Friday 2 October 2009
Opening Session: 8:00-9:00
Mohamed Sakr and Ibrahim Darwish "Egyptian Historical Earthquakes and under water Archaeology"

Technical Session 1: 9:00-10:30
9:00-9:30 W. D. L. Finn “Developments in Performance Based Design: Incremental Dynamic Analysis and the Conditional Mean Spectrum"
9:30-10:00 A. Elgamal "Static and Dynamic Earth Pressure: Full-scale Testing and Analysis"
10:00-10:30 A. Ansal "Site Specific Earthquake Characteristics"
Coffee Break 10:30-:11:00

Technical Session 2: 11:00-12:30
11:00-11:30 G. Gazetas "Dynamics of Batter Piles"
11:30-12:00 A.Pecker "Non linear Soil Structure Analysis through Macro Element Modelling"
12:00-12:30 M. Pender "Macro Element for Pile Head Cyclic Lateral Loading"
Lunch 12:30-14:00

Technical Session 3: 14:00-16:00
14:00-14:30 I. Towhata "Geotechnical Aspects of 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China"
14:30-15:00 S. Yasuda "Study on the Method for the Seismic Design of Expressway Embankments”

15:00-16:00 Oral presentations (10min each)
Satoshi Nishimoto & Shigeru Miwa "Seismic Behavior of Soft Ground and A Road Embankment in the 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake”
Omer Aydan "Characteristics Of Ground Liquefaction And Lateral Spreading Caused By Great Off Sumatra Earthquakes"
Tetsuo Tobita, Gi-Chun Kang, Susumu Iai, &Yasuhiko Konishi "Observed Manhole Uplift During the 2004 Niigata-Ken Chuetsu, Japan, Earthquake"
Barnali Ghosh, Subhamoy Bhattacharya & Zygmunt Lubkowski "Seismic Design Of LNG Tanks In Liquefiable Soils"
Sevinc Unsal, K.Onder Cetin, & A.Anıl Yunatci "Assessment Of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Triggering And Induced Deformation Potentials Of Dam Foundation Soils: An Integrated Seismic Hazard Framework"
Coffee Break 16:00-16:30

Technical Session 4: 16:30-18:30
16:30-17:00 K. Pitilakis "Experimental and Theoretical SSI Studies in a Model Structure in Euroseistest"
17:00-17:30 M. Maugeri "Soil-Structure Interaction for Seismic Improvement of Noto Cathedral (Italy)"

17:30:-18:30 Oral presentations (10min each)
Kouichi Tomisawa & Seiichi Miura "Evaluation of Seismic Resistance of Pile Foundation in Composite Ground"
Mahmoud N. Hussien, Tetsuo Tobita, Susumu Iai & Kyle M. Rollins "Soil-Pile Gap Effect on the Statnamic Behavior Of Full-Scale Pile Group"
Dimitris Pitilakis "Equivalent Linear Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction and Performance Based Design"
Asterios Liolios, George Michaltsos, & Konstantinos Liolios "A Numerical Approach to the Seismic Problem of Steel Pile-Soil Interaction under Environmental and Second-Order Geometric Effects"
George Papazafeiropoulos, Prodromos N. Psarropoulos, & Yiannis Tsompanakis "Retaining Wall-Soil- Structure Interaction Effects Due To Seismic Excitation"

Saturday 3 October 2009
Technical Session 5: 8:00-10:00
8:00-8:30 K. Ishihara "Deep-Seated Massive Landslides and Performances of Rock-Fill Dams during Large Earthquakes"
8:30-9:00 H. El-Naggar "Bridging the Gap between Structural and Geotechnical Engineers in SSI for Performance-Based Design"

9:00:-10:00 Oral presentations (10min each)
Hiroko Suzuki, Kohji Tokimatsu, Masayoshi Sato and Kentaro Tabata "Kinematic and Inertial Effects on Deformation Modes of Piles during Liquefaction in Shaking Table Tests Using E-Defense Facilities"
Mohsin Usman Qureshi, Ikuo Towhata, Suguru Yamada, & Mubashir Aziz "Using Field Tests For Slope Failure Risk Assessment In Highly Weathered Areas Due To Seismic Activity"
Spyros Pavlides, Theodoros Tsapanos, Nikos Zouros, Sotiris Sboras, George Koravos, & Alexandros Chatzipetros "Using Active Fault Data For Assessing Seismic Hazard: A Case Study From NE Aegean Sea, Greece" Ulas Cilingir & S.P. Gopal Madabhushi "Numerical Analysis Of Dynamic Centrifuge Tests On Square Tunnels"
Emilios Comodromos, Mello Papadopoulou, & Ioannis Rentzeperis “Degradation Of Pile Foundations’ Response Due To Cracking: Advanced And Simplified Numerical Approach”
Coffee Break 10:00-:10:30

