This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here September 29, 2021 Special Welcome Message from Scott Burns and Rafig Azzam, IAEG Prof. Rafig Azzam, President, IAEG Welcome to the 173rd IAEG Connector, the electronic newsletter connecting environmental and engineering geologists around the world! So much is happening this coming week! We have been waiting for the regional conference in Athens! It happens next week and will be a hybrid! Members around the world can watch the C25 workshop on engineering geology models (see below) or attend the aggregate committee meeting virtually! The report on the successes of the big meeting in Argentina is also noted by Vice President Jorge Bejerman, Vice President of Latin America. International Geoethics Day is coming up in two weeks. Many other meetings are also listed! There are lots of engineering geology news items too! Seven people were killed and seven are missing in a mudslide in China. Melbourne, Australia, is not a place known for earthquakes, but it had a 5.8 magnitude one this past week! Also, a 90-minute long earthquake was registered on Mars! Enjoy Scott Burns, now Past President, IAEG, and editor, IAEG Connector, and Rafig Azzam, President, IAEG .IAEG NEWS Information about the 3rd European Regional Conference of IAEG in Athens next week IAEG All the conference will be in hybrid mode. Click here to view the program. Please also visit https://euroengeo2020.org. All the meetings will be hosted in physical rooms (in Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens), and participants can follow the presentations in person but also virtually. There will two parallel rooms. On the 2nd day, there will be a 3rd room that will host also virtual-only presentations. Sessions: We will have 17 sessions. 13 or 14 of them with host both in-house and virtual presentations. Keynote lectures: We will have 11 keynote lectures. 6 of them will be in-house and 5 virtual. All keynote speakers that will come in Athens will be hosted by the organising committee of the conference. Field trips: Two field trips have been organised. One in Central Greece and one in are of Athens (Attica). Details on the two field trips can be found in the website: https://euroengeo2020.org. Social events: We will host three marvellous dinners. One, for the Ex. Committee members that will be in Athens (6/10), one for the council members and Keynote-speakers (7/10) and finally one official dinner for the participants of the conference (8/10). Promoting IAEG: Visit us in the IAEG booth in the venue of the conference. The Young Engineering Geologists (YEG) will be there as our host! IAEG Commission meetings and Pre-conference Workshops: IAEG commission pre-conference workshops and meetings are organised during the conference. Please visit the conference website for more details. (https://euroengeo2020.org) RWP prize contest: The RWP contest will take place on Wednesday the 6th, in the morning 10:00-12:00. The winner will give his/her presentation in the opening ceremony, after the Opening Lecture. IAEG meetings The Executive Committee and Council meetings are going to take place on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th of October, respectively. Both meetings will take place in the top floor of the hotel, with Acropolis view. These meetings will be also organised in hybrid mode: In person but also virtual. Please visit the conference website to follow the relative links for the open meetings — events. The conference will be organised following all EU and Greek Ministry of Health recommendations regarding the organization of conferences during the pandemic of COVID-19. READ MORE First IAEG South American Regional Conference is a complete success IAEG It was virtually held from September 8th to 10th under the slogan “Geology applied to society development.” It has included seven keynote speakers from Portugal, Argentina, Peru and Mexico, forty-seven oral presentations of accepted papers, one webinar and the presence of more than 100 attendants from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay. READ MORE Professor Paul Marinos to receive Honorary President of IAEG Award in Athens IAEG Emeritus Professor of Engineering Geology at the National Technical University of Athens, Paul Marinos, will receive the "Honorary President of IAEG Award" in Athens at our meeting next week. It will first have to be ratified by the AEG Council. It has been voted on with a unanimous vote by the IAEG Executive Committee. Professor Marinos has had an incredible career. He has been President of the Geological