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Geo-Extreme 2025 Preview #2: The 1928 St. Francis Dam failure

August 21st, 2025

The Geo-Institute is offering a free preview of Geo-Extreme 2025 with a livestream on the 1928 St. Francis Dam failure at 2 p.m. EDT August 26. In this session, Michael Bennett of Virginia Tech will present “Death in the Canyon: The 1928 St. Francis Dam Breach," a deep dive into one of the most catastrophic dam failures in U.S. […]

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Proposals open for Short Courses, PIT Talks, Special Sessions at Geo-Congress 2026

April 23rd, 2025

2026 is now accepting proposals for Short Courses, Innovation Talks (PIT) and Special Sessions. The conference takes place Feb. 15-18, 2026, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s theme — Geo Tools, Technologies, and Techniques in an Environment of Change — invites you to spotlight practical tools, cutting-edge methods and bold ideas shaping the future […]

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Geotechnical Frontiers announces full agenda

February 6th, 2017

Organizers of the Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 conference and trade show have released the complete schedule for the March 12–15 event at the Hyatt Regency Orlando (Fla.). Among the highlights: eight full-day short courses (all offering PDHs—professional development hours); 200 exhibitors on the show floor; the first Robert M. Koerner Award and Lecture, plus Mercer, Seed, […]

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