4th International Conference on Soil Bio- and Eco-engineering: "The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability"

Welcome to the 4th international conference on Soil Bio- and Eco-engineering - "The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability". We are delighted to bring the symposium to Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia.

As in the preceding conferences, we will bring together scientific researchers, practitioners, geotechnical and civil engineers, biologists, ecologists, geomorphologists and foresters to discuss current problems in slope stability research, and how to address those problems using soil bio- and eco-engineering techniques.

We warmly invite you to submit an abstract to contribute to the conference by March 1st 2016.

We are certain this will be a well-attended and exciting conference so please plan to join us in Sydney in July 2016.

Conference themes include:

• Root-soil interaction
• Root reinforcement
• Slope degradation
• Soil erosion and conservation
• Riverbank and coastline protection measures
• Integrated catchment management with an emphasis on eco-engineering
• Slope stability modelling
• Vegetation and ecology
• Mountain biodiversity and slope stability
• Plant growth versus engineering
• Soil bio- engineering, earth stabilising and retaining techniques
• Eco-engineering and land restoration
• Risk management and decision support systems
• Benefits and liabilities in slope and erosion control

Important deadlines:

Abstract submission (talk) March 1st 2016
Abstract submission (poster) May 1st 2016
Early-bird registration May 1st 2016

The conference will take place at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

For more information please visit the website: The University of Sydney