
Announcement from our CEO
In celebration of Rocscience’s 25th year as a company, we will be hosting our first technical conference on April 20th- 21st, 2021. Click on the video to see the announcement from Dr. Thamer Yacoub, Rocscience CEO and President.
Conference Events
- Keynote Speeches
- Open Panel Discussions
- Paper Presentations
- Technical Course
Paper Presentations
Geotechnical professionals from around the world will be presenting technical papers authored by them, on themes, including:
- Tunnelling in challenging environments
- Open pits slope stability
- Numerical modelling of high-stress environments
- Settlement and Foundation Engineering
- Artificial intelligence and virtual reality technologies in geotechnical engineering
- Advancements in probabilistic analysis of slopes
- Advancements in three-dimensional geotechnical analysis
- Dynamic and Liquefaction Modelling
- Discrete fracture network modelling of rock masses
All the technical papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Taylor & Francis.
Technical Course
As a part of Rocscience International Conference 2021, we will be hosting a technical short course on Finite Element Modelling of Civil & Mining Excavations. The course will be conducted online and will be spread across April 22nd - 23rd, 2021. The registrations for the course and conference open on January 1st, 2020. Read the course outline here.
Registration Dates
Conference | Conference + Course |
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Early Bird (January 1, 2021 - February 14, 2021) |
$200 | $395 |
Regular (February 15, 2021 - March 31, 2021) |
$250 | $495 |
Purchase Tickets |
All listed prices in USD and exlude taxes.
Academic professionals from Institutes with the Rocscience Academic Bundle subscription, will receive a complimentary pass with their ticket purchase to bring a student along. Contact ric2021@rocscience.com for details.
Group of 3 or more is eligible for a group discount of 20%. Contact us at ric2021@rocscience.com for details.
If you wish to attend only the course, contact ric2021@rocscience.com.
Technical Advisors
Ana Maria Parra, Carlos H. Parra & Asociados, Colombia
Anil Yunatci, GeoDestek Zemar Ltd. Şti., Turkey
Antonio Samaniego, SRK Consulting, Peru
David Oliveira, Jacobs, Australia
Denis Kalumba, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Derek Martin, University of Alberta, Canada
Erik Loehr, University of Missouri, United States of America
Francisco Suarez, Consultec Ingenieros Asociados, Mexico
Manoj Verman, Mverman, India
Mason Ghafghazi, University of Toronto, Canada
Navid Jafari, Louisiana State University, United States of America
Phil De Graaf, DeBeers Group, Australia
Richard Bathurst, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
Sebastien Logo-Guerrero, American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, United States of America
Sergio Fontoura, International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Brazil
Sina Javankhoshdel, Rocscience Inc., Canada
Lifetime Achievement Medal

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