Program
The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and Al Ain City Municipality (AAM) in partnership with the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) are proud to announce the fourth edition of the International Conference on Engineering Geophysics (ICEG). This third edition will take place 09-12 October 2017 on the grounds of the UAEU in the Conference Auditorium of the Crescent Building.
The success of the first three editions of the ICEGs is reflected by the number of participants and the great interest shown by and feedback from both local authorities and the international geo-community working with geophysical methods applied to engineering, environmental, archaeological, geotechnical, and forensic problems. Overwhelming encouragement from this community has led to the third in the series and decision to extend the fields of interest to a wider range of near surface related specialties including groundwater, time-lapse, security, seismicity, and geothermal to name a few options. Beyond this 2017 event, this world class series will be broadened to allow sharing of the event with other regional partners with equivalent enthusiasm for the application of geophysics to near-surface problems.
The United Arab Emirates is building a sustainable, balanced, and diversified economy to ensure stability and prosperity through innovation and excellence as priorities. This conference has been designed and operated with those attributes and guidelines as drivers. Those priorities speak to social responsibility and strongly signal the need for effective and technically sound engineering geophysics supporting regional growth. Therefore, the conscientious and rigorous application of engineering geophysics has become mandatory prior to approval of any construction project in Abu Dhabi Emirate.
The objectives of the ICEG 2017 are to concentrate on global innovation, creativity,
advances and new
approaches in the field of engineering/environmental geophysics and in related fields.
In addition to the
core engineering/environmental and geotechnical focuses of this coming event, special
sessions in related
applications to Archaeology, Energy and Forensic Geophysics will be held. Furthermore,
international experts
at the very cutting edge of their science or engineering will be delivering keynote
presentations on their latest
research, experiences, future goals for engineering/environmental geophysics, and
raising public awareness
on the critical role of near surface geophysics.
Innovation Award for Geophysics
It is with great pleasure that the ICEG sponsors (UAE University and Al-Ain City Municipality in collaboration with the SEG) announce an open invitation to all delegates of the 2017 ICEG Conference to participate in a peer judged completion in search of significant contribution to applied near surface geophysics. This award focuses on innovative contributions that substantially advance the application of Geophysics to near surface problems.
THE TOP THREE WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION
WILL RECEIVE CASH PRICES OF US $10,000, US $7,000 AND US $5,000 RESPECTIVELY
This competition is designed to both, attract and recognize internationally renowned and respected researchers in near-surface geophysics and provide a unique opportunity for all in the near surface geophysical community to judge, for themselves some of the most monumental contributions of our time to our science and society. This is the first competition of its kind, and award winners will no doubt establish or solidify themselves as recognized leaders, at the forefront of their field
Meeting attendees wishing to join a distinguished pool of candidates being considered for one of four finalist spots in the Innovation Award oral session should submit a paper and accompanying application as described
Submission Guidelines & Topics
The Technical Committee invites submissions via the SEG website of Extended Abstracts, four (4) pages in length (including figures and references) under the following topics:
- Geohazards (Natural & Man-made).
- Engineering Geophysical Methods.
- Groundwater/Hydrogeophysics.
- Archaeology & Archaeogephysics.
- Soil Characterization & Pavement Geoengineering.
- Measurement Technology & Data Processing.
- Anomaly Delineation & Classification.
- Geotechnical Procedures (Imaging & Monitoring).
- Method Integration.
- Environmental & Remediation Innovations.
- Environmental Radioactivity.
- Recent Advances in Inversion of Seismic & EM
Important: Late submissions will not be accepted. You will not be given the opportunity to resubmit a new version of your abstract after the call has closed. Please follow the guidelines described in the Abstract Kit: www.seg.org/Events/ICEG2017/Abstract-Information
Who should attend?
This will be an outstanding venue and opportunity to explore and acquaint with the many applications of near surface geophysics in this rapidly developing region. The mixture of academia, research, government, and industry attendees will provide the flavor, diversity, and challenges of regional problems as well as insights into problems and solutions from other areas around the globe. This is must attend meeting for those in industry looking for business development opportunities in this very active and rapidly developing region. As well, researchers looking for those truly unique challenges, where ground stability, infrastructure, and characterization cross paths with thousands of years of history and cultural development, where the crossroads of many millennium of civilizations are part of everyday engineering problems. Academic and personal growth through information exchange and cultivating of collaborative relationships will no doubt be a principle underpinning that all those that attend will benefit from.
Call for Papers Deadline
To submit the abstract, please visit: www.seg.org/abstracts/ICEG2017.
DEADLINE: 1 APRIL 2017, 5:00 PM CENTRAL TIME
