The 3rd International Conference On Geotechnics For Sustainable Infrastructure Development
December 24, 2020

The 3rd International Conference On Geotechnics For Sustainable Infrastructure Development

Phung Duc Long, editor

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The First and second GEOTEC HANOI conferences were successfully organized in 2011 and 2013. this year, will see the third GEOTEC HANOI. in 2011, 450 persons from 24 countries attended the conference and the proceedings included 102 papers. In 2013, more than 500 persons from 27 countries attended and the proceedings included 112 papers. More than 140 papers from 31 countries have been accepted for the third Conference and we expect that the number of attendees will have continued to increase. Hosting the third Conference are FeCON Corporation, a leading geotechnical/infrastructure contractor in Vietnam and the Vietnamese society for soil Mechanics and Geotechnical engineering (VssMGe). We are grateful for the Japanese Geotechnical society (JGs) having accepted to serve as international co-organizer. This year conference is held in a context of Vietnam experiencing the strongest development period ever. During the last five years, since the 2011 conference, numerous new large infrastructure projects have been constructed in Vietnam. Thousand kilometers of highway has been built. Construction of the first metro lines in Vietnam has been started in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam is one of the countries most impacted by climate change; our country is threatened by flooding and soil salinity, which problems call for geotechnical expertise. The conference organisers believe that much experience and knowledge will be shared and learnt in the five conference technical sessions: 1) Deep Foundations, 2) Underground Construction and tunneling, 3) Ground improvement for infrastructure Projects, 4) Coastal Geotechnics for Climate Change, and 5) Monitoring, inspection and Maintenance. The keynote lectures, which given by well-known experts from around the world, have always been milestones for the success of the GEOTEC HANOI conferences. in 2011, we had six wonderful keynote lectures given by Prof. Sven Hansbo (Sweden), Prof. Kenji ishihara (Japan), Prof. Harry Poulos (Australia), Prof. Pieter Vermeer (Netherland), Prof. Alain Guilloux (France), and Dr. Hiroshi Yoshida (Japan). In 2013, we listened to an Honor Lecture given by Prof. Sven Hansbo, and five keynote lectures presented by Prof. rolf Katzenbach (Germany), Prof. Alain Guilloux (France), Prof. Fumio tatsuoka (Japan), Prof. Kenichi soga (UK), and Prof. helmut schweiger (Austria). This year, the five keynote speakers come from four continents, Prof. Bengt H. Fellenius (Canada), Prof. Buddhima Indraratna (Australia), Prof. Chang-Yu Ou (Taiwan), Prof. Kazuya Yasuhara (Japan), and Dr. Jamie standing (United Kingdom).  GEOTEC HANOI 2016 instigates a special honor lecture named sven hansbo Lecture. Professor Hansbo, a giant figure in the geotechnical world, has contributed significantly to the development of geotechnics in Vietnam by direct advice, by taking Vietnamese students into his teaching programme in Sweden, and by his contributions to the first two conferences. The First Sven Hansbo Lecture will be presented by Prof. Bengt Fellenius. The conference cannot be successful without the enthusiastic participation and valuable contribution of hundreds of experts from all over the world. the generous support from governmental agencies, research institutes, engineering universities, and construction firms in Vietnam and internationally has been instrumental in making the conference series possible.
  • Author:

    Phung Duc Long, editor

  • Detail author:

    Phung Duc Long, editor

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  • Day:

    24th - 25th November 2016

  • Venue of the venue:

    JW Marriott Hanoi Hotel
    Hanoi, Vietnam

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