Keynote lectures
Laboratory of soil mechanics
Keynote talks
Prof. Laloui is invited to deliver keynote talks at the following coming international events:
2024
- Keynote Lecture, “Bio-cementation: Transforming Scientific Discoveries into Market Solutions,” XVIII European Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 24, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Honorary lecture, “A New Era for Geotechnical Engineering Practice”, XXIX Károly Széchy Memorial Lecture 2024, Budapest, Hungary.
- Keynote lecture “Unlocking Renewable Energy in the Urban Subsurface,” 7th International Conference Series on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures, Hochi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Keynote lecture “Bio-cementation: Transforming Scientific Discoveries into Market Solutions,” 5th International Conference of Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, Warsaw, Poland.
- Keynote lecture “Exploitering the Renewable Energy Resources of our Cities’ Underground,” 11th International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Macao, SAR.
- Keynote lecture “Soil Reinforcement based on Bio-Geo-Chemical Processes,” 28th European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference EYGEC2024, Macedonia.
2023
- Keynote lecture, “Energy geotechnology: a new era for geotechnical engineering practice”, 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2023, Astana, Kazakhstan, August, 2023
- Distinguished lecture: “Smart exploitation of the renewable energy situated under our cities”, Hong Kong University, July 2023.
- “Carbon Dioxide Injection into Deep Aquifers: A Geomechanical Perspective”, 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnic (9ICEG), Greece, June 2023
- European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (17DECG), “Exploiting the renewable energy resources of our cities’ underground” Bucharest, Romania, June 2023
- International Conference on Advances in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ICASGE’23), “Smart exploitation of the renewable energy situated under our cities” Hurghada, March 2023
2022
- The Big 5, International Building and Construction Show, “Innovation for a Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering Industry”, Dubai, December 2022.
- Distinguished Lecture, Northwestern Sustainability Summit on “Earth-Human Interactions: Sustainability and Development”, Chicago, Octobber 2022.
- 16th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics “Tailor-made soil properties by bio-geochemical means”, Turin, August 2022.
- Keynote lecture, XXVII Italian National Congress on “Geotechnical Engineering for a Sustainable Development, “Energy from Geotechnical Constructions: Analysis and Design”, Reggio Calabria, February 2022.
- Vienna – Terzaghi Lecture, Austrian Geotechnical Conference, “Tailor-made soil properties by bio-geochemical means”, Vienna, April 19, 2022
- Keynote lecture, 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics, “Field Monitoring and Simulations of Nuclear Waste Barrier Systems”, San Diego, April 10-13, 2022.
2021
- Keynote lecture, GE@2M (Grand Est, Mécanique et Matériaux), online, December 13-14, 2021
2020
- Keynote lecture, 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Lisboa, Portugal, 19 to 21 October 2020.
- Keynote lecture, University of Minnesota 68th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference, “Energy Geotechnology: A New Era for Geotechnical Engineering Society”, Minneapolis, February 25-28, 2020.
- Distinguished Lecture, Northwestern Sustainability Summit on “Earth-Human Interactions: Sustainability and Development”, April 8th 2020.