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Australasian Chapter (2002)
President:
Mr. Mike Sadlier
Vice President:
Mr. Malek Bouazza
Secretary:
Mr. Warren Hornsey
Treasurer:
Mr. Brendan Swifte
Secretariat:
ACIGS
Monash Uni LPO
P.O. Box 8003
Clayton, Vic. 3168
AUSTRALIA
Tel:
61 3 94163955
Fax::
61 3 94173727
Email:
sadlier@attglobal.net
Web Site:
 

 

Belgian Chapter (2001)
President:
Mr. Frans de Meerleer (frans.texion@skynet.be)
Vice President:
Mr. Frank Croonenberghs (fcroonenberghs@bonartf.com)
Bookkeeping:
Mr. Marc de Blezer (marc.de.bleser@b-int.be)
Public Relations:
Mr. Bert Dendooven (b.dendooven@deneef.eu)
Working Group 'Designing with Geosynthetics':
Mrs. Claudine Truffaut (claudinetruffaut@gmail.com)
Working Group EN ISO Test Standards:
Mr. Jurgen Turpijin (j.turpyn@ideal-fibresfabrics.com)
Working Group 'Education':
TBA
Secretary:
Toon De Ruyver (toon.deruyver@copro.eu)
Treasurer:
Mr. Marc De Bleser (Marc.De.Bleser@b-int.be)
Tel:
 
Fax::
 
Email:
b.dendooven@deneef.eu
Web Site:
http://www.belgian-geosynthetics.be/

 

Brazilian Chapter (1997)
President:
Prof. Mauricio Ehrlich (presidencia@igsbrasil.org.br)
Past President:
Prof. Benedito de S. Bueno (b.s.bueno@sc.usp.br)
Vice Presidents:
Eng. Lavoisier Machado (vicepresidencia2@igsbrasil.org.br)
Eng. Paulo Roberto Aguiar (vicepresidencia1@igsbrasil.org.br)
Treasurer:
Eng. André Estevão Silva (tesouraria@igsbrasil.org.br)
Secretary:
Eng. Indiara Giugni Vidal (secretaria@igsbrasil.org.br)
Secretariat:
Rua Sete, 375 – Centro Empresarial Industrial Eldorado
São José dos Campos
SP – CEP –12238-577
BRAZIL
Tel:

55 (12) 3903-9308

Fax::

55 (12) 3903-9301

E-mail:
igsbrasil@igsbrasil.org.br
Web Site:
http://www.igsbrasil.org.br

 

Chilean Chapter (2006)
President:

Mr. Mauricio Ossa, GSE Lining Technology Chile S.A.
mossa@gseworld.com
Turena 4660
758-0104 Condes (Santiago)
CHILE

Vice Presidents:
Mr. Jaime Morales, Polytex
Mr. Rafael Lopez, Geosistemas
Mr. Fernando Castillo, CETCO
Mr. Joel Peters, Vector Engineering Chile
Mr. Luis Paredes, Envicon
Advisors:
Treasurer:
 
Secretary:

 

Tel:
56 2 595 4283
Fax:
56 2 595 4290
E-mail:
mossa@igs-chile.org
Web Site:
http://igs-chile.org/index.html

 

Chinese Chapter (1990)
Chairman:
Li, Guangxin
Immediate Past President:
Mr. Bao, Cheng Gang
Vice Chairman:
Chi, Jingkui
Shu, Yiming
Wang, Yuan
Wang, Zhao
Treasurer:
Chi, Jingkui
Chief of General Affairs:
Chi, Jingkui
Deputy Secretary General:
Chen, Lun
Deng, Weidong
Tang, Xiaowu
Zhang, Bin
Zhu, Hong
Secretary General:
Prof. Yan, Chi
cytj@tju.edu.cn
Tel: 8622 27891211
Secretariat:
Chinese Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society
Room 1005, Jiaxing Mansion
No. 877, Dongfang Rd
Shanghai 200122
CHINA (P.R.)
Tel:
+86-21-61005172
Fax:
+86-21-61005173
E-mail:
ccigs@4acg-2008sh.com postmaster@ccigs.com.cn
Web Site:
www.4acg-2008sh.com ; www.ccigs.com.cn

