HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The Austrian Geotechnical Conference (AGC) was held for the first time in 1997, initiated by the Austrian Society of Engineers and Architects (ÖIAV), which represents the Austrian National Commitee of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), and was held biennially ever since. 2024 we are happy to invite you to its 13th edition and are now proud to say that it has since become not only an established conference but an integral part of the industry as it is the major fair and meeting point for geotechnics and well construction in Austria.

The highlight of the AGC is the "Vienna - Terzaghi Lecture", in which internationally renowned geotechnical engineers shed light on the most important professional aspects in the field.

Another high point of the Geotechnical Conference is the presentation of the Austrian Foundation Engineering Award which was first presented in 1997 honours young geotechnical engineers for their exceptional scientific work or dissertations related to the field.

Historical Background

The 10^th Austrian Geotechnical Conference was one of the fist items on the agenda within the framework of festivities for the 200^th anniversary of the Vienna University of Technology which was established in 1815 and is one of the oldest institutions in higher education in the field of technical engineering.

Organisation

The organisation of the event is managed by the Association of Austrian Drilling, Well Construction and Specialised Civil Engineering Enterprises (VÖBU) in cooperation with Austrian Society for Engineers and Architects (ÖIAV), Austrian National Commiteee of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering of the Vienna University of Technology.

The 14^th Austrian Geotechnical Conference will again take place as a cooperative event with the 13^th VÖBU FAIR, an expert exhibition of VÖBU held at the MESSE WIEN CONGRESS CENTER. This cooperation has been proven to work splendidly as it presents participants, exhibitors and guest an ideal synergy between theory and practice as well as research and implementation.

The following contains an overview of all lecturers who have held the Vienna Terzaghi Lecture in the past, including the titles of their presentations and institutions:

1. AGC	1997	Prof. Dr. William F. Van Impe Universitiy of Gent, University of Löwen Past President ISSMGE Europe, Belgium "The leaning Tower of Pisa"
2. AGC	1999	Dr. Robert M. Koerner Dr. Te-Yang Soong (Co-Autor) Drexel University, Geosyntetic Research Institut, Philadelphia, USA "Assessment of ten landfill failures using 2-D and 3-D stability analysis procedures"
3. AGC	2001	Prof. Robert Mair Cambridge University Engineering Department, United Kingdom "Tunneling in soft ground in urban areas"
4. AGC	2003	Prof. Dr.techn. K. Rainer Massarsch Geo Engineering AB, Stockholm, Sweden "The role of geotechnics in the protection of historical monuments"
5. AGC	2005	Dr. Jean-Pierre Giroud Consulting Engineer, Chairman Emeritus of GeoSyntec Consultants, Past President of the International Geosynthetics Society, France "Geosynthetics engineering: successes, failures and lessons learned"
6. AGC	2007	Prof. Harry G. Poulos DSc Eng Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney; Coffey Geotechnics, Sydney, Australia "Applications of Piling for Infrastructure Development"
7. AGC	2009	Dr. Alan Powderham Mott MacDonald Director, London, United Kingdom "The Observational Method – using safety as a driver for innovation"
8. AGC	2011	Em.O.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Dr.h.c.mult. Heinz Brandl University of Technology, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Austria "Geotechnical Engineers & Society: Philosophy, challenges and recommendations"
9. AGC	2013	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach Director TU Darmstadt Energy Center & Head of the Research Institute for Geotechical Engineering, Ingenieursoz. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katzenbach GmbH, Germany "Mechincal and thermal effects of water on soil - soil mechanics, geothermy and fluid mechanics"
10. AGC	2015	Prof. Dr. Róbert Szepesházi Széchenyi István University Györ, Hungary "Synergies in Geotechnical Engineering: Interpretations, Precedents and Perspectives"
11. AGC	2017	Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Springman Rector & full professorship for Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland "Is soil friction fiction? - Is cohesion optional? - A review"
12. AGC	2019	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Grabe Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Technology Hamburg, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering and building operations, Germany "Geomechatronics - a promising, future-oriented field"
13. AGC	2022	Prof. Lyesse LALOUI EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, ISSMGE Vice-President Europe Elected 2022-2026 "Tailor Made Soil Properties by Bio-Geochemical Means" Link to Vienna-Terzahghi Lecture

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