XV GEOTECHNICAL COLOMBIAN CONGRESS 2 INTERNATIONAL

XV GEOTECHNICAL COLOMBIAN CONGRESS

2ND INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZED

CONFERENCE ON SOFT ROCKS – ISRM 2016

Colombian Geotechnical Society-SCG Commission on Soft Rocks - ISRM

Cartagena – Colombia, October 2016

WEBPAGE: http://www.scg.org.co/

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PANORAMIC VIEW OF CARTAGENA (COLOMBIA)

Organizing Committee XV CGC:

•(Chairman of the Org. Com.: Mario Camilo Torres Suarez – President of the

Colombian Geotechnical Society – CGS)

•Adolfo Alarcón Guzmán, Vice-Chairman – Expresident of CGS

•Gloria Inés Beltrán Calvo – Professor of the National University of Colombia

•Joan Manuel Larrahondo – Professor of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Btá.

•Mónica F. Bedoya M. – Consultant and Professor of the UN of Colombia.

Consultant for both events:

Geol. M.Sc. Juan Montero O. Founder and Honorary Member of SCG.

XV GEOTECHNICAL COLOMBIAN CONGRESS 2ND INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON SOFT ROCKS – ISRM 2016

Commission on Soft Rocks from The International Society for Rocks Mechanics – ISRM Cartagena – Colombia, October of 2016



Organizing Committee 2nd ISCSR-ISRM:

** International: Dr. Milton Kanji – Chairman of the CSF-ISRM (ViceChairman of the Org. Comm.)

Dr. He Manchao – ViceChairman of the CSF-ISRM

Dr. Sergio Fontoura – VicePresident for South America-ISRM

** Local at Colombia •(Chairman of the Org. Com.: Mario Camilo Torres Suarez – President of the

Colombian Geotechnical Society – CGS)

•Édgar Rodríguez Granados – Professor and CGS Member and Consultant

•Guillermo Pabon Gutierrez – Vicepresident of the CGS and Consultant

Consultant for both events:

Geol. M.Sc. Juan Montero O. Founder and Honorary Member of SCG.

Main Theme XV-CGC: Advances and Technologies in Geotechnical

Engineering for Infrastructure Development.

Main Theme II-ISCSR: according with the interest of the Commission on

Soft Rocks – ISRM: Understanding and interpreting the engineering

behavior of Soft Rocks

Official Languajes for the events: SPANISH & ENGLISH



Proposed Dates:

October 05th (Wednesday) and 06th (Thursday) for the XV-

CGC

October 06th (Thursday) and 07th (Friday) for the II-ISCSR

Previous short courses: 04th October of 2016

These are good dates to stay in Cartagena, Colombia, because they allow the

international guests to enjoy this beautiful city and its Caribbean Sea during

almost two days after the event.



DEADLINES:

Activity for both events Deadline

National and international announcement September 30th of 2015

Call for abstracts October 15th of 2015

Abstracts reception January 15th of 2016

Abstracts acceptance February 28th of 2016

Papers reception May 15th of 2016

Papers acceptance July 30th of 2016

Proceedings publication (ISSN) September 30th of 2016

Previous Short Courses October 04th of 2016

XV Colombian Geotechnical Congress October 05th & 06th of 2016

2nd International Conference on Soft Rocks October 06th & 07th of 2016

Technical visits October 08th of 2016



Registration (both events):

•Professionals and others guests: US$400

•Members of SCG, ISRM, ISSMGE, IAEG and Commission on Soft Rocks

Members; :

US$320

•Students (Post-graduated and Under-graduated) with valid student ID

US$120



The Organizing Committees will obtain ISSN numbers for the proceedings.

The proceedings of the events will be in USB for all assistants.

The Technical Committees will be conformed by Academicians and Experts in

each related topic, with the support of the Commission on Soft Rocks

members whose like to help as technical reviewers.





SPONSORS

+Colombian Geotechnical Society-SCG +International Society for Rock Mechanics-ISRM

+Colombian Geotechnical Research and TestingInstitute

+ISRM Comission on Soft Rocks

COMMISSION ON SOFT ROCKS

+ Institutions and Companies that form the Institutional Support Committee





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XV GEOTECHNICAL COLOMBIAN CONGRESS 2 INTERNATIONAL