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GEO-RISK 2017
Geotechnical Risk from Theory to Practice
Denver, Colorado | June 4-6
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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE (subject to change)
Sunday, June 4
7:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Registration On behalf of the Conference Program Committee,
8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Short Courses*
5:00 6:00 p.m. Welcome Keynote CO-CHAIR
CHAIR
Suzanne Lacasse Lecture - D. V. Griffiths,
Gordon A.
Fenton, Dalhousie
Gregory B. Baecher Colorado School
University
6:00 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall of Mines
Monday, June 5
8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Registration There can be little doubt that the application of probability and
9:00 10:00 a.m. Opening Keynote Wilson Tang statistics to the field of geotechnical engineering is currently one of
Lecture - Gordon A. Fenton the most exciting and important areas of growth in our discipline.
This interest and activity spans both industry and academe, making
10:00 10:30 a.m. Networking in Exhibit Hall
Geo-Risk 2017 particularly timely as the first conference dedicated to
10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions geotechnical risk to be held in North American for six years.
12:00 1:30 p.m. Poster Session & Lunch in Exhibit
Hall On behalf of the Risk Assessment and Management (RAM) Committee
of ASCEs Geo-Institute (G-I) it gives me great pleasure to invite you
1:30 2:30 p.m. Keynote Lectures Dennis E. to attend and participate in this important specialty conference to be
Becker & Brian Simpson held in Denver, Colorado from June 4-6 2017. The conference has
2:30 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions something for everyone, kicking off with a broad selection of short-
4:00 4:30 p.m. Networking in Exhibit Hall courses and a welcome reception on Sunday, June 4th, followed by a
4:30 6:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions 2-day packed program of parallel technical sessions, panel discussions
6:30 9:30 p.m. Awards Dinner* and 8 keynote speakers which include the prestigious Wilson Tang
and Suzanne Lacasse Lectures. There will also be a mini-symposium in
Tuesday, June 6 honor of Wilson Tangs contributions to the field, poster sessions, and
networking opportunities with colleagues and exhibitors.
8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Registration
9:00 10:00 a.m. Keynote Lectures - Steven G. Vick, The conference is being held in conjunction with the biennial
John W. France & Jennifer L. International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (4th ISGSR)
Williams which will announce award winners at the Monday evening banquet
in the categories of Lifetime Achievement, Impactful Contributions,
10:00 10:30 a.m. Networking in Exhibit Hall
and Young Researcher. On the final day, there will be a choice of two
10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions technical tours for attendees interested in visiting the US Bureau of
12:00 1:30 p.m. Lunch in Exhibit Hall Reclamation (USBR) Laboratories and Testing Facilities or the National
1:30 2:30 p.m. Keynote Lectures C. Hsein Juang Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) National Wind Technology
& Armin W. Stuedlein Center.
2:30 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions Being a major regional center, Denver is an ideal location for a
4:00 4:30 p.m. Networking in Exhibit Hall conference with a theme of geotechnical risk. Denver is home
4:30 6:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions to several important global civil engineering companies, federal
organizations, and top research universities. Colorado may be famous
Wednesday, June 7 for skiing but it is also a beautiful place to visit in summer with a
fantastic climate and numerous opportunities for vacation time with
9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Technical Tours*
family and friends.
*Additional Ticket Purchase Required On behalf of the program committee, we look forward to seeing
you next June in Denver, for what should be an enjoyable and
professionally rewarding event.
SUNDAY, JUNE 4 ty, probability theory, fault and event trees, hazard curves, fragility
curves, expected consequences and decision making. Detailed tech-
niques will be presented to characterize natural hazards, including
PRE-CONFERENCE SHORT COURSES floods, hurricane surges and earthquakes, to represent failure modes,
including seepage, overtopping, static stability and seismic stability,
BAYESIAN ANALYSIS AND RELIABILITY UPDATING and to integrate available information together to assess risk. Finally,
IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING results from two risk analyses of major levee systems in New Orleans
and the California Delta will be presented and discussed. Practical,
8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
real-world examples will be used throughout to illustrate major princi-
Professor Gregory B. Baecher, Ph.D., M.ASCE, University of ples and ideas. An emphasis will be placed on how to interpret and
Maryland use the results from a risk analysis.
