The Fourth International Conference on
Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation
（第四届岩土工程减灾与修复国际会议）
(4thGEDMAR)
Tuesday 16 － Thursday 18September, 2014
Kyoto, Japan
http://gedmar.org/abstract.html
Dear Colleagues,
The organizing committee warmly welcomes you to the Fourth International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster mitigation and Rehabilitation (4thGEDMAR), to be held on Tuesday 16 － Thursday 18 September, 2014, Kyoto, Japan.The 4thGEDMAR will provide a forum for members of ISSMGE to share knowledge and improve understanding of the geotechnical engineering issues associated withcatastrophic flooding events. The forum will discuss hurricane, rainstorm and storm surge induced riverine and coastal flooding events, such as the 2004 Sumatra earthquake in Indonesia, the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, USA, Typhoon Morakot, which devastated parts of Taiwan in 2009and the2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Eastern Japan.
The 4th GEDMAR will buildon the tradition of previoussuccessfulGEDMAR conferences heldin Singapore, Nanjin/China, and Semarang/Indonesia since 2005. The venue forthe 4th GEDMAR will be Kyoto, Japan, a city which offers a wealth oftouristic and cultural opportunities for delegates and accompanying persons to enjoy during their stay.
Susumu Iai
Chairman of the Organizing Committee, 4th GEDMAR
Important Dates
31October 2013
Abstract submission
30 November 2013
Notification of abstract acceptance
15May 2014
Final paper submission
1 May 2014 through 1 September 2014
Registration
Registration: required
Registration fee: free
Conference Proceedings:
Publisher: Balkema
A total of 200 copies (subject to change in accordance with the change of foreign currency exchange rate) will be made available free of charge.
The presenting authors of accepted papers will be givenhigher priority for free copy.
The rest of the copies will be made available first come (in terms of registration) － first served basis for those who attend the conference.
For those with late registration (after 200 copies are taken) or unable to attend the conference, the conference proceedings will be made available through a regular order placed directly and individually with the publisher (EUR150 to 200 per copy, including the delivery cost). Allow delivery time of 2 to 4 weeks in this procedure.
Banquet:
A participant in the banquet will be asked to pay his/her own cost of JPY10,000/person in cash during the conference.
Conference Chairman
Susumu Iai
International Advisory Committee
Susumu Iai, Japan (Chairman)
Scott Steedman, UK (Secretary)
Jian Chu, USA (Task Force 1 leader)
Koji Ichii, Japan (Task Force 2 leader)
S.P.R. Wardani, Indonesia (Task Force 3 leader)
Raymond B. Seed, USA
Hanlong Liu, China
D.T. Bergado, Thailand (SEAGS)
G. Auvinet, Mexico
Myint Win Bo, Canada
Romeo Ciortan, Romania
Volker Eitner, Germany
George Filz, U.S.A.
S.R. Gandhi, India
Don De Groot, USA
Buddhima Indraratna, Australia
Masyhur Irsyam, Indonesia
Ian Jefferson, U.K.
Phoon Kok Kwang, Singapore (SEAGS)
Mei-Ling Lin, Taiwan (SEAGS)
Michele Maugeri, Italy
S-C. R. Lo, Australia
Jack Pappin, Hong Kong
M. De Puy, Panama
Shunichi Sawada, Japan
Nimal Seneviratne, SriLanka
W. Sengara, Indonesia
E.C. Shin, South Korea
M. Thu, Vietnam
Ikuo Towhata, Japan
M. Werno, Poland
Jianmin Zhang, China
Organizing Committee
Susumu Iai, Japan (Chairman)
Ikuo Towhata, Japan
Shunichi Sawada, Japan
Hideki Ohta, Japan
Mitsu Okamura, Japan
Takahiro Sugano, Japan
Tetsuo Tobita, Japan
Ryosuke Uzuoka, Japan
Syuji Yamamoto, Japan
Venue of the Conference
Uji Obaku Plaza
Kyoto University
Themes
Plenary and Parallel Sessions:
Theme 1 Materials and modeling
Theme 2 Natural hazards
Theme 3 Disaster mitigation and rehabilitation
Workshops:
Workshop 1 Bench mark centrifuge model tests and analyses of soil liquefaction
Workshop 2 Guidelines and recommendations for local governments to mitigate the risk ofcoastal and river flooding disasters
Conference Program
Tuesday 16 September, 2014
8:30 Registration
9:30 Opening
10:00 Keynote 1
10:40 Keynote 2
11:20 Keynote 3
12:00 Break
13:00 Parallel Session 1
15:00 Break
15:30 Parallel Session 2
17:30
Wednesday 17 September, 2014
9:00 Keynote 4
9:40 Keynote 5
10:20 Break
10:40 Keynote 6
11:20 Keynote 7
12:00 Break
13:00 Workshop 1 (Bench mark centrifuge model tests and analyses of soil liquefaction) ＆ Parallel Session 3
15:00 Break
15:30 Workshop 1(continue) & Parallel Session 4
17:30
19:00 Banquet
Wednesday 17 September, 2014
9:00 Keynote 8
9:40 Keynote 9
10:20 Break
10:40 Keynote 10
11:20 Keynote 11
13:00 Workshop 2 (Guidelines and recommendations for local governments to mitigate the risk of coastal and river flooding disasters) ＆ Parallel Session 5
15:00 Break
15:30 Panel Discussions
17:00 Closure
About ISSMGE/TC303 on Floods
Technical Committee 303 (TC303) ‘Coastal and River Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation’ (short name ‘Floods’) is a new Technical Committee (TC) of the ISSMGE created for the period 2009-2013 under the wider theme of ‘Impact on Society’. TC303 continues the work of the former TC39 ‘Geotechnical Engineering for Coastal Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation’, which was focusedon tsunami risk following the 2004 Sumatra earthquake in Indonesia. TC303on Floodswill build on the work of TC39 by addressing disaster mitigation and rehabilitation measures not only for tsunami but also for other sources of catastrophic flooding including hurricane, rainstorm and storm surge induced riverine and coastal flooding events, such as the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, USA or Typhoon Morakot, which devastated parts of Taiwan in 2009.
TC303 will provide a forum for active participation by individual members of ISSMGE to improve understanding of the geotechnical engineering issues surrounding catastrophic flooding events. The TC will achieve this objective through three task forces, which will assimilate and disseminate geotechnical engineering knowledge relevant to coastal and river disaster mitigation and rehabilitation through publications and major conferences in the series of GEDMARs.
