4th circulation

DateVenue
ICPE2021 Website: 19 June (Sat) and 20 June (Sun) 2021
: Online: https://icpe-ipa.org/■ Background

There is a growing need for the maintenance and renovation of obsolete infrastructure in developed countries. In the meantime,developing countries face compelling challenges of constructing adequate infrastructure in response to rapid urbanization. Also, weare witnessing greater threats of earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters, which forces us to recognize and acknowledge
the unexpected vulnerability of infrastructure. Meeting these challenges will require an academic field of planning, researching anddesigning sustainable infrastructure. Thus, there is a pressing need to establish an academic field to facilitate comprehensively thetraining of engineers and the development of technologies that will support construction work in devising efficient machines andenergy- and labor-saving construction processes.

■ Objectives

Considering the above-mentioned background, this international conference aims to promote the academic field of “Press-inengineering”, where experts of various academic fields interact with a focus on the Press-in method. The conference offersopportunities for academics and technicians to intercommunicate with one another and for students and young experts to present
their achievements. It also provides forums for introducing Japanese efforts for building national resilience as well as study reportsof IPA Technical Committees.

■ Theme: Evolution and Social Contribution of Press-in Engineering for Infrastructure Development,and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
1. Disaster prevention and mitigation, such as countermeasure against Tsunami, erosion control, slope protections and others
2. Renovation or development of infrastructure, such as road, railway, adjacent construction, rural area development and others
3. Improvement of productivity and environmental issues, such as development of devices, construction managements, logistics,noise, vibration and others
4. Methods or case studies of project evaluation
5. Performance assessment of structures, such as pressed-in piles/sheet piles, and retaining wall/deep foundations constructed bypressed-in piles/sheet piles and others
6. Education
7. Other
Note: Papers both on academic issues (fundamental research) and on practical issues (application examples and machinedevelopment) are welcome.

■ Organizers

ICPE2021 Organizing Committee

International Press-in Association (IPA)■ Subsidies

THE MAEDA ENGINEERING FOUNDATIONTHE KAJIMA FOUNDATION■ Supporters
International Society for Soil Mechanics andKochi Prefecture

Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)

Kochi City

The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC)

Kami City

Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)

Konan City

Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS)

Kochi University of Technology

The Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan,

National Institute of Technology, Kochi College

Shikoku Regional Headquarters

Shikoku Railway Company

Kochi Construction Managing Engineers Association

West Nippon Expressway Company Limited,Japanese Technical Association for Steel Pipe Piles and Sheet Piles

Shikoku branchJapan Press-in Association

The Shikoku Bank, Ltd.

Japan Construction Machinery and Construction Association

THE BANK OF KOCHI, LTD.

The Japan Civil Engineering Consultants Association, Shikoku Branch

The Kochi Shimbun

Kochi Construction Industry Association

GIKEN LTD.

Kochi Industrial Association

GIKEN SEKO CO., LTD.

Kochi Survey and Planning Association(Total 27 groups as of 1 February 2021)

Kochi Institute of Invention and Innovation

Subsidies
Supporters

ICPE2021 Online Program
Day One: Saturday, June 19
JST(UTC+9)

Lobby

Day Two: Sunday, June 20

Channel 1Channel 2JST(UTC+9)

8:30

8:30

9:00

9:00

Lobby

10:00
Networking Break 10:30～11:00

14:00

16:00

Design Considerations in the Tip Resistance of Piles Jacked or Driven into Strong Soil or Weak Rock

Networking Break 12:30～13:30

Session A-1
Pile performance / Piling process

13:00

Session D-2
Case histories

14:00(English)

Networking Break 15:00～15:30

Session D-1
Case histories

12:00

Session A-4
Pile performance / Piling process(English)Registration

Keynote Lecture 2 (English and Japanese)(English and Japanese)
17:00

11:00

R&D for Infrastructure Maintenance, Renovation and Management(English and Japanese)

15:00

Networking Break 10:30～11:00

Keynote Lecture 1 (English and Japanese)

Exhibit Hall (Virtual Booth)

13:00

Registration

12:00

Exhibit Hall (Virtual Booth)

11:00

Channel 2

State-of-the-Art Session (English and Japanese)
The latest reports from technical committees (TC1, TC2 and TC3)

Welcome and Opening (English and Japanese)
10:00

Channel 1

Session A-2
Pile performance / Piling process(English and Japanese)

16:00

17:00

(English)

Networking Break 12:30～13:30

Session A-3
Pile performance / Piling process(English and Japanese)

15:00

Session B-1
Infrastructure development

Session B-2
Infrastructure development(English)

Networking Break 15:00～15:30

Session C-1
Disaster prevention and mitigation(English and Japanese)

Session E-1
Others(English)

