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Industry Events

DFI is pleased to provide this comprehensive listing of educational and networking events of interest to deep foundation and geotechnical professionals.  The list is compiled from the many industry organizations with which DFI associates. If you’re aware of an event that would be of interest to your colleagues that is not listed below, please submit to us for addition to the listing.

Industry Events

November 20-22, 2023
Fukuoka, Japan
2nd International Conference on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies
Kyushu University
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Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
2023-2024 Traveling Lecturer at Aero Aggregates of North America, LLC
Aero Aggregates of North America, LLC and DFI
December 4-7, 2023
São Paulo, Brazil
SEFE 10
Brazilian Society for Foundation Engineering and Geotechnical Services
December 4-7, 2023
Dubai, UAE
Big 5 Global
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Online
What’s Shaking Webinar Series
DFI’s Seismic and Lateral Loads Committee
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Online
ITS Money Webinar Series
DFI’s Testing and Evaluation Committee
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Dubai, UAE
Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering Talks at Big 5 Global
DFI Middle East Chapter
December 4-8, 2023
Online
Geo-Institute 8th Annual Live Streaming Web Conference
Geo-Institute
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Online
DFI of Europe Webinar Series on Deep Foundation Performance Under Hazard Loading
DFI of Europe
December 14-15, 2023
Hanoi, Vietnam
5th International Conference on Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development
FECON, VSSMGE, JGS, TLU, VPI
December 27-28, 2023
New Cairo, Egypt
16th International Conference on Structural And Geotechnical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering- Ain Shams University
January 7–11, 2024
Washington, DC
TRB Annual Meeting
Transportation Research Board
January 23-25, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada
World of Concrete 2024
February 7, 2024
New York, New York
George A. Fox Conference
Underground Construction Association
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Portland, Oregon
2023-2024 Traveling Lecturer at Oregon Geo-Institute
Oregon Geo-Institute and DFI
February 8-9, 2024
Omaha, Nebraska
Geo-Omaha 41st Annual Geotechnical Conference
Geo-Institute Nebraska Chapter, ASCE Nebraska Section
February 23, 2024
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
University of Minnesota 72nd Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference
University of Minnesota
February 25-28 2024
Vancouver, BC, Canada
GeoCongress 2024
ASCE Geo-Institute
March 6-8, 2024
Sapporo, Japan
9th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration (ISEV) and Transportation Geodynamics
Japanese Geotechnical Society and the ISSMGE Technical Committee 202
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline: November 30, 2023
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Carnegie, Pennsylvania
2023-2024 Traveling Lecturer at ASCE Geo-Institute: Pittsburgh Chapter
ASCE Geo-Institute: Pittsburgh Chapter and DFI
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University Park, Pennsylvania
2023-2024 Traveling Lecturer at Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University and DFI
April 4-5, 2024
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
7th International Conference Series on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures (CIGOS)
Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global) and University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City (UAH)
April 8-11, 2024
Knoxville, Tennessee
2024 ASDSO Southeast Regional Conference
Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)
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Copenhagen, Denmark
International Seminar on Successes and Failures: What did we learn?
DFI Europe and the Danish Geotechnical Society
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McLean, Virginia
2023-2024 Traveling Lecturer at ASCE NCS Geo-Institute
ASCE NCS Geo-Institute and DFI
April 18-20, 2024
Anaheim, CA
GBA 2024 Spring Conference
Geoprofessional Business Association
April 25-27, 2024
Hammamet, Tunisia
International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGE’24)
The Geotechnical and Georisk Research Laboratory
April 28-May 1, 2024
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GeoAmericas 2024
International Geosynthetics Society
May 5-7, 2024
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
International Geotechnical Innovation Conference
Great Minds Event Management
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Dallas, Texas
IFCEE 2024
ADSC, DFI, Geo-Institute, PDCA
May 7-10, 2024
Osaka, Japan
8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
ISSMGE
May 26-29, 2024
Shanghai, China
5th GeoShanghai International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
Tongji University, Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Shanghai Society of Civil Engineering
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2nd Annual Conference on Foundation Decarbonization and Re-use
KIVI, DFI
May 28-31, 2024