Czech Chapter (2003)
Chairman:
Mr. Petr Hubik
1st Vice Chairman:
Mr. Vladimir Stork
2nd Vice Chairman:
Mr. Jiri Vanicek
Geosynthetics Regulations
Mr. Lumir Mica
Conference Organisation
Mr. Jiri Pecenka
Advertising and PR
Mr. Pavel Mann
Internal Rules
Mr. Milos Rejha
Secretariat

International Geosynthetics Society -
The Czech Chapter
Vsechromy 49
CZ 251 63 posta Strancice
CZECH REPUBLIC

Tel:
42 0 323 619 000
Fax::
42 0 323 619 000
Email:
info@igs.cz
Web Site:
 


French Chapter (1993)
President:
Mr. Jean-Pierre Magnan magnan@lcpc.fr
1st Vice President
Hugues Girard Hugues.girard@cemagref.fr
2nd Vice President
Mr. Thierry Gisbert Thierry.gisbert@arcadis-fr.com
Treasurer:
Mr. Hubert Giraud hubert.giraud@sncf.fr
General Secretary:
François Caquel
LRPC Nancy
71 rue de la Grande Haie, B.P.8
54510 Tomblaine
FRANCE
Tel:
33 03 83 18 41 56
Fax:
33 03 83 18 41 00
E-mail:
Francois.caquel@equipement.gouv.fr
Web Site:
 

 

German Chapter (1993)
Chairman:
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler
E-mail: ziegler@geotechnik.rwth-aachen.de
Officers at Large:
Prof. Dr.-Ing Georg Heerten
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Braeu
Email: gerhard.braeu@bv.tu-muenchen.de
Secretariat:
German Chapter Secretariat of IGS
c/o DGGT e.V.
German Geotechnical Society
Attn: Dr. Kirsten Laackmann
Hohenzollernstr. 52
D-45128 Essen
GERMANY
Tel:
49 201 78 27 23
Fax::
49 201 78 27 43
E-mail:
service@dggt.de
Web Site:
http://www.gb.bv.tum.de/fachsektion/index.htm

 

HGS, Greek Chapter (2005)
President:
Mr. Dimitrios K. Atmatzidis
Hellenic Geosynthetics Society
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Patras
GR-26500 Rio, Patra
GREECE
TEL: 30 2610 996541
FAX: 30 2610 996576
EMAIL: dka@upatras.gr
Vice President:
Mr. Anastasios A. Kollios
Treasurer:
Mr. Nikos A. Naskos
Committee Members:
Mr. Nick A. Kantartzis
Mr. Michael J. Kavadas
Mr. Michael D. Pachakis
General Secretary:
Mr. Dimitrios A. Chrysikos
Hellenic Geosynthetics Society
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Patras
GR-26500 Rio, Patra
GREECE
Tel:
30 2610 996545
Fax:
30 2610 996576
E-mail:
dac@upatras.gr

 

Indian Chapter (1988)
President:
Dr. G.V. Rao
Past President: Dr. D.G. Kadkade
Vice President:

-

Member Secretary:
Mr. V.K. Kanjlia
Treasurer:
Mr. A.C. Gupta
Secretariat:
c/o Central Board of Irrigation & Power
Plot No. 4, Institutional Area
Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi 110 021
Tel:

91 11 2611 5984/2611 1294

Fax:
91 11 2611 6347
E-mail:
cbip@cbip.org kanjlia@cbip.org uday@cbip.org acgupta@cbip.org
Web Site:
http://www.cbip.org
Newsletters:
January 2007

 

