Program
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Short Course – Geosynthetic barriers in containment facilities
Abdelmalek Bouazza, Monash University, Australia
Kerry Rowe, Queen’s University, Canada
Conference Check in opens
Welcome / Intro Session
D. Zekkos, Conference Chair ● Welcome Address
K. Sample-Lord, Conference Program Chair ● Program Tour
Welcome Reception
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Opening Ceremony
D. Zekkos, Conference Chair | UC Berkeley, USA
R.K. Rowe Lecture
Invited Lecture – Carbon Dioxide Injection into Deep Aquifers: a Geomechanical Perspective
Invited Lecture – Preserving the Environment by Reusing the Existing Construction Footprint
Coffee Break
Special Session – Advances in Geosynthetics for Waste Containment Applications
K. Tian, George Mason University, USA
N. Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University, USA
J. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Lunch Break
Invited Lecture – Application of Biosurfactants as Sustainable Environmental Remediation
Invited Lecture – Potential impacts of temperature rise on the geoenvironment
Invited Lecture – In-Situ Stabilization (ISS) of sediment in saline environment at the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, NY
Coffee Break
Special Session – Emerging contaminants of concern: Occurrence, fate, migration and remediation
M. Sedighi, The University of Manchester, UK
M. Bouazza, Monash University, Australia
Meetings
Invited Lecture – A Novel Waste-Cover-Waste Three-layer Landfill Cover System without Geomembrane: from Theory to Practice
Invited Lecture – Field scale implementation and commercialization of bio-based ground improvement technologies
Invited Lecture – 30 years of Environmental Geotechnics courses and the future
M. Pantazidou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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Coffee Break
Panel Discussion – Nexus of Geo-Energy & Geo-Environment
H. Coumoulos, Castor Ltd
Panelists
M. Sánchez, Texas A&M University, USA
T. Baser, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
S. Babu, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
D. Dermatas, Ministry of Environment and Energy / National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Lunch Break
Invited Lecture – Observatory Science – Addressing societal challenges at the Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatory
Invited Lecture – Waste Reuse for Geotechnical Applications
Panel Discussion – Current Status and Future Directions of Enhanced (Polymerized) Bentonites for Chemical Containment Barriers
C. Shackelford, Colorado State University, USA
Panelists
T. Abichou, Florida State University, USA
G. Di Emidio, Ghent University, Belgium
N. Guarena, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
J. Scalia, Colorado State University, USA
Special Session – Characterisation, remediation and management of contaminated sites and waste materials
E. K. Paleologos, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
D. N. Singh, IIT Bombay, India
C. Tang, Nanjing University, China
Y. Du, Southeast University, China
F. Cotecchia, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
C. Vitone, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Coffee Break
Special Session – Wildfires, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Implications
A. Farid, Boise State University, USA
I. D. Akin, North Carolina State University, USA
Invited Lecture – Performance-based design of contaminant barriers for sustainable landfilling and site remediation
Invited Lecture – The Upcycling of Waste Glass Into Versatile and Sustainable Products
Panel Discussion – “If I started my career in Environmental Geotechnics now, I would…”
K. Sample-Lord, Villanova University, USA
Panelists
S. Burns, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
R. Kerry Rowe, Queen's University, Canada
L. Zhan, Zhejiang University, China
M. Manassero, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Conference Themes
The 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, which is the premier conference series in Environmental Geotechnics under the auspices of the Technical Committee “Environmental Geotechnics” (TC215) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), will be held on 25-28 June 2023 on the beautiful island of Crete in Greece. The conference theme “Highlighting the Role of Environmental Geotechnics in Addressing Global Challenges” will bring together international leaders in environmental geotechnics and will cover a wide range of topics that relate to advances in research and practice with a focus on safeguarding the geoenvironment, energy and resource harvesting, combating climate change and responding to natural hazards. See the conference themes below.
Landfilling
Waste characterization and properties
Stability & deformation of waste
Geotechnical recycling and reuse of waste materials
Construction and demolition wastes
Dredged sediments
Other solid wastes
Contaminant Transport and Fate
Geoenvironmental Land Remediation
Degradation and attenuation
Emerging contaminants
Contaminated land and remediation technology
In-situ remediation
Off site remediation
New remediation technologies
Climate Change Impact & Mitigation
Greenhouse gas emissions and control
Geoenvironmental risk assessment
Sustainability
Risk-based site evaluation and management
Geo-Energy
Nuclear waste
CO2 sequestration
Shallow and deep energy harvesting
Methane hydrates
Underground storage facilities
Resource Mining & Extraction
Coal combustion residues
Tailings and mine wastes
Tailing ponds
Acid mine drainage
Heap leach pads
Geosynthetics for the geoenvironment
Biogeotechnics
Engineering barriers
(covers, liners, vertical barriers, permeable barriers)
Forensic environmental geotechnics
Advances in Geoenvironmental Field Characterization
Advances in Laboratory Testing & Material Characterization
Advances in Numerical Modeling
Coupled Processes in Environmental Geotechnics & Geo-Energy
Human-induced and Natural Disaster Mitigation
Case histories in environmental geotechnics and the geoenvironment
Education in Environmental Geotechnics
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
delivered to all participants by internationally renowned experts/academics.
running daily and in parallel focusing on specific research fields
covering hot topics of Environmental Geotechnics (including theme talks by distinguished lecturers, round-table discussions and paper presentations). The 9ICEG is welcoming the submission of proposals or Special Sessions.
R.K. Rowe Lecture
Prof. Abdelmalek Bouazza
INVITED LECTURES
Dr. Marc Ballouz
Prof. Laloui Lyesse
Dr. Andrea Dominijanni
Dr. Theresa Loux
Christos Tsiamis
Prof. Charles W. W. Ng
Prof. Maria Eugênia Gimenez Boscov
Dr. Leon Van Paassen
Prof. Atsushi Takai
Prof. Catherine Mulligan
Prof. Nikolaos Nikolaidis
SPECIAL SESSIONS
EMERGING CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN: OCCURRENCE, FATE, MIGRATION AND REMEDIATION
Organizers
Dr. Majid Sedighi, The University of Manchester, UK
Prof. Malek Bouazza, Monash University, Australia
The session aims to provide a forum for researchers to present and discuss the geo-environmental aspects of emerging contaminants, including identification methods, site investigations, engineering solutions for tackling and remediation techniques, and assessing the transport and fate of emerging contaminants. Learn more
CHARACTERISATION, REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED SITES AND WASTE MATERIALS
Organizers
Prof. Evan K. Paleologos, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Prof. Devendra N. Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Prof. Chao-Sheng Tang, Nanjing University, China
Prof. Yan Jun Du, Southeast University, China
Prof. Federica Cotecchia, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Assoc. Prof. Claudia Vitone, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
This session will mainly focus on: i) multidisciplinary and multiscale characterisation of contaminated sites aimed to investigate the current state of the system and find experimental evidence of bio-chemo-mechanical coupling processes [..] Learn more
CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF ENHANCED (POLYMERIZED) BENTONITES FOR CHEMICAL CONTAINMENT BARRIERS
Organizer
Prof. Charles Shackelford, Colorado State University, USA
The topic of this discussion session is and has been an active area of research for about a decade now, but there are still several remaining outstanding issues and some controversy on the relevant mechanisms controlling hydraulic behavior and polymer retention/elution. Learn more
ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING AND WASTE: GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
Organizers
Assoc. Prof. Joan M. Larrahondo, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Sebastián Quintero Olaya, The University of Queensland, Australia
This session aims to foster valuable discussions regarding the engineering, environmental, economic, and/or social impacts induced by ASM processes and waste. The session’s papers and presentations are expected to address geotechnical and geoenvironmental aspects of ASM and associated mining waste including [..] Learn more
IN-SITU REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ORGANICS CONTAMINATED SITES
Organizer
Prof. Liming Hu, Tsinghua University, China
This session aims to investigate the characteristics of organic contaminated sites and to explore the method of efficient remediation technologies. New consensus and solutions to solve problem of organic pollution are expected to be obtained. Learn more
WILDFIRES, GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
Organizers
Prof. Arvin Farid, Boise State University, USA
Assoc. Prof. Idil D. Akin, North Carolina State University, USA
This technical session will focus on various geotechnical and geoenvironmental implications of wildfires, including wildfire impacts on the soil environment and properties, disasters caused by these impacts, ways to mitigate those, and restoration of soil to its original conditions. Learn more
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS EDUCATION – HAND DOWN CHOICE MORSELS OF YOUR TEACHING MATERIALS!
Organizer
Assoc. Prof. Marina Pantazidou, NTUA, Greece
This Special Session on Education aims to facilitate exchanges of teaching materials and practices. In particular, creators of any kind of educational material about which they feel proud about are encouraged to submit small samples – choice morsels of their work and to highlight their special features. Learn more
ADVANCES IN GEOSYNTHETICS FOR WASTE CONTAINMENT APPLICATIONS
Organizers
Asst. Prof. Kuo Tian, George Mason University, Virginia
Dr. Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State Univ., USA
Prof. James Hanson, California Polytechnic State Univ., USA
Geosynthetic materials play an important role in the design and construction of waste containment systems. The session will focus on durability, performance, and sustainability advancements in geosynthetic materials [..] Learn more
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION – “IF I STARTED MY CAREER IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS NOW, I WOULD…”
A Special Session Highlighting the Exciting Research Frontier in Environmental Geotechnics by our Intellectual Leaders
This plenary session will include four 15 min presentations by invited distinguished leaders in Environmental Geotechnics followed by a 30 min discussion. Read more
Panel Moderator
Kristin Sample-Lord
Speakers
Susan E. Burns
Liang-Tong Zhan
R. Kerry Rowe
Mario Manassero
Bright Spark Lecture Award
On behalf of the TC215 we would like to thank you all for the many and outstanding participations we received for the Bright Sparks Award. All the proposals have been reviewed by a six-member committee consisting of TC215 members and YMPG members.
Four brilliant researchers have been selected for receiving the Award this year and have been invited to deliver a 20-minute Plenary lecture on Wednesday June 28th in front of the entire Conference Audience.
Congratulations to all awardees!
Meet the Recipients of the Bright Sparks Award
Kuo Tian
Jie Hu
Nicolò Guarena
Alexandra C. Saracho
SHORT COURSE
It will be offered on Sunday 25 June – in the morning before the Conference opening, organized as a satellite event by Prof. R. K. Rowe and Prof. A. Bouazza. The Short Course will take place under the condition that at least 10 participants will sign up. A Registration Fee of 280 € applies. To register to the short course click here. Note that registered participants will be notified to complete their payment once the minimum ten participants cut-off has been reached.
Minimum participation: 10 persons
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Sunday, 25 June
Minoa Palace – The Conference Venue
A. Bouazza
Monash University, Australia
K. Rowe
Queen’s University, Canada
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