Program

Day #1 (Opening & Symposium): Thursday May 2, 2019

Time

Event

9.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m.

Registration and coffee

11 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.

Official Opening - with invited dignitaries

11.45 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.

Tour of centrifuge facilities

12.30 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Buffet lunch

2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Welcome + Introduction - Tim Newson

2.30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Charles W.W. Ng, Hong Kong

Title:  Recent advances in centrifuge modelling at HKUST

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Tea/coffee + posters

3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Hesham El Naggar, Canada

Title: Application of centrifuge testing for sustainable infrastructure

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Christophe Gaudin, Australia

Title: Offshore renewables: Is centrifuge modelling the right tool?

6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Symposium dinner
London Delta Armouries Hotel

Day #2 (Symposium): Friday May 3, 2019

Time

Event

8 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.

Registration and coffee

8:40 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Welcome + Introduction - Tim Newson

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Jonathan Black, UK

Title: Centrifuge Modelling for Geotechnical Instruction

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Ryan Phillips, Canada

Title: Three Decades of Canadian Centrifuge Modelling Experience

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Tea/coffee + posters

10:45 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.

John McCartney, USA

Title: Centrifuge modelling of soil-structure interaction in energy piles

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Adam Bezuijen, Netherlands

Title: Tunnel-pile interaction: centrifuge and field tests

12:15 p.m. -1:45 p.m.

Buffet lunch

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Panel session + close

2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Tour of departmental facilities + WindEEE