The topics of the symposium all relate to the behaviour of soils and rocks at failure, to the laboratory and in situ tests used to determine the design parameters and to the methods of calculation of various types of geotechnical structures, with a glance on the current design standards. The symposium will cover the following subjects:
 theoretical and numerical developments,
 laboratory and in situ tests to determine the parameters of the design methods,
 experiments on structures and on models (full-size, half-size, small-scale, centrifuged models),
 applications to geotechnical structures (foundations, retaining structures, tunnels, slopes, reinforced ground structures...) and examples of construction sites or projects,
 design rules based on ultimate limit states.

Scientific programme

The Symposium will include state of the art lectures, sessions with oral presentations and discussions and poster sessions.

Language

The official languages of the Symposium are French and English. Simultaneous translation will be available.

Call for abstracts and papers

Papers on any topic relevant to the Symposium themes are welcome. One page abstracts in English or in French should be sent to the Symposium Secretariat. Contributed papers will be selected by the Scientific Committee on the basis of these abstracts. The abstract should include the title of the paper, author’s names, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and facsimile numbers. The abstract should clearly state the purpose and the conclusions of the full paper. Detailed instructions will be sent to the authors of the selected abstracts. The final paper will be checked by the Scientific Committee.

Important dates

 Deadline for abstracts: January 31, 2006
 Acceptance of abstracts: February 15, 2006
 Deadline for submission of papers: May 31, 2006

Symposium Proceedings

All papers accepted for presentation will be published in the Symposium proceedings, which will be available during the Symposium.

Location

The Symposium will be held at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. Numerous hotels of all categories are available in Paris and Marne-la-Vallée.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

 J.P. Magnan (LCPC, Chairman)
 J. Auvinet (UNAM)
 F. Barends (GeoDelft)
 J. Benoit (Univ. Maine)
 M. Bouassida (ENIT)
 M.F.Bransby (Dundee Univ)
 J.L. Briaud (Texas AM Univ)
 X. Château (LMSGC)
 H. Ejjaaouani (LPEE)
 R. Frank (CERMES)
 M. Fross (TU Wien)
 J. Garnier (LCPC)
 A. Gomes Correia (UMinho)
 A.Holeyman (Univ. Louvain)
 J.L. Justo (Univ. Sevilla)
 R. Katzenbach (Techn.Univ. Darmstadt)
 M. Kavvadas (NTU Athens)
 O. Kusakabe (Tokyo I.T.)
 R. Michalowski (Univ. Michigan)
 R. Nova (Univ. Milano)
 M. Pastor (CEDEX)
 A. Pecker (Geodyn.Str.)
 A. Puech (Fugro-France)
 P. Rãileanu (TU Iasi)
 C. Sagaseta (U.Santander)
 B. Schuppener (BAW)
 H. Schweiger (TU Graz)
 I. Shahrour (Polytech’ Lille)
 B. Simpson (Ove Arup)
 S. Sloan (U. Newcastle)
 J.S. Steenfelt (COWI)
 P. Le Tallec (EP)
 P. Vezole (Eiffage)
 N. Vogt (TU Munich)
 L. Vulliet (EPFL)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 F. Schlosser (Chairman)
 J.L. Durville
 R. Frank
 M. Ghoreychi
 J. Launay

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

 B. Gambini (PFE - ENPC, chairman)
 E. Bourgeois (LCPC)
 N. Droniuc (LCPC)
 J. Canou (CERMES)
 Ph. Mestat (LCPC)
 E. Carrier (PFE-ENPC)
 Ph. Reiffsteck (LCPC)
 A.Dhouib (GTM-Construction)
 F. Rocher-Lacoste (LCPC)

Symposium Secretariat Address

Mrs Françoise BOURGAIN
Tel : + 33 (0)1 44 58 28 22 ou 25 Fax : + 33 (0)1 44 58 28 30
e-mail : bourgain@mail.enpc.fr
Ponts Formation Édition
28 rue des Saints-Pères, 75343 Paris cedex 07, France

