INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GROUND IMPROVEMENT AND GROUND CONTROL: TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL HAZARDS MITIGATION (ICGI 2012)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Abstract Deadline: July 1, 2011

The Centre for Geomechanics and Railway Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia and the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) under the auspices of ISSMGE will be hosting the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GROUND IMPROVEMENT AND GROUND CONTROL: TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL HAZARDS MITIGATION. The Conference is fully supported by the ISSMGE, with active participation of Technical Committees, TC 211, 214, 303 and 202. It is also co-sponsored by the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) and the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society (SEAGS).

The Conference proceedings will be included in the Thomson Reuters (ISI) Citation Index within the Web of Science. This will facilitate easy access of the proceedings worldwide.

You can submit the Abstracts online via
http://www.icgiwollongong.com

For further information, please contact the ICGI Conference Secretariat:
icgi_2012@uow.edu.au

Several multinational firms have already agreed to be financial sponsors, and we expect this Conference to be the largest Ground Improvement Conference to be held in Australia to date.

Numerous Keynote Lectures, State of the Art presentations, Heritage Lectures, Theme Lectures among many other informative Technical Papers will contribute to three days of scientific and technical discourse, followed by attractive excursions encompassing the unique natural landscapes and the fabulous beaches of the Australian eastern coast.

The Conference will consider papers in the following themes:

• Soft Soil Consolidation
• Sand and Gravel Piles, Stone Columns and Rigid Inclusions
• Geosynthetics Reinforcement
• Compaction and Vibroflotation
• Grouting and Chemical Stabilization
• Electro-kinetic, Electro-osmotic, Bio-engineering, Thermal and Explosion-based Techniques
• Methods of Preventing Soil Erosion, Scour and Internal Piping
• Ground Control in Underground and Surface Mine Excavations
• Methods of Stabilisation of Landslides and Mass Movement
• Surface and Sub-surface Drainage
• Stabilisation of Fractured and Jointed Rockmass

Papers in other areas of Ground Improvement not listed above will be welcome too.

Early Bird Registration:

Please visit the following conference website for more details:

http://www.icgiwollongong.com

We look forward to receiving your response.

On behalf of the Organising Committee of ICGI- Wollongong 2012

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Buddhima Indraratna,
ICGI Chair,
Professor of Civil Engineering Head, School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering;
Director, Centre for Geomechanics & Railway Engineering;
Faculty of Engineering, University of Wollongong;
Wollongong City, NSW 2522, AUSTRALIA.
Email: indra@uow.edu.au
Tel: (61 2) 4221 3046; Fax: (61 2) 4221 3293
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