The XXXI Széchy Károly memorial session is taking place on 13 February 2026
President of the Croatian Geotechnical Society, Professor Goran Vlastelica, PhD,
presented our Society, and announced the ISRM conference SPLIT 2026,
21st Nonveiller Lecture 12 November 2026. in Split,
and the International Conference on
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
in Croatia in 2029,
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XXXI. Széchy Károly memorial session
A sad news
We are sad to inform that we lost another member and designer of geotechnical structures,
Davorin Lovrenčić.
An ISRM Specialized Conference and the 10th Conference of the Croatian Geotechnical Society: Geotechnical Engineering in Soft Rocks and Heterogeneous Rock Masses
An ISRM Specialized Conference
and
the 10th Conference of the Croatian Geotechnical Society
will be held
12-14 November 2026 in Split
with the title
Geotechnical Engineering in Soft Rocks and Heterogeneous Rock Masses
Details at the ISRM page:
https://isrm.net/conference/show/6404
The first bulletin is expected at the beginning of February.
Membership in the Croatian Geotechnical Society
The 18th Danube-European Conference 9-12 June 2027 in Budapest
The Hungarian Geotechnical Society organises
the XVIII Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering,
to be held in Budapest, Hungary,
from 9 to 12 June 2027
and invites abstracts up to the extended deadline of
28 February 2026.
Accepted papers will be published in the series of
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering of Springer, which is indexed in the Scopus system.
All the details: http://www.18decge.hu
The Bulletin: https://18decge.hu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1st_bulletin_2026.pdf
EERI San Diego Chapter Webinar: Site Characterization UsingVS30 Per the ASCE 7-22
4TH UNSATURATED SOIL, GRANULAR MATTER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR G. N. PANDE
The Hungarian National Committee of ISSMGE organises with the support of ISSMGE TC106 and TC201, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 4th Unsaturated Soil, Granular Matter and Environmental Engineering Symposium in Memory of Professor G. N. Pande in the 200th anniversary year of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in January 16, Online. The participation after registration is free.
https://kti.rkk.uni-obuda.hu/4th-unsaturated-soil-granular-matter-and-environmental-engineering-symposium-in-memory-of-professor-g-n-pande/
Time Capsule
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
is collecting small tools, miniatures of equipment, geomaterial samples…
for the Time Capsule Project… until 15 January
More:
https://www.issmge.org/news/deadline-extended-to-15th-january-2026-be-part-of-history-the-issmges-transparent-time-capsule
https://htc.issmge.org/physical-time-capsule

Beautiful life of Professor Kenji Ishihara
Professor Kenji Ishihara,
who served as President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering from 1997 to 2001,
has peacefully concluded his rich and impactful 91-year life.
With friends and colleagues and former students all around the world,
he was a unique researcher, scientist, engineer and teacher.
Guided by a precious curiosity, deep understanding, and an inexhaustible abundance of ideas,
serving in countless committees and working on countless projects,
Professor Ishihara stays with us through his teachings, his conclusions and questions, his numerous papers,
and his immeasurable impacts on our lives.

Professor Ishihara at the POREČ 1998 conference in Croatia


