PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
| Sunday, 25th | |
|
08:00 |
Registration opening |
|
08:30 |
Short Course: Part 1 |
|
10:30 |
Short Course: Part 2 |
|
12:30 |
Lunch |
|
14:00 |
Short Course: Part 3 |
|
16:00 |
Short Course: Part 4 |
|
18:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
|
19:00 |
Welcome Cocktail |
| Monday, 26th | |
|
08:00 |
Registration opening |
|
08:30 |
Keynote Lecture 1 |
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09:15 |
State-of-the-Art Report 1 |
|
10:00 |
Coffee break |
|
10:30 |
Papers Sessions |
|
12:00 |
Meeting with the Industry 1 |
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12:40 |
Lunch |
|
14:00 |
Keynote Lecture 2 |
|
14:45 |
State-of-the-Art Report 2 |
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15:30 |
Coffee break |
|
16:00 |
Papers Sessions |
|
17:30 |
Closure |
|
18:00 |
TC-106 Meeting |
| Twesday, 27th | |
|
08:00 |
Registration opening |
|
08:30 |
Fredlund’s Lecture |
|
10:00 |
Coffee break |
|
10:30 |
Papers Sessions |
|
12:00 |
Meeting with the Industry 2 |
|
12:40 |
Lunch |
|
14:00 |
Keynote Lecture 3 |
|
14:45 |
Keynote Lecture 4 |
|
15:30 |
Coffee break |
|
16:00 |
Papers Sessions |
|
17:30 |
Closure |
|
20:00 |
Banquet |
|
20:15 |
Distinguish Lecture |
| Wednesday, 28th | |
|
08:00 |
Registration opening |
|
08:30 |
Keynote Lecture 5 |
|
09:15 |
State-of-the-Art Report 3 |
|
10:00 |
Coffee break |
|
10:30 |
Papers Sessions |
|
12:00 |
Meeting with the Industry 3 |
|
12:40 |
Lunch |
|
14:00 |
Keynote Lecture 6 |
|
14:45 |
State-of-the-Art Report 4 |
|
15:30 |
Coffee break |
|
16:00 |
Papers Sessions |
|
17:30 |
Competition results |
|
18:00 |
Closing ceremony |
| Confirmed Lecturers: Keynote and State-of-the-Art | |
| Lecturer | Theme (preliminary) |
| Delwyn G. Fredlund (Golder Associates, Canada) | The practice of unsaturated soil mechanics |
| Martinus T. van Genutchen (University of Utrecht, Holland, and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | Water scarcity and pollution |
| Leonardo Guimarães (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil) | Numerical modelling |
| José Fernando T. Jucá (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil) | Municipal solid waste landfilling |
| Luciano Oldecop (Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina) | Tailings engineering |
| G. Ward Wilson (University of Alberta, Canada) | Safety and reliability in mining engineering |
| Paul Simms (Carleton University, Canada) | Unconventional tailings technologies |
| Claudia Zapata (Arizona State University, USA) | Geotechnics of roads |
| Laureano R. Hoyos (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) | Instrumentation: laboratory & in-situ |
| Sandra Houston (Arizona State University, USA) | Expansive and collapsible soils |
| John McCartney (University of California at San Diego, USA) | Hydromechanical properties |
| Sai Vanapalli (University of Ottawa, Canada) | Prediction of bearing capacity |
| Gerald A. Miller (University of Oklahoma, USA) | Application of in situ tests in unsaturated soils to analysis of shallow foundations |
| José Camapum de Carvalho (University of Brasilia, Brazil) | The practice of unsaturated soil mechanics for tropical soils |
| Confirmed Lecturers: Short Courses | |
| Orêncio M. Vilar (University of São Paulo at São Carlos, Brazil) | Slope stability |
| Alexandre Cabral (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada) | Design of barriers |
| Bernardo Caicedo (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) | Pavements |
| Murray Fredlund (Bentley Systems Inc., Canada) | Numerical modeling |