Society of Greece and also IAEG from 1994-1998. He has also won the Hans Cloos Medal from IAEG. Congratulations to Professor Marinos! To read more about his illustrious career, use the link below. READ MORE ARMA | DGS | SEG: 2nd International Geomechanics Symposium fully virtual 1-4 November 2021 Society of Exploration Geophysicists The conference provides a multidisciplinary platform for geologists, geophysicists, engineers, data scientists, researchers and students. A wide range of technical topics covers in-situ stress, rock, natural fracture and geomechanics in drilling, completion, hydraulic fracturing and production, artificial intelligence, geothermal, energy storage and CO2 sequestration. Representing over 42 international organizations, the organizing committee welcomes and invites you to join us in November. Don’t miss the highlights of the exciting program planned for the symposium with day one dedicated to leading-edge training for professionals and students on carbon sequestration, geothermal and drilling applications provided by three ARMA Fellows: Mark Zoback, Stanford University; Herbert Einstein, MIT; and John McLennan, University of Utah. To view the entire technical program, please visit our website. READ MORE C25 Workshop on Engineering Geological Models virtual on 6 October 2021 IAEG READ MORE IAEG Aggregate Commission Meeting IAEG The Aggregate Commission meeting will be held within the scope of the 3rd European Regional Conference of IAEG (EUROENGEO2020), which will be held on 6-10 October 2021. This meeting, where current developments on aggregates will be shared and commission activities will be presented. The meeting will be held online on 8 October 2021. READ MORE MINEX Russia Forum and Expo MINEX Russia 2021 Join us in-person or remotely at the 17th MINEX Russia Mining & Exploration Forum organised on 5-7 October 2021 in Moscow under central theme “Building Mining Industry of the Future.” MINEX Russia Forum is a leading international industry platform that opens new opportunities and formats for business development in the mining and metallurgical industries of Russia and the countries of the Eurasian Economic Community. Delegate registration closes on 1 October. Register now 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit 2021 8-9 December 2021 Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit 2021 The Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit is taking place in just a few weeks! View Agenda Register now and save $200 – Book now for the Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit READ MORE International Geoethics Day 12 October 2021 IAPG IAPG officially launches the International Geoethics Day on 12 October 2021, during the Earth Science Week 2021. The aim of the International Geoethics Day is to raise the awareness of the geoscience community and society as a whole about the importance of ethical, social and cultural aspects of geoscience knowledge, research, practice, education and communication. ​ READ MORE 11th e-YEG seminar on September 30, 2021 with two dynamic speakers IAEG The YEG-IAEG announce the 11th "e-YEG" webinar series with two distinguished invited speakers on 30th of September! Presentations from IGS, President, Prof. Chungsik Yoo (S. Korea) & Prof. Felipe Agustin Ochoa (Chile) Grab your place! #eYEG #IAEG #YEG #EngineeringGeology Register here Call for YEG Committee candidates IAEG Our very active Young Engineering Geologists (YEG) committee is looking to replace four members on its steering committee. Please volunteer to join this vibrant group. Read more for details. READ MORE 7th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetic and 2021 IGS ACC Young Engineers Conference (GeoAsia7) GeoAsia7 It is our great pleasure to inform you that the 7th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetic and 2021 IGS ACC Young Engineers Conference (GeoAsia7) will be held on April 11-15 in 2022 at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan. On behalf of the GeoAsia7 Committees, we would like to invite you and Portland Satate University to participate in GeoAsia7. Do not miss out on the largest conference of geosynthetics in Asia! This conference takes place annually in Europe, America and Asia. This year, Taiwan has the great honor to held this conference. The main theme of the GeoAsia7 is Hazard’s Risk Management, Innovation, and Sustainability. Several subjects on modern geosynthetic technologies and activities will be covered up to match up the main theme, the GeoAsia7 will definitely become the most astonishing event for the worldwide