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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH
18:00 - 20:00
Registration
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH
09:30 - 10:00
Opening Ceremony 		MoMP
Room: Auditorium
Chair: to be confirmed
10:00 - 11:20
Keynote Lecture and General Report 		MoMP
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Robert Charlier

Design of Stiffened Slabs-on-grade on Shrink-swell Soils
Jean-Louis Briaud


Constitutive Modelling of Unsaturated Soils: Discussion of Fundamental Principles
Daichao Sheng
11:20 - 11:50
Coffee-break
11:50 - 13:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Engineering Applications and Case Histories: Embankments (D4) MoM01
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Tom Schanz
Modelling: Fundamentals and Constitutive Modelling (C1) MoM02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Bernardo Caicedo
Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Microstructure (A1) MoM03
Room: VS208
Chair: Yu-Jun Cui
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Engineering Applications and Case Histories: Slopes (D3) MoA01
Room: Auditorium
Chair: David Williams
Modelling: Fundamentals and Constitutive Modelling (C1) MoA02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Luis Vallejo
Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Water Retention and Hydraulic Behaviour (A3) MoA03
Room: VS208
Chair: Sun De‘an
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee-break
16:30 - 18:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Modelling: Fundamentals and Constitutive Modelling (C1) MoE01
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Behrouz Gatmiri
Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Stress-strain and Strength Characteristics (A2) MoE02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Fernando A. M. Marinho
Part I: Modelling: Analytical and Numerical Modelling (C2)
Part II: Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Water Retention and Hydraulic Behaviour (A3) 		MoE03
Room: VS208
Chair: Laureano Hoyos
19:00 - 20:30
Welcome Reception
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH
09:00 - 10:20
Keynote Lecture and General Report 		TuMP
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Simon Wheeler

Geotechnical and Environmental Models Involving Unsaturated Soils and Rocks
Sebastiā Olivella


Unsaturated Soils: Compacted versus Reconstituted States
Alessandro Tarantino
10:20 - 10:50
Coffee-break
10:50 - 13:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Part I: Engineering Applications and Case Histories: Foundations (D2)
Part II: Part II: Engineering Applications and Case Histories: Pavements (D5) 		TuM01
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Frans Molenkamp
Testing Techniques: Laboratory, In Situ and Centrifuge (B) TuM02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Gerald Miller
Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Thermal and Chemical Effects (A4) TuM03
Room: VS208
Chair: to be confirmed
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
Panel Session. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering TuA
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Antonio Gens
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee-break
16:30 - 18:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Engineering Applications and Case Histories: Geoenviromental Applications (D6) TuE01
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Abdelmalek Bouazza
Modelling: Fundamentals and Constitutive Modelling (C1) TuE02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Yuji Kohgo
Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Stress-strain and Strength Characteristics (A2) TuE03
Room: VS208
Chair: Luciano Oldecop
19:00 - 21:00
TC106 Meeting
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH
09:00 - 10:20
Keynote Lecture and General Report 		WeMP
Room: Auditorium
Chair: to be confirmed

Energy Geotechnology: Implications of Mixed Fluid Conditions
J. Carlos Santamarina


Geotechnical Problems and Case Histories from the Perspective of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
Charles W.W. Ng
10:20 - 10:50
Coffee-break
10:50 - 13:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Modelling: Analytical and Numerical Modelling (C2) WeM01
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Anand Puppala
Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Stress-strain and Strength Characteristics (A2) WeM02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Domenico Gallipoli
Testing Techniques: Laboratory, In Situ and Centrifuge (B) WeM03
Room: VS208
Chair: Sarah M. Springman
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Stress-strain and Strength Characteristics (A2) WeA01
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Pierre Delage
Part I: Engineering Applications and Case Histories: Geoenviromental Applications (D6)
Part II: Engineering Applications and Case Histories: Soil-atmosphere interaction (D1) 		WeA02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Jorge Zornberg
Part I: Unsaturated Soil Behaviour: Thermal and Chemical Effects (A4)
Part II: New Areas ( E ) 		WeA03
Room: VS208
Chair: Charles Augarde
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee-break
16:30 - 18:00
Panel Session. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics: The Future WeE
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Eduardo Alonso
18:00 - 18:30
Closing Ceremony 		WeEP
Room: Auditorium
Chair: to be confirmed
20:30 - 23:00
Conference Dinner



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