Geotechnical News • March 2017
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
• involvement in THE society for
all Canadian geotechnical profes-
sionals
We welcome all new and renewing
members and look forward to your
participation in 2017. And, we encour-
age you to recommend the CGS to
a friend or colleague. Let’s continue
to improve the benefits that the CGS
offers our profession.
Adhésion à la SCG pour 2017
Si vous n’avez pas encore renouvelé
votre adhésion à la Société canadienne
de géotechnique pour 2017 ou désirez
y adhérer pour la première fois... c’est
le temps de le faire. Consultez la sec-
tion <Devenir membre> du site
Il n’y
a pas d’augmentation des cotisations
pour 2017.
Les avantages de l’adhésion compren-
nent:
• un accès en ligne à la Revue cana-
dienne de géotechnique mensuelle,
y compris à ses numéros précé-
dents, et à un tarif spécial pour sa
version imprimée;
• des versions en ligne et imprimée
de la publication trimestrielle
Geotechnical New, qui comprend
CGS News;
• le bulletin électronique mensuel
Réseau de l’information géotech-
nique de la SCG;
• un accès en ligne à tous les compt-
es-rendus des précédentes con-
férences de la SCG et à certaines
conférences spéciales;
• des prix spéciaux pour toutes les
conférences de la SCG;
• de l’information sur les Tournées
de conférences transcanadiennes
du printemps et de l’automne de
la SCG;
• une adhésion à une ou à plusieurs
des sept divisions techniques de la
SCG et aux sociétés internation-
ales associées;
• une participation dans l’une des 20
sections locales de la SCG;
• une participation à l’un des sept
comités techniques de la SCG;
• une participation dans LA Société
pour tous les professionnels en
géotechnique canadiens.
Nous souhaitons la bienvenue à tous
les nouveaux membres ainsi qu’à ceux
qui renouvellent leur adhésion et som-
mes impatients de vous voir participer
en 2017. Nous vous encourageons
également à recommander la SCG à
un ami ou à un collègue. Nous con-
tinuons à améliorer les avantages que
la SCG offre à notre profession.
Upcoming Conferences and
Seminars
70th Canadian Geotechnical
Conference and the
12th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC
Groundwater Conference
October 1 to 4, 2017
Ottawa, Ontario
Response to the
GeoOttawa 2017
Call for Abstracts was excellent and
as of the end of the day on January 15,
2017, we had received over 475 sub-
missions. To provide the most com-
prehensive conference, the Organizing
Committee had decided to extend
the abstract submission deadline to
January 31, 2017. As this is the
70th
Canadian Geotechnical Conference
and the 12th Joint
CGS/IAH-CNC
Groundwater Conference
, abstracts
were submitted under either the
Geo-
technical
or
Hydrogeological
themes.
All technical papers must be submitted
by
May 15, 2017
, accompanied by at
least one paid delegate registration.
GeoOttawa 2017
will recognize the
Best Case Study Papers and the Best
Student Papers with awards. There
will be a checkbox on the final paper
submission screen to indicate if you
would like to be considered for these
awards. Up to three case study papers
will be recognized at the conference.
The lead authors of the Best Case
Study Paper should come from con-
sulting or industry (not academia).
The conference program will include
daily plenary sessions, featuring
keynote speakers of interest to all
delegates, followed by technical and
specialty, as well as poster sessions, to
meet the diverse needs of attendees.
Confirmed speakers currently include:
Dr. Richard Bathurst
(R. M. Hardy
Lecture),
Dr. Kamini Singha
(Darcy
Lecture),
Dr. Greg Brooks
(CGS Lec-
ture), and
Dr. Michael Hendry
(CGS
colloquium). Details on our confirmed
speakers and their talks are available
on the conference website. In addition
to the oral and poster presentations,
the conference’s technical program
will include local technical tours, short
courses, and industry presentations by
our exhibitors.
We’re pleased to announce that
response to exhibition space has been
very high. By the time this magazine
arrives, we may already be sold out.
Please refer to the conference web-
site for the latest details
and to view the complete
list of Confirmed Exhibitors. The
trade show runs from October 1 – 3,
2017, and will take place at the Shaw
Centre in downtown Ottawa. With
an expected attendance of over 750
delegates, the trade show featuring the
participation of firms in the geotechni-
cal, hydrogeological and geosynthetics
fields will be an exciting and valu-
able component of the conference. To
register for the
GeoOttawa 2017
trade
show, please contact the Conference
Administrator directly at
Interest in sponsorship for GeoOt-
tawa 2017 is also strong and currently
includes (as of publishing deadline):
Platinum;
BGC Engineering
,
Clifton
Associates
,
ConeTec Investigations
;
Reinforced Earth
,
DST Consulting
;
Thurber Engineering
;
Menard Can-
ada Inc.
;
Nilex Inc
.;
Trek Geotech-
nical
;
Klohn Crippen Berger
; and
Golder Associates
; Gold;
GHD
and
Lanyard Sponsor;
Rocscience
. Please,
contact the Conference Administrator
directly at
to register your company or find