Dr. Timo Schweckendiek, Ph.D, Deltares & Delft University of Additional Ticket Purchase Required
Technology Registration Fee: EB $295 | ADV $320 | ONS $345
This course focuses on basic understanding of Bayesian probability
theory and reliability updating, and at presenting simple techniques UNDERSTANDING GEOTECHNICAL RELIABILITY-
for use in engineering practice. Topics covered include the essen- BASED DESIGN AND ITS COMPLEMENTARY ROLE
tials of Bayesian reasoning; survival analysis, including examples TO PARTIAL FACTORS TO DESIGN APPROACH
on pile foundations, levees, and dams; and the distinction between
treatment of inequality and equality information. These concepts are 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
tied together by a demonstration of how to include performance B. K. Low, PhD, F.ASCE, Nanyang Technological University,
observations in the assessment of levee reliability. Singapore
The course is targeted at practicing engineers who would like to K. K. Phoon, PhD, F.ASCE, National University of Singapore
extend their toolbox by enhancing their probabilistic skills, as well
Geotechnical design approach has evolved over the years from the
as graduate students intending to apply Bayesian concepts. This is
global factor of safety approach to the recent partial factors design
an advanced course and participants are expected to have basic
approaches like Eurocode 7 (EC7) and the Load and Resistance
knowledge of probability theory and geotechnical analysis (i.e.,
Factor Design Approach (LRFD). Yet another design approach which
undergraduate level).
can potentially overcome certain limitations and ambiguities of the
Additional Ticket Purchase Required partial factors design approaches is the reliability-based design
Registration Fee: EB $295 | ADV $320 | ONS $345 approach via the first-order reliability method (RBD-via-FORM). The
design point obtained in RBD reflects problem-specific parametric
RISK ASSESSMENT IN GEOTECHNICAL uncertainties, sensitivities and correlations in a way the design points
ENGINEERING of EC7 and LRFD cannot. However, RBD-via-FORM is understood
by few practitioners despite its advantages and potential role to com-
8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. plement EC7/LRFD. This short course aims to acquaint practitioners
Gordon A. Fenton, Ph.D., P.Eng., FEIC, FCAE, M.ASCE, and researchers with the meaning and desirable features of RBD-
Dalhousie University via-FORM (and links with partial factors design approach), through
relatively transparent and intuitive perspectives and illustrative
D. V. Griffiths, Ph.D., D.Sc., P.E., FICE, D.GE, F.ASCE, Colorado geotechnical RBD-via-FORM examples in soil and rock engineering.
School of Mines The statistical estimation of soil properties will also be discussed.
Soils and rocks are among the most variable of all engineering Participants will receive a CD containing the course notes and Ex-
materials, and are therefore highly amenable to a probabilistic cel-based RBD examples covered in the course.
treatment. This course is designed for geotechnical engineers Additional Ticket Purchase Required
who wish to update their knowledge of probabilistic methods and
Registration Fee: EB $195 | ADV $220 | ONS $245
reliability-based design methodologies. The course content and
delivery will assume no more than an introductory understanding
of probability and statistics on the part of the participants. The
goal is to present a user-friendly training on modern probabilistic SUNDAY, JUNE 4
techniques taught through several practical geotechnical
applications.
WELCOME KEYNOTE SUZANNE LACASSE LECTURE
Registration Fee: EB $295 | ADV $320 | ONS $345
5:00 6:00 p.m.
RISK AND RELIABILITY OF LEVEES AND DAMS Gregory B. Baecher, Ph.D., M.ASCE, University of Maryland
8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. What Do You Bet? Bayesian Thinking for Geotechnical
Engineers
Robert. B. Gilbert, Ph.D., P.E., The University of Texas at Austin
Bayesian thinking is that of judgment and belief, harkening back
Martin W. McCann, Jr., Ph.D., Jack R. Benjamin & Associates, Inc. to the work of Laplace, Bernoulli, and of course Bayes. It leads
This course is intended to provide basic concepts and tools used in to remarkably strong inferences from even sparse information.
analyzing the risk and reliability of levees and dams. It will start with Most geotechnical engineers are intuitive Bayesians whether they
the basic framework used in analyzing risk for the large and complex know it or not, and they have much to gain from a more formal
systems that constitute dams and levees. Topics will include uncertain- understanding of the logic behind these straightforward and
relatively simple methods. Practical project examples are given 2:00 2:30 p.m.
from site characterization, risk screening in dam safety, recognizing
Brian Simpson, OBE, FREng., Ph.D., FICE, Eur. Ing, Arup Fellow,
patterns in data (such as liquefaction triggering), and uses of the
Arup Geotechnics
observational approach.
