The Geo-Institute is proud to be a co-sponsor of the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (4th ICTG), which will be held in Chicago, Illinois, on August 30–September 2, 2020.  This is the main conference event of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee (TC) 202 on Transportation Geotechnics, which focuses on applying broad engineering to bridge the gap between Pavement/Railway Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering.  The ICTG is held every four years.

Papers relevant to 4th ICTG 2020 that address the conference themes are invited. Abstracts should contain up to 350 words, and include the affiliation and contact details of the authors. The abstract and paper submission is through the conference Web page:

www.conferences.illinois.edu/ICTG2020

Download Call for Abstracts Announcement, with themes and schedule

The deadline for submission is June 16, 2019.

Conference Goal: To apply broad engineering to bridge the gap between Pavement/Railway Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering. To promote co-operation and exchange of information and knowledge about the geotechnical aspects in design, construction, maintenance, environmental aspects, and monitoring and upgrading of roads, railways, airfields and harbor facilities.

Conference Highlights:

• 3rd Proctor lecture

• Geo-Institute of ASCE’s Carl Monismith Lecture

• Meeting of Young Transportation Geotechnics Engineers (YTGE)

• Pre-conference Workshops

• Plenary, Keynote and Breakout sessions

• Technical Exhibitions

• Peer-reviewed conference papers to be fully citation indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters and published in a Springer Nature proceedings book