6th International Conference on Recent
Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Dec. 7-12, 2015
New Delhi / Roorkee (India)
To be Organized by
Indian Society of Earthquake Technology
in collaboration with
Deptt. of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee
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6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (Dec. 7-12, 2015)
General Details
Conference to have Invited Talks (Key-Note/SOAP/Special Lectures) and
general Contributed Papers on the Themes of the Conference. Key-note
Lecture (45 mts), SOAP (45 mts) and Special Lectures (30 mts) to be
scheduled.
No page limits for invited papers. Max. 12 page for contributed papers.
Abstract Volume Containing one page Abstracts to be hard printed. Conf.
Proceedings to be included in CD-RoM/Pen-drive, with a search engine.
Each Abstract to be reviewed by 3 reviewers. Five Abstracts to be reviewed by
one person, in general.
Full papers to be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers who have earlier reviewed
the Abstract of the paper.
Grading of Abstracts (1-10) and Full Papers (1-10) to be done by reviewers for
all the papers, including both for recommended changes and mandatory
changes/ modifications, wherever suggested by reviewers.
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General Details Contd…
One separate Technical committee to be constituted for deciding final
acceptance or rejection of Abstracts/Full Papers after reviewers’ comments
and grading are received.
5-10 papers per General Rapporteurs for preparing summary/report. General
Rapporteurs also to give grading of Full Papers at the time of preparation of
report for the allotted theme.
General Rapporteur One plus upto 6 Co-Gen. Rapporteurs per theme. CoGen-Rapporteurs to report to the Gen. Rapporteur. Chairman/org. Secretary to
correspond only with the main Gen-Rapporteur.
With Full length paper, Extended Abstract (only 1 page) to be provided by
authors which shall be used for Abstract Volume. Both pdf as well as MS word
files to be asked from Authors.
Benefits to different categories of Sponsors to be given. Advts. In Abstract
Volume to be included on the Outside cover and inside pages for Sponsors.
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General Details Contd…
No discussion at the conclusion of invited Key-Note/SOAP/Special Lectures;
Discussion to be done during respective theme sessions only.
Discount in the Course Fee to be allowed to those participants attending both
Short Course on Soil Dynamics and the Conference.
All correspondence On-line/Internet based, through emails & Website posts.
Post-Conf. excursion: Round trip; Delhi-Jaipur-Agra may be arranged.
Short Course: Two days Short Course on Soil Dynamics should be organized
preceding the Conference (Dec. 7-8, 2015) in which some foreign speakers
also can deliver lectures. Lectures to be delivered by ppt. lecture material shall
comprise of slides (ppt) and short notes. Fee for the Course participants to be
decided subsequently in consultation with Course-Coordinator.
Details about the Short Course & Int. Conference, including ‘Call for Papers’ to
be published in the ISET News Letter, in addition to website/online/emails.
Key-Note & SOAP Speakers will be given free registration.
SUGGESTED DATES / DEADLINES
Short Course on Soil Dynamics & 6th Int. Conf. on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics
:
Dec.7 – 12, 2015
:
May 31, 2014
General Reports Preparation Committee
:
June 30, 2014
Other Sub Committees
:
December 31, 2014
Committees:
Steering Committee
Advisory Committee
Organizing Committee
