Detailed Schedule
THE FINAL DAY, May 1
Registration Desk: 7:00 am – 1:00 pm
Exhibits: 8:00 – 11:00 am
Sessions: 9:30 – 11:00 am
Networking Coffee, Awards & Closing Ceremony: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
It Begins with Breakfast for ALL!
Join us in the Exhibits
8:00 – 10:00 am
Lower Level in Exhibits
Fuel up, Reconnect, and plan your next interactions. Celebrate a fantastic GeoAmericas!
Sessions & Meetings
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
FedIGS Meetings (Closed)
Elgin Room
9:30 – 11:00 am (Final Session Block)
Geomembrane Damage During Oil and Gas Operations: Two Perspectives from a Real-World Dispute
Dominion North
- Prof. Tim Stark & Prof. Jorge Zornberg present opposing sides from this challenging case
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INTERACTIVE: The audience serves as “the jury”
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Results announced in the closing ceremony!
MSE 3
Dominion South
Numerical investigation of the interaction of back-to-back MSE walls — Fuxiu Li
Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Using Geosynthetics for Bridge Abutments – Costa Rican Experience — Chris Muñoz Cardoza
Experimental study on a new type of FBG-3D printed geogrid in embankment reinforcement — Mengxi Zhang
Roads & Railways 4
Provincial North
Use of Geosynthetics on Forest Roads — Gordon Keller
Life cycle costs and mid-term performance of a geogrid-stabilized pavement section, an economical and sustainable approach, case study, RN-39 Honduras — Javier Castro
Village Road Restoration in Electrical Steam Power Plant Area in Banten, Indonesia through Embankment Reinforcement using Geoframe Technology — Dandung Sri Harninto
Geosynthetic Solutions for Road Stabilization and Railway Ballast Optimization over Frost Susceptibleand Expansive Clays: A Case Study of the Cargill Canola Processing Facility —Rene Laprade
Base reinforcement on the railway platform at the Buenos Aires Retiro station — Lizeth Ardila
Infrastructure improvement 3
Provincial South
High-Strength Georgics for Embankment over Piles, Viaduct “Servo de la Nacion”, Mexico — Oscar Escamilla
Reinforcement of piling platforms with Geogrids over dewatered docks with very soft soils – Wood Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London — Patricia Guerra-Escobar
Bearing capacity of strip footings seated on reinforced granular layers over undrained soft clay — Richard Bathurst
Use of Geogrid Reinforcement Behind CIP Cantilever Retaining Wall to Relieve Earth Pressure — Sachin Mandavkar
Evaluation of Mechanisms Acting in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Load Transfer Platforms over Piled Embankments Using Transparent Soil Technique — Fernando Portelinha
Working application of prefabricated vertical drains (PVD’s) as excess pore pressure dissipators from dynamic compaction activities — Francisco Baez
Geosynthetic Properties 3
City Hall Room
Evaluation of the Performance of Bituminous Geomembranes (BGMs) as Vapour Barriers —Antara Arif
Performance Benefits of White Formulation HDPE Geomembranes — Borja Nanton
Lifetime considerations of geotextile UV exposure before installation — David Beaumier
Bender Element Sensor Technology to Quantify Local Stiffness Enhancements of Geogrid–stabilized Aggregate Specimens — Erol Tutumluer
Unconfined interfacial friction of Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mats — George Koerner
Resistance and Durability of High-Strength Geotextile Bags for Hydraulic Works — Gustavo Fierro Rojas
Degradation behavior of stressed polyester reinforcing products under alkaline conditions embedded in emulsions and soils — Oliver Detert
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Closing Ceremony
Grand Ballroom
… and it concludes with a Networking Coffee, Awards & Future Opportunities