Prague Geotechnical Days
International conference with the participation of leading experts in the field of geotechnics from all over the world focuses annually on the latest scientific knowledge and current topics in geotechnics
We have been co-hosting the two-day international conference Prague Geotechnical Days since 1993. The conference annually presents the latest scientific knowledge and current topics in geotechnics. Prague Geotechnical Lecture as well as world specialists’ lectures are the major content of the first conference day with regards to thematic areas of current year. The second conference day is dedicated to workshop, usually under supervision of Prague Geotechnical Lecture author. The Prague Geotechnical Days take place in the historical premises of Czech Academy of Sciences in the Prague city centre and in the Charles University campus. Moreover, the young engineering geologists and geotechnical engineers are awarded by Quido Zaruba Award for the most remarkable projects in engineering geology during the international conference.
Prague Geotechnical Lectures
Large number of specialists in various fields of geotechnics gave their lectures within already arranged Prague Geotechnical Days ranging from numerical modelling, environmental geotechnics, soil and rock mechanics, water issues in soil, rock and geotechnical constructions, to the special geotechnical assignments such as protection and conservation of historical objects in terms of geotechnics, energy geotechnics, or foundation of high-rise buildings on different substrates or foundation on the seabed.
prof. Yannis F. Dafalias
University of California, Davis; National Technical University of Athens; Institute of Thermomechanics, CAS, PragueCritical State Constitutive Modeling of Sands within Bounding Surface Plasticity, and Application to Centrifuge Data for Geotechnical Structures under Cyclic Loading
prof. Gioacchino Viggiani
Université Grenoble Alpes, FranceRecent Developments in Laboratory Testing of Geomaterials with Emphasis on Imaging Processes
prof. Dr. et Ing. Rolf Katzenbach
Technische Universität Darmstadt, GermanyGeotechnics as Solid Basis of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Examples from the Highest High-Rise Buildings of Europe and the World
prof. R. Kerry Rowe
Queen´s University, CanadaEnvironmental Geotechnics: Looking back, Looking forward
prof. Mark Randolph
The University of Western Australia, AustraliaDesign Issues for Steel Pipe Piles for Bridge Foundations, Coastal Structures and Offshore Applications
prof. Andrew N. Schofield
University of Cambridge, Great BritainCritical States of Soil and Geotechnical Centrifuge Tests
prof. Carlos Santamarina
GeorgiaTech, USAA Particle Level Review of Soil Behaviour and Macroscale Implications
prof. Malcolm Bolton
University of Cambridge, Great BritainPerformance-based Design in Geotechnical Engineering
prof. Gerd Gudehus
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyStability Assessment and Seismo-Hydraulic Monitoring
prof. Carlo Viggiani
University of Napoli Federico II, ItalyGeotechnical Engineering and the Conservation of Monuments and Historical Sites
prof. David Muir Wood
University of Cambridge, Great BritainRoots and Fibres in Soil Mechanics
prof. Harry Poulos
University of Sydney, AustraliaThe Piled Raft Foundation for the Burj Dubai – Design and Performance
prof. Ing. Dr. Zdeněk Eisenstein, DrSc.
University of Alberta, CanadaInteraction of the Rock Environment with Underground Structures – Design Development
Dr. Christos Tsatsanifos
Pangaea Consulting Engineers, GreeceBuilding in Ancient Cities: Geotechnical Engineering Challenges
prof. Franz Barends
Technical University of Delft, NetherlandsA Strategy for Geotechnical Innovation
prof. Roger Frank
National School of Bridges and Highways of France, FranceThe French National Project on Micropiles
prof. John Atkinson
City, University of London, Great BritainSoil Parameters for Geotechnical Design
prof. Nick Barton
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, AustriaReduction of Risk Prior to and during Tunnelling
prof. Niels Krebs Ovesen
Danish Geotechnical Institute, DenmarkGeotechnical Problems at Great Belt Crossing
prof. Manfred Nussbaumer
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geotechnik, GermanyGeotechnical Aspects of Tunnelling Projects along High-Speed Rail Link Cologne – Rhein/Main
Dr. Suzanne Lacasse
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NorwayGeotechnical Engineering at Dawn of Third Millennium
prof. Antonio Gens
Technical University of Catalonia, SpainCoupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Analysis for Geotechnical and Environmental Applications
doc. Ing. Jaroslav Feda, DrSc.
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of SciencesPerspectives of Structural Soil Mechanics
prof. Francois Schlosser
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, FranceStrain Compatibility in Soil Reinforcement
prof. James Mitchell
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USAUnderstanding Soil Behaviour Runs Through It – Role of Soil | Behaviour in Continuing Evolution of Geotechnical Engineering
prof. Heinz Brandl
Technische Universität Wien, AustriaEnvironmental Geotechnics
prof. John B. Burland
Imperial College London, Great BritainMovements around Deep Excavations in London
prof. J. Biarez
Ecole Centrale de Paris, FrancePredicted and Measured Settlements of Nuclear Power Stations
prof. Michael Jamiolkowski
Politecnico di Torino, ItalyLeaning Tower of Pisa