Gabriele Chiaro is an Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research focuses on “Geotechnical Engineering for Resilience and Sustainability” with special interests on earthquake geotechnical engineering and related problems, geo-disaster risk assessment and mitigation, experimental geotechnics (i.e., soil behaviour from very small to large strain levels); environmental geotechnics; GSI systems for seismic-resilient structures; computational geotechnics (constitutive, DEM and FEM modelling). He holds a BEng and MEng degree in civil engineering (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy), and a PhD degree in geotechnical earthquake engineering (University of Tokyo, Japan). His research career involves 16 years of work in the academy, including 5 years in Japan, 3 years in Australia and 8 years in New Zealand. His research has been sponsored through competitive grant awards from a diverse range of funding agencies, including EQC, MBIE (Smart Ideas Endeavour Fund), QuakeCoRE, DEVORA, JSPS and JST. To date, he has secured over NZ$ 3 million in external research funds (of which NZ$ 2+ million as a primary investigator). He has authored or co-authored over 150 technical publications. His honours include 2 JGS Best Paper Awards (2022), IABSE Outstanding Scientific Paper Award (2021), NZSEE Otto Glogau Award (2020), and a JSPS Research Fellowship (2014). Gabriele served as the Team Leader of the 2016 NZSEE “Learning from Earthquake” Mission in Kumamoto, Japan, and Team Co-Leader of the 2015 JGS/JSCE “Learning from Earthquake” Mission in Nepal. Currently, he is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. He is representing the NZGS as a member of the ISSMGE AsRTC1 “Geotechnical Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change-induced Geo-disasters in Asia-Pacific Regions”..

Dr. Liu holds a Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering and MSc degrees in computational science & engineering as well as civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US. His research focuses on analyzing and mitigating geohazards and improving the performance of resilient infrastructures for post-disaster mitigation and community reconstruction. Dr. Liu is an internationally recognized expert in rapid sensing and responses to natural disasters. He has served as the co-chair of the virtual disaster responses program and the reorder for the US NSF- funded Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) Association to investigate the geotechnical impacts of natural disasters worldwide.

Marc Ballouz is a PRESIDENT, ISSMGE, 2022 – 2026 Int’l Soc. for Soil Mech. & Geotech. Eng’g Board Member Governor Geo-Institute of ASCE, 2021-2022 Board Member, ISSMGE, 2013-2017 Chair, Board Level Committee Public Relations, ISSMGE, 2011-2013 Vice-Chair, Board Level Committee Innovation, ISSMGE, 2009-2011 Member, American Soc. of Civ. Eng’rs ASCE & Geo-Institute, since 2010 Member, Lebanese Order of Engineers & Architects, since 1987

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. Geotechnical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1994 M.Sc.
• Geotechnical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1991
• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, 1987
• Lebanese Baccalureate Part I & II, Jesuit N.D. Jamhour College, 1983

President, Int’l IGM, a company with 5 divisions (Investigation, Design, Contracting, Software, & Research) specialized in Geotechnical & Forensic engineering. More than 150 projects accomplished with Design & Build & Supervision in 3 main countries where IGM has presence, and Consultancy missions around the Globe. Expertise mainly in: Shoring Deep Excavations, Deep Foundations (Vert. & Lateral Loading), Underpinning & Micropiling, Landslide & Ground Stabilization, and Forensic Geotechnics.1994-1996, Project engineer ATSER Eng’g, Houston Texas.1987 & 1997, Project Engineer, E.Acar Entreprise for Civil Works, Lebanon ACADEMIA: Senior Lecturer, Texas State University, San Marcos, USA – Spring 2022 Ass. Professor, at LAU & NDU & LU, Lebanon- 1996 to 2006 Invited Lecturer at UT, TAMU, UMich in USA. Keynote Lecturer at major conferences worldwide (USA, France, Japan,..)

AWARDS:

• PRC Award ISSMGE Paris (2013)
• Medals (2) from Sheriff & Fire Dept, Harris County, 2017
• Trophy for Achievements from Lebanese Forces Engineers, 2018

PUBLICATIONS: > 100 Professional Design Reports and Forensic Remediation Reports 6 ASCE Papers, 6 Research Reports, 2 Magazine Articles, ISSMGE Video

Fawu Wang is a Professor at the college of Civil Engineering at Tongji University,He is chairholder of UNESCO Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction, professor on geo-disaster reduction in School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China and Emeritus Professor of Shimane University, Japan. Prior to joining Tongji University in 2020, he has studied and worked in Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University in Japan for more than 10 years, in Kanazawa University for 4 years, and in Shimane University for 10 years. He has been working on challenging problems in landslides, such as the mechanism of rapid and long runout landslides, the transformation mechanism from landsliding to flow-sliding, motion prediction of landslides, motion behavior of submarine landslides, and landslides triggered by earthquakes, heavy rainfall, and water impoundment. His primary research interests are to clarify the common mechanisms of landslides initiated by different triggers, and to find a way to predict the occurrence and motion of landslides, for the purpose of landslide disaster mitigation. Besides the teaching and research activities, he is also working as the President of the International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGDR) Life Membership Since 2013 Prof. Fawu Wang Tongji University, China.

