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Geotechnical News June 2011
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Geo-Risk
June 26-28, 2011
Intercontinental Buckhead
Atlanta, GA
Geo-Risk is the first major Geo-
Institute specialty conference about
risk assessment and management
since 1996. You can hone your skills
on how to explicitly consider risk and
uncertainty to improve the value and
scope of the services you provide. You
also will be able to network with other
engineers who may be experiencing the
same challenges. Plus, you will visit
one of America’s most vibrant cities.
This conference will present a
unique opportunity for professional
engineers, researchers, regulators and
policymakers, educators and students
to interact through a broad range of
keynote lectures, technical sessions,
panel discussions, short courses, and
software demonstrations. Presentations
will include eight invited keynote lec-
tures delivered by leading international
experts and more than 100 technical
papers covering geohazards mitiga-
tion, risk assessment and management,
and other topics. Additionally, a num-
ber of panel discussion sessions will be
included to provide a forum to discuss
timely topics, including levees and
dams, public policy issues, geotechni-
cal business risk and the future of risk,
and reliability and probabilistic meth-
ods in geotechnical engineering.
Geo-Frontiers 2011…A Great
Success
More than 1,900 participants attended
Geo-Frontiers 2011 in Dallas, TX.
The conference, focused on advances
in geotechnical engineering, was
co-organized by the Geo-Institute
of ASCE, the Industrial Fabrics
Association
International,
the
Geosynthetics Materials Association
and the North American Geosynthetics
Society held under the auspices of the
International Geosynthetics Society.
Geo-Frontiers featured six full-day
short courses, four award-winning lec-
tures, more than 450 papers presented
in 89 technical sessions, exciting stu-
dent activities and competitions, nu-
merous networking opportunities, and
a sold-out Exhibit Hall which was the
scene of a celebratory opening night
reception, a student Poster Session,
and the popular Geo-Challenge Stu-
dent Competition, in which 16 teams
participated. Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute’s team, led by Faculty Advi-
sor Tarek Abdoun, took home the At-
terberg cup as the first-place winners.
More than 300 students attended the
conference, so there were plenty there
to cheer the teams on!
