Call for Paper
Bulletin No.3

Kyushu Branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society 70 years Anniversary Memorial Events

Technical Forum on Mitigation of Geo-disasters in Asia
13th – 15th November, 2019, Kumamoto, JapanInvitation

Main Topics

It has been 70 years since Kyushu branch of Japanese
Geotechnical Society was founded. To date, the Kyushu
branch of JGS has continuously held joint symposiums with
the Asian region, and has built an East Asian network on
geotechnical engineering. In commemoration of the 70 years,
the Technical Forum on Mitigation of Geo‐disasters in Asia
will be held on November, 2019. On behalf of the Kyushu
Branch of JGS, we cordially invite you to participate in thisforum. It is a great honor for us to be your hosts in this forum
in which our primary goals are shearing of scientific andprofessional experiences and recent advances in ourengineering discipline and reinforcing a research network ofgeotechnical engineers and researchers in Asian countries.

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Technical Program
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Objective
To promote international exchange of the information on thecurrent research and technology in the field of geotechnicalengineering, Kyushu Branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society
has successfully organized a series of joint symposiums
together with Asian countries and areas: the 1st in Shanghai
1997, the 2nd in Hong Kong 1999, the 3rd in Hanoi 2004, the4th in Dalian 2006, the 5th in Fukuoka 2009, the 6th in Seoul
2012, the 7th in Okinawa 2013, the 8th in Taiwan 2016. The
70 years anniversary forum corresponding to theseinternational symposiums will be held on Kumamoto, Japanwith following purposes:
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To enhance the skills of engineers and researchers ofJapan and Asian countries in the field of geotechnicalengineering;
To exchange the mutual understanding of the researchand practice about mitigation of geo‐disasters;
To have warm discussion involving all the participants;
To extend our exchange of the information to thepractice and research to the whole Asian regions; andTo create a sound research network of geotechnicalresearchers and engineers in Asian countries.

Geo‐disaster and disaster prevention (heavy rainfall,earthquake, landslide, slope stability, etc.)
Soil improvement and soil reinforcement (geomaterials,soil improvement techniques, etc.)
Deformation (liquefaction, ground behavior, ground andstructures, model tests, numerical analyses, etc.)
Measurement and prediction technique (sensors, field
monitoring, measuring instruments, IoT, VR, etc.)
Risk management (disaster education, development of
human resources, disaster wastes, hazard map, etc)

Academic session for geo‐disasters prevention andmitigation (Keynote lectures, technical sessions, poster
sessions, site visit, online panel discussion)
Technical exhibition (panel exhibition, poster session forresearch papers and technical reports)

Venue and Date
KKR hotel Kumamoto, Kumamoto, JAPAN
13th – 15th November, 2019Official Languages
English and JapaneseCall for Paper in English
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Article: 4 ‐ 6 pages of an A4 size paper (The paper willproceed a review process by more than 2 reviewers).
Technical note: Short paper of case studies with 2 pages(No review is required).

Important Date
Application deadline
Submission of full paper
Final submission of full paper

July 31, 2019 (Extended)
August 31, 2019
September 30, 2019

Registration Fee
30,000 JPY (per person): for participant
20,000 JPY (per person): for student

Local and International
Advisory Committee
Prof. Chai, J.C. (Saga University)
Prof. Chen, G. (Kyushu University)
Prof. Hazarika, H. (Kyushu University)
Prof. Hino, T. (Saga University)
Prof. Jiang Y. (Nagasaki University)
Prof. Mitani, Y. (Kyushu University)
Prof. Nagase, H. (Kyushu Institute of Tech.)
Prof. Otani, J. (Kumamoto University)
Prof. Sato, K. (Fukuoka University)
Prof. Tanaka, T. (Oita Natl. College of Tech.)
Prof. Yasufuku, N. (Kyushu University)
Prof. Zhou, G. (Nishinihon Institute of Tech.)

Organizing Committee
Prof. Omine, K. (Chairperson)
Mr. Ezoe, A.
Prof. Fujikawa, T.
Prof. Fukubayashi, Y.
Dr. Fukuda, N.
Prof. Hayashi, Y.
Prof. Hirooka, A.
Prof. Hiyama, H.
Prof. Ishikura, R.
Prof. Kasama, K.
Mr. Kidera, S.
Mr. Nagashima, S.
Prof. Matsubara, H.
Prof. Mukunoki, T.
Prof. Murakami, S.
Dr. Nishida, K.
Mr. Nishikawa, K.
Prof. Okayasu, T.
Prof. Sako, K.
Prof. Suetsugu, D.
Prof. Sugimoto, S.
Mr. Takahashi, Y.
Dr. Tanoue, Y.
Prof. Yamamoto, K.

Secretary General
Prof. Mukunoki, T.
Department of Civil and Environmental
Eng., Kumamoto University, Japan
Email: mukunoki@kumamoto‐u.ac.jp
URL: http://www.jgskyushu.net/