Conference Leadership
The 13th International Conference on Geosynthetics (13 ICG) is organizing by IGS North America in partnership with the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) and other supporting entities in civil/geotechnical engineering.
Conference Chairs
Kristin Sample-Lord (Villanova University)
Ben Leshchinsky (Oregon State University)
Technical Chairs
Eric Blond (Eric Blond Consulting)
Fady Abdeaal (Queen’s University – Kingston)
Education Chairs
Vanessa Di Battista (Sherbrooke University)
Cheng Lin (University of Victoria – British Columbia)
Local Committee Chairs
David Beaumier (Group CTT)
Stephan Fourmont (Afitex-Texel)
Advisory Co-Chairs
Kerry Rowe (Queen’s University – Kingston)
Richard Bathurst (Royal Military University – Canada)
Stakeholders Committee Chair
Jacques Cote (Solmax)
Exhibits & Sponsorship Chairs
John Lostumbo (Solmax)
Marco Isola (WSP)
Dean Sandri (Consultant)
International Marketing Committee Chairs
Tamara Tuttle (TRI Environmental)
Kathryn Grant (Solmax)
Lilma Schimmel (S&ME)
Young Members Committee Chair
Viviana Mangraviti (University of Padua)
Dawie Marx (NewFields)
Secretary General
Lynley Prather (TRI Minerva)
International Advisory Board
Sam Allen (IGS President)
Laura Collins (Texas Research International)
Patricia Guerra-Escobar (IGS European Activities Committee)
Dan Jones (BGC)
Abdelaziz Khattari (Riegonor)
Chris Kelsey (TRI Minerva)
Preston Kendall (Axter Coletanche)
Tiru Kulkarni (Garware)
Francisco Pizzaro (IGS Pan-American Activities Committee)
Carlos Rodriguez (Huesker)
Ashray Saxena (University of Texas – Austin)
Amir Shahkolahi (Global Synthetics)
Catherine Thibodeau (Montreal Convention Centre)
