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18 Sept: The Symposium is now being POSTPONED to 24-26 March 2021. See full announcement on the News page.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"home2\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

The world is experiencing profound changes.<\/h2>\n

These mark the dawning of a new era of pressing challenges that Geotechnical Engineering must deal with, internationally and in New Zealand.<\/h3>\n\tGet on board for Dunedin 2020!<\/strong>
\nWe will explore the opportunities and challenges of our future, by learning from the achievements and failures of our past.\nThis symposium aims to attract the most recent developments in geotechnical engineering, and associated disciplines in New Zealand and internationally.
\nWe look for stimulating technical discussions and out-of-the-box ideas in the fields of engineering geology geotechnical engineering, seismology, geophysics, new technologies.\n

The Symposium is preceded by a one-and-a-half-day workshop and field study<\/a> which starts in Queenstown and ends in Dunedin at the welcome reception. The two-day symposium will include technical talks, discussions and a trade exhibition<\/a>. We will use a range of formats: keynote speakers<\/a>, plenary special technical sessions and discussions, speaker presentations, and poster exhibitions. Collaboration and communication with structural and infrastructural engineering will be the key component of our technical sessions.<\/p>\n

We will be delighted to see you at Dunedin<\/a> in 2020. Let\u2019s combine our thinking and together develop…<\/p>\n

Good Grounds for the Future<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

NZGS 2020 Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"NZGS_logo1\"\n\t

The New Zealand Geotechnical Society<\/a> (NZGS) is the affiliated organisation in New Zealand of the International Societies representing practitioners in Soil mechanics, Rock mechanics and Engineering geology. The New Zealand Geotechnical Society Symposium was last held in Napier in 2017.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"DSC_3712\"\n\t\t\t\t

“Geotechnical engineering and engineering geology are now widely perceived in New Zealand as an integral part of our modern communities.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Eleni Gkeli, 2020 Convenor<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA note from the convenor\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Kerr\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Chris\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Haberfield\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"NAS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoss W. Boulanger\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"SISSY_2017_1sm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSissy Nikolaou\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t