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Geotechnical News • March 2018
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
our engineering community and con-
tact me with your ideas on what the
society might contribute to geotechnics
in our region
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Submitted by Timothy Newson
ISSMGE Vice President for North
America
Upcoming Conferences and
Seminars
71st Canadian Geotechnical
Conference and the
13th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC
Groundwater Conference
September 23 to 26, 2018,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The
Geotechnical Society of
Edmonton (GSE)
and the
Cana-
dian Geotechnical Society (CGS)
in collaboration with the
Canadian
National Chapter of the Interna-
tional Association of Hydroge-
ologists (IAH-CNC)
, invite you
to
GeoEdmonton 2018
, the 71st
Canadian Geotechnical Conference
and the 13th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC
Groundwater Conference. The confer-
ence will be held at the Shaw Confer-
ence Centre in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada from
Sunday, September 23
to Wednesday, September 26, 2018
.
This spectacular facility is one of
Canada’s premier conference venues
and is itself a geotechnical achieve-
ment, being constructed on the flank
of an active landslide overlooking
Edmonton’s beautiful river valley in
the heart of downtown.
Edmonton was founded on the banks
of the North Saskatchewan River and
served as a Hudson’s Bay Company
trading outpost that grew to become
Canada’s Gateway to the North and is
Alberta’s Capital City. With a metro
population of over 1.3 million people,
Edmonton has an open and welcom-
ing atmosphere. Also known as the
Festival City, Edmonton showcases
its local and international talent and
diversity through various festivals like
its annual Heritage Festival and the
second largest Fringe Theatre Festival
in the world. Boasting the longest
stretch of connected urban parkland
in North America and just steps from
the conference venue, Edmonton is
also a wonderful place to enjoy nature
without leaving the city’s limits.
The theme for GeoEdmonton 2018
is
Transportation Géotechnique -
Moving Forward.
Much of Canada’s
prosperity is founded on its vast
network of railways, pipelines, high-
ways, and waterways. This conference
intends to highlight recent achieve-
ments in transportation development
and their associated geohazards. The
technical program will cover a wide
range of geotechnical and hydrogeo-
logical topics, including specialty
sessions that are of local and national
relevance. In addition to the techni-
cal program and plenary sessions, the
conference will include a complement
of distinguished keynote speakers,
five high calibre short courses, social
events, and a technical tour. The offi-
cial languages for the conference will
be English and French.
For the latest information about the
conference, please visit the conference
website at
-
ton2018.ca
.
See you in Edmonton!
La 71e conférence canadienne
de géotechnique et la 13e
conférence conjointe SCG/AIH-
SNC sur les eaux souterraines
Du 23 au 26 septembre 2018,
à Edmonton, en Alberta, au
Canada
La Société géotechnique
d’Edmonton (GSE)
et
la Société
canadienne de géotechnique (SCG)
,
en collaboration avec
la section natio-
nale canadienne de l’Association
internationale des hydrogéologues
(AIH-SNC),
vous invite à
GéoEd-
monton 2018
, la 71e conférence
canadienne de géotechnique et la
13e conférence conjointe SCG/AIH-
SNC sur les eaux souterraines. La
conférence aura lieu au Centre des
congrès Shaw à Edmonton, en Alberta,
au Canada, du
dimanche 23 sep-
tembre au mercredi 26 septembre
2018.
Cet établissement spectacu-
laire est l’un des principaux lieux de
congrès du Canada et est aussi une
High Level & LRT Bridges, Edmonton, Alberta.
