 | IGC 2017 - GeoNEst: Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies (GeoNEst) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati, India, December 14-16, 2017 |
| Conference website | http://www.iitg.ac.in/igc2017 |
| Abstract registration deadline | April 15, 2017 |
| Submission deadline | April 25, 2017 |
| Intimation of abstract acceptance | May 15, 2017 |
| Submission of full-length paper | July 15, 2017 |
| Intimation of full-length paper acceptance | August 14, 2017 |
| Submission of camera ready paper | September 30, 2017 |
| Early bird registration last date | October 31, 2017 |
| Abstract Submission Link | http://conf.igc2017.in/ |
Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Guwahati Chapter (NE) is delighted to announce the Indian Geotechnical Conference in 2017 (IGC 2017). The conference will be held at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) during 14-16 December 2017, organized by IGS Guwahati Chapter (NE) in association with IIT Guwahati. IGC 2017 is focused on the theme "Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies" (GeoNEst) which encompasses several sub-themes.
Organizing team of IGC 2017 cordially invites geotechnical engineering community to participate in the IGS annual event which is being held for the first time in the Northeast India.
Abstract Submission Guidelines
Prospective Authors are invited to submit the Extended Abstracts (One A4 page) of the intended papers on the conference sub-themes. Pdf version of the extended abstract shall be uploaded to the conference website using author Login/Register. Please follow the IGC 2017 Extended abstract guidelines (pdf) for preparing extended abstract as per the format (MS word template)
For further details about the conference key dates, abstract submission details etc., visit the conference website www.igc2017.in
List of Sub-Theme Topics
- Geotechnical and geophysical investigation
- Foundations on difficult soils
- Slope stability, landslides and natural disaster mitigation
- Earth retaining structures
- Geoenvironmental engineering
- Behaviour of unsaturated soils
- Geohydrology, dam and embankment engineering
- Rock mechanics, tunnelling and underground structures
- Ground improvement techniques
- Uncertainties, risk and reliability in geotechnical engineering
- Geosynthetics engineering
- Soil dynamics and earthquake geotechnical engineering
- Transportation geotechnics
- Sustainable geotechnics
- Marine geotechnics
- Computational geomechanics and geotechnical modelling
- Forensic geotechnical engineering
and case studies - Other topics: Geotechnical Engineering Education and Professional Practice; Retrofitting Strategies for Geotechnical Structures;
Field Instrumentation and Monitoring; and any other relevant topic.
Publication
IGC2017-GeoNEsT is targeting to have peer-reviewed good quality conference proceedings. Selected high-quality papers will be published as special publications under Springer series.
Venue
The conference will be held in Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to igc2017guwahati@gmail.com