XV Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
VI International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials
VIII South American Congress of Rock Mechanics
take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 15 to 18, 2015, see the webpage. The abstract submission will close on Thursday, 31 October 2014.

A very high-level technical program has been organised. Seven plenary lectures
http://conferencesba2015.com.ar/website/xv-panamerican-conference-on-soil-mechanics-and-geothecnical-engineering/invited-speakers/
– including the Casagrande, Mercer and ISSMGE Bishop lectures – and seventeen keynote lectures
http://conferencesba2015.com.ar/website/xv-panamerican-conference-on-soil-mechanics-and-geothecnical-engineering/keynote-speakers/
are scheduled for the three Conferences. Also, nine panel sessions
http://conferencesba2015.com.ar/website/xv-panamerican-conference-on-soil-mechanics-and-geothecnical-engineering/panelists/
will discuss hot topics in various aspects of geotechnical engineering.

Papers will be peer reviewed, edited by IOS Press and indexed in several scientific databases. Copyright will remain with the authors of the papers. Selected papers will be invited to be completed and submitted to specialised journal depending on the technical session.

Abstracts are invited for the selected technical sessions. Abstracts can be uploaded directly to the Conference website:
http://conferencesba2015.com.ar/website/xv-panamerican-conference-on-soil-mechanics-and-geothecnical-engineering/abstracts-submission/