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Workshop – Enhancing the Performance of Canals, Reservoirs and Dams with Geosynthetics – October 4

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), in collaboration with Irrigation Australia (IAL) and the International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID), will host a one-day workshop on Enhancing the Performance of Canals, Reservoirs and Dams with Geosynthetics. The workshop will take place at the ICID 24th Irrigation Congress and Irrigation Australia Conference and Exhibition at the [...]

By |2022-09-21T01:46:00-05:00September 21, 2022|

IGS elects leaders

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) North America has elected Sam Allen as new president of the IGS and Edoardo Zannoni as vice president, making him IGS’s first vice president from South Africa. Allen, Zannoni and eight newly elected council members will begin their terms this September and serve until 2026. Outgoing IGS President Chungsik Yoo [...]

By |2022-07-19T15:42:38-05:00July 19, 2022|

Montreal to host 13ICG

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) chose Montreal to host 13ICG, to be held Sept. 13–16, 2026, in Canada for the first time. The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) announced that Montreal, Que., Canada, has been selected to host the 13th International Conference on Geosynthetics (13ICG) in 2026. The bidding process began last August, when IGS President Chungsik [...]

By |2022-04-25T11:00:00-05:00April 25, 2022|

Geosynthetics support circular economy

Geosynthetics support circular economy by helping to reuse and recycle waste materials, and by reducing the carbon footprint of sites

By |2022-03-18T01:56:00-05:00March 18, 2022|

IGS offers introductory geosynthetics videos

IGS offers introductory geosynthetics videos for students/educators to learn more about/to learn to teach about geosynthetics. Installation of geocells. Photograph courtesy of BTL Liners The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) released online videos aimed at exposing undergraduate civil engineering students to geosynthetics and at providing tools for geotechnical/civil engineering professors to teach about geosynthetics. An introduction [...]

By |2022-03-04T14:46:14-06:00March 2, 2022|

International Geosynthetics Society announces call for candidates for IGS Council and officers

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), in accordance with its bylaws, will hold elections in 2022. IGS members will have the opportunity to elect nine council members, a president and a vice president. Each of the elected members will serve a four-year term, beginning on Sept. 3, 2022. The council is the governing body of the IGS, [...]

By |2022-01-14T10:41:56-06:00December 24, 2021|

International Geosynthetics Society launches Young Member Competition for 12th ICG

Colosseum Amphitheater in Rome, Italy. Photograph courtesy Ank Kumar. Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Young Member Committee has set in motion the prestigious Young Member Competition for the 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics (ICG), Sept. 17–21, 2023, in Rome, Italy. Ten of the world’s best young researchers [...]

By |2021-12-07T07:54:11-06:00December 9, 2021|

4th African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics moved to 2023

The International Geosynthetic Society in Egypt (IGSE) is pleased to announce that the 4th African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics shall take place in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 20–23, 2023. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference dates have been postponed from the original dates in October 2021. As a newly formed chapter of IGS, IGSE is [...]

By |2021-06-29T10:54:58-05:00June 23, 2021|

IGS launches university lecture series

Students can hear from some of the International Geosynthetics Society’s (IGS’s) most eminent experts via new university lecture series videos. The 30- to 60-minute recorded talks aim to widen access to and understanding of geosynthetics for those at the start of their engineering careers, particularly senior undergraduates and graduate students. The content has been developed [...]

By |2021-06-09T15:35:55-05:00June 9, 2021|

IGS offers webinar on geomembrane behavior in mining

Learn about the effects of acidic and alkali conditions on geomembrane performance in mining solutions at an upcoming IGS webinar on May 26 at 9 p.m. EDT. The IGS Technical Committee on Barriers (TC-B) is set to host Dr. Fady B. Abdelaal, who will talk about “Long-Term Performance of Different Polymeric Geomembranes in Extreme High [...]

By |2021-05-07T10:05:59-05:00May 7, 2021|
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