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Jorge G. Zornberg, Ph.D., P.E.The University of Texas at Austin, USA
President, International Geosynthetics Society
The Core Purpose of the IGS is toprovide the understanding and
promote the appropriate use of
geosynthetic technology throughout
the world.
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There are currently 24 IGS members, representing 18 different
countries, serving on the Council.
IGS Council
Mr. Pedro Abad Santos (Spain) Dr. Han‐Yong Jeon (Korea) Mr. Juan Carlos Rivera (Peru)
Mr. Sam R. Allen (USA) Dr. Russell Jones (UK) Mr. Mike Sadlier (Australia)
Prof. Dennes T. Bergado (Thailand) Dr. Jiro Kuwano (Japan) Mr. Xiaowu Tang (China)
Mr. Eric Blond (Canada) Mr. Peter Legg, PrEng (South Africa) Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka (Japan)
Dr. Abdelmalek Bouazza (Australia) Mr. Jun Otani (Japan) Dr. Nathalie Touze‐Foltz (France)
Mr. John W. Cowland (Hong Kong) Mrs. Elizabeth Peggs (USA) Prof. Chungsik Yoo (Korea)
Dr. Neil Dixon (UK) Eng. Victor E. Pimentel (Brazil) Dr.‐Ing. Martin Ziegler (Germany)
Ing. Pierpaolo Fantini (Italy) Dr. K. Rajagopal (India) Dr. Jorge G. Zornberg, P.E. (USA)
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African RAC (Legg) TC Coordination TF (Dixon)
“Members Only” webpages
TF (Rajagopal)
Asian RAC (Bouazza)
Officers
(Zornberg, Jones, Tatsuoka,
Peggs, Legg)
European RAC (Ziegler)
Communications OC
(Jones)
Corporate OC (Fantini)
Conference Resources TF
(Tatsuoka)
Council
Committees
Council Task
Forces
Technical
Committees
Education OC
(Allen)
Committee Chairs
(Zornberg)
International Liaison TF
(Zornberg)
Financial Committee
(Fantini)Council
Awards Committee
R e g i o n a l A c t i v i t i e s ( o p e n )
O p e r a t i o n a l ( o p e n )
C l o s e d
O p e r a t i o n a l
S t a n d
a r d
Student Programs TF
(Touze‐Foltz)
Endowment
Exploratory
Program TF (Fantini)
ICID Relationship TF
(Blond)
Awards Protocols TF
(Touze‐Foltz)
Membership Initiatives TF
(Yoo)
Pan‐ American RAC
(Pimentel)
Reinforcement TC
(Otani,
Bathurst, Bräu, Miyata)
Filtration TC (Palmeira,
Fannin, Moracci, Blond)
Barrier Systems TC (vMaubeuge, Ramsey, Touze‐Foltz)
Reinforcement TC
Chair: J. Otani
Co‐chairs: R. Bathurst
G. Bräu
Secretary: Y. Miyata
Filtration TC
Chair: E. Palmeira
Co‐chairs: J.
Fannin
N. Moraci
Secretary: E. Blond
Barrier Systems TC
Co‐chairs: K. v Maubeuge
B. Ramsey
Secretary: N. Touze‐Foltz
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# IGS
International
Conference
# European
Regional
Conference
# Asian
Regional
Conference
# Pan‐American
Regional
Conference
# African
Regional
Conference
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1Upcoming IGS
Conferences
GeoAmericas 2016
April 2016
10 – 14 December 2012
17 19 September 2012
IGS Conferences
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21 25 September 2014
10
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EuroGeo6
September 2016
Jorge G. Zornberg, Ph.D., P.E.The University of Texas at Austin, USA
President, International Geosynthetics Society