The 6th European Geosynthetics Congress will take place in Istanbul 25-28 September 2016. The deadline to submit an abstract is 30th October 2015. Detailed information is available at http://www.eurogeo6.org/.

International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering will be held on March 30-31, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic. More details can be found at the conference website.

International Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI,www.asce.org/emi) Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE www.asce.org) will be held on October 25-27, 2016 in Metz in partnership with the Université de Lorraine. The EMI annual conferences are held each year, usually in the United Stated, and are organized in partnership with the host university. As instance, this year’s the conference was held at Stanford University: www.emi2015.info. The announcement of the conference can be found in the attached pdf flyer.

The W(H)YDOC International Workshop for Young Doctors in Geomechanics is periodically organized (2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012) at Ecole des ponts ParisTech in link with the ALERT European Network and other first rank universities over the world. The idea is to bring together the best young geotechnical doctors within an informal three days invited Workshop, so as to allow for a detailed presentation of their PhD research. Students completing their last PhD year are also welcome.

Three outstanding Professors from various Universities act as Keynote lecturers (one each day) and/or discussion leaders during the sessions. The 2015 Session will welcome Prof. Antonio Gens (UPC Barcelona), Prof. Henri Vandamme (CNRS-MIT research group) and Prof. C. Spiers (U. Utrecht). Typically, around 20 contributions (including the 3 Keynote Lectures) are presented during the three days. Proceedings containing extended summaries (3 pages each) are made available on the web.
A W(H)YDOC prize (1000 €) for the best PhD presentation is also organized, according to the decision of a Committee made up with the invited Professors (3 keynotes and 3 Session chairs).

The attendance is free with at least 60 persons attending. The venue of the next W(H)YDOC 15 is planned from 2 to 4 December 2015. More details can be obtained from Prof. Pierre Delage and will be announced later at the website of ALERT Geomaterials.

International Conf. on Creep and Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials will be held at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 24-25, 2015. The tentative programme is attached. The registration is open in http://www.chalmers.se/en/sections/conferences/international-conference. Please note that the final date for registrations is August 16, 2015, and given the number of places is limited, register early to avoid disappointment. Any updates to the programme will be posted on the conference website: http://conferences.chalmers.se/index.php/ICCG/ICCG15 in early August.

Advanced course on Modeling of Localized Inelastic Deformation (LID 2015), taught by Milan Jirásek in Prague, Czech Republic, 7-11 September 2015.
This course provides an overview of modeling approaches used in the mechanics of inelastic materials and structures, with special attention to the objective description of highly localized deformation modes such as cracks or shear bands. It is one of the RILEM educational courses. The course is intended for graduate students at the doctoral level, but it can be equally useful to motivated master students, post-doctoral researchers, or senior researchers who are not specialists in this field.
For details see http://mech.fsv.cvut.cz/~milan/course2015.html
For registration please contact Milan.Jirasek@fsv.cvut.cz .