Roles related to the Geo-disaster Reduction:

• President, International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction
• Chairholder, UNESCO Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction
• Professor Emeritus, Shimane University, Japan
• Foreign Fellow, THE ENGIEERNIG ACADEMY OF JAPAN
• Editor-in-Chief, Geoenvironmental Disasters

Keywords of his research: Mechanism of rapid and long runout landslides; • Landslides triggered by earthquakes, heavy rainfall, and water impoundment

Keh-Jian (Albert) Shou is the VP Asia of ISSMGE (2022~2026), the Chairman of International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT), Honorary Chairman of CTSTT, and Distinguished Professor of Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan. His research interests include rock mechanics/engineering, engineering geology, and trenchless technologies. He has published more than 200 papers on these topics and is now the editor of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, and the associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice. He obtained his Ph.D. degree (Civil Engineering) from University of Minnesota, U.S.A. in 1993. His major experience includes: 1. Visiting Professor, CNR-IRPI, Perugia, Italy (2013/8~2014/1). 2. Senior Principal Engineer, Shannon & Wilson, Seatlle, USA (2008/2~2008/9), 3. Visiting Professor, TTC, Louisiana Technical University, USA (2006/1~2006/2), 4. Visiting Professor, RCUSS, Kobe University, Japan (2003/10~2004/3), 5. Research Engineer, CSIR/Miningtek, South Africa (1998/2~1999/1), 6. Geotechnical Engineer, National Expressway Engineering Bureau, Taiwan (1993-1994).

Born on November 13, 1954

Bachelor, Master, and Ph. D. of civil engineering at University of Tokyo.Working at Univ.British Columbia CANADA, Asian Institute of Technology THAILAND, University of Tokyo JAPAN and now a visiting professor at Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama JAPAN Formerly, President of the Japanese Geotechnical Society and Vice President for Asia of ISSMGE Distinguished visiting professor at IIT Bombay: July – December 2016 Life Fellow of the Indian Geotechnical Society Major fields of study Geotechnical earthquake engineering concerning intensity of ground motion, liquefaction problems, coseismic landslides, and tectonic subsidence/uplift, Slope monitoring for early warning of rainfall-induced landslides, Social aspects of geotechnical engineering such as importance of subsoil investigation in georisk management, adaptation to what is called climate change, etc.

Among many awards,

• 1998-1999 Shamsher Prakash Research Award, USA, of Soil Dynamics,
• 2005 Heritage Lecturer for ICSMGE in Osaka,
• 2019 Ishihara Lecturer, TC203 on earthquake, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 7th Int. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome are important.

More than 500 publications in international journals and conference proceedings Authored books: Ikuo Towhata (2008) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, publ. Springer. Chief editor for Coseismic landslides: phenomena, long-term effect and mitigation (2022) Ed. Ikuo Towhata, Gonghui Wang, Qiang Xu, Chris Massey, publ. Springer Nature..

Dr. Neelima Satyam, is currently Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Indore, and she holds a Ph.D. and M.Tech from IIT Delhi and a B.Tech from SV University, Tirupati. Before joining IIT Indore, she served as an Assistant Professor at the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, IIIT Hyderabad. Dr. Satyam was also a visiting researcher at Kyushu University (2023), the University of Stuttgart (2018), and the University of Tokyo (2013), and she is actively involved in teaching, research, and consultancy in Geotechnical Engineering. Her expertise lies in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Microzonation, Site Response studies, Landslide hazard, monitoring, Microseismic data processing, and Rock engineering. Dr. Satyam received research grants from DST, MHRD, AICTE, ITRA, DAE, NIOT, NRDMS, ISRO, and MoES. She published 150+ papers in International/National Journals and Conferences. Her research publications have received best paper awards from IGS, AGU, and IIT Indore. She is the Co-opted member of PAC Civil and Mechanical Engineering SERB, DST (2015-2018). She has been the Chairperson of the selection committee for MEXT Scholarships of Japan since 2015. She is a recipient of IEI Young Engineers Award 2011; BRNS Young Scientist Research Award 2011; AICTE Career award 2012 and JSPS fellowship in 2013, Young Woman Engineer award from INWES in 2012, CIDC Vishwakarma award in 2021, ISET Shamsher Prakash Mid Career Research award 2022, SERB – POWER Fellowship 2022, IGS-Sardar Resham Singh Memorial Award 2022, Best Woman Researcher in Geotechnical Engineering Award 2022 and JSPS – Bridge Fellowship 2023. She is a fellow of JSPS, IGS, ISET and IEI, and she is presently the editorial board member of several reputed journals including Nature Scientific Reports (I.F. 4.6), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (I.F. 7.3) etc

Jong-Sub Lee is a Professor at the School of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at Korea University, and had served as a Vice-Dean at the Graduate School, KU (2017-2019). Jong-Sub Lee received his bachelor’s degree in in civil and environmental engineering from Korea University in 1991 and his master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea in 1993. After working for the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company for seven years (1993~1999) as a research engineer, he entered the civil and environmental engineering graduate program at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 2000. In 2003, he received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. In 2005, he was hired as an Assistant Professor in Korea University, where he is currently a professor. He is a Principal Investigator (PI) of Hyper-converged Forensic Research Center for Infrastructure (ERC sponsored by National Research Foundation of Korea). He delivered many keynote lectures in international conferences including the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) and the 17th Asian Regional Conference (ARC) on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. He is fellow of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He published more than 276 journal papers (163 international and 113 national) and 320 conference papers. His research interests are non-destructive testing and evaluation with advanced sensing, in-situ subsurface characterization, and foundations