Chicago, Illinois
2024 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference
ASCE EMI
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline: December 31, 2023
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San Francisco, California
SuperPile 2024
DFI and ADSC
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline: December 6, 2023
June 14-17, 2024
Macao SAR, China
IS-Macau 2024: 11th International Symposium of Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground
University of Macau, LECM, and Technical Committee TC204 of the ISSMGE
June 17, 2024
Barcelona, Spain
Non-Invasive Site Characterization using Open-Source Tools Short Course
ISSMGE
June 18-21, 2024
Barcelona Spain
7th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization
ISSMGE
June 23-26, 2024
Nashville, Tennessee
North American Tunneling Conference
Underground Construction Association (UCA)
June 23-26, 2024
Golden, CO
58th U.S. Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium
American Rock Mechanics Association
June 25-29, 2024
Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference 2024 
Macedonian Association for Geotechnics
June 30-July 5, 2024
Milan, Italy
18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
ANIDIS and IAEE
July 4-6, 2024
Warsaw, Poland
5th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials, and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2024)
Institute of Civil Engineering
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline: December 15, 2023
July 7-10, 2024
Chambery, France
4th International Symposium on Landslides 2024
ISSMGE
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Aurora, Colorado
S3 2024: Slopes, Support and Stabilization
DFI
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline: January 10, 2024
August 26-30, 2024
Lisbon, Portugal
XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE 24)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia, SIMSG ISSMGE
September 8-11, 2024
Portland, Oregon
5th Specialty Conference on Geoenvironmental Engineering
ASCE GI
September 10-12, 2024
Orlando, Florida
4th International Conference for Intelligent Construction
ISIC
September 18-20, 2024
Göteborg, Sweden
Nordic Geotechnical Meeting – Ngm 2024
Swedish Geotechnical Society
October 2-4, 2024
Delft, the Netherlands
5th European Conference on Physical Modelling In Geotechnics
Deltares & Delft University of Technology
October 6-9, 2024
Algiers, Algeria
XVIII African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering
Algerian Geotechnical Society
October 7-10, 2024
Aurora, Colorado
49th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations
DFI
Paper/Presentation call for abstracts – click here.
Deadline: January 8, 2024
Student/Young Professor Paper Competition call for abstracts – click here.
Deadline: January 8, 2024
MSSP call for abstracts – click here.
Deadline: May 17, 2024
October 18-24, 2024
New Delhi, India
92nd ICOLD Annual Meeting and International Symposium
ICOLD
October 30-November 1, 2024
Hershey, Pennsylvania
34th Central Pennsylvania Geotechnical Conference
ASCE Central PA Chapter
November 1, 2024
Westminster, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Geo-Conference 2024
Colorado Association of Geotechnical Engineers
November 14-16, 2023
Tsu, Japan
Geomate 2023
The Geomate International Society
November 12-17, 2024
La Serena, Chile
XVII Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Chilean Geotechnical Society
November 17-20, 2024
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Geo-Structures 2024
Geo-Institute
November 20 – 22, 2024
Sydney, Australia
5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics
UTS
December 2-5, 2024
Yokohama, Japan
Deep Mixing 2024
Port and Airport Research Institute
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline Extended: September 30, 2023 October 31, 2023
December 4-6, 2024
Melbourne, Australia
8th Asian Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (AP-UNSAT 2024)
RMIT University and MONASH University
Call for Abstracts – click Here. Deadline: November 30, 2023
January 5–9, 2025
Washington, DC
TRB Annual Meeting
Transportation Research Board
January 29-30, 2025
Houston, Texas
Symposium on Shear Testing of Soils
Soil and Rock Committee (D18) of ASTM
March 2-5, 2025
Louisville, Kentucky
Geotechnical Frontiers 2025
Geo-Institute and Geosynthetics Materials Association
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline: February 16, 2024
May 18-21, 2025
Tempe, Arizona
International Conference on Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics (I-CBBG) 2025
NMSU, Georgia Institute of Technology, UC Davis, ASU, NSF, CBBG
Call for Abstracts – click here. Deadline: October 31, 2023 March 15, 2024
June 6-13, 2025
La Cité des Congrès de Nantes, France
5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG)
University Gustave Eiffel, CFMS, French Mirror Group of the Technical Committee 209 of the ISSMGE
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Cleveland, Ohio
SuperPile 2025
DFI and ADSC
June 14-19, 2026
Vienna, Austria
21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Austrian Geotechnical Society, Austrian Society for Geomechanics
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New Orleans, Louisiana
SuperPile 2026
DFI and ADSC

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