Geotechnical News - March 2018 - page 58

The conference will be held at the Shaw Conference Centre , in itself a geotechnical achievement constructed on
the flank of an active landslide overlooking Edmonton’s beautiful river valley in the heart of downtown.
Please see the conference web site at www.geoedmonton2018.ca for detailed conference information
and to register online. Be sure to register before July 31, 2018 to take advantage of early pricing discounts!
GeoEdmonton 2018 conference program highlights will include:
R.M. Hardy Address presented by Dr. C. Derek Martin (University of Alberta)
Darcy Lecture presented by Dr. Masaki Hayashi (University of Calgary)
Comprehensive Industry Trade Show with over 65 exhibitors
Over 600 delegates and more than 300 technical and special presentations over three days!
TENTATIVE TECHNICAL SESSIONS
PRIMARY GEOTECHNICAL
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations
• Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology
• Landslides and Geohazards
• Mining Geotechnics and Hydrogeology
• Geoenvironmental Engineering
• Transportation Geotechnics
• Geosynthetics
• Cold Regions and Permafrost Geotechnics
• Sustainable Geotechnics
• Professional Practice
SPECIAL GEOTECHNICAL
• Peats and Soft Soils
• Light Rail Transit
• Tunnelling in Urban Environments
• Geohazards in Linear Infrastructure
• Remote Sensing and Monitoring
• In-situ Testing
• Trenchless Technology
• Risk Management in Geotechnical Projects
• Reliability Analysis for Geotechnical Design
• Dam Safety
• Shallow Geothermal Energy Exchange
HYDROGEOLOGICAL
• Mining, Energy Development and
Groundwater
• Groundwater and Climate Change
• Watershed Resilience and Source Water
Protection
• Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
• Regional Characterization
• Hydrostratigraphy and Geological Modelling
• Hydrogeophysics
• Geostatistical Methods for Mapping
and Modelling
• Isotopic and Geochemical Fingerprinting
• Approaches to Groundwater Management
• Transboundary Water Resources
• Outreach and Education
• General Hydrogeology
• Contaminant Hydrogeology
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The GeoEdmonton 2018 theme Transportation Geotechnique - Moving Forward will highlight recent
achievements in transportation development and their associated geohazards. In addition to Transportation,
the technical program will cover a wide range of geotechnical and hydrogeological topics.
71ST CANADIAN
GEOTECHNICAL CONFERENCE
71E CONFÉRENCE
GÉOTECHNIQUE CANADIENNE
September 23-26 / 23-26 septembre
Edmonton, Alberta
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