INA-IGS, the Indonesian Chapter (1992)
President:
Mr. Gouw Tjie Liong
Vice President:
Mr. Michael J.D. Dobie
Secretary:
Ms. Amelia Makmur
Treasurer:
Mr. K. Oetomo
Secretariat:
Civil Engineering Department
Bina Nusantara University
Jl. H. Syahdan No. 9, Palmerah
Jakarta Barat 11480
Tel:
62-21-53696964
Fax:
62-21-5300244
E-mail:
ina_igs@binus.ac.id

 

AGI-IGS, the Italian Chapter (1992)
President:
Dr. Ing. Daniele Cazzuffi
Vice Presidents:
Prof. Michele Maugeri
Ing. Pierpaolo Fantini
Council :

Prof. Claudio di Prisco
Prof. Mario Manassero
Ing. Piergiorgio Recalcati
Ing. Moreno Scotto
Ing. Giancarlo Tresso

Treasurer:
Ing. Claudio Soccodato
Secretary:
Prof. Nicola Moraci
Secretariat:
Ms. Susanna Antonielli
c/o Associazione Geotecnica Italiana
Via dell' Universita', 11
00185 Roma
ITALY
Tel:
39 06 4465569 – 39 06 44704349
Fax::
39 06 44361035
E-mail:
agiroma@iol.it
Web Site:
http://www.associazionegeotecnica.it/~agi/

 

Japanese Chapter (1985)
Chairman:
Dr. Hiroshi Miki
Vice Chairman:
Prof. Jiro Kuwano
Advisors:
Dr. Masami Fukuoka
Dr. Shigeru Tanaka
Dr. Toyotoshi Yamanouchi
Dr. Komei Iwasaki
Treasurer:
Dr. Masao Ito
Secretary:

Ms. Noriko Ijuin
Dr. Jiro Kuwano
Dr. Jiro Kuwano Laboratory
The Geosphere Research Institute of Saitama University
255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku,
Saitama 338-8570
JAPAN

Tel:
81 48 858 9239
Fax:
81 48 858 9239
E-mail:
secret$jcigs.or$g
Web Site:
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jcigs/

 

KC-IGS, The Korean Chapter (1993)
President:
Dr. Sam-Deok Cho
Vice Presidents:
Mr. Young-Yoon Kim
Prof. Jae-Woo Ju
Prof. Han-Yong Jeon
Prof. Eun-Chul Shin
Treasurer:
Mr. Kwan-Young Cho
Executive Members:
Prof. Yeon-Soo Jang
Prof. Chung-Sik Yoo
Prof. You-Seong Kim
Prof. Jae-Young Lee
Dr. Choong-Ho Lee
Prof. Joon-Seok Kim
Mr. Hong-Kwan Kim
Prof. Jung-Geun Han
Auditors:
Mr. Jeong-Ho Kim
Dr. Hyun-Tea Kim
Secretary:

Prof. You-Seong Kim
Department of Civil Engineering
Chonbuk National University
664-14 1GA, Dunckjin-Gu
Jeonju, Chunbuk 561-156,
KOREA

Tel:
82 63 270 2430
Fax:
82 63 270 2421
E-mail:
yusung@chonbuk.ac.kr
Web Site:
http://www.kgss.or.kr/

 

Mexican Chapter (2006)
President:
Giovanni Bellei Tel: 52 (442) 229-4300
Email: Giovanni.bellei@maccaferri.com.mx
Honorary President: Marco A. Sanchez Tel: 52 (55) 56626110 X 102
Email: marco.sanchez@mlingenieria.com
Vice President:

Mr. Alejandro Alcina Tel: 52 (55) 54870140
Email: aalcina@geosai.com

Treasurer:
Open
Secretary:

Julio Lopez Lena Tel: 52 (55) 5898-7260 X 202
Email: jLopezL@tecnologiaderecicLaje.com

Members of the Board:
 
Secretariat:
 
Tel:
52 55 5662-6110 ext. 102
Fax:
52 55 5662-0086
E-mail:
IGSmexico@prodigy.net.mx
Web Site:

 

