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Registration for the ALERT Workshop & School 2013 is open!

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The registration for the ALERT Workshop and School 2013 is open now! You can register using the form at https://alertgeomaterials.eu/forms/registration.html . After filling the form and pressing the button “Register”, a window will open with your invoice. Please print it for your records! You will also get an email with the registration data afterwards. In case of the registration of ALERT members, the corresponding representative of the ALERT institution will receive the registration data too.

The deadline for the registration is the September 15th! The accomodation in Aussois will be processed in the order of the registrations (see the hints in the registration form).

Hints on how to get to Aussois!

2013 Shamsher Prakash Prize For Excellence In The Practice Of Geotechnical Engineering

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Shamsher Prakash Foundation solicits nomination (no application) for the “2013 SHAMSHER PRAKASH PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING” for young persons(45 years) primarily from practicing engineers from all over the world. Nominations are invited so as to reach the Honorary Secretary on or before June 30, 2013. Continue reading →

ALERT Workshop 2013 – extended deadline

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The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the ALERT Workshop 2013 has been extended up to May 31!

Workshop sessions:

Session 1 (Monday, September 30)
Geomechanics of slopes
Coordinators: Claudio di Prisco and Leonardo Cascini

Session 2 (Tuesday, October 1)
Contact problems in geomechanics
Coordinators: Euripides Papamichos and Jean Sulem
(this will be only a half-day exploratory workshop)

Session 3 (Wednesday, October 2)
Degradation in geomaterials
Coordinators: Ali Daouadji, Christophe Dano and Erich Bauer

Registration deadline for the ALERT summerschool in Innsbruck

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The registration deadline for the Olek Zienkiewicz Course (ALERT Summerschool) on GEOLOGY AND MECHANICS, taking place 16-20 September 2013 in Innsbruck, is 31 May 2013! Details for this summerschool you can find at http://www.uibk.ac.at/geotechnik/graphics/pics/summerschool_geology_and_mechanics.pdf. Early booking of accommodation in Innsbruck is recommended.