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 fifth edition of the InternationalConference on Engineering Geophysics (ICEG). This edition will take place 21-24 October 2019 on the grounds of the UAEU
in the Conference Auditorium of the Crescent Building.
The success of the past ICEG events was reflected by the number of participants and
the great interest and positive 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 led to the fifth edition and a decision to expand the fields of interest
to a wider range of near surface-related specialties including: groundwater, time-lapse,
security, seismicity, and geothermal. Beyond this 2019 event, this world-class series
will permit sharing of the event with other regional partners that have 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 with innovation and excellence as priorities. This
conference has been designed and operated with those attributes and guidelines as
drivers. These 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 2019 will concentrate on global innovation, creativity,
advances, and new approaches in the field of engineering/environmental geophysics
and related fields. In addition to the core engineering/environmental and geotechnical
focuses of this coming event, special sessions in related applications of archaeology,
energy and forensic geophysics will be included. Furthermore, international experts
at the very cutting edge of their disciplines will deliver 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.