Host organization :
Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS) under the auspices of ISSMGE

Co-host:
Kanazawa University

Chairman of the conference:
Tatsunori Matsumoto (Kanazawa University)

Local Organizing Committee:

Chairman: Osamu Kusakabe (President of JGS, President of Ibaraki National College of Technology)
Secretary General: Shun-ichi Kobayashi (Kanazawa University)
Secretary: Shinya Shimono (Kanazawa University)
Yoihi Watabe (Head of International Affairs of JGS, Port & Airport Research Institute)
Akira Asaoka (former President of JGS)　　　　　　　　　      
Hideki Okawa (President of JGS Hokuriku Branch, Niigata University)
Kazuyuki Matsuzawa (International Association for Spring Hammer Rapid Load Test)

Advisory Committee:

Jean-Louis Briaud (President of ISSMGE, Texas A & M University, USA)
Zuyu Chen (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China)
Chung-Tien Chin (President of Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Moh & Associates, Taiwan)
Askar Zhusupbekov (Vice-President Asia ISSMGE, President of KGS, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan)
Bengt Fellenius (Consulting Engineer, Canada)
Eun Chul Shin (Civil and Environmental System Eng., University of Incheon, Korea)
Fumio Kuwabara (Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan)
Frits van Tol (Deltares, The Netherlands)
George Goble (George Goble Consulting Engineering, LLC, USA)
Harry Poulos (Coffey Geotechnics, Australia)
Jaime Santos (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
Mark Randolph (UWA, Australia)
Rashid Mangushev (St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russia, Board member of Russian Geotechnical Society)

Technical Committee:

TC212 (Deep Foundations) core members
Chairman:
Rolf Katzenbach(Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
Vice Chairman:
Sangseom Jeong ( Yonsei University, Korea)
Secretary:
Deepankar Choudhury ( IIT Bombay, India)

 

TC205 (Limit State Design in Geotechnical Engineering)
Chairman:
Brian Simpson (Arup, UK, Chairman of TC205 ISSMGE)
Yusuke Honjo (Gifu University, Japan)
Samuel Paikowsky (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Kenji Matsui (Kyuken Sekkei Co. Ltd., Japan)
Makoto Suzuki (Shimizu Co., Japan)
Takashi Hara (Gifu Univeristy, Japan)

International Members:
Adrian Hyde (Sheffield University, UK)
Frank Rausche (GRL Engineers, Inc., USA)
Garland Likins (Pile Dynamics, USA)
Jorge Beim (Pile Dynamics, Inc., USA)
Michael Brown (University of Dundee, UK)
Pastsakorn Kitiyodom(Geotechnical & Foundation Engineering Co., Ltd., Thailand)
Patrick Bermingham (Bermingham Construction Ltd., Canada)
Peter Middendorp (Profound BV, The Netherlands)
Roger Frank (CERMES, France)
Sangseom Jeong (Prof. of Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea)
Yean Khow Chow (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Japanese members:
Akio Abe (Tokyo Soil Research Co., Japan)
Feng Zhang (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Hideki Fujisawa (System Measurement Co., Japan)
Isamu Sandanbata (Hazama Co., Japan)
Jiro Takemura (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Jun Otani (Kumamoto University, Japan)
Katsutoshi Kita (Tokai University, Japan)
Kazuaki Miyamoto (Japan Foundations Engineering Association)
Kenichi Horikoshi (Taisei Co., Japan)
Koichi Isobe (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)
Koichi Tomisawa (Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Japan)
Koji Watanabe (Obayashi Co., Japan)
Makoto Kimura (Kyoto University, Japan)
Masayuki Kouda (Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan)
Noriyuki Yasufuku (Kyushu University, Japan)
Naoaki Suemasa (Tokyo City University)
Satoru Ohtsuka (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)
Shigeo Kanai (Chiyoda Geotech Co., Japan)
Shinichiro Mori (Ehime University, Japan)
Shinji Nishimura (Jibanshikenjo Co., Japan)
Shoichi Nakai (Chiba University, Japan)
Shuji Tamura (Kyoto University, Japan)
Takahiro Hayashi (COPITA, Japan)
Takeshi Oki (Japanese Technical Association for Steel Pipe Piles and Sheet Piles)
Tatsuhiko Kojima (Tama Blasting Engineering Co. , Japan)
Tomoaki Shiotani (Kyoto University, Japan)
Yoshiaki Kikuchi (Port & Airport Research Institute, Japan)
Yoshiyuki Morikawa (Port & Airport Research Institute, Japan)
Yukihiro Ishihara (Giken, International Press-in Association, Japan)

Japanese Geotechnical Society	International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering	Kanazawa University