geosynthetic societies in 2022. READ MORE Indian Society of Engineering Geology sponsors EGCON 2021: Recent Advances in Geotechnics, December 9-11, 2021, virtual format IAEG The Indian Society of Engineering Geology (ISEG), the Indian National Group of International Association for Engineering Geology and The Environment (IAEG), is continuously engaged in dissemination of knowledge amongst the professionals. The ISEG (www.isegindia.org) is regularly publishing its biennial journal — Journal of Engineering Geology (www.joegindia.com) and newsletter. During the COVID-19 pandemic period, ISEG has continued this endeavor by hosting events on virtual platforms. Presently, the ISEG is being headed by Sh. A. K. Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC Limited — the largest hydropower utility of India. Under the able guidance of Sh. A.K. Singh, the Indian national group is progressing fast, and in the last one year we have been able to add more than 80 life members to the ISEG. ISEG, in association with NHPC, is going to organize an International Conference on “Recent Advances in Geotechnics (EGCON-2021)” from December 9-11, 2021, on the virtual platform. READ MORE ARC13 still accepting abstracts IAEG UPDATED REGISTRATION FEES STUDENT & MEMBER RATES NOW AVAILABLE! REGISTER HERE! Early Bird/ Author Registration - DEADLINE: 28 Sep 2021 STILL ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS All presented abstracts will be published in IAEG Proceedings post-conference! T1 - Applied Geomorphology and Structural Geology T2 - Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering T3 - Rock Mechanics and Underground Space T4 - Site Investigation and Geological Model T5 - Slope Stability and Landslides T6 - Geohazard Engineering and Risk Assessment T7 - Sensor Technology and Data Analytics in Engineering Geology T8 - Energy Extraction and Storage T9 - Hydrogeology and Geochemistry T10 - Geotextiles and Geomembranes READ MORE Nominations open for the first IAEG Science and Technology Awards now open IAEG We are now calling for nominations of Science and Technology Awards of IAEG (STA-IAEG), which are awarded biennially. The first STA-IAEG twill be awarded at the occasion of the IAEG XIV Congress 2022 in Chengdu, China on September 14-20, 2022. The President of IAEG has shown his strong support on this award and given a President's address for the STA-IAEG. The nominations should be submitted to the Secretary General by the deadline requested in the notification. For more information and guidelines for the STA-IAEG nomination, please refer to the Ordinance of S-T Awards of IAEG. If you have any questions about the STA-IAEG Nomination, just feel free to contact me by iaegsg@163.com. Link of the Ordinance of S-T Awards of IAEG Application form Latest IAEG Electronic Newsletter for 2021: Issue 2 is published! IAEG Congratulations to the IAEG staff in China for a superb Electronic Newsletter #2! It had so much news! We loved the initial article about Red Beach on Santorini Island in Greece written by IAEG Vice President Vassilis Marinos. One incredible news item was that our Bulletin of Engineering Geology had another increase in the impact factor from 3.04 to 4.298 — congratulations to our superb editors! There were great sections on our new honorary members, our YEG seminar series, new membership numbers for the world being at 2948 (but over 20 countries have not supplied data for membership including our large membership which comes from China so this number is low), and lots of good information from national groups. READ MORE XIV IAEG Congress is calling for papers and sessions IAEG Engineering Geology for a habitable Earth September 14-20, 2022 Chengdu, China The deadline for submission of published paper abstracts is August 31, 2021. The authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by September 15, 2021. Please read the guidelines for paper submittal, full paper template and abstract template prior to submitting your abstracts. Submit your abstract via: https://iaeg2022.org/sub.html. The congress program committee would like to invite session proposals in related topics. Creativity and innovation are positively encouraged in the development of topics. This call will generate sessions for congress participants to choose from during the published paper submission, oral presentation and poster. The call for sessions will be end by August 31, 2021. Please read the Guidelines for Session Proposals prior to submitting your application. Submit your application via: https://iaeg2022.org/sub.html. READ MORE ARC13 2021 Virtual