ISSMGE European newsletter, summer 2023

ISSMGE Europe Annual Report

The 2022-23 Annual Report of the ISSMGE Member Societies is now available. Find out about all the events and activities from our national societies across the region. Available at: https://go.epfl.ch/ISSMGEEAR

National Society Announcements

The Lithuanian Geotechnical Society (LGD) has elected new board members at the LGD Republican Conference on the 9^th of February, 2023.

LGD’s new board members are:

·       Saulius Juozaitis

·       Kęstutis Tumosa (Vice-President)

·       Liudvikas Furmonavičius

·       Darius Macijauskas (President)

·       Šarūnas Skuodis

·       Lauras Ruzgys

·       Vaidas Martinkus (Secretary)

Congratulations to all newly elected members.

The Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) has lost one of its most prominent members with the death, on the 15th of June 2023, of Prof. Michele Jamiolkowski.

Prof. Jamiolkowski had been nominated by AGI to receive the ISSMGE Lifetime Achievement Medal next September as an acknowledgment of the important role he played in the Society.

Prof. Sebastiano Rampello, AGI President, has the following message. “To all his friends and colleagues and to his family, we extend our heartfelt sympathy. We all miss the man, the friend, the scientist”.

Prof. Michele Jamiolkowski 1932 - 2023

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Conferences - Seminars

17DECGE - Bucharest

The 17^th Danube European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering was held in Bucharest from the 7^th to the 9^th of June. The event was a great success, with a real sense of comradery across the two days. In all, there were:

·       280 attendees from across Europe and around the world

·       106 accepted papers covering topics from geotechnical design, environmental geotechnics, and modelling and investigation

·       27 exhibitors and sponsors

·       11 keynote and guest lectures bring the latest research and innovation from Europe and beyond.

Congratulations to Professor Loretta Batali and her team from SRGF for a wonderful event.

Images and video from the event can be found on the event website: https://17decge.ro/

Hungary to host 18DECGE in 2027

Hungary has won the bid to host the 18th European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering in 2027. Presenting their bid to a meeting of ISSMGE Europe presidents and chairs at 17DECGE, Hungary received unanimous approval from those present.

Coagulations to Edina Koch, András Mahler and the Hungarian Geotechnical Society. We wish them all the best as they begin planning for 2027 in Budapest.

2nd annual meeting of the European National Societies of ISSMGE
Looking to build on the success of last year’s event, we would like to invite you back to Lausanne in 2023. This will be a hybrid format event, with further details will be provided nearer to the day. To register your interest, please provide your information in the form provided here: https://forms.gle/LHrysK3Pzi3mNJah9.

The deadline for registration is the 1^st of August, 2023.

ECSMGE 24

The XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (18 ECSMGE24), to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 26 - 30 August 2024, continues to prepare for Europe’s premier geotechnical engineering conference.

About 800 abstracts have already been submitted, and more than 12 workshops have begun preparation.

Be sure to take benefit of the early bird prices by registering now. More information can be found on the conference website, including delegate registration and company sponsorship opportunities: https://www.ecsmge-2024.com/

18ECSMGE will be our first all-European Conference since the pandemic, so the participation of our European geotechnical community, from academia to industry, is likely to be high.

EYGEC 24

The Macedonian Association for Geotechnics (MAG) would like to invite young members of ISSMGE to North Macedonia for the European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference on the 25^th to 29^th of June, 2024!  Held at the Popova Kula Winery in Demir Kapija, southeast of Skopje (transport provided from airport), MAG looks forward to hosting you at this informative, engaging, inexpensive, and above all else, fun event!

Tentative dates for  papers are:

• Invitation for abstracts (15.9.2023), Abstract submission (until 15.11.2023),
• Abstract acceptance information (1.12.2023),
• Full paper submission (1.3.2024),
• Review information (1.4.2024),
• Final paper submission (1.5.2024). 

The conference will include several invited lecturers, technical tours, the chance to explore the region’s beauty, and many extra activities to get to know other participants.

ISSMGE Member Societies are invited to nominate two delegates they would like to attend the event; spare quotas can be fulfilled upon invitation. There is also the option of ISSMGE bursaries for low-income country participants & sponsors.

The registration fee will include all expenses of the participants, including airport pick up and drop off, accommodation, meals, conference materials, technical visits, social program, and sightseeing.

More information will follow on the conference web page, which is to be launched by the end of August 2023. Contact person: Ms. Elena Angelova, e-mail: mag@gf.ukim.edu.mk.

NGM 2024

The Swedish Geotechnical Society (SGF) is hosting the Nordic Geotechnical Meeting in Göteborg 18th - 20th of September 2024. The first keynote speakers have been announced and include ISSMGE President Dr. Marc Ballouz and our European Vice-President, Prof. Lyesse Laloui.

The meeting focuses on social activities, and SGF welcomes all ISSMGE members from across Europe and the world to come and join them for some fun in Göteborg.

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