The theme of the conference is ‘challenges of geotechnical engineering to meet current and emerging society needs’.

This conference aims to bring together researchers and engineers around the world to discuss the recent advances in geotechnical engineering.

The conference and attendees will provide a strong link with soil mechanics, with presentations by high selected speakers, technical-scientific parallel sessions, one-day workshops and site visits.

This symposium intended to highlight the various contributions of Coulomb's theory to geotechnics. It will give the opportunity to French and European experts to testify to the importance of the legacy of Coulomb's work in today's geotechnics, including in its most recent developments. During the symposium the annual honorary lecture "Coulomb Lecture" will be presented by Professor Robertson.

The 17th ARC on geotechnical engineering includes plenary, keynote, technical oral and post sessions as well as a technical exposition and technical tours for better disseminating findings and best practices. It also includes topical, special, keynote, and post-conference workshops. Peer reviewed conference papers will be published in a Springer proceedings book with full citation indexing.

This is a 50hr course running 6 weeks, designed for college and university students alongside current studies, practitioner, technicians and engineers alike, wishing to learn or refresh their knowledge of soil mechanics. Professor Ian Smith provides introduction to the settlement behaviour of soils underloading, followed by coverage of the key subject of shear strength of soils. Application of the theory in civil engineering is made through the subjects of bearing capacity followed by introduction to the design procedures of Eurocode 7. To conclude, the design of shallow foundations in accordance with Eurocode 7, is covered.

Full paper submission deadline is January 15, 2023 (23:59 GMT+6)

Submission key dates can be found here.

Templates, guidelines and further information for submissions can be found here.