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IGS-NA NEWS
IGS NORTH
AMERICA
The mission of IGS North
America is to provide
leadership in advancing
the education and
research of geosynthetics,
in strong cooperation with
IGS, via:
» Organization of and
participation in technical
conferences, seminars
and workshops
» Development and
dissemination of tools for
geosynthetics education
» Recognition of technical
contributions and innovations
regarding geosynthetics
» Stimulation of geosynthetics
research and their applications
through the IGS-NA Awards of
Excellence Program

By John McCartney

New board members and upcoming events

GS North America (IGS-NA) welcomes two new members to the board of directors. The board voted to add Kate Patterson of Klohn Crippen Berger as a co-opted
board member. Patterson is a civil and water resources engineer in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, and brings a new perspective to the board of directors on geosynthetics in water resource applications. The board also voted to add Professor Jie Han of the
University of Kansas as a liaison board member representing the International Geosynthetics
Society. In addition to bringing his many years of geosynthetics research experience
to the board, Han will help our society build closer relationships with our parent organization.

Educate the Educators
IGS-NA is planning its third Educate the Educators (EtE) event at the University of California,
San Diego, Dec. 9-10, 2019. The event is a follow-up to IGS-NA's successful EtE event held in
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in December 2017. The 2019 EtE event will be a focused, two-day
specialized training where leading experts and educators equip college and university professors
to teach geosynthetics at their schools. Participants need only pay their travel costs to La Jolla,
Calif. Funding from industry, the International Geosynthetics Society and the members of IGS
North America will be used to run the event and host our participants. Additional information is available at www.igs-na.org. IGS-NA would like to extend a special thank-you to our
2019 event sponsors (as of May 1): CETCO, TenCate Geosynthetics Americas and Solmax. An
updated list of sponsors is available on the website.

Geosynthetics Conference 2020: CASE STUDIES

John McCartney, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE,
is professor and department chair
of the Department of Structural

Geosynthetics Conference 2020: CASE STUDIES, to be held March 8-10, 2020, will feature
a variety of 30-minute, in-depth geosynthetics case studies highlighting the many unique
uses of geosynthetics during this specialized edition of the highly respected Geosynthetics
Conference. Start making plans to present, exhibit and attend this exciting new event. We are
looking forward to holding the first IGS-NA workshop during the conference. More details on
this workshop will be sent to IGS-NA members and will be posted on the conference website
(www.GeosyntheticsConference.com) and on the IGS-NA website (www.igs-na-com).

Engineering at the University
of California San Diego and the
president of IGS-NA.

A chapter of the International
Geosynthetics Society

GeoAmericas-4th PanAmerican Conference on Geosynthetics
After been held in Mexico in 2008, Peru in 2012 and the U.S. in 2016, GeoAmericas comes
to Brazil in its fourth edition, which will be held April 26-29, 2020, in Rio de Janeiro. In
addition to a rich technical program focused on the most relevant topics for the technical community of geosynthetics today, several social events and a wide area for technical
exhibits for the geosynthetics industry will be offered. English is the official language, but
activities in Spanish and Portuguese will also compose the event's program. We anticipate
more than 1,000 participants from more than 30 countries, which ensures both broad representativeness and a plurality of cultures and markets. Visit www.geoamericas2020.com
for more information. G

http://www.igs-na.org http://www.GeosyntheticsConference.com http://www.igs-na-com http://www.geoamericas2020.com

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