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Geotechnical News • December 2019
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
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Upcoming Conferences and
Seminars
Geo-Congress 2020
February 25-28, 2020,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Two decades into a new century,
Geo-Congress 2020: Vision, Insight,
Outlook is using the 2020 conference
as an opportunity to reflect on the
past, assess the present, and imagine
the future. They are introducing some
new programming and themes to make
this conference a “signature event”
for consulting engineers, contractors,
researchers, owners, and students.
For more information, visit our web-
site at
or
contact us at
73rd Canadian Geotechnical
Conference
September 13 to 16, 2020,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Canadian Geotechnical Society
(CGS) and Geotechnical Society of
Calgary invite you to
GeoCalgary
2020
, the 73rd Canadian Geotechnical
Conference. The conference will be
held at the Hyatt Regency in down-
town Calgary, Alberta from
Sunday,
September 13th to Wednesday,
September 16th, 2020
.
The theme for
GeoCalgary 2020
is
Reflection on Resources
. The pros-
perity of Canada is largely founded
on the extraction, transformation and
utilization of resources from several
sources, such as agriculture, oil and
gas, metals and minerals, hydropower
and wind energy. These activities
all require infrastructure, facilities,
plants, dams or dykes; the design and
construction of which necessitate
solving great geotechnical challenges.
The conference intends to focus on
past and recent geotechnical achieve-
ments, and the lessons that can be
learned from them to improve current
practices and build a better sustain-
able future. The technical program
will encompass a wide range of topics,
including specialty sessions that are
of local and national relevance. In
addition to the technical program and
plenary sessions, the conference will
include a complement of distinguished
keynote speakers, high calibre short
courses, social events, and technical
tours.
Calgary is situated near the confluence
of the Bow and Elbow River, close
to the foothills and less than an hour
away east of the front ranges of the
Canadian Rockies. Over the decades,
Calgary has matured into a vibrant and
modern city. The City is internation-
ally recognized for its high quality of
life and great outdoors and is home
to a population of about 1.3 million
people. Calgary is Canada’s energy
centre and that energy goes beyond
our natural resources. Calgary is
charged with opportunities. It thrives
on welcoming people from around
the world and the city’s most palpable
energy is its people: young, diverse,
educated, affluent and innovative.
Call for Abstracts/Papers
The GeoCalgary 2020 conference
organizing committee invites members
of the Canadian and international geo-
technical and geoenvironmental com-
munities to contribute recent research,
developments and advancements in
their respective fields of interest and
practice. The technical program of the
conference will cover a wide range of
topics, including special sessions that
are of local, national and international
relevance to the fields of geotechnical
and geoenvironmental engineering.
Authors are invited to submit abstracts
of a maximum of 300 words by Janu-
ary 17th, 2020 through the Online
Submission page of the conference
website. Abstracts can be written in
English or French.
Abstracts should generally fall within
the following themes:
Geotechnical Themes
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations
• Rock Mechanics and Engineering
Geology
• Landslides and Geohazards
• Mining Geotechnics and Hydroge-
ology
• Geoenvironmental Engineering
• Transportation Geotechnics
• Geosynthetics
• Cold Regions Geotechnology
• Sustainable Geotechnics
• Professional Practice
• Special Geotechnical Themes
à
à
Offshore and Nearshore
Geotechnical Issues
à
à
Dams and Embankments
à
à
Risk Management in
Geotechnical Projects
à
à
Structures Founded on Clay
Shale
à
à
Pipelines and Trenchless
Technologies
à
à
Soft and Sensitive Clays
à
à
Oil Sands Geotechnology
à
à
Application of Remote Sensing
and Mapping
Visit
to sub-
mit your abstract.
Section News
A Tale of Two Towers
In early September, Professor
John
Burland
of Imperial College London,
a legend of geotechnical engineer-
ing, delivered four hugely successful
lectures across Canada. The one-week
long tour had Professor Burland
traveling between four local sections
