Keynote

Keynote:

Erosion and Mass Wasting Processes in Post-Wildfire Mountainous Terrains: Impacts and Challenges

Prof. Dr. Tümay Kadakci Koca is an Associate Professor at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey, teaching Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics, and Slope Stability and Landslides. She serves as a board member of the Turkish National Group of IAEG and a committee member of the IAEG Young Engineering Geologists group. With over a decade of experience, she has contributed to projects on slope stability, remedial measures in open-pit mining and construction areas, and geohazard assessment. Her current research focuses on the conditioning effect of wildfire on geohazards. She actively mentors young geoscientists through teaching and international collaboration.

Invited Lecture:

Communication and application of engineering geology for community based disaster preparedness

Prof. Dr. Atsuko Nonomura is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Kagawa University, specializing in environmental and disaster information analysis, remote sensing, and disaster prevention engineering. She earned her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Mie University and her Bachelor’s from Nara Women’s University. With extensive experience in remote sensing and environmental analysis, she has contributed significantly to understanding urban spatial structures and disaster management. Professor Nonomura is an active member of several professional societies, including the Geographical Information System Association and the Meteorological Society of Japan. She has published numerous research papers in her fields of expertise.

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An Emerging Roles of Engineering Geologists in Geotourism including Geopark and Geosite Development: Some Case Studies from Malaysia

Dr. Abd Rasid Jaapar is the CEO of GMTGeos, a multidisciplinary consultancy specializing in geoscience, geomechanics, geomatics, and geospatial services. A Registered Professional Geologist (BOG) and Environmental Specialist (DOE), he is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and holds memberships with IGRSM and IEM. With over 30 years of experience in construction and oil & gas, he has led multimillion-ringgit projects across Asia, Australia, and Europe. He is President of IGM, and past president of GSM and SEGRM. An active academic contributor and advisor, he has published over 100 papers and serves on IAEG Commissions 35 and 38.

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An Analog Study for Fracture Basement in Malaysia: Photogrammetry Fracture Mapping

P.Geol Ts. Ir. Dr. Goh Thian Lai is a senior lecturer at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Head of the UKM Rock Mechanics Laboratory. He is a registered professional geologist, technologist, and engineer, with affiliations to BOG, MBOT, BEM, and ACPE. He holds a PhD in engineering geology and rock mechanics from UKM. His expertise includes engineering geology, rock mechanics, and applied geophysics. He is President of SEGRM, affiliated with IAEG and ISRM, and serves as an editor for Sains Malaysiana. He has held roles at Petronas and several international universities, and has published extensively in the field.

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Random field modeling of subsurface stratigraphic/parameters and its applications: Using the Taipei Basin as an example

Prof. Dr. Jia-Jyun Dong received his PhD in Civil Engineering from National Chiao Tung University in 1997. He specializes in soil mechanics, rock mechanics, and engineering geology. Before joining National Central University in 2002, he led a geotechnical firm and worked on numerous engineering projects. His research focuses on catastrophic landslides, landslide dams, active faults, and rock mass behavior. He has published over 100 papers, including 79 in SCI journals, with 3,120 citations and an h-index of 28. He has delivered over 20 keynote talks, organized 40+ conferences, and received multiple prestigious awards. Currently, he is co-Editor-in-Chief of Engineering Geology.

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Land subsidence and subsurface environmental changes in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and possible groundwater management for urban sustainability 

Prof. Dr. Tomochika Tokunaga is a professor of the Geosphere Environment Systems Laboratory, the Department of Environment Systems, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo.  From 1997 to 1998, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, where he conducted both theoretical and experimental analyses on the behavior of anisotropic poro-elastic materials. His interests now include long-term stability of subsurface environments, dynamics of saltwater/freshwater behavior near the coast with respect to both short and long-term climate changes, coupled deformation and fluid flow processes in geological formations, including land subsidence and related geoenvironmental problems.

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Neo Deterministic Seismic Hazard Approach (NDSHA) for Seismic Response Analyses in urban areas. Case histories from Italian territory.

Giovanna Vessia is an Associate Professor of Engineering Geology at the University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, a position she has held since 2012. She holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and earned her PhD in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering in 2001. Her research focuses on geohazard assessment, including seismic microzonation, landslide studies, and geostatistical methods for hazard mapping. She has contributed to numerous national and international research projects and has authored over 100 publications in the field. Since 2014, she has been a member of the Technical Committee TC304 of the ISSMGE, and in 2020, she became co-chair of the IAEG Committee C28. She also serves as an associate editor for Engineering Geology and is on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals

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Establishment of Rainfall Thresholds for Shallow Landslide in Rangamati Sadar, Bangladesh

Dr. Mahmuda Khatun, born in Tangail, Bangladesh, holds a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Jahangirnagar University. Her research focuses on engineering geology and geohazards in Rangamati. She also completed an M.Tech. and Postgraduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS. Currently a Professor at Jahangirnagar University, she has published widely and is active in professional organizations, including IAEG Bangladesh and the National Earthquake Society of Bangladesh. Dr. Khatun is the IBNG WEG Chair and represents Bangladesh at ARC15 of IAEG.

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Quantitative Analysis for Greening as an option for Sustainable City

Dr. Sultana Nasrin Nury, Director (Geophysics) at the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB), leads the Geophysical Data Analysis Branch. With 25 years of experience, she specializes in urban geology, environmental geology, and geophysical surveys. Dr. Nury holds multiple post-graduate degrees, including a PhD from Monash University, focused on urban heat island mitigation. Her work includes groundbreaking projects in geophysical data analysis, subsurface modeling, and environmental studies. She has contributed significantly to urban development and environmental mitigation in Bangladesh.

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Rapid and Long Runout Landslides Triggered by Different Liquefaction Mechanisms

Prof. Dr. Fawu Wang, Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction at Shimane University, is a renowned expert in landslides and disaster mitigation. After retiring as a Professor Emeritus from Shimane University, he joined Tongji University as a full professor. With over 30 years of experience, he has published more than 100 papers and co-authored books on landslide mechanics, motion prediction, and disaster reduction. Dr. Wang is the Director-General of the International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction and Editor-in-Chief of Geoenvironmental Disasters. He has received numerous research grants throughout his career.