PARTICIPANTS

 Panagiotis ANDREOU ENPC/CERMES / FRANCE
 Angeliki ARAPAKOU - NTUA /GREECE
 Lazhar BELABED - UNIVERSITE DE GUELMA / ALGERIA
 Emmanuel BOURGEOIS - LCPC / FRANCE
 Souheil BOUZGARROU - MIN RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE & TECHNOLOGIQUE / TUNISIA
 Wolfgang BRUNNER - BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH /GERMANY
 Jean CANOU - ENPC/CERMES / FRANCE
 Francesco CASTELLI - UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA / ITALIA
 Charisis CHATZIGOGOS - LABORATOIRE DE MECANIQUE DES SOLIDES / FRANCE
 Aymen CHOUIKHA - TERRASOL TUNISIE / TUNISIA
 José-Carlos CINTRA - UNIVERSITE DE SAO PAULO / BRASIL
 Johan CLAUSEN - AALBORG UNIVERSITY /DENMARK
 Alain CORFDIR - ENPC/CERMES / FRANCE
 Sébastien CORNEILLE - Doctorant Service Géotechnique - DURMEYER SOLS / FRANCE
 Sofia COSTA D AGUIAR - CENTRALE RECHERCHE S.A. / FRANCE
 David CRIADO - CETE MEDITERRANEE / FRANCE
 Lars DAMKILDE - AALBORG UNIVERSITY / DENMARK
 Valentin DUCA - SPIE FONDATIONS / FRANCE
 Sébastien DUMAS - Ingénieur Bureau d’etudes - FRANKI FONDATION / FRANCE
 Houssine EJJAAOUANI - LPEE / MOROCCO
 Jacques GARNIER - LCPC DE NANTES / FRANCE
 Alphonse GUEI - INP-HB / INORY COAST
 Gilbert HAIUN - METLTM / SETRA / FRANCE
 Bruno HAMELIN - EIFFAGE TP / FRANCE
 Elisabeth HAZA - Chargée de Recherche Détp Géotechnique-Environnt - CETE NORMANDIE CENTRE / FRANCE
 Robert HEINTZ - EURASOL S.A. / LUXEMBOURG
 Alain HOLEYMAN - UCL / BELGIUM
 Jean-Pierre IORIO - Responsable Mécasol - SAIPEM SA / FRANCE
 Etienne Marcelin KANA - LABOGENIE / CAMEROON
 Rolf KATZENBACH - TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT / GERMANY
 Mourad KOUADRI - Ingénieur Expert - GEOTEC / FRANCE
 Kristian KRABBENHOFT - UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE / AUSTRALIA
 Sven KRABBENHOFT - AALBORG UNIVERSITY / DENMARK
 Michal KVARDA - SG GEOTECHNIKA A.S. / CZECH REPUBLIC
 Thibaut LAMBERT - Chargé d’Etudes Géotechnique - LRPC DE SAINT-QUENTIN / FRANCE
 Benjamin LECOMTE - VINCI Construction Grands Projets / FRANCE
 Gilles LEFRANC - Ingénieur Structures - EIFFAGE TP / FRANCE
 Josef LIBAL - Ingénieur - SG GEOTECHNIKA A.S. / CZECH REPUBLIC
 Olivier MADEC - Directeur Technique - BOTTE FONDATIONS / FRANCE
 Farimah MASROURI - DURMEYER SOLS / FRANCE
 El-Mahdi MEGHLAT - LGEA / ALGERIA
 Paul MEIREMAN - FRANKI GEOTECHNICS B / BELGIUM
 George MIGIROS - AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS / GREECE
 Mouhamadou Gamdy NIANG - BET PLUS / SENEGAL
 Dominique NIBEL - Chef de Projets - BOTTE FONDATIONS / FRANCE
 Philippe NOUANGA - LABOGENIE / CAMEROON
 Michael PACHAKIS - OTM SA consulting Engineering Co / GREECE
 Vassilios PAPADOPOULOS - NTUA / GREECE
 Joseph PASTOR - UNIVERSITE DE SAVOIE ESIGEC / FRANCE
 Bruno PLUMEY - EPFL ENAC / SWITZERLAND
 Michael REBOUL - TERRASOL / FRANCE
 Philippe REIFFSTECK - LCPC / FRANCE
 Machhour SADEK - Ingénieur Etudes au Bureau d’Etudes - KELLER FONDATIONS SPECIALES / FRANCE
 Bruno SIMON - Directeur Scientifique - TERRASOL / FRANCE
 Brian SIMPSON - ARUP Geotechnics / GREAT BRITAIN
 Olivier SOULAT - CETMEF / FRANCE
 TEH KAR LU - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE / SINGAPORE
 Hans TEUNISSEN - GEODELFT / NETHERLAND
 Bertrand THIDET - METLTM / SETRA / FRANCE
 George TSIAMBAOS - NTUA / GREECE
 Stefano UTILI - POLITECNICO DI MILANO / ITALIA
 Guillaume VEYLON - Chargé d’Etudes en Mécanique des Sols - CETE MEDITERRANEE / FRANCE
 Mario Jorge VICENTE DA SILVA - FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECNOLOGIA / PORTUGAL
 Kamel ZAGHOUANI - TERRASOL TUNISIE / TUNISIA
 Moulay ZERHOUNI - FONDASOL / FRANCE
 ZHANG XIYING - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE / SINGAPORE