World leading professors in geotechnics to lecture in Hanoi

The conference will include five intensive lectures from five leading experts in geotechnical field in the world. The experts are Professor Bengt H. Fellenius from Canada, Professor Chang-Yu Ou from Taiwan, Professor Buddhima Indraratna from Australia, Professor Kazuya Yasuhara from Japan and Dr. Jamie Standing from the UK.

These professors have gained a wealth of practical experience at home and overseas. Besides teaching and researching at universities, they have also taken part in many practical projects as well as specialised conferences around the world where they have great contribution to worldwide geotechnical and construction fields so far.

At GEOTEC Hanoi this year, they will give five keynote lectures related to five conference themes as follows: “Mistakes and delusion in piled foundation design”, by Prof. Bengt H. Fellenius; “Evaluation of different measures in reducing movements induced by deep excavation”, by Prof. Chang-Yu Ou, “Drains and Vacuum for Soft Soil Stabilisation – Recent Advances in Experimental and Numerical Modelling”, by Prof. Buddhima Indraratna, “Geotechnical response to natural disasters in the context of climate change”, by Prof. Kazuya Yasuhara and “Ground and structural response to tunneling – lessons learnt from three major projects in London”, by Dr. Jamie Standing.

With these noticeable keynote lecturers, GEOTEC Hanoi 2016 has once again confirmed its prestige as one of the world’s leading conferences on geotechnical field organised in Vietnam.

Up to now, more than 20 exhibition booths have been registered by domestic and international companies and organisations. In addition, nearly 130 abstracts, belonging to five conference themes, have been submitted.

The publishing department is going to issue the international standard code ISBN 978-604-82-1821-8 for the volume which collects all the accepted papers of the conference this year. This volume will contain materials useful not only for experts, engineers, contractors, and consulting firms in construction but also for lecturers of geotechnics, especially of foundation and sustainable building, at specific universities in Vietnam.

“An overall view of practical development of Geotechnical Science both at home and in the world will definitely encourage scientists, national and international companies to invest in research and in cutting-edge technologies in order to enhance their competitiveness. This will contribute to the sustainable development of the companies themselves,” said the representative of the organisers of GEOTEC Hanoi 2016.

The GEOTEC Hanoi 2016 is the third international conference organised by Fecon Corporation, the Vietnamese Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (VSSMGE) and the Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), patronised by the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) and the Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The first and second events were held in 2011 and 2013.

The GEOTEC Hanoi 2016 will contribute to the sustainability of infrastructure development. The event expects 500 participants. There is also an exhibition with 50 stalls introducing the technical solutions and new technologies in design, manufacture and construction of projects of foundation, underground, transport infrastructure, irrigation infrastructure and industrial infrastructure.