TC304 organizes forums on specific topics in geotechnical risk assessment and management. These forums bring together experts from around the world to discuss recent advances, challenges, and future directions in geotechnical engineering.

1st TC304 Forum

Soil Liquefaction and Its Effects

📅 April 24, 2021 (Online Meeting)
Organizer: ISSMGE Technical Committee of Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment & Management (TC304)
Supported by: Risk and Insurance Research Branch of China Civil Engineering Society, Commission on Geotechnical Earthquake and Hazard Mitigation, Seismological Society of China

Forum Organization

Forum Co-chairs: Yan-Guo Zhou (Zhejiang University), Jie Zhang (Tongji University)

Secretary: Haiyang Zhuang (Nanjing Tech University)

Technical Support: Jinzheng Hu (Tongji University), Shihao Xiao (Tongji University)

2nd TC304 Forum

Data-driven Modeling for Geotechnical Spatial Variability

📅 July 3, 2021 (Online Meeting)
Organizer: ISSMGE TC304 & Advanced Retrofit Technology Center, Tokyo City University
Supported by: Tokyo City University, Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS)

Forum Organization

Forum Co-chairs: Ikumasa Yoshida (Tokyo City University), Takayuki Shuku (Okayama University)

Secretary: Takayuki Shuku (Okayama University)

Agenda

Time (Beijing) Speaker Title
15:00 - 15:05 Ikumasa Yoshida Opening speech
15:05 - 15:50 Kok Kwang Phoon Keynote Lecture: Benchmarking data-driven site characterization methods
15:50 - 16:15 Takayuki Shuku Large scale data-driven site characterization using geotechnical lasso
16:15 - 16:45 Yu Wang Smart sampling strategy for data-driven site characterization
16:45 - 16:55 Break
16:55 - 17:25 Jianye Ching Data-driven site characterization using Sparse Bayesian learning
17:25 - 17:55 Ikumasa Yoshida Estimation of spatial variability by Gaussian process regression and application to benchmark examples
17:55 - 18:25 Antonis Mavritsakis, Timo Schweckendiek Developments in Bayesian Site Characterization with Probabilistic Programming
18:25 - 18:30 Jianye Ching Closing speech
3rd TC304/TC309 Forum

Slope Stability and Landslide Risk Management

📅 December 14, 2021 (Online Meeting)
Organizer: ISSMGE TC304 (Risk Assessment & Management) & TC309 (Machine Learning and Big Data)
Supported by: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)

Forum Organization

Forum Co-chairs: Zhongqiang Liu (NGI), Farrokh Nadim (NGI), Jianye Ching (NTU)

Panel Moderator: Suzanne Lacasse (NGI)

Agenda (Oslo Time)

Time Speaker Title
08:30 - 08:40 Dominik Lang (NGI), Jianye Ching (NTU) Welcome
08:40 - 08:45 Zhongqiang Liu (NGI) Introduction of the TC304-TC309 forum
Invited Technical Presentations
08:45 - 09:00 Thomas Glade (University of Vienna, Austria) Climate impact on slope stability and landslides
09:00 - 09:15 Jinsong Huang (University of Newcastle, Australia) Spatial variability in probabilistic slope stability
09:15 - 09:30 Jinhui Li (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China) Role of machine learning in slope stability prediction
09:30 - 09:45 HÃ¥kon Heyerdahl (NGI) Lessons in terms of risk from Gjerdrum Landslide
09:45 - 10:00 Health Break
10:00 - 10:15 Michele Calvello (University of Salerno, Italy) Landslide early warning
10:15 - 10:30 Raymond Cheung (GEO, Hong Kong) Hong Kong practice on rainfall-induced landslides
10:30 - 10:45 Lars Harald Blikra (NVE) Norwegian practice for landslide hazards and risk mitigation
10:45 - 11:00 Health Break
Panel Discussion
11:00 - 12:15 7 invited lecturers, All participants
Finn Løvholt (NGI)
Panel discussion on Landslide mobility and cascading hazards
Moderator: Suzanne Lacasse
12:15 - 12:30 Farrokh Nadim (NGI) Closing summary