Technical Session 6: 10:30-12:30
10:30-11:00 R.Verdugo "Singular Soils of Seismic Regions"
11:00-11:30 I. Shahrour "Soil Reinforcement in Seismic Areas"

11:30:-12:30 Oral presentations (10min each)
Gabriele Chiaro, Takashi Kiyota, Laddu Indika, Nalin De Silva, Takeshi Sato, & Junichi Koseki "Extremely Large Post-Liquefaction Deformations Of Saturated Sand Under Cyclic Torsional Shear Loading"
Way Way Sim, Ikuo Towhata & Mohamed A. Sakr “MODEL Tests On Behavıor Of Embedded Pipeline Crossing A Fault "
Takashi Kiyota, Junichi Koseki, & Takeshi Sato "Evaluation Of Liquefaction Induced Ground Deformation By Large Strain Torsional Shear Tests"
Maria V. Sanin & Dharma Wijewickreme "Influence of Initial Static Shear Stress on the Cyclic Shear Response of Natural Low-Plastic Silt”
Ruta Ireng Wicaksono & Reiko Kuwano "Small Strain Stiffness of Toyoura Sand Obtained From Various Techniques In Laboratory Measurement"
Lunch 12:30-13:30

Technical Session 7: 13:30-16:00
13:30-14:00 K. Stokoe II "Field and Laboratory Measurements of Uncemented and Cemented Alluvial Materials"
14:00-14:30 T. Kokusho "Effect of Fines and Aging on Liquefaction Strength and Cone Resistance of Sand in Triaxial Apparatus"
14:30-15:00 M. Maugeri et al. “Geotechnical Aspects on the Abruzzi 2009 Earthquake”

15:00:-16:00 Oral presentations (10min each)
Anastasios Anastasiadis, Kyriazis Pitilakis & Kostas Senetakis "Dynamic Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio Curves of Sand/Rubber Mixtures"
Ayfer Erken, Ayta„ Yaşarg†n, Ahmet Şener, & G†rsel Demir "The Cyclic Behavior of Undisturbed Low Plasticity Clays By Polluted Leachate In Sanitary Landfill Sites"
Shun-Ichi Fukumoto & Nozomu Yoshida “Dynamic Deformation Characteristics Of Soft Rock”
C. Guney Olgun, James R. Martin II, Atila Sezen, Huseyin Yildirim, & Sanem Kayali "Field and Laboratory Evidence of Cyclic Vulnerability of Fine-Grained Soils"
Nunziante Squeglia, Oronzo Pallara, Savino Russo, & Diego Lo Presti "Innovative Use of Bender Elements in Triaxial Cell for the Measurement of G0"
Coffee Break 16:00-16:30

Technical Session 8: 16:30-18:30
16:30-17:00 K. Tokimatsu "Lessons learned from Geotechnical Problems in the 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsu Oki Earthquake"
17:00-17:30 M. Cubrinovski "Analysis of Piles in Liquefying Soils by the PseudoStatic Approach"

17:30:-18:30 Oral presentations (10min each)
Silvia Garcia & Miguel Romo "Seismic Data Processing Using Hilbert-Huang Transform"
Raafat Fat-Helbary, Dragi Dojcinovski, Hussein El Khashab, Karrar El Faragawy, & Abdel-Nasser Abdel-Motaal "Study Of Seismic Site Response At The Proposed Tushka New City Site, Egypt"
Julie Regnier, Etienne Bertrand, Anne-Marie Duval, & Heloise Cadet "Geotechnical Model To Seismic Microzonation: Three Approaches On The Test Bench"
I Wayan Sengara "Development of Earthquake Scenario for Three Different Sites within City of Jakarta"
Varvara Zania, Ioanna Tzavara, Yiannis Tsompanakis,& Prodromos N. Psarropoulos "Geosynthetics As Mitigation Measure For Seismic Hazard on Geostructures"
Closing Session: 18:30-19:00

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