Paper Review Committee
Request for Financial Assistance
IITR, IITGN, IITB, IITD, MOES, DST, NDMA, IGS, Atomic Energy, NHPC, NTPC, JP
Associates, THDC, Other River Valley Projects, DDA, TCE, Construction Companies,
:
Manufacturers of Instruments, Geotechnical Consultants, HUDCO, NOIDA & GRNOIDA Authority, GDA, MECL, HUDA, RMSI, ASI, NGRI, CPRI, CSIR, CIMPHOR
April 30, 2014
Foreign Organizations : List to be finalized with inputs from Prof. S. Prakash
Conference Website
:
May 15, 2014
Names of Keynote Speakers & Special Lecturers
:
May 31, 2014
Venue for the Conference
:
June 15, 2014
First Announcement /Call for Papers /Short course on Soil Dynamics
:
June 30, 2014
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SUGGESTED DATES / DEADLINES
Invitation to Exhibitors
:
September 30, 2014
Submission of Abstracts (500 words)
:
October 31, 2014
Completion of Review of Abstracts
:
December 31, 2014
Review Acceptance of Abstracts
:
January 15, 2015
Submission of Full Papers
:
May 15, 2015
Second Announcement and final Brochure
:
March 31, 2015
Completion of Review of Accepted Papers
:
June 30, 2015
Submission of All Invited Full Length Papers
:
June 30, 2015
Preparation of General Reports
:
August 31, 2015
Finalization of Technical Program / Conf. Schedule
:
September 30, 2015
Finalization of Post Conference Excursion
:
September 30, 2015
Printing of Abstract Volume / Proceedings in CD-USB-drive
:
October 15, 2015
6th Int. Conf. on Recent Advances in Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics
Patron
Prof. Pradipta Banerji
Honorary Chairman
Prof. Shamsher Prakash
Conference Chair
Prof. H.R. Wason
Conference Co-Chair
Prof. M.L. Sharma
Organizing Secretaries
1. Prof. G.V. Ramana, IITD
2. Sri Ajay K. Chaurasia, Secretary ISET & Scientist , CSIR-CBRI
Committees: Steering Committee
HONOR MEMBERS
Dr. Kenji Ishihara
Dr. W.D. Liam Finn
Dr. I. M. Idriss
Dr. Richard D. Woods
Dr. James K. Mitchell
Dr. A. S. Veletsos
Prof. Harsh K. Gupta,
Prof. A.S. Arya
Sri Manoj Gaur, MD, JP Associates
MEMBERS
Donald G. Anderson
Sher Bahadur
Rajendra Kumar Bhandari
Ross Boulanger
Ricardo Dobry
Ahmed Elgamal
Ezio V. Faccioli
George Gazetas
Doncho Karastanev
Ed Kavazanjian
Robert Kayen
Prof. S.K. Brahmachari, DG CSIR
Dr. Shailesh Nayak,
Chairman & MD, THDC
Chairman & MD, NTPC
Chairman & MD, NHPC
DG, GSI
DG, IMD
Dr. Satyendra, ED, NIDM
Advisory Committee
Sudhir Kr. Jain, Director, IITGN
S.K. Bhattacharya, Director, CSIR-CBRI
President, IGS
Murari Ratnam, Director, CSMRS, New Delhi
CVR Murthy, Director, IIT, Jodhpur
K.G. Bhatia, Past President, ISET
B.K. Bansal, Advisor, MOES
Gopal Dhawan, MD, MECL, Bhopal
Director, CRRI
D.K. Paul, IITR
V.H. Joshi, Past President, ISET
Shailesh K. Aggarwal, ED, BMTPC
Vijay K Puri, USA
Doncho Karastanev, USA
Ed Kavazanjian, USA
Robert Kayen, USA
Director, NGRI
Director, CRRI
Director NEIST
Director, CIMFR
S.K. Nath, IIT KGP
Chairman/ED, RITES
Organizing Committee
A. Boominathan, IITM
K.S. Rao, IITD
A.K. Shukla, IMD
R.S. Dattatrayam, IMD
Biswajit Sarma, NE Council
All Faculty Members, DEQ
Sushil Gupta, RMSI, Noida
M.N. Viladkar
Kaushik Deb, IIT Kgp
Ashish Juneja, IITB
R.K. Goel, CIMFR Cell, CBRI
V.K.Sharma,AIMIL
T.G. Sitharam, IISc Bangalore
G.V. Ramana, IITD
Chandan Ghosh, NIDM
Deepankar Chowdhary, IITB
All ISET EC, Members
Amitava Ghosh, CSIR-CBRI
Shamsher Prakash
Satyendra Mittal
Pradeep Ramcharla, IIIT, Hyderabad
Prabhash Pandey,
Manish Gupta,CSMRS
Alpa Sheth, VMS Consultants,Mumbai
Sixth International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics
December 7 – 12, 2015, New Delhi / Roorkee (India)
(Tentative)
Sl.No.
Estimated Expenditure
Details of Heads
Amount (Rs.)
