“Research and Innovation in Geotechnical Engineering”

The Swiss Society of Geotechnical Engineering and the Geomechanics group of EPFL are co-hosting, for the first time, an event which aims to showcase innovative technologies in the field of Geo-technical Engineering. The event brings Swiss start-ups, practitioners, scientists and renowned guests from abroad together, for two days at the Swiss Tech convention center. The first day features a short course on "Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineerg", given by EPFL Proffesors. The second day kicks-off with Dr. Suzanne Lacasse from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and her talk on “Innovation Related to Slope Safety”. The day continues with Dr. Brian Simpson from ARUP and his talk on “Recent Thinking on Design for Situations dominated by Water Pressure”.