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17th PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

2nd LATIN-AMERICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF IAEG

La Serena • Chile • 2024

12th to 16th

November

2024

cordially invited to participate

Dear colleagues: On behalf of the Chilean Geotechnical Society (SOCHIGE), you are cordially invited to participate in the 17th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVII PCSMGE) and 2nd Latin-American Regional Conference of the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) to be held in Chile in November 2024. We are delighted to organize this event, for the second time, after hosting it back in 1991. With an average width of 180 kilometers and a length of about 5000 kilometers, Chile is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the majestic Andes Mountains to the east. These characteristics result in a country with a wide variety of climates and vegetation, as well as both soil and rock conditions along its territory. As part of the Circum-Pacific Belt, Chile is one of the great seismically active regions in the world, which is of particular interest to geoscientists and geotechnical engineers worldwide. The Panamerican congress will serve as a unique platform for dissemination of knowledge and fruitful interactions among researchers and practitioners from different generations and nationalities. We are excited to keep growing as a community and your attendance is essential to the success of this conference. We look forward to receiving you in our country!

Organizing Committee

Daniela Pollak

Daniela Pollak

Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee
Gonzalo Montalva

Gonzalo Montalva

Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee
Luis Valenzuela

Luis Valenzuela

Chair of the Scientific Committee
Sergio Sepúlveda

Sergio Sepúlveda

Chair of the 2nd Latin-American Regional IAEG Conference
Carolina Jadue

Carolina Jadue

Treasurer
Omar Núñez

Omar NÚñez

Secretary
Claudio Román

Claudio Román

Scientific Committee Coordinator
Juan Pablo Mira

Juan Pablo Mira

Administrative Coordinator

Advisory Committee

Walter Paniagua

Vice-President of North America
México

André Assis

Vice-President of South America
Brasil

Timothy Newson

Immediate Past Vice-President of North America
Canada

Alejo Sfriso

Immediate Past Vice-President of South America
Argentina

Juan Paulin

Secretary of the XVI Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
México

Also supported by

Marc Ballouz

President of the ISSMGE

Diego Manzanal

President of the SAIG
Argentina

Roberto Quental

President of the ABMS
Brasil

Natalia Garrido

President of the ACHIGEO
Chile

Roberto Gesche

President of the SOCHIGE
Chile

Ricardo Ortiz

President of the SMIG
México

Roberto Andrada

President of the SPG
Paraguay

Key dates

Conference - November 2024

• Tuesday 12th: Workshops / Short courses / Registration / Opening

• Wednesday 13th – Friday 14th: Conference

• Saturday 15th – Sunday 16th: Technical visits / Side Activities

Papers

• Deadline for abstract submission: June 2023

• Notification of abstract acceptance: July 2023

• Draft paper submission deadline: November 2023

• Notification of paper acceptance: January 2024

• Final paper due: April 202

Carlos Santamarina

Casagrande Lecture:

Carlos Santamarina

Topics

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Edgar Bard (Chile)

Carlos Ovalle (Chile/Canada)

  • Lab and in situ testing

  • Physical and constitutive soil modelling

  • Unsaturated soils

  • Soft soils

  • Residual and saprolitic soils

  • Rockfill

  • Soil geochemistry

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

José Campaña (Chile)

Juan Manuel Pestana (Venezuela/USA)

  • Numerical modelling

  • Seismic analisis of natural soil deposits and geotechnical structures

  • Mining structures

  • Tailings dams

  • Infrastructure and transport works

  • Foundations of buildings and large works

  • Monitoring and observational method

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Juan Manuel Fernandez (Chile)

Walter Paniagua (México)

Mario Terceros (Bolivia)

  • Soil improvement

  • Use of geosynthetics

  • Special foundations

  • Rehabilitation of geotechnical structures

  • Advances in instrumentation and sensing systems

  • New images technologies in geotechnics

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Sergio Sepúlveda (Chile)

Victor Hernández-Madrigal (Mexico)

Stella Moreiras (Argentina)

  • Engineering Geology

  • Environmental Geology and Geotechnics

  • Applied Hydrogeology and waterr resources

  • Rock Mechanics and applications

  • Geohazards remote sensing and monitoring

  • Geologic hazard and risk assessment, and territorial Planning

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Cesar Pasten (Chile)

Douglas Cortés (USA)

  • Energy geotechnics

  • Geotechnical uncertainty

  • Biogeotechnics 

  • Machine learning and big data in geotechnics

  • Sustainability and climate change

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Matías Silva (Chile)

Pooneh Maghoul (Canadá)

Cristina de Hollanda Cavalcanti Tsuha (Brazil)

  • Geotechnical engineering and sustainable development

  • Education of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering

  • Academy and practice in Geotechnical Engineering. How to diminish the gap

  • Geotechnical works and their impact on communities

Technical Sponsors Exhibition

The Conference Centre will provide a functional and pleasant setting for the Technical/Sponsors Exhibition. Refreshments will be served close to the exhibition site to ensure that delegates have plenty of time to visit the exhibitors.

“More information on Partner and Exhibition opportunities will be available soon”

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Convention Center

CONVENTION CENTER AND HEADQUARTERS HOTEL

Peñuelas Norte 56, Coquimbo, Región de Coquimbo, Chile

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