{"id":1142,"date":"2018-05-13T19:19:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T19:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/?page_id=1142"},"modified":"2018-07-30T13:43:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:43:34","slug":"swiss-geotechnical-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/for-startups\/swiss-geotechnical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Geotechnical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just before SEG2018 kicks-off, the 2-day <strong>&#8220;Research and Innovation in\u00a0Geotechnical\u00a0 Engineering&#8221;<\/strong> conference is taking place, hosted by the <strong>Swiss Geotechnical Society<\/strong> and the <strong>EPFL<\/strong>. The first day of the event (Monday, September 24) is dedicated to a short course on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. On the second day (Tuesday, September 25), the Swiss geotechnical Society has the pleasure to host 2 guest speakers whose pioneering work has shaped the modern practice in our field. The day kicks-off with <strong>Dr. Suzanne Lacasse<\/strong> from the <strong>Norwegian Geotechnical Institute<\/strong> and her talk on &#8220;Innovation Related to Slope Safety&#8221;. The day continues with\u00a0<strong>Dr. Brian Simpson<\/strong> from\u00a0<strong>ARUP\u00a0<\/strong>and his talk on &#8220;Recent Thinking on Design for Situations dominated by Water Pressure&#8221;. Please find below the full program of the event. Delegates attending SEG2018 are welcome to register for the 2-day event hosted by the Swiss geotechnical Society at the same venue and make the most out of the short course, lectures and networking events (Download <a href=\"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Poster.pdf\">Flyer<\/a>\u00a0&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/GS-Herbsttagung-2018-englisch.pdf\">Registration Flyer<\/a>). More info available <a href=\"http:\/\/geotechnikschweiz.ch.vtxhosting.ch\/?p=795&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.13.55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.13.55.png 1198w, https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.13.55-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.13.55-768x1026.png 768w, https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.13.55-767x1024.png 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1144\" src=\"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.14.07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.14.07.png 1198w, https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.14.07-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.14.07-768x1026.png 768w, https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-13-at-21.14.07-767x1024.png 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before SEG2018 kicks-off, the 2-day &#8220;Research and Innovation in\u00a0Geotechnical\u00a0 Engineering&#8221; conference is taking place, hosted by the Swiss Geotechnical Society and the EPFL. The first day of the event (Monday, September 24) is dedicated to a short course on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/for-startups\/swiss-geotechnical-society\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1142\/revisions\/1266"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seg2018.epfl.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}