TC102 Annual meeting - with link

Annual TC102 Meeting

27 September 2021

@ 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site
Characterization (ISC’6), Budapest, 26-30 Sept. 2021 (http://www.isc6.org/)

Agenda

• Information: Conference Updates
  • Sydney – updates:
  • Terzaghi Oration 20ICSMGE 2021: Prof. Antonio Gens (proposed by TC102)
  • Joint Sessions on Tailings Storage Facilities, join org. of TC221 (Tailings and Mine Waste) – Ramon Verdugo with TC101 (Lab. Test.), TC102 (In-Situ Test.), TC203 (Earthquakes)
  • CPT ’22 – updates
• Awards
  • Silvano Marchetti Award
  • 10th James K. Mitchell Lecture
• Follow up
  • Election of the next TC102 Chairman and “board”
  • Process for the organization of the next TC102 conference (ISC’7) – when and who?
• Other subjects
  • Time Capsule Project (TCP) Team has successfully started, under Dr. Sukumar Pathmanandavel leading, with two meetings already hold on 18 May and 1st June 2021. TC102 collaboration is requested.

You can join via the Zoom link.

(If the above link does not work: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/87149081898?pwd=VmNJOU4zalAzL1J4N3A4c2NzeVVtUT09)

On behalf of ISSMGE-TC102

Paola Monaco (Secretary), Jason DeJong (Vice-Chair) and António Viana da Fonseca (Chair)

Last minute General information

ISC’6 Conference / Last minute General Information

The ISC’6 Conference is about to begin, so please find here some useful and important  information about the personal and online participation:

In case of personal participation

• VENUE

Budapest Congress Center – AULA ENTRANCE!

 www.bcc.hu

Jagelló út 1-3 H-1123 Budapest, Hungary

•  Wifi

network / BKK

password is not necessary

•  PLENARY AND BREAK OUT ROOMS (please see the enclosed map)

Bartók room –plenary and breakout room

Lehár II-III –breakout room

Brahms I-II –breakout room

Liszt II-III –breakout room

Lehár I – posters 

The useable part of the poster holders :  vertical – 160 cm high ,120 cm wide

Please use pins to bind the poster.

You can put your poster in the morning  from 8,00 on 27 September. We ask you to remove it on 29 September, before the end of the conference.

Liszt I – speakers’ preview room

Aula, Bartók corridor – exhibition (please check the enclosed layout and exhibitor list, too)

• REGISTRATION DESK

We are waiting for you:

26 September (Sunday) 16,00-20,30

27, 28 September (Monday, Tuesday) 8,00-19,00

29 September (Wednesday) 8,00-16,30

• SPEAKERS’PREVIEW ROOM

Technicians are at your disposal:

26 September (Sunday) 16,00-20,30

27,28 September (Monday, Tuesday) 8,00-19,00

29 September (Wednesday) 8,00-16,30

If you have a presentation, please contact them a day before, but at latest one hour before your lecture.

• CLOAKROOM - AULA

Using the cloakroom is mandatory and free of charge for the conference participants.

Please do not take your coat/umbrella/big suitcase into the  lecture rooms.

• ENTERING THE CONFERENCE

Only registered participants/speakers/exhibitors with name badge. Upon arrival, first please contact us at the Registration desk to get your badge, and conference material.

Please note that due to epidemiological regulations, we need to check you your VALID EU Covid certificate ( in case of EU citizens) or a negative PCR test within 72 hours ( in case of all other countries) at the registration desk.

• NAME BADGES

white - full registration

with this badge type the participant is entitled to enter the lecture rooms, visit the exhibition, get conference badge, coffee breaks, lunches (according to the program) and attend Welcome reception

purple – FREE Pass exhibitor

with this badge type the participant is entitled to enter the lecture rooms, visit the exhibition, coffee breaks, lunches (according to the program) and attend Welcome reception

beige – accompanying person

with this badge type only the welcome reception could be visited

• SOCIAL PROGRAM

GALA DINNER with cruising

28 September / 19,00-22,00

This program can only be attended with ticket (it should  be bought  in advance, but it will be available on site, at the registration desk, in limited number. (120 Euro)

18:00 - Meeting at the Aula entrance (inside) – please look for the hostess with a “Gala dinner” sign!

