2023 Victoria Symposium

Novel Solutions in Geotechnical Engineering

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.

For the past decade, Australia and particularly Victoria has seen an 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 condition, spatial variability of the ground and urban construction. Adding to these challenges are the need for higher efficiency, cost saving and consideration for sustainable developments. All these challenges and requirements have spurred novel and innovative solutions across all aspects of geotechnical engineering.

Fuelling the geotechnical creativity and innovations is the advancement in technology and knowledge, which allows novel solutions and tools to be developed to tackle these geotechnical challenges using a variety of approaches (e.g. advanced numerical modelling, physical testing, data-driven solutions, field instrumentation and monitoring).

This symposium seeks to bring together the local geotechnical community to share and discuss recent geotechnical advances, with a particular emphasis on tackling the geotechnical challenges in the Melbourne region and regional areas of Victoria. To promote engagement with young engineers, the Symposium also hosts an inaugural Young Geoprofessionals Poster Exhibition. In addition, a Heritage Time Capsule (HTC) session has been included to collect feedback from the geotechnical community regarding Geo-Education (current state, needs and challenges) in an Australian context. This valuable feedback will contribute towards the development of our next generation geotechnical workforce.