Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events lists upcoming Canadian Geotechnical Society sponsored or co-sponsored events, and other geotechnically-related events in Canada, the USA and elsewhere.

Use the selection boxes provided to search for events by Year, Geographic Location (as per CGS Section catchment areas), and Practice Area (as per CGS Technical Division geotechnical practice areas).

Click here to have your event considered for posting on the Calendar of Events.

While the CGS makes every effort to provide correct information in the Calendar of Events, the event website or contact associated with a listing should be relied on as the most up to date.

Year: Geographic Region: Practice Area:

Highlighted listings indicate CGS-sponsored events

Date	Location	Event	Contact
May 03-08, 2018	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	International Short Course on Design and Assessment of Mine Waste Structures (Tailings Dams and Rock Dumps) This comprehensive short course is comprised of five days of 40 lecture hours and three tutorials on the design, construction, operation, monitoring, evaluation and safety of mining facilities.	See Website or Contact sally.petaske@ualberta.ca
May 07-09, 2018	Victoria, British Columbia	8th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences ISSMMTC) gathers together international researchers concerned with offshore geohazards. In particular, it is the venue for those working on submarine landslides and the results of those landslides, such as tsunamis, and their impacts on society. Abstracts are due by February 15, 2017.	See Website
May 14, 2018	École de technologie supérieure, 1100 Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, salle A1424	CCLT Spring Speaker – Tom O’Rourke Artère Centrale de Boston; Leçons apprises sur les mouvements de terrain et la stabilisation des sols / Lessons Learned for Ground Movements and Soil Stabilization from The Boston Central Artery Confirm your participation before May 7.	Contact qcouest.cgs @gmail.com
Jun 03-06, 2018	Canmore, AB	7th Canadian Geohazards Conference: Geohazards 7 Geohazards 7 will be held June 3-6, 2018 at the Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre in Alberta. Look for the full Geohazards 7 conference website and the opening of the Call for Abstracts in early 2017.	See Website or Contact info@geohazards7.ca
Jun 06-08, 2018	Rome, Italy	International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) are both committed to improving quality, safety, innovation, durability, sustainability and standards of technical competence. The conference's intent is to explore the industry’s challenges presented by owners and owners' representative's(consultants/construction managers) who are associated with building the infrastructure systems that meet modern demands. Abstract deadline is June 16, 2017.	See Website
Jun 10-13, 2018	Austin, Texas	Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics 2018 (GEESD V) On behalf of the Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Committee of the Geo-Institute (G-I) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), we would like to cordially invite you to attend the 5th Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (GEESD V). GEESD V 2018 builds upon the success of past events in Sacramento CA (2008), Seattle WA (1998), Park City UT (1988), and Pasadena CA (1978). The deadline for abstract submission is May 24, 2017.	See Website or Contact adrianrm@vt.edu; e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu
Jun 13-16, 2018	Fredericton, NB	CSCE 2018 Annual Conference The CSCE 2018 conference theme is Building Tomorrow’s Society. Conference speakers will provide insight on the design, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure for tomorrow’s society. Topics are to include general civil engineering, environmental, materials, natural disaster, structural, and transportation themes. The abstract submission deadline is November 30, 2017.	See Website or Contact lois.arkwright@csce.ca
Jun 16-21, 2018	Vancouver, BC	RFG 2018 RFG 2018 is the first international conference focused on the resources that will be required for future generations.The rapid growth of developing economies and the fundamental needs of many disadvantaged people across the globe are resulting in an increased demand for many resources and changes in the delivery of existing ones. The need for focused environmental priorities and new technologies will add additional requirements and constraints. The deadline for Session Proposals has been extended to May 1, 2017.	See Website or Contact registration@cim.org
Jun 17-20, 2018	Seattle, WA	ARMA 2018 Seattle The American Rock Mechanics Association invites you to its 52nd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Seattle, Washington, USA on June 24-27, 2018. Abstracts are due by December 1, 2017.	See Website or Contact info@armarocks.org
Jun 20-22, 2018	Seattle, WA	Second International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference, DFNE 2018 The Second International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference, DFNE 2018 will take place June 27-29, 2018 in Seattle, WA following the 52nd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Abstract submission deadline is December 1, 2017.	See Website or Contact info@dfne2018.com
Jun 21-22, 2018	Delft, the Netherlands	4th International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT’18) CPT’18 will focus on the solution of geotechnical challenges using the cone penetration test CPT, CPT add-on measurements and companion in-situ penetration tools (such as full flow and free fall penetrometers), with particular emphasis on practical experience and application of research findings.	See Website
