The Canadian Geotechnical Society
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).
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Highlighted listings indicate CGS-sponsored events| Date | Location | Event | Contact |
| 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 |
| Oct 25, 2018 | Best Western Seven Oaks. 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM | RGG Lunch and Learn USE OF AN INNOVATIVE GEOCOMPOSITE (PARADRAIN) TO BUILD A REINFORCED SLOPE | Contact reginageotechgroup@gmail.com |
| 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 |
| Nov 27, 2018 | Liu Institute Case Room, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada | SVDESIGNER & SVSLOPE Training Workshop One-Day Workshop presented by SoilVision Systems. Key Topics include: • Focus on mining solutions • 3D stability analysis of tailings dams and open pits • Focus on Limit Equilibrium Methods (LEM) • Simplified 3D model creation in minutes or hours • Handling complex intersecting geo-strata and topology and using material volumes in 3D models | See Website or Contact contact@soilvision.com |
| Nov 29 - Dec 04, 2018 | Edmonton, AB, Canada | International Short Course on Permafrost Engineering: Effective Design and Construction in Permafrost Region This five-day course will cover a variety of topics, including the logistical challenges of building in Northern Regions, understanding the origin and different types of ground ice and evaluating and designing foundations and slopes in permafrost. | See Website or Contact sally.petaske@ualberta.ca |
| 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 |
| Dec 09-12, 2018 | Edmonton, AB, Canada | International Oil Sands Tailings Conference (IOSTC) 2018 Invited speakers and select technical presentations on topics including innovations in tailings management and dewatering technologies, regulatory policy and guidelines, mine waste structure integrity and closure/reclamation considerations. | See Website or Contact sally.petaske@ualberta.ca |
