How the use of Geosynthetics has evolved in Nordic countries? Arnstein Watn has been involved already several decades in Geosynthetics and he has collected the history into the Keynote lecture presented in EuroGeo8 conference in Lille 2025. This lecture Geosynthetics in the Northern countries: geotechnical and environmental challenges will be represented in the IGS Nordic webinarContinue reading “Annual Meeting and Webinar on 5th of February 2026”
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Invitation to the Educate the Educators event in Lund, Sweden
IGS Nordic is organizing the Educate the Educators event in Lund on 7th of May. The event is free and specially targeted to the lecturers in Nordic universities, but is open for everyone interested. Link to join before 29th of April. Topics include: The second part of the training will be held in the fall,Continue reading “Invitation to the Educate the Educators event in Lund, Sweden”
Annual Meeting and Webinar on 6th of March 2025
How to choose the proper Geosynthetic product into exceptional environmental conditions, such as high or low pH? Or how you can increase the Circular Economy and decrease the cost by use of local, low quality soils? Join the webinar on 6th of March starting at 9 am CET and learn about possibilities. The webinar consistsContinue reading “Annual Meeting and Webinar on 6th of March 2025”
IGS Students Awards to EuroGEO8
IGS Student Award Program has been establised to support the participation of young professionals in IGS conferences. Aim is to disseminate knowledge and to improvecommunication and understanding of geotextiles, geomembranes, and associated technologies among young geotechnical and geoenvironmental student engineers around the world. Program has been succesfull, and now is already 9th award period ofContinue reading “IGS Students Awards to EuroGEO8”
Call for abstracts: EuroGEO8
Next European Geosynthetic Conference will be organized in Lille, France, from 15th to 18th September 2025. The main theme of the Conference is “Technical Challenges and Environmental Imperatives for the 21st Century”. The new challenges facing construction professionals, environmental concerns, innovation and risk management will be at the heart of the discussions and presentations. CallContinue reading “Call for abstracts: EuroGEO8”
Annual Meeting and webinar on 9th of April 2024
How the Geosynthetics can increase sustainability? Join the webinar on 9th of April starting at 13 CET and learn about alternative, less carbon intensive structures in walls, bridge abutments, load transfer platforms, etc. The final program will be added soon. Webinar is open for all! Register through this LINK. The Annual Meeting of IGS NordicContinue reading “Annual Meeting and webinar on 9th of April 2024”
Save the date: Invitation to the Winter Webinar and Annual General Meeting
IGS Nordic Chapter is organizing a Winter Webinar on 19.1.2023 focusing on Microplastics and Sustainability. John Kraus and Nathalie Touze will give 30 min presentations based on their lectures on Italia Bologna October 2022. The Annual General Meeting will be organized after the webinar. The agenda of the General Meeting consist of topics based onContinue reading “Save the date: Invitation to the Winter Webinar and Annual General Meeting”
Invitation to the Webinar on Sustainability of Geosynthetics
IGS Nordic Chapter is proud to invite all interested to the First Geosynthetic Webinar! Webinar is organised on Thursday 10th of March 2022 in connection with the First Annual Meeting of the IGS Nordic Chapter. The webinar starts at 13 pm CET. The keynote lecture on Sustainability of Geosyntetics will be presented by Henning EhrenbergContinue reading “Invitation to the Webinar on Sustainability of Geosynthetics”
Invitation to the First Annual Meeting of IGS Nordic Chapter
The first annual meeting will be on 10th of March 2022 after the webinar at 16:15 CET. The meeting is open for all interested. Meeting in organized virtually in Zoom. Meeting agenda Opening the meeting Listing the Attendances Choosing the chairperson, secretary, scrutinizers of minutes (2) and tellers (2) of the meeting Confirming the lawfulnessContinue reading “Invitation to the First Annual Meeting of IGS Nordic Chapter”
IGS Nordic Chapter has been establised!
Joint Chapter of Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland was established on 26th of October 2021. The aim is to increase the activites and peoples involved by joining the forces. The Finnish and Norwegian Chapters have been operating already more than decade, but in Sweden, Iceland and Denmark there hasn’t been a IGS Chapter yet.Continue reading “IGS Nordic Chapter has been establised!”
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