Objective
Provide a showcase for recent developments and advancements and offer a forum to discuss and debate future directions for geotechnical engineering.

Themes
§ Soil behavior & geo-micromechanics
§ Soil dynamics & earthquake engineering
§ Deep excavations & retaining structures
§ Drilled shafts & deep foundations
§ Tunneling and underground constructions
§ Geotechnical in-situ testing & monitoring
§ Ground improvement
§ Geosynthetics
§ Engineering in karst terrain
§ Pavement mechanics
§ Seepage and porous mechanics
§ Unsaturated soil mechanics
§ Geoenvironmental engineering
§ Innovative testing for pavement materials
§ Pavement management and maintenance
§ Environmental sustainable pavement engineering
§ Geoinformatics
§ New frontiers in urban geotechnology
§ Case studies

Introduction
Since the success of the 1st GeoShanghai International Conference in 2006, geotechnical communities have witnessed many new advances in technology and engineering practice. In order to showcase the latest developments and promote international collaborations in geotechnical engineering and related areas, the organizers of the GeoShanghai International Conference 2010 would like to invite geotechnical researchers, educators, and practitioners from all over the world to participate in the 2nd GeoShanghai International Conference to be held in Shanghai in June 2010.
Situated by the coastal Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai is a cosmopolitan city where traditions of Chinese culture have been seamlessly blended into
those from all over the world. Over the last three decades, Shanghai has experienced great expansion in infrastructure construction, resulting in hundreds of projects that showcase the best of geotechnical engineering design.
Our conference will coincide with the Shanghai World ,Expo 2010 during which period, the participants will have the opportunity to join visitors from all over the world to celebrate this world cultural festivity and enjoy the best event the city will offer.

Important Dates
Abstract due: January 31, 2009
Acceptance of abstract: March 31, 2009
Paper due: August 10, 2009
Acceptance of paper: October 31, 2009
Final paper due: January 31, 2010

Abstract Submission
Abstracts may be submitted only via the web in
accordance with the instructions on the conference
website at http://www.geoshanghai2010.org/.

Conference Language
English

Proceedings
ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication.
ASCE GSP Guidelines will be followed and papers will be
peer-reviewed.

Exhibition
Lab, field testing, instrumentation, geosynthetics, and
other geotechnical manufacturers, suppliers, contractors,
installers, and consulting firms are welcome for exhibits.

Conference Website
Please visit the conference website at
www.geoshanghai2010.org or updates and more detailed
information.

Contacts
Baoshan Huang, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
The University of Tennessee
101 Berry Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-2010
Tel: (865)974-7713 Fax: (865)974-2669
E-mail: bhuang@utk.edu
Xian Liu, Ph.D.
Department of Geotechnical Engineering
Tongji University
1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, P.R. China
Tel: (86)21-65980234 Fax: (86)21-65985210
E-mail: geoshanghai@mail.tongji.edu.cn

Local Organizing Committee
Yun Bai (China) Bao Chen (China)
Wenqi Ding (China) Shijin Feng (China)
Guorong Gu (China) Zhongyin Guo (China)
Yuyin Hu (China) Hongwei Huang (China)
Yu Huang (China) Jianming Ling (China)
Shuilong Shen (China) Zhenming Shi (China)
Yiqun Tang (China) Jianfeng Xue (China)
Weimin Ye (China) Yong Yuan (China)
Zhiyan Zhou (China)

Technical Committee
Maosong Huang (Chair,China)
Baoshan Huang (Co-chair,USA)
Jinchun Chai (Japan) Karim Chatti (USA)
Yujun Cui (France) Eric Drumm (USA)
Jie Han (USA) Haiying Huang (USA)
Xiaoming Huang (China) Laureano R Hoyos (USA)
Richard Kim (USA) Jianming Ling (China)
Massimo Losa (Italy) Ning Lu (USA)
Guowei Ma (Singapore) Eyad Masad (USA)
Roger W Meier (USA) Ali Porbaha (USA)
Jorge Prozzi (USA) Anand Puppala (USA)
Daichao Sheng (Australia) Joseph Wartman (USA)
David J White (USA) Wei Wu (Austria)
Zhong Wu (USA) Feng Zhang (China)
Jianmin Zhang (China) Xiong Zhang (USA)
Hehua Zhu (China)

Organizing Committee
Yongshen Li (Chair, China) Maosong Huang (Co-chair,China)
Imad Al Qadi (Co-chair,USA)
Baoshan Huang (Secretary General, USA)
Xian Liu (Secretary General, China) Jie Han (USA)
Daichao Sheng (Australia) Erol Tutumluer (USA)
Weidong Wang (China) Wei Wu (Austria)
Feng Zhang (Japan) Jianming Zhang (China)
Hehua Zhu (China)

International Advisory Committee
Herve di Benedetto(France )
Dennis T. Bergado(Thailand)
Malcolm Bolton (UK) Zuyu Chen (China)
Patrick Fox (USA) Jincai Gu (China)
Dov Leshchinsky (USA) Yaoru Lu (China)
Paul Mayne (USA) Louay Mohammad (USA)
Teruo Nakai (Japan) Tom Papagiannakis (USA)
Manfred Partle(Switzerland)
Stan Pietruszczak(Canada)
Mark Randolph (Australia) Scott Sloan (Australia)
Kenneth H. Stokoe Ⅱ
(USA) Jun Sun (China)
Hywel R Thomas (UK) Carlo Viggiani (Italy)
Sijing Wang (China) Atsashi Yashima (Japan)
Jianhua Yin (China) Zhongjie Zhang (USA)
Yingren Zheng (China)