Netherlands Chapter (1992)
President:
Dr. Ir. A. H. de Bondt
Vice President:
-
Treasurer:
Dr. Ir. M. Duskov
Secretary:
Mr. W. Th. J. Kragten
Members of the Board
Mr. R.K.M. Holtus
Dr. Ir.C. Zwanenburg
Mr. S. O’Hagan
Secretariat:
c/o NGO 3430 JB Nieuwegein
P.O. Box 7053
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel:
31 30605 6399
Fax:
31 30605 5249
E-mail:
mail@ngo.nl
Web Site:
http://www.ngo.nl/

 

North American Geosynthetics Society
(NAGS) (Canada, USA) (1986)
President:
Dr. Y. Grace Hsuan
ghsuan@coe.drexel.edu
President Elect:
Dr. David Elton, P.E
elton@eng.auburn.edu
Vice President:
Mr. Corey Bobba
Executive Director:
Mr. L. David Suits
PO Box 12063
Albany, NY 12212-2063
Telephone and Fax: 1 518-869-2917
NagsDirector@aol.com
Treasurer:
Mr. Robert Mackey, P.E
Immediate Past President:
Mr. L. David Suits
Vice Presidents:
Mr. Sam Allen
Dr. Craig Lake, P.E.
Dr. Mark Meyers, P.E
Mr. Boyd Ramsey
Dean Sandri, P.E
Dr. Jorge Zornberg, P.E
Tel:
1 518-869-2917
Fax:
1 518-869-2917
E-mail:
NagsDirector@aol.com
Web Site:
http://www.nags-igs.org

 

Nowegian Chapter (2008)
President:
Arnstein Watn (arnstein.watn@sintef.no)
Vice President:
Per Kristian Hoel  (pkh@terra-tec.no)
Treasurer:
Henning Sorensen (henning.sorensen@ahlsell.no)
Board Member:
Roald Aaboe  (roald.aaboe@vegvesen.no)
Secretary:

Hanne Louise Moe  (hanne.L.moe@sintef.no)
IGS Norge
C/O SINTEF Byggforsk,
Att: Hanne Louise Moe
7465 Trondheim
NORWAY

Tel:
47 73594742
Fax:
47 92692408
E-mail:
hanne.L.moe@sintef.no

 

Peruvian Chapter (2001)
Presidente:
Ing. Miguel De La Torre gerencia@geoserviceing.com
1er Vice-Presidente:
Ing. Marco Montalvo mmontalvo@cesel.com.pe
2do Vice-Presidente:
Ing. Augusto Alza Vilela aaLza@tdm.com.pe
Tesorero:
Ing. Boris Castillo bcastillo@geoserviceing.com
Secretario:
Ing. Ricardo Rios geoconsult@telefonica.net.pe
Secretariat:
Fabiola Vivar
Tecnología de Materiales S.A.
Alameda Los Horizontes Mz.I 1 Lote 2 Urb.
Los Huertos de Villa
Lima 09
PERU
Tel:
51 1 2540151
Fax:
51 1 2544073
E-mail:
administracion@igsperu.org
Web Site:
http://www.igsperu.org



Philippine Chapter (2007)
President:
Engr. Emil Morales emmorales@gmail.com
VP for Academic:
Dr. Lilia R. Austriaco Lraustriaco@yahoo.com
VP for Industry:
Mr. Thomas Wintermahr thomas@philgabians.com
Secretary/Treasurer:
Engr. Paul N. Javier pnjavier@hotmail.com
Director for Luzon (Industry):
Mr. Constantino Muñoz smi@supersonic.ph
Director for NCR (Industry):
Mr. Peter S. Heilveil peter@infratex.com
Director for Visayas:
Engr. Michael Saga mayeek@hotmail.com
Director for Visayas:
Engr. Arnold Gonzales plogclog@yahoo.com
Director for NCR (Academe):
Dr. Roberto Soriano rssoriano@mupua.edu.ph
Secretariat:
Engr. Paul N. Javier
Angeles University Foundation
MacArthur Hi-Way
Angeles City 2009
PHILIPPINES
Tel:
63 045 861 3534
Fax:
62 045 888 5000
E-mail:
pnjavier@hotmail.com
Web Site:
www.igsphilippines.com

