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GEOCONGRESS 2008: The Challenge of Sustainability in the Geoenvironment
Annual Congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE
March 9-12, 2008
Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
GEOCONGRESS 2008 will present a broad perspective on the role of geoengineers and geoscientists in protecting and preserving our environment. GEOCONGRESS 2008 will emphasize the breadth and interdisciplinary nature of the geoenvironment. The Organizing Committee is planning a technical program that includes state-of-the-art contributions addressing all facets of practice, research, and education pertaining to the geoenvironment and the challenge of sustainability facing engineers, scientists and practitioners today. The program will address topics of direct interest to consulting engineers and scientists, general contractors, sub-contractors, and owners as well as educators, researchers, regulators, policy makers, and students. GEOCONGRESS 2008 will provide a diverse range of activities for conference participants including oral and poster presentations of technical papers, panel discussions and debates, a student paper competition, equipment/hardware/software demonstrations, exhibits and field trips. The conference will also offer short courses and networking events, a multi-faceted student program, and a post-conference volunteer work day in New Orleans.
Conference themes include, but are not limited to:
- Sustainability - including sustainable design and construction, lifecycle assessment and management, brownfield redevelopment, wetland restoration, sustainable water management practices, mitigation of climate change effects, enhancement of community resiliency, geothermal energy solutions, and sustainable use of underground space;
- Geo-hazard Mitigation - including flood control, landslides, seismic design, tsunamis, soil erosion control and soil sealing by development (hard-cover), drought management, and expansive and collapsible soils;
- Waste Management - including management of solid and hazardous wastes, radioactive waste, mine tailings, sludges, and sediments, landfill design and performance, surface impoundments, innovative barrier materials, innovative covers, bioreactor landfills, waste mechanics, and materials reuse and recycling, and sustainable stewardship; and
- Site Assessment and Remediation - including innovative site characterization and monitoring techniques, remote sensing, geophysical methods, contaminant fate and transport, subsurface barriers, technologies to remediate contaminated soils, groundwater and sediments, and emerging phyto- bio- and nano- technologies.
In addition to a number of invited keynote lectures, GEOCONGRESS 2008 will feature the annual Geo-Institute of ASCE Terzaghi, Peck, and Seed Lectures. The Organizing Committee is currently considering a range of possible post-conference tours and workshops. Interested individuals/organizations are encouraged to submit a tour or a workshop proposal.
Watch for a call for abstracts and technical session proposals in January 2007! The technical session proposals will be due by March 2, 2007, and the abstracts will be due by March 30, 2007. For additional information, check the Geo-Institute of ASCE website at www.geoinstitute.org or contact the conference co-chairs, Prof. Krishna Reddy (kreddy@uic.edu) and Dr. Beth Gross (bgross@geosyntec.com).
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