Our key objective in selecting a theme is that it will be relevant and encompass the full range of engineering geological practice to encourage participation from, and provide value to, practitioners from around the world.
We are watching with interest development of the discussion on Core Values and see the Congress as an opportunity to review progress in this area.
Engineering geology and geotechnical engineering go hand-in-hand in Australasia, and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society supports a close relationship between the sister societies (IAEG, ISRM and ISSMGE). 2010 is the 10th anniversary of a very successful conference held in Australia that celebrated this intrinsic inter-relationship, GeoEng 2000. We would like to bring to the 11th IAEG Congress a 'flavour' of GeoEng, while maintaining a core engineering geological 'taste'. We expect this Congress to attract a range of practitioners from both geological and engineering backgrounds.