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Dear Colleagues Apologies for any cross-posting. I am writing to remind that the early birds reduced registration to the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (to be held in Durham, UK 2-4 July 2008) will be open until 4th April and, after that date, the full registration rate will be payable. Further details on registration fees are available in the "Registration & Fees" section of the conference website at http://www.e-unsat.dur.ac.uk Note that we are expecting more than 130 delegates. So, if you intend to register as a "live-in" delegate and take advantage of available accommodation at the conference venue, I would suggest that you register as soon as possible given that accommodation at the conference venue is limited. Researchers and practitioners without submitted contributions to the conference are also very welcome to attend this event, which will undoubtedly provide a useful forum for learning about this growing area of geotechnical engineering and for interacting with the major players in the field. We are pleased to announce that the opening lecture on case histories will be delivered by the ISSMGE TC6 Chair Prof E. Alonso from UPC (Barcelona) and there will also be three key note addresses in the areas of constitutive modelling, environmental engineering and soil testing delivered by Prof A. Gens from UPC (Barcelona), Prof L. Laloui from EPFL (Lausanne) and Prof P. Delage from ENPC (Paris) respectively. All contributions accepted for publication in the conference proceedings will be scheduled for presentation in one of the conference sessions. At least one author for each contribution will therefore be attending the conference and presenting the work to the audience. The broad theme of the conference is the engineering behaviour of unsaturated soils, covering a range of soil categories including expansive soils, collapsible soils, natural soils, compacted soils, residual soils, arid soils, pyroclastic soils, rockfill materials and fractured rocks. Technical contributions from both academia and industry will be presented during the conference under the five sub-themes of Advances in Testing Techniques, Engineering Behaviour, Constitutive Modelling, Numerical Modelling and Case Studies. Looking forward to meeting you in Durham. Domenico Gallipoli On behalf of the E-UNSAT Organizing Committee -- ============================================================================= Dr Domenico Gallipoli Senior Lecturer Department of Civil Engineering Tel: +44 (0)141 330 3927 (direct) University of Glasgow Tel: +44 (0)141 330 4077 (secret.) Oakfield Avenue, G12 8LT Fax: +44 (0)141 330 4557 Glasgow, United Kingdom Email: [log in to unmask] =============================================================================