The hostess will escort the guests to the Novotel bus parking lot.  

Please give your ticket to the hostess before getting on the bus.

Buses will take the guests to the Európa ship.

19:00-19:30 – boarding the ship, serving welcome drinks and sweet and salty bites,

                guests taking their seats at the tables

19:30-21:30  - cruising on the Danube, and dinner and drinks are served

21:30-22:00 – end of the program, getting off the ship - buses will take the guests back

                                       to the Novotel                                    

Following the scientific program online

EVERY  REGISTERED participant will get a link before the start of the conference to follow the program on line.  (Short courses on 26 September, posters and exhibition will NOT be available online.)

The recorded program will be available from cca.8-10 days after the end of the conference till 31 December 2021. Please keep your link to follow the recorded program after the conference, as well.

The online platform will be accessible via a personalized direct link sent to the email address provided during registration.

The participants can follow the events in their own home or workplace on their computer.

You can choose between different programs. You can follow various presentations; you will be able to ask questions in writing which the speakers will answer verbally.

The program of the conference will run in several “meeting rooms” simultaneously (the same way as it would during an offline event). You will be able to switch at any time between the different “meeting rooms” and all presentations and discussions will be streamed.

Online participants can only ask questions in writing and the presenter will answer them live after the presentation.

• IMPORTANT

The entire conference will be recorded. It will be available for viewing in about 8-10 days after the event until December 31, 2021. The recording is available via the same link at the online conference platform.

Technical information:

Preliminary list of important information and necessary equipment:

Laptop or desktop computer with built-in or external webcam, microphone and speaker (or headset)

Stable internet access / connection

Please use up-to-date and modern browser such as:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge (chromium)
• Safari

Please use the most updated version of the browser and the operating system. In case you are using mobile internet the expected date traffic is 1.1 GB per hour.

It is also recommended to avoid using any other high bandwidth applications or software such as:

• file sharing applications (torrent)
• streaming services (YouTube, Livestream, Netflix, HBO GO)
• any other application generating a high volume of upload or download

A minimum of 5/5 Mbps bandwidth is recommended, otherwise lagging may occur in the transmission. Please use wired internet connection or position yourself as close to the wifi router as possible.

Parking on site

In case of the Novotel Budapest City Hotel’s  guests:

1. Parking is possible in the hotel own parking lot  for  price of 4000 HUF/car/day
2. It is possible to use that part of the BCC’s parking  lot, which is  operated by Novotel  for a price of 400 HUF/car/hour

For this parking place  (B) ,if you arrive  from the BAH junction , please use the first crossing gate right !

PLease pay the fee at the Novotel reception.

In case of conference participants without hotel reservation please  use that part of the BCC’s parking  lot, which is  operated by Novotel  for a price of 400 HUF/car/hour

For this parking place, from the BAH junction, please use the first crossing gate right!

PLease pay the fee at the parking meter!

Registration system closed

Dear Participant,

As we earlier informed you, the registration system of the ISC’6  is closed from  21 September 2021.

• If you are not registered, yet and  you are going to participate personally, we are waiting for you on site at the registration desk in the Budapest Convention Centre from 16,00 (4 Pm) on 26 September.
• If you want to follow the conference online (from your home) please send an email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thank you for your understanding.

COVID Protocol

Dear Participant!

The ISC’6 Conference is about to begin.

Before leaving, please note that due to the epidemiological regulations in Hungary, entering the conference, and the Budapest Convention Center, is only possible with the following certificates:

EU citizens: Valid EU Covid certificate

Participants from other countries: negative PCR test within 72 hours

Thank you for your understanding.

 We look forward to seeing you at the conference.