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Platinum SPonSorS:
The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) in collaboration with the International Association of Hydrogeologists-Canadian
National Chapter (IAH-CNC) and the North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) invite you to GéoMontréal 2013, the 66th
Canadian Geotechnical Conference and the 11th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference.
The theme for GéoMontréal 2013 is
“Geoscience for sustainability”
and will
examine how our three associations invest in the progress necessary to create an
innovative and prosperous economy that is ecologically and socially responsible.
GéoMontréal 2013 conference proGraM hiGhliGhts will include:
• R M Hardy Address presented by Dr. Michel Aubertin (École polytechnique)
• Comprehensive Industry Trade Show with over 50 exhibitors
• Over 600 delegates and more than 300 technical and special presentations over three days!
• 6
th
annual CGS Gala Awards Banquet and Local Colour Night at Montreal’s Centre des sciences in the old port
tentative technical theMes
consulting engineers
DST
66
th
Canadian GeoteChniCal ConferenCe /
66
e
ConférenCe GéoteChnique Canadienne
September 29 – October 3 2013 / 29 septembre – 3 octobre, Montréal, Québec
fundamentals
• Engineering Geology
• Foundation Engineering
• Geoenvironmental
• Landslides / Slope Stability / Slope
Engineering
• Reliability-based and Limit State Design
• Risk Assessment
• Soil and Rock Mechanics
• Seepage
• Soil Stabilization
Geotechnical
• Revitalization of Aging Infrastructures
• Geohazards
• Retaining Walls
• Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls
• Brownfields and Redevelopment
• Mine Site Remediation
• Design of Earth Dams
• Design of Clay Liners
• Marine Geotechnics
• Non-textbook Soils / Waste Soils
• Harbour and Shoreline Geotechnics
• Mining Geotechnics
• Cold Regions Geotechnology
Geosynthetics
• Wall Reinforcement
• Confinement in Solid Waste Landfills and
Mining Operations
• Drainage and Soil Filtration
• Geosynthetics in Mining Processes
• Water Conservation
• Dams and Levees
• Environmental Engineering
• Case Histories or Failures
• Conveyance and Storage
• Transportation
• Temporary Roads
Multi-disciplinary
• Geoenvironmental Sustainability
• Instrumentation
hydrogeological
• Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions
and Ecohydrology
• Contaminated Sites and Remediation
Technology
• Regional Aquifer Characterization
• Groundwater Management
• Groundwater Quality
• Groundwater Issues Associated with
Mineral and Gas Mining
• Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater
Resources
• Isotopic Tracing and Age-dating in
Groundwater
• Groundwater and Geotechnics
• General Hydrogeology
the conference will be held at the hilton bonaventure in downtown Montréal, Québec.
Please see the conference web site at
www.geomontreal2013.ca
for detailed conference information and to
register online. Be sure to register before July 31, 2013 to take advantage of early pricing discounts!