5^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on
Landslides, Slope Stability and
The Safety of Infrastructures

24 - 26 July 2008
Hotel Istana
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

&! TENTATIVE PROGRAMME                                  

24 July, 2008 Thursday:
1600-1830: early registration at Lobby Floor – Istana Hotel, KL, Malaysia
1830-1930: Cocktails (Lobby Floor)

25 July, 2008 Friday:
0800-0900: registration continues at Foyer, Centre of Excellence Mezanine Floor, Istana Hotel

0900: Opening and Keynote Session 1
Welcome remarks
Conference Chairman, Prof Bujang B K Huat
Follow on by Keynote presentations
“Recent landslide disasters induced by earthquakes”
Qing-Qing Yang, Zhi-Man Su, Keizo Ugai*, Cai Fei and Masao Yamada

“Physical Modeling of Slope Failure - Including Rainfall Induced Failure”…text not in proceedings
Hoe I Ling*

1045: morning refreshment

1100: KeyNote Session 2
Chairman: Hoe I LIng
Speakers (2x45min=90min+10QA)
“Slope assessment system for landslide prediction using discriminant analysis”
Bujang BK Huat* and Suhaimi Jamaludin

“Baseline data for erosion and landslide risk assessment”
Harwant Singh* and Bujang B K Huat

1240: lunch & (time for Friday prayers)

1430: Technical Session 1
Chairman: Roslan Zainal Abidin
Speakers: (3x20min=60+10QA)
“Seepage modelling of a saturated-unsaturated earth fill dam”
M W Gui* and Y C Chang

“A study on inspection of feeble indication of landslide by using wavelet analysis“
K Matsumoto, T Okada*, H Tamaki, M Yazawa, M Suzuki, S Kobatake,
Y Shimizu and D Y Song

“A study on characteristics of landslide by using acceleration sensor”
K Matsumoto, H Takezawa*, H Tamaki, M Yazawa, S Kobatake, Y Shimizu and D Y Song

1540: afternoon refreshment

1600: Technical Session 2
Chairman: R Goldsmith
Speakers: (4x20min=80+10QA)
“Investigations & Instrumentation for monitoring the behaviour of landslides”…text not in proceedings
S Murugappan

“The back calculation of some existing slopes to estimate the cohesion of a coarse cohesive alluvium”
S H Ghafouri*

“Spectacular transition from rock to gravel at brixlegg tunnel along the new railway line Munich – Verona”
Wolfram Kagerer*

“Application of CDSM for embankment stabilization”
David S Yang*

1730: adjournment for the day
1900: Conference Dinner – venue to be announced

26July, 2008 Saturday:
0900: Key Note Session 3
Chairman: Bujang B K Huat
Speakers (2x45min=90min+10QA)
“Rainfall induced landslide in Malaysia”
Roslan Zainal Abidin* and Badiah Sujak

“Landslides in hilly areas of Bangladesh: causes and recommendations”
M Z Hossain*

1040: morning refreshments

1110: Technical Session 3
Chairman: M Z Hossain*
Speakers: (4x20min=80+10QA)
“Problems of waste dump instability on Bukit Asam colliery, South Sumatra – Indonesia”…pg167
Taufik Toha*and Bochori

“Studying the causes of ruptures in the rock slope of Shahriar dam site and its stability design”
B Nikbakhtan*

“Landslides in the United States – types, process and effect”
Nrmeen F Aziz*

“Correlations between electrical resistivity and some properties of clayey soils”
F A Hassona*, M A Hassan, M M Abu-Heleika and A E Sidhom

1240: Lunch

1410: Technical Session 4
Chairman: H Singh
Speakers: (4x20min=80+10QA)
Application of geomorphological studies to major infrastructure projects”
R Goldsmith*

“Coastal gully erosion in areas of potential tourist development, Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan Province, South East Vietnam”
A D Mackay* and Bertil Nord

“Landslide disaster vulnerability in Western Kenya and mitigation options; the case of Kuvasali landslide disaster “
S Omuterema*, B K Rop, S S China, J B Miima, B W Sabuni, M Mwakumanya and S B Oteng’I

1540: afternoon refreshment

1610: Technical Session 5
Chairman: Husaini Omar
Speakers: (4x20min=80+10QA)
“Live pole technique for stabilizing hill slope in tropical residual soil against shallow failures”
Bujang B K Huat*, David H Barker and Sasan Mafian

“3-D stability analysis of corners by the Kinematic approach”
N Ganjian*, O Farzaneh and F Askari

“Slope stability analysis of heap leaching structures (Case study: “Tarom” heap leaching)”
A Majdi, M Amini and B Arabzadeh*

“Simulation of swelling pressure of expansive soils beneath structures”
Abdullah Keyvani* and Leila Keyvani

1740: Closing Session:
Chairman: Prof Bujang B K Huat
Closing Remarks & Award Presentation, if any.
Adjournment of Conference

N.B. Updates on the programme would be posted on the website. The organisers reserve the right to amend the programme if deemed necessary without further notice.

Please send all enquiries and registrations to cipremie@singnet.com.sg