Closing Remarks (English and Japanese)■ Call for Papers
 Papers related to Press-in Engineering corresponding to the theme of the conference are requested.
 Writing is to be in English
 All submitted papers will be reviewed by several reviewers.
■ How to Submit Abstract
 Approximately 400 words. Format shall be downloaded from the following website:
URL: https://icpe-ipa.org/contributions
 Email to ICPE2021 Scientific working group (Chair: Katsutoshi Ueno).
E-mail address: icpe2021@gmail.com■ Keynote Lectures
・Lecture 1
Theme: Research and development for infrastructure maintenance, renovation, and management
Speaker:Dr. Yozo Fujino (President, Josai University)
・Lecture 2
Theme: Design Considerations in the Tip Resistance of Piles Jacked or Driven into Strong Soil or Weak RockSpeaker:
Dr. Mark Randolph (University of Western Australia)■ State-of-the-Reports
・Report-1
IPA TC-1 Application of cantilever type steel tubular pile wall embedded to stiff ground (tentative)
・Report-2
IPA TC-2 Use of press in piling data for estimating subsurface information
・Report-3
IPA TC-3 State of the art report on steel sheet pile method in geotechnical engineering development of PFS method■ Fees: Please visit the IPA website (https://www.press-in.org/en/event) or scan the QR code to pay each fee.
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■ Official Language

English (Japanese-English translation is in the main sessions and some general sessions)■ International Advisory Board
Malcolm Bolton

Tadayuki Tazaki

Former President of IPA,Emeritus Professor, The University ofand Construction Association
Michio Okahara

Cambridge
Charles Ng

President, International Society for Soil

President, Japan Construction Machinery
Representative Director, Japanese
Association for Steel Pipe Piles

Akio Kitamura

Executive Chairman, GIKEN LTD.

Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Neil Taylor

Roger Frank(ISSMGE)■ ICPE2021 Organizing Committee

Secretary General, International Society for Soil

Chair

Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Tatsunori

Vice President of IPA, Professor,
Kanazawa University(ISSMGE)

Matsumoto

Honorary Professor of Ecole Nationale des Ponts

Vice Chairet Chaussées, Lab Navier-geotechnical teamJiro Takemura(CERMES)IPA Director, Associate Professor,
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Mark RandolphProfessor, University of Western Australia

Secretary General

Bengt H. Fellenius

Consulting Engineer

Hisanori Yaegashi

Jianmin Zhang

Professor, Tsinghua University, Academician

Deputy Secretary Generalof Chinese Academy of Engineering

Yukihiro Ishihara

Marcos Massao

IPA Director, Professor,

Members

Futai

Geoinfra, University of Sao Paulo

Katsutoshi Ueno

Associate Professor, Tokushima University

Kenichi Soga

IPA Director, Chancellor’s Professor, UC

Kojiro Okabayashi

Professor, National Institute of Technology,

Leung Chun Fai

IPA President,

Masahiro Ouchi

Professor, Kochi University of Technology

Professor, National University of Singapore

Tetsuo Morita

General Manager, Civil EngineeringBerkeley

Kenneth Gavin

Division, Kochi Prefecture
Yoshihiko Tani

Delft University of Technology
MichaelIPA Director, Professor,Doubrovsky

Odessa National Maritime University

Nor Azizi Bin YusoffMounir Bouassida

IPA Director, Manager, GIKEN LTD.

Kochi College

IPA Director, Vice president of IPA,Professor,

General Manager, GIKEN LTD.

General Manager, Shikoku Railway
Company

Hideki Hosoda

Director of Construction Department,
West Nippon Expressway Company
Limited, Shikoku Branch

Vice president of IPA, Senior Lecturer,
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Takao Kishida

Advisor, GIKEN LTD.

(UTHM)

Yoshihisa Fujisaki

Director, GIKEN LTD.

IPA Director, Professor, University of Tunis El
Manar - National Engineering of School of■ Welcome to Kochi, JapanTunis
Stuart Haigh

IPA Director, Reader,
The University of Cambridge

Osamu Kusakabe

Executive Director,
International Press-in Association (IPA)

Yasuo Hayashi

Former President,
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)

Mamoru Mimura

President,

Jun Otani

Former President,

Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS)
Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS)
Kenichi Horikoshi

Corporate Fellow of Taisei Advanced Centerof Technology, Taisei Corporation
Former Secretary General, Asian Civil
Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC)

Yoshiaki Kikuchi

IPA director, Chair, Professor of Tokyo
University of Science

Seiji Hamada

Governor, Kochi Prefecture

Masahiko IsobePresident, Kochi University of Technology

Kiyoshi IsePresident, National Institute of Technology,
Kochi College

Yozo Fujino

President, Josai University

Kazuyoshi

Professor, Ritsumeikan University

Tateyama

Courtesy of Kochi Visitors & Convention Association
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Date. 19 May 2021