keynotes — Nov. 16-18, 2021 IAEG READ MORE Listing of articles in Volume 80, Issue 8 from our Bulletin Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment The latest issue of the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (volume 80, issue 8) is listed here. There are 41 new papers on some very interesting topics from all over the world. Just click on "Read More". READ MORE RMEGV2021 call for abstracts IAEG On behalf of the Japanese Society for Rock Mechanics and the Japan Society of Engineering Geology, we are pleased to hold “RMEGV2021: 5th International Workshop on Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology in Volcanic Fields.” The information on the Workshop has already been uploaded on the IAEG website. READ MORE .OTHER CONFERENCES Specialty Geotechnical Workshop for Dam & Levee Investigations & Modifications AEG Westin Fort Lauderdale Resort December 6-8, 2021 The workshop will be two days of presentations followed by an optional field trip to Herbert Hoover Dam. Presentations will focus on Advanced Dam Remediation Applications and Risk Assessments, followed by a round table discussion with all the speakers. The goals of the workshop are to: Highlight best practices in geotechnical exploration and construction in dams and levees Present case histories with a range of exploration and construction techniques Discuss issue resolution and decision-making in a risk framework READ MORE .LINKS TO NEWSLETTERS OF OUR SISTER SOCIETIES 'Sister Society' Newsletter Links IGS (Geosynthetics) ISSMGE (ISSMGE News & Information Circular) IUGS E-Bulletin #172 IAPG - Geoethics Geosynthetics Magazine .GEOLOGY NEWS 7 killed, 7 missing after mudslide in China's Sichuan ANI News At least seven people were killed and seven others remained missing after a rain-triggered mudslide occurred in southwest China's Sichuan Province. READ MORE Juneau, Alaska, mulls new landslide and avalanche maps Juneau Empire Discussions about how — or whether — to adopt new maps showing 374 downtown structures located in avalanche or landslide-prone areas continued as the City and Borough of Juneau’s Committee of the Whole members heard an update on the process from city staff members. In the coming months, CBJ Assembly members must decide whether to accept the new maps, when to do it and what regulatory changes may flow from the updated view of the risks. READ MORE Melbourne earthquake: What exactly happened, and what's the best way to stay safe from aftershocks? The Conversation A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck about 115 kilometres east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, causing damage to buildings and forcing residents to evacuate across the city. The quake, which started near Woods Point at a depth of 12km, was also felt in Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and even as far as Launceston, Tasmania. READ MORE Mars probe records a big hour-and-a-half Martian quake Mashable Mars is alive. (Geologically.) NASA recently reported that its InSight lander — sent to observe geologic activity beneath the Martian surface — recorded one of its biggest quakes yet Sept. 18. READ MORE Science Headlines IAEG Check out what's going on in the world of geological science: Records from Lake Magadi, Kenya, suggest environmental variability driven by changes in Earth's orbit (Geological Society of America via Phys.org) Roman-era mixers and millstones made with geology in mind (University of Texas at Austin via Phys.org) UW researchers play major role in study of mapping of magnetic stripes, how fast ocean crust is created (University of Wyoming) .CALENDAR OF EVENTS Date Event Location Oct. 7-10, 2021 Euroengeo — 3rd European Regional Conference of IAEG Athens, Greece Oct. 17-20, 2021 International Conference on Scour and Erosion Arlington, Virginia Nov. 15-19, 2021 ARC 13 Singapore Sept. 14, 2022 FedIGS Chengdu, China Sept. 15-20, 2022 IAEG Congress Chengdu, China Sept. 18-22, 2022 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics Rome, Italy   IAEG Connector E-News Connect with IAEG Jason Zimmerman, Director of Publishing, Multiview, 469-420-2686 | Download media kit Katina Hernandez, Executive Editor, Multiview, 469-420-2675 | Contribute News International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment IAEG, c/o Dr. Scott Burns, burnss@pdx.edu, Portland State University, PO Box 751    Portland, OR 97207   503-725-3389  |  Contact Us  |  www.iaeg.info Click here to unsubscribe.  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 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