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
Dawie Marx (NewFields)
Secretary General
Lynley Prather (TRI Minerva)
International Committee Members
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)