Estimated Receipts
Details of Heads
Amount (Rs.)
1
1.
2
Conference Website, Printing of Conference
Circulars, Abstract Volume & CDs/ Pen-Drive of
Proceedings
3
4
2,50,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Foreign Delegates (@
US$ 500 x 33 (1 US$ = Rs. 60.00 approx)
(excluding 07 free registrations to Key Note /
SOAP speakers.
5
9,90,000.00
2.
TA for Expert Invitees / Young Scientists
2,00,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Indian Delegates
(@ 8000 x 50)
4,00,000.00
3.
Hospitality, Local Transport, Expenses of
Auditorium, Projection, Hiring of Event
Management Services
7,15,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from ISET Member Delegates
(@ 6000 x 30)
1,80,000.00
4.
Registration Materials, Printing of Program
cards, Program Arrangements, Exhibition
Displaces Boards etc.
3,00,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Accompanying Delegates
(@ 4000 x 20 (Indian) + US$ 250 x 15 (Foreign))
3,05,000.00
5.
6.
Logistic support for technical field excursion
Secretarial Assistance
1,00,000.00
3,50,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Students / Research
Scholar Delegates (@ 4000 x 20)
7.
Postage / Courier
1,24,000.00 Expected Financial Support from Sponsors /Govt.
Organizations and Exhibitors of the Conference
8.
9.
Cultural Program / Photography /Publicity
Contingency / Travel Expenses of Organizing
Officials
3,75,000.00
3,50,000.00
10.
Contribution to the Forum on Soil Dynamics
(10% of Delegates Reg. Fee)
1,95,500.00
11.
Contribution to ISET (10% of Delegates Reg.
Fee)
1,95,500.00
Total
31,55,000.00
80,000.00
12,00,000.00
31,55,000.00
SPONSORS
Category
:
Amount
Platinum
:
2.0 Lac
Gold
:
1.5 Lac
Silver
:
1.0 Lac
Bronze
:
0.50 Lac
6TH Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics:
THEMES
1a. "Dynamic Properties of Soils and Soil-Like Materials, Engineering Soil
Parameters and Constitutive Relations”
1b. “New Field and Laboratory Methods and Results, Data Base, Large Scale
Field Tests, Centrifuge Tests”
2. “Wave Propagation, Engineering Vibrations and Solutions, Vibrations of
Machine Foundations, Blast, Traffic and Construction Vibrations, Vibration
Absorption”
3a. “Engineering Seismology: Near Fault and Directivity Effects, Geologic
Indicators of Rupture Direction, Geometric Effects on Ground Motions, Motion
Parameters for Design, Borehole Arrays, Seismological and Strong Motion
Arrays, Interpretation of Field Array Data, Site Amplification”
3b. “Local Site Effects: 1-D/2-D Wave Propagation Predictions and
Measurements, Nonlinear versus Equivalent Linear Analysis, Effective Stress
versus Total Stress Analysis”
4a “Liquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground Failures, Seismic
Studies of Kobe, Lima Peru, Chile, Pakistan, China, U.S. and other Recent
Earthquakes, Spatial Liquefaction”
4b. “Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills and Earth Dams
Under Earthquakes”
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THEMES CONTD….
5a. “Soil-Structure Interaction under Dynamic Loading for both Shallow and Deep
Foundations”
5b. “Soil-Foundation Interaction Triggered by Seismic Faulting”
6a. “Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining and Marine Structures, Field
Studies on Retaining Walls in California, Japan, India and other countries”
6b. “Seismic Hazard Zonation: Earthquake Risk Assessment with Earthquake
Risk Management, Microzonation Projects and procedures, Use of Building
Codes to Reduce Earthquake Hazards”
7a. “Case Histories of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Failures and
Geotechnical Analysis of Recent Earthquakes, Reports of Recent Damaging
Earthquakes”
7b. “Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Foundations of Bridges and other SubStructures, Seismic Retrofit Projects and Procedures”
8.
“Model and Full-Scale Tests of Geotechnical Structures Including Centrifuge
Tests, Recent Advances from Earthquake Simulation Facilities such as NEES,
E- Defense, NCREE”
9.
“Performance Based Design in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”