International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics for Human Security and Environmental preservation was held on 6 to 7 December 2007 at Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Details of the topic include: Design and Applications of Geosynthetics, Soil Improvement, New Challenge in Dam Engineering, Slope and Embankment Reinforcement, Erosion Control, Tsunami Reconstruction, etc. The symposium was officially opened by Dr. Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon, Director-General of the Department of Environmental Quality and Promotion of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE).
The two-day symposium had an impressive line up of speakers including Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka of Tokyo University of Science and President of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) as well as Prof. Pedro Pinto of the University of Coimbra, Portugal and President of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). There were more than 120 speakers, session chairs, delegates, exhibitors, and sponsors from 23 countries including Australia, Bangladesh, China, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Philippines, Singapore, U.S.A., U.K., Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, and, of course, Thailand. In addition, there were 13 Exhibitors and 12 Sponsors.
This Symposium served as a forum for the geotechnical and geosynthetic professionals as a whole, and, in particular those who are involved in disaster prevention, mitigation, rehabilitation, and construction works for human security. It is our fervent hope that this Symposium will encourage research activities as well as promote environmental preservations in Thailand. Already, geosynthetics are being used for erosion control along Chao Phraya River banks as well as in the shorelines of the Gulf of Thailand.
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| Opening Ceremony on 6 December 2007 of the International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering, Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics for Human Security and Environmental Preservation. |
