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Geotechnical News •March 2015
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
Pour plus d’information sur les ses-
sions, les sujets et le programme
technique, visitez le site web
ou contacter J
ean
Côté,
Coprésident de la conférence
(géotechnique)
Michel Allard
, Copré-
sident de la conférence (pergélisol)
Pour les contributions en géotech-
nique,
Didier Perret
, Coprésident du
programme technique
Pour les contri-
butions en géotechnique des régions
froides et sur le pergélisol,
Richard
Fortier,
Coprésident du programme
technique
13
th
International Symposium
on Rock Mechanics (ISRM
Congress 2015)
May 10 – 13, 2015, Montreal,
Qu
é
bec
The 13th International Congress on
Rock Mechanics (ISRM Congress
2015) will be held in conjunction
with the CIM Convention 2015 from
May 10 to 13, 2015 in Montréal,
QC. Over 1,000 international resear-
chers, engineers and practitioners
will explore
Innovations in Applied
and Theoretical Rock Mechanics
.
Ground-breaking information on
topics from geophysics in rock mecha-
nics to reservoir geomechanics will
pepper the technical program.
Keynote speakers will include:
Dr. Erik Eberhardt
, P.Eng. -
Transi-
tioning from Open Pit to Underground
Mining: Meeting the Rock Enginee-
ring Challenges of Going Deeper
Yossef H. Hatzor
, Ph.D. -
Disconti-
nuous Deformation Analysis in Rock
Mechanics Practice
Jean Sulem
-
Multiphysics Couplings
and Stability of Fault Zones in the
Area of Constitutive Modelling and
Deformation Processes of Rocks
Chris Massey
-
The Performance of
Rock Slopes During the 2010/11 Can-
terbury (New Zealand) Earthquake
Sequence, and Beyond?
Dr. Francois Malan
-
Hard Rock
Tabular Excavations: Historic Solu-
tions and Future Challenges
Dr. Alejo Oscar Sfriso
-
Selecting
Material Parameters for Advanced
Constitutive Modelling, An Overview
Professor Chungsik Yoo
-
Use of
Geosynthetics in Underground Works,
Fundamentals
MIT’s
Hebert Einstein
will also chair
a one-day
that is
subdivided into four plenary sessions,
one on
Shale in Hydrocarbon Extrac-
tion
, one on
Shale in Slopes
, one on
Shale in Tunnels and Mines
and finally
a debate on
Shale is a Soft Rock and
not a Hard Soil
.
A 450+ booth trade exhibition will be
the first of its kind in Canada. This
prestigious gathering of top business
managers, engineers, consultants, pro-
curement agents, researchers, acade-
mics and industry practitioners - in all
specialty areas related to the mining
industry - will also include the partici-
pation of renowned experts in the field
of rock mechanics. Mining indus-
try suppliers can seize this unique
opportunity to stand face to face with
thousands of International buyers and
stakeholders.
The CIM Expo! is Canada’s premier
mining show, featuring the latest in
mining equipment, tools, technologies
and services. To make it even easier to
find the partners and opportunities, a
number of exhibitors will be grouped
into regional and international pavi-
lions.
This event is being organized by
CARMA, CIM, ARMA, McGill Uni-
versity, Queen’s University, and the
University of Toronto. Registration is
now open with early registration clos-
ing April 3, 2015. For more informa-
tion please go to
Provided by Sam Proskin
Rock Mechanics Division Chair
Membership Registration for
2015
If you haven’t already renewed,
your Canadian Geotechnical Soci-
ety membership is expiring! You are
encouraged to visit the Canadian
Geotechnical Society website at
to renew your membership for
2015 as soon as possible.
Membership benefits include:
• Online access to the electronic
version of
the Canadian Geotech-
nical Journal
(published monthly)
including all past issues;
• Member pricing for print subscrip-
tions to the
Canadian Geotechni-
cal Journal
;
• A complementary print subscription
to
Geotechnical News
(four issues
annually);
• Online member access only to
past CGS conference electronic
proceedings;
• Member pricing for the CGS-spon-
sored professional development
opportunities, including the Soci-
ety’s popular Annual Conference,
to be held in Quebec City in 2015;
• Preferred member information on
CGS’s spring and fall Cross Coun-
try Lecture Tour featuring recog-
nized National and International
speakers;
• Membership in one of CGS’s
technical divisions – Soil Mechan-
ics and Foundations, Engineer-
ing Geology, Geoenvironmental,
Rock Mechanics, Geosynthetics,
Groundwater and Cold Regions;
• Complementary membership in
the International Society related
to your Division of choice, i.e.,
ISSMGE, IAEG, ISRM, IGS or
IPA. Additional memberships at
preferred second society member
pricing (CSCE, IAH, NAGS, etc.);
• Access to information from CGS’s
technical committees – Profession-
al Practice, Education, Landslides,
Transportation Geotechnique,
Heritage, Sustainability Geotech-
nics and Mining Geotechnique.