Jun 27-29, 2018	New York, NY	SuperPile '18 Technical committees of DFI and ADSC will combine their industry expertise to provide presentations on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place/ drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, ground improvement, helical piles and tiebacks, marine foundations, micropiles, testing and evaluation of foundation systems, and seismic and lateral loads. Abstract submission deadline is January 12, 2018	See Website or Contact events@dfi.org
Jul 23-25, 2018	Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China	GeoChina 2018 - 5th International Conference This conference will provide a showcase for recent developments and advancements in design, construction, and safety inspections of transportation infrastructures. Abstracts are due by March 15, 2017.	See Website or Contact jeffrey.lee@arrb.com.au
Jul 31 - Aug 03, 2018	Quebec, QC	10th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges: SMSB-X SMSB-X is dedicated to gathering and disseminating information and exchanging experiences and practices in the field of bridge design, construction and management systems.	See Website or Contact adel.zaki@snclavalin.com
Aug 22-24, 2018	Kingston, ON	3rd Virtual Geoscience Conference The 3rd Virtual Geoscience Conference will be held August 22-24, 2018 in Kingston, Canada. This is the premier conference for researchers, government, and industry members conducting innovative research in close range remote sensing and computer visualization applied to the geosciences. The abstract submission deadline has been extended to March 30, 2018.	See Website or Contact vgc2018@virtualoutcrop.com
Sep 17-21, 2018	San Francisco, California, USA	61st AEG Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress AEG is partnering with the International Association of Engineering Geologists and the Environment (IAEG) to host the first ever Congress in the United States in IAEG’s 54-year history. The 2018 meeting will have a five-day format featuring prominent national and international keynote speakers, four days of technical sessions and symposia, and an all-day Wednesday tour of local geology for full meeting registrants and guests. The deadline for submission of published paper abstracts is June 30, 2017.	See Website or Contact contact@aegweb.org
Sep 23-26, 2018	Edmonton, AB	GeoEdmonton 2018 The 71st Annual CGS Conference and 13th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference will take place at the Shaw Centre September 23-26, 2018. Abstracts are due by December 31, 2017.	See Website or Contact sponsors@geoedmonton2018.ca
Sep 26-28, 2018	Lausanne, Switzerland	International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG-2018) The International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG) is organized under the auspices of the Technical Committee on Energy Geotechnics (TC-308) of the ISSMGE. Recognizing the strong need for shared knowledge in innovative and challenging applications on energy geotechnics, SEG aims to serve as a forum for promoting the exchange of ideas, practices and state-of-the-art on a broad range of topics in the area. The abstract submission deadline is October 30, 2017.	See Website or Contact seg2018@epfl.ch
Oct 15-17, 2018	Vancouver, Canada	Fourth International Symposium on Block and Sublevel Cavingon The Australian Centre for Geomechanics looks forward to hosting the Fourth International Symposium on Block and Sublevel Caving. Abstracts are due by February 19, 2018.	See Website or Contact info-acg@uwa.edu.au
Oct 18, 2018	Vancouver, Canada	ACG Ground Support in Cave Mining Workshop Professor Yves Potvin will facilitate this interactive and informative ACG workshop, which will explore both the technical and practical aspects of ground support in cave mining operations. The workshop is designed to assist mining personnel involved with the design and implementation of cave mining ground support.	See Website or Contact info-acg@uwa.edu.au
Oct 24-27, 2018	Anaheim, CA	DFI 43rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations This conference will feature technical presentations on innovations and advancements that address performance based design and construction of foundations subject to increasingly challenging structural demands. The 2018 Conference will provide an international forum for a wide range of geo-professionals to present, discuss, and debate all aspects of assessment,development, design and mitigation for complex loading conditions in the 21st Century. Abstract submission deadline is December 15, 2017.	See Website or Contact events@dfi.org
Nov 24-28, 2018	Cairo, Egypt	GeoMEast 2018 International Congress and Exhibition GeoMEast 2018 will provide a showcase for recent developments and advancements in design, construction, and safety Inspections of transportation Infrastructures and offer a forum to discuss and debate future directions for the 21st century.	See Website or Contact info@ssige.org
Dec 03-05, 2018	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	The Second JTC1 Workshop on Triggering and Propagation of Rapid Flow-like Landslides The Workshop will provide a platform to discuss the latest technical development and knowledge gaps with a view to promoting further advances in the understanding of the subject. The highlights of the Workshop include the Hutchinson Lecture, Hungr Oration, benchmarking exercise for landslide runout analysis, keynote addresses and special lectures. Extended abstracts are due by June 30, 2018.	See Website or Contact hkges@hkges.org