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11th Congress of the IAEG
5
-10 September 2010, Auckland,
New Zealand
The 4-yearly congress of the IAEG
entitled "Geologically Active" will take place in Auckland, New Zealand.
There are five broad conference themes:
1.
Geohazards
at the Leading Edge (including seismic, volcanic, gravitational and
climatic hazards);
2.
Managing
Geological Risk (including hazard and risk, disaster risk management,
living with geohazards, planning for climatic change);
3.
Advances
in Engineering Geology (including developments in site investigation, in
the laboratory, mapping and remote sensing, field measurement, the
geological model, geodata management);
4.
Applied
Engineering Geology (including the mechanics of rock, underground
engineering, filling with earth, supporting our structures, when water
meets structures, analysis in engineering geology);
5.
Evolving
Engineering Geology (including engineering geology in the global economy,
a resource-hungry world, appropriate technology in the developing world,
geo-environmental engineering, sustainable geotechnics, the geotechnical
response to global warming, litigation and geotechnics, ethics and
communication, human resource development).
In addition to the Executive Committee,
Council and lecture meetings and a range of mid-Congress field trips,
there will be five post-Congress field trips:
1.
Rotorua/
Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
2.
Landslides
of the East Coast, New
Zealand
3.
South
Island Hydropower, New Zealand
4.
West
Coast: The Alpine Fault and Coal Mining,
New Zealand
5.
Major
Civil Infrastructure Projects of Southeast Queensland, Australia
Almost 700 abstracts have been received!
Late abstracts will still be considered.
Submit your abstract now on www.iaeg2010.com
by 27 September 2009 (absolute deadline). Note there will be no
extensions of timeframes for paper preparation.
Ann Williams
IAEG Congress 2010 Organising Committee
Active, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand
Geotechnical Society
www.iaeg2010.com
Phone +64-9-300-9000 Fax +64-9-300-9300
DDI +64-9-300-9172 Cell 021-809-162
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