Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: Plenary Room
Date: Sunday, 17/Sept/2023
6:00pm - 8:30pmWelcome Concert & Reception
Location: Plenary Room
Date: Monday, 18/Sept/2023
8:45am - 9:30amOpening Ceremony
Location: Plenary Room
9:30am - 10:30amGiroud Lecture: Geotextile filters: From idealization to real behaviour
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: JEAN PIERRE GOURC
Lecturer: Ennio Marques Palmeira
11:30am - 1:00pmTS S01: Sustainability with Geosynthetics
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: George Robert Koerner
Session Chair: Kasia Zamara
2:00pm - 4:00pmTS S05: Reinforced Walls and Slopes
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Ben Adam Leshchinsky
Session Chair: Marilene Pisano
4:30pm - 6:30pmTS S08: Filtraton and Drainage-Hydraulic applications: Canals, Reservoirs an Dams
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Daniele Cazzuffi
Session Chair: Graham Fairhead
Date: Tuesday, 19/Sept/2023
8:45am - 9:30amBathurst Lecture: Research and practice on geosynthetic MSE walls: past, present and future
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Richard J Bathurst
Lecturer: Yoshihisa Miyata
9:30am - 9:45amLifetime Achievement: Jamiolkowski Lifetime Achievement Medal
Location: Plenary Room
9:45am - 10:30amKeynote Lecture 1: The Road to Resilience: Advanced Soil-Geosynthetic Interface Characterization and Its Role in Reinforcing Soil Structures for Sustainability
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Ennio Marques Palmeira
Lecturer: Giuseppe Cardile
11:00am - 1:00pmTS S11: TC Reinforcement Special Session on "Design methods for basal reinforcement of emankments"
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Ivan P. Damians
Session Chair: PIETRO RIMOLDI
2:00pm - 4:00pmTS S15: Soil-Geosynthetic Interaction
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Patricia Guerra-Escobar
Session Chair: NICOLA MORACI
4:30pm - 6:30pmTS S18: Basal Reinforced Embankments, GEC, Piles and Shallow Foundations
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Claudio di Prisco
Session Chair: Patrick Naughton
Date: Wednesday, 20/Sept/2023
8:45am - 9:30amRowe Lecture: Selection of long-term shear strength parameters for geosynthetic interfaces
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Kerry Rowe
Lecturer: Richard Thiel
9:30am - 9:45amBest paper award: GI and G&G Best Paper Award
Location: Plenary Room
9:45am - 10:30amKeynote Lecture 2: Sustainable Development: UK Perspective on the Role of Geosynthetics
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: NATHALIE TOUZE
Lecturer: Russell Jones
11:00am - 1:00pmTS S21: Young Member Contest
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: David Hercules Marx
Session Chair: Fernanda Bessa Ferreira
2:00pm - 4:00pmTS S25: TC Barriers Special Session
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Jonathan Richard Shamrock
Session Chair: Boyd Ramsey
6:10pm - 6:40pmYoung Member Winner
Location: Plenary Room
Date: Thursday, 21/Sept/2023
9:00am - 9:45amKeynote Lecture 3: Insight towards the stability of complex geosynthetic reinforced soil structures
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Giovanni Biondi
Lecturer: Ben Adam Leshchinsky
9:45am - 10:30amKeynote Lecture 4: Geosynthetic Reinforced Foundation
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Yoshihisa Miyata
Lecturer: Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi
11:00am - 1:00pmTS S28: Landfill and Remediation of Contaminated Sites
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Evelina Fratalocchi
Session Chair: Soon Hoe Chew
2:00pm - 4:00pmTS S32: Case Histories
Location: Plenary Room
Session Chair: Sabatino Cuomo
Session Chair: Chao Xu
4:00pm - 5:00pmClosing Ceremony
Location: Plenary Room