Rocscience International Conference
A look back at our first technical conference on April 20th - 21st, 2021.
The conference proceedings are now available.
Download the Conference Proceedings
Rocscience International Conference
A look back at our first technical conference on April 20th - 21st, 2021.
The conference proceedings are now available.
Download the Conference Proceedings
Announcement from our CEO
To celebrate Rocscience’s 25th year as a company, we hosted 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.
For the written transcript for this video, click here.
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 hosted a technical short course on Finite Element Modelling of Civil & Mining Excavations. The course was conducted online on April 22nd - 23rd, 2021.
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 Recipient
Dr. Evert Hoek
Guest of Honor
Rocscience is proud to award the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Medal to Dr. Evert Hoek. With an extraordinarily active career spanning over sixty years, Evert's extensive field experience and meticulous scholarship continue to illuminate rock engineering.
He will be giving a special keynote titled, "Developments in rock engineering from 1958 to 2020." We invite you to join us on this journey through his life on April 19, 2021.
Keynote Speakers
Will Bawden
University of Toronto
Topic
Reflections of 40+ years of Rock Engineering Practice in Mining
Kemal Önder Çetin
Middle East Technical University
Topic
Recent Advances in Seismic Soil Liquefaction Engineering
Kok Kwang Phoon
National University of Singapore
Topic
Value of Data-Driven Site Characterization
Mark Diederichs
Queens Univeristy
Topic
After Decades of Rock Engineering Modelling. Are We Asking the Right Questions?
Conference Chairs
General Chair
Thamer Yacoub
CEO & President
Rocscience
Technical Chair
Reginald Hammah
Chief Scientific Officer
Rocscience
Panel Discussions
Panel 1: From Monitoring and Calibration to Predictive Modelling
Panelist
Neil Bar
Gecko Geotechnics
Panelist
Davide Colombo
Tre-Altamira
Panelist
Niccolo Coli
Hexagon Geosystems
Panelist
Dr. Will Bawden
University of Toronto
Moderator
Alison McQuillan
Rocscience Australia
Panel 2: Is Numerical Modelling a Solution or a Problem?
Panelist
Brent Corkum
Rocscience
Panelist
Dr. Thomas Stacey
University of Witwatersrand
Panelist
Joe Carvalho
Golder
Panelist
Thiago Bretas
BVP Geotecnia E Hidrotecnia
Technical Chair
Reginald Hammah
Rocscience