 

Portuguese Chapter (2003)
Chairman:

Maria de Lurdes Lopes lcosta@fe.up.pt

Vice Presidents:

Isabel Moita Pinto isabelmp@dec.uc.pt
António Gomes Coelho agc@coba.pt

Secretary:
Madalena Barroso mbarroso@Lnec.pt
Treasurer:

Filipe Cascão lfc@bbf.pt

Assistant Secretaries:
Castorina Vieira cvieira@fe.up.pt
Manuel Guerner guerner@guerner.pt
Secretariat:
Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia
Av. Do Brasil, 101
1700-066 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
Tel:
351 21 844 3321
Fax::
351 21 844 3021
E-mail:
spg@Lnec.pt
Web Site:
 

 

Romanian Chapter (1996)
President:
Dr. Valentin Feodorov
Vice Presidents:
Prof. dr.ing. Anton Chirica
Prof. dr. ing. Sanda Manea
Secretary:
Assoc./prof. dr. ing. Loretta Batali
c/o Romanian Association of Geosynthetics
P.O. Box 38-162 Bucharest
ROMANIA
Tel:
40 212421208 ext. 263, 264, 280
Fax:
40 212402056 or 40 212420781
E-mail:
loretta@mail.utcb.ro
Web Site:
 

 

Russian Chapter (2008)
President:
Prof. Andrey Ponomaryov  (pav@permonline.ru)
Secretary:

Dr. Vadim Ofrikhter (ofrikhter@permonline.ru)

55-150 Ostrovsky str.
Perm  614007
RUSSIA
Tel:
7 342 2167642
Fax:
7 342 2167642
E-mail:
ofrikhter@permonline.ru


South African Chapter (1995)
President:
Garth James (Kaytech) garth@kaytech.co.za
Past President:
Peter Legg (Golder Associates) plegg@golder.co.za
Vice President:
Kelvin Legge (DWAG) leggek@dwaf.gov.za
Treasurer:
Mike Wittman (Aquatan) mikew@aquatan.co.za
Secretary:
Kim Barmard (Geotextiles Africa) geotexgp@iafrica.com
Portfolios:
Membership
Mike Wittman (Aquatan) mikew@aquatan.co.za
Education
Hein Jansen van Vuren (Aquatan) hein@aquatan.co.za
Newsletter
Peter Davies (Kaytech) peter@kaytech.co.za
Events
Matthew Gordon-Watt (Golder Associates) mgwatt@golder.co.za
Specifications
Anton Bain (Jones & Wagener) bain@jaws.co.za
Sponsorship
Morné Breytenbach (Gundle Geosynthetics) morne.b@gundleapi.co.za
KZN Representative
Marco Pauselli (Maccaferri SA) marco.pauselli@maccaferri.co.za
Western Cape Representative
Peter Hardie (Engineered Linings) peterh@englining.co.za
Tel:
27 11 396 1975
Fax:
27 11 396 1133
E-mail:
geotexgp@iafrica.com
Web Site:
www.gigsa.org
Newsletters:

 

South-East Asian Chapter (1988)
(Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong:China)
President:
Dr. Chew Soon Hoe
Vice Presidents:
Mr. Simon Kam
Council :
Prof. G.P. Karunaratne
Mr. Richard Douglas
Mr. Loke Kean Hooi
Mr. Sim Yong Teck
Mr. Darren Blakely
Treasurer:
Mr. Joshua V.M. Kumar - kuma@hLasia.com.sg
Secretary:
Dr. Indrayogan Yogararajah
BBR Ground Engineering Pte Ltd
BBR Bldg. 50 Changi South Street 1
SINGAPORE 486126
Tel:
65 5462280
Fax::
65 5462269
E-mail:
indrayogan@bbr-singapore.com.sg
Web Site:
 

 

Spanish Chapter (1999)
President:
Mr. Angel Leiro aleiro@cedex.es
Past President: