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REPORT ON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE

Your Name: Visuvasam Joseph Antony

Your Organization: Vellore Institute of Technology, India

Date of report: 24.06.2019

Conference Title: 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (VII ICEGE)

Location of Conference: Roma, Italy

Dates of Conference: 17.06.2019 to 20.06.2019

What you learned: As I am currently pursuing Ph.D. and doing research in the field of earthquake geotechnical engineering, the conference was helpful for me to learn recent trends and innovations in the field of earthquake geotechnical engineering. It has also given me the chance to learn the various numerical and experimental methods to use especially in the field of soil-pile-structure interaction.

People you met:

1. Prof. Dr. George Gazetas, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

2. Prof. Dr. Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Professur fur Geotechnik, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

3. Prof. Dr. Dilip Kumar Baidya, Professor, IIT Kharagpur, India 4. Prof. Dr. R. Ayothiraman, Associate Professor, IIT Delhi, India. 5. Prof. Dr. Raffaele Di Laora, Universita della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy 6. Mr. Ermias, Engineer, Trasporation development, Norway. 7. Mr. Omar El-Hawat, Ph.D. Student, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Main features of conference: The 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (VII ICEGE) was organized by Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) on appointment by the ISSMGE Technical Committee 203 (Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and associate problems). The primary focus of the conference was to address through general and parallel session the most recent developments in the fields of seismology, geology, structural as well as infrastructural engineering. There were 3 invited lectures, 15 keynote lectures and 20 theme lectures presented by experts from the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering. Overall 267 oral presentations and 237 poster presentations were given by researchers and experts from various countries. The keynote lectures and reviewed papers have been published in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering for Protection and Development of Environment and Constructions – Silvestri & Moraci (Eds), Taylor and Francis group.

Your comments on the conference: 7th ICEGE was the one of the best conferences I have attended in my carrier. The conference was well organized by Italian Geotechnical Committee (AGI) and covered all aspects of earthquake geotechnical engineering. The venue of the conference was at Centre of Roma, which was easily approachable from anywhere. The delivered high quality keynote lectures by experts and presented papers by researchers have enhanced my knowledge in the field of research. It has given me an opportunity to have fruitful discussion with researchers from various countries.

Please attach short report (maximum 400 words) suitable for publication in the ISSMGE Bulletin: The 7th ICEGE 2019 was organized by Italian Geotechnical Committee (AGI) on appointment by the ISSMGE Technical Committee (TC203). The conference was held between 17th June 2019 and 20th June 2019 at Largo Angelicum, Roma, Italy. On first day, the program started with welcome address by Prof. Dr. Francesco Silvestri, Conference Chair, University of Napoli Federico II followed by opening speeches by Dr. Mario Manassero, Politecnico di Torino, ISSMGE Vice President-Europe, Prof. Dr. Ross W. Boulanger, TC203 Chair, University of California, Davis and the Maugeri lecture delivered by Prof. Dr. George Gazetas at Aula Magna conference hall, Largo Angelicum. After the tea break, the following keynote lectures were delivered.

Foundation–structure systems subjected to faulting-induced deformation: numerical and physical modelling, design methods, mitigation techniques by Prof. Dr. Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Professur fur Geotechnik, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Next generation reduced order models for soil-structure interaction by Prof. Dr. Domniki Asimaki, California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

Soil-structure interaction in changing urban areas by Dr. Jonathan A. Knappett, University of Dundee, U.K.

After the enlightening keynote lectures, the high-level ice breaking cocktail party was arranged outside the hall, which was useful for everyone to interact with the experts and researchers around the globe. After the welcome ceremony on first day, keynote lectures and special lectures were delivered by experts in the beginning and end on each day. Theme lectures were delivered separately by the researchers during the plenary sessions. Overall 267 oral presentations were given by participants after the theme lectures delivered through five parallel sessions and 237 poster presentations were given during tea break. Overall, the 7th ICEGE conference has given me an excellent insight into not only in the field of seismic soil-structure interaction but also in the areas of ground response analysis and ground motion modelling, seismically induced landslides, disconnected piled-raft systems, shaking table tests on soil-foundation structure systems. It has also given me an opportunity to meet scientists, researchers and experts to share our research works and get suggestions. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to ISSMGE foundation for providing financial support to participate in 7th ICEGE, Roma, Italy.

Photographs from Conference:

Inauguration and welcome speech by Dr. Mario Manassero, ISSMGE Vice President-

Europe

With Prof. Dr. George Gazetas and Co-chair of my session Dr. Raffaele Di Laora

With Prof. Dr. Ioannis Anastasopoulos

With Ph.D student Mr.Omar El-Hawat, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

With Mr. Ermias, Engineer from Norway

With Prof. Dr. Dilip Kumar Baidya (left), Professor, IIT Kharagpur and Prof. Dr. R.

Ayothiraman (middle), Associate Professor, IIT Delhi.

View of my presentation in 7th ICEGE

Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Ross W. Boulanger

View of Prof. Dr. George Gazetas delivering Maugeri lecture

Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Nicola Moraci, President, AGI during inauguration

Theme lecturue delivered by Prof. Dr. Gopal Madabhushi, University of Cambridge, U.K.