Keynote Speakers
7th International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE’22)
The keynote speakers for the 7th International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE'22) will be:
Dr. Richard J. Bathurst
Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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Dr. Dipanjan Basu
University of Waterloo, Canada
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Dr. Hesham El Naggar
Western University, Canada
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Dr. El Naggar is a Distinguished University Professor of Western University, Canada. He is Editor-In-Chief of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering and past Associate Editor of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal. He published more than 500 technical papers/book chapters on foundations, soil-structure interaction and geotechnical earthquake engineering; and consulted on major projects worldwide. Dr. El Nagar attracted more than $20M of research funding and graduated 100 PhD and MESc students. He received numerous awards including: Geosynthetics, Stermac, Meyerhof, Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium Speaker, Western University Distinguished Professorship, Faculty Scholar Award, Outstanding Teaching, and Research Excellence Awards as well as the 2015 Ontario Professional Engineers Medal for Engineering Research & Development. He is an elected Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineers, Engineering Institute of Canada and the American Society for Civil Engineers.
Topic of Keynote: Seismic Performance of Helical Piles
Dr. David Toll
Durham University, UK
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Topic of Keynote: Protecting Geo-Infrastructure from Climate Change