NZGS Geotechnical Symposium 2008

Welcome

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we welcome you to the 18^th NZGS Geotechnical Symposium.  The theme for this Symposium is “Soil-Structure Interaction – From Rules of thumb to Reality”.  The objective of this conference is to allow geotechnical practitioners the opportunity to keep abreast with the latest in soil-structure interaction.  Soil-structure interaction covers a wide field and for this reason, the programme will be divided into 8 areas.  These are :-

·          Modelling	·          Seismic Behaviour	·          Deep excavation
·          Foundations	·          Slopes	·          Pavements
·          Tunnels	·          Case Studies

Professor John Atkinson of City University, London will be our Keynote Speaker and a one-day pre-conference workshop on “Seismic Design” is planned.  This follows on from the 2006 NZGS Symposium on “Earthquakes and Urban Development” and the findings of the NZGS sub-committee looking into seismic design.

The conference venue will be held at the new University of Auckland Business School and we look forward also to celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the NZ Geotechnical Society.  On-line registration can be made by clicking here.

We also welcome participants’ guests.  Please join us at the conference and we look forward to seeing you there.

Gavin Alexander – Convenor

Terry McCarthy

Yan Chan

C Y Chin