June 22 - 25, 2025
Delta Hotel and Conference Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Program
The conference's main theme is Unsaturated Soils for All Environments, and will include typical topics in unsaturated soils, but also aspires to include special topics on the role of unsaturated mechanics in cold regions geotechnique, the role of unsaturated soils in managing the impacts of climate change, as well as practical application of unsaturated soil theory in geohazards, mining, and other fields.
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Quick Links
Key Dates
Call for Abstracts Opens
February 6, 2024
Paper Submission
Due Date
January 8, 2025
Abstracts Due
April 24, 2024
Paper Acceptance Notification
February 2025
Abstract Acceptance Notification
July 8, 2024
Final Paper Submission Deadline
April 25, 2025
Note! Key dates are tentative and are subject to change.
Call for Abstracts / Papers
We received an excellent response to the Call for Abstracts with over 250 abstracts submitted for consideration and look forward to creating a comprehensive technical program for the conference.
Paper Submissions
All papers must be submitted through the PanAm UNSAT 2025 online paper management system (in PDF format) by January 8, 2025.
All authors must use one of the paper templates (provided below) and follow the guidelines provided when preparing their papers.
Abstract-Only Case Study Submissions
Practitioners wishing to present a case study have an abstract-only option. They will have a presentation slot, but do not have to submit a paper, if confidentiality or other issues prevent a written submission. Authors of abstract-only case study submissions are required to re-submit a formatted, abstract (in PDF format) by January 8, 2025.
Registration Requirements
At the time of paper or case study submission, one full conference registration must be completed by one of the authors. Note that authors are limited to two papers/case studies per registration. If your submission is not accepted by the Technical Committee, or you are unable to attend due to visa application status, you will receive a full refund of your conference registration fees.
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Details and Timeline
PanAm UNSAT 2025 will include a poster session with dedicated time in the conference program. Authors can indicate their preference for oral or poster presentation when they submit their papers.
The paper review process will be completed in February 2025. Authors will be informed by e-mail of the review results at that time or shortly after. All accepted papers for which an author registration has been received will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published as a separate proceedings in the ISSMGE repository as open access publication with a DOI. All authors, including those who are asked to make changes or edits, will be required to submit their final papers in PDF format by April 25, 2025.
Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: Special Edition
Based on the review process, and input from the Technical Committee, authors may be approached to publish expanded versions of their paper in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, which will publish a special edition on this conference. 12-15 papers will be selected for this exciting opportunity.
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Templates & Tools
Presenter Resources
Presentation Upload Instructions
The presentation uploading feature is now open – you can access it by logging into your author account at https://www.xcdsystem.com/karmalink/abstract/index.cfm?ID=r9DK2i8. After logging in, please click on the ‘PowerPoint Presentation’ button. This feature will be available until June 18, 2025.
After this, you will be required to upload your presentation in the Speaker Ready Room at the conference venue before your presentation time. All presentations must be loaded onto the session laptops provided – no speaker will be allowed to use their own laptop. If you wish to review your presentation prior to loading it onto the session laptop you will be able to do so in the Speaker Ready Room.
Presentation Guidelines and Tips
You will have 15 minutes total to present your paper – the suggested breakdown is 12 minutes to present, 2 minutes for questions, and 1 minute for set-up.
Please do not try to present your entire paper. Your goal should be to entice the audience to read your paper – show them just the highlights and avoid going into detail. A good guideline is one slide for every minute or 12 slides in total. Use large readable fonts and do not put too much information on the slides. The session chairs will end your presentation if it goes over time, so please make sure your presentation fits the allotted time.
Presentation Template
Please use the presentation template provided, and 16:9 format (not 4:3).
Conference Topics
Special Topics
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Cold Regions
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Unsaturated soil mechanics in mining
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Climate change, including landslides, and /or behaviour following extreme events (floods and fires)
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Case studies of unsaturated soils mechanics in practice
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Other Topics
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Expansive soils
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Tropical soils
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Collapsible soils
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Other problematic soils
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Experimental advances
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Field investigation
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Micromechanics
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Constitutive modelling
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Numerical simulation
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Energy geotechnics
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AI / machine learning
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Geoscience of frozen soils / permafrost
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Geosynthetics
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Earthquakes in unsaturated soils
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Applications to Transportation Engineering
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Evaporation / Desiccation and cracking
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Other emerging topics in unsaturated soil mechanics
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