Robustness and Eurocode 7
WELCOME RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT HALL The Eurocodes have been developed to facilitate trade between
nations, involving both collaboration and competition between
6:00 8:00 p.m. engineering designers, with the aim of producing safe and
Dont miss the Welcome Reception and kick off your conference serviceable structures of all kinds, including geotechnical
experience at this relaxed event. Reconnect with former colleagues constructions. As a means of regulating safety levels, a partial
and meet new friends while you enjoy refreshments in the exhibit factor approach was adopted, allowing a range of alternative
area. formulations including LRFD.
Additional tickets: EB$95/ADV$110/ONS$125
AWARDS DINNER
6:30 9:30 p.m.
MONDAY, JUNE 5 The 6th International Symposium on GeoTechnical Safety and Risk
will honor this years award winners at a dinner in the Crystal
OPENING KEYNOTE WILSON TANG LECTURE Ballroom overlooking the beautiful Denver City Lights.
of the New Orleans levee failures that occurred during Hurricane 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Katrina. Vick has written two books, including Planning, Design,
Armin W. Stuedlein, P.E., M.ASCE, Oregon State University
and Analysis of Tailings Dams, which is the only text of its kind
that has remained in print for over 30 years and is familiar to most Effect of Spatial Variability on Static and Liquefaction-
experts in the field. Vick has released numerous other publications Induced Differential Settlements
related to dam safety and various aspects of risk analyses The spatial variability of soil is significant contributor to unanticipated
throughout his career and also speaks on the subject frequently static or liquefaction-induced differential settlement. Inherent spatial
his most recent keynote lecture was entitled The Consequences variability may be decomposed into variability in stratigraphic
of Tailings Dam Failure. He holds undergraduate and graduate thickness, and variability of the engineering characteristics within a
degrees from MIT. given stratum. This keynote lecture explores the role of within-stratum
spatial variability on static and liquefaction-induced differential
9:30 10:00 a.m. settlement using several approaches.
John W. France, P.E., D.GE, D.WRE, M.ASCE, AECOM
Jennifer L. Williams, P.E., AECOM
Risk Analysis is Fundamentally Changing the Landscape WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
of Dam Safety in the United States
The application of risk analysis has fundamentally changed the
practice of dam safety engineering in the United States and will TECHNICAL TOURS
continue to do so. This presentation will review the history of dam 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
safety risk analysis in the United States and the changes it has
produced. US Bureau of Reclamation Laboratories and
Testing Facilities
1:30 2:00 p.m.
C. Hsein Juang, Ph.D., F.ASCE, Clemson University NREL National Wind Technology Center
Assessing Soil Liquefaction and Effect Using Probabilistic Additional Ticket Purchase Required
Methods Registration Fee: EB $65 | ADV $75 | ONS $85
Soil liquefaction induced by a major earthquake could cause signif-
icant damages to roadways, buildings, port facilities, and lifelines.
Accurate assessment of liquefaction hazard (i.e., triggering and effect)
is the first step towards the mitigation of such hazard.
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
TRACK A TRACK B TRACK C TRACK D
Practice of Risk Assessment Reliability- and Risk-Based Code Advances in Geotechnical
Geohazards
and Management Developments Reliability Based Design
Risk Assessment of Tunneling, Reliability- and Risk-Based Code Probabilistic Methods and Reliability
A01a B10a Slope Failure and Landslides, Part I C20a D31
Part I Developments, Part I Analysis
Risk Assessment and Management of Reliability- and Risk-Based Code Probabilistic Performance and
A02 Seismic Risk Assessment B13 C20c D33
Dams Developments, Part III Resilience Assessment
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Bayesian Analysis and Reliability Updating
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in Geotechnical Engineering
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