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The theme for Geosynthetics 2013 is Water & Energy Challenges. The conference will feature four days of technical programming, including short courses, panel discussions, and paper presentations.
The current technical session topics include:
Case histories
- Geosynthetics applications in landfills
- Geosynthetics case histories
Dams and levees
- Geosynthetics in dams and levees
- Innovative levee strengthening with geosynthetics
- Protecting the public interest with geosynthetics: Reducing risk to infrastructure using reinforced vegetation
Drainage
- Innovation in drainage geocomposites
Energy
- Geomembranes for cover and containment systems
- Moving forward: Sustainable geosynthetic applications for the mining, energy, and waste containment industries
- Geosynthetics and hydrofracking
Environmental
- Geosynthetics applied to landfills and containment systems: Lessons learned and new research
- Liner integrity and leak location surveys
Failures
- Lessons learned from failures
Geo-hazards
- Geosynthetic foundations and geo-hazards
Properties of geosynthetics
- Bituminous geomembranes
- Geogrid testing and specifications:
Where are we now? - Geosynthetic liners
- Geosynthetic reinforcement
- Man-made geosynthetics
- Geosynthetic properties
Ground improvement
- Geosynthetics and ground improvement
- Reinforced-earth walls
- Ground-improvement techniques
- Geosynthetics in mining
Transportation
- Geosynthetic reinforced soil–integrated bridge system: Design, construction, performance
- Lest we forget—the basic functions and applications of geosynthetic materials
- Quantifying the geosynthetic parameters for subgrade stabilization and base reinforcements in pavements
- Geosynthetics in transportation
Water
- Design implications of pilot scale tests and chemical conditioning on geotextile tube dewatering for maintaining water bodies
- Geosynthetics and water protection
Panel discussions
- What is the remaining lifetime of my exposed liner? Here is a plan: the North American view
- How to specify a geoelectric leak location survey—what matters and what doesn’t
- Advancing the state-of-practice for geosynthetic-reinforced soil
Announcing the one-day short courses at Geosynthetics 2013
Introduction to geosynthetics
Instructor: David Elton
Design of geosynthetic-reinforced unpaved and paved roads
Instructors: Jie Han and J.P. Giroud
Geosynthetics test procedures and material specifications
Instructors: Bob Mackey, Sam Allen, David Suits, Joel Sprague, Gary Kolbalsuk, J.P. Kline, George Koerner, Jeff Denton
How to specify a planar drainage geocomposite
Instructor: Tim Bauters
Design and construction of bottom liner and cover systems
Instructor: Richard Thiel
Southwest geotechs and GRI-25
Geosynthetics 2013 is co-locating in Long Beach with the annual Southwest Geotechnical Engineers Conference, coordinated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and nine southwest state DOTs.
Geosynthetics 2013 will also include a 25-year anniversary presentation of the Geosynthetic Research Institute’s conference—GRI-25: “Retrospectives on the geosynthetics industry and glimpses into the future.”
IFAI
The Geosynthetics 2013 conference and exhibition is organized by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) and the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA), a division of IFAI; it is supported by the North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS), the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI), and it is conducted under the auspices of International Geosynthetics Society (IGS).
April 1–4, 2013
Make your plans now to attend Geosynthetics 2013 in Long Beach, Calif. See you there!