to invite our young geotechnical professionals to attend the 14th Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference (14YGPC) in Rotorua New Zealand from the 2nd to the 5th November 2022.  The 14YGPC is for geotechnical professionals under 35 years old with 10 or fewer years of experience in the geotechnical field. All attendees are required to present a technical paper on any topic of interest / experience relating to the field of geomechanics or geotechnical engineering or engineering geology.  Rotorua is renowned for its geothermal activity, adventure tourism, and Maori culture with…

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190th IAEG Connector

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14 dead in landslide in Colombia, South America — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available to read online.

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Rocha Medal Award 2024

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An invitation is now being extended to the whole Rock Mechanics community, for nominations for the Rocha Medal Award in 2024. Each nomination shall conform to the attached ISRM By-law No, 7 , namely as concerns Articles 2 and 3, and shall be received by the ISRM Secretary General not later than 31 December 2022.  Rocha Medal information

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