Help civil engineering leaders develop ways to grow the profession to tackle the nation's ever-expanding infrastructure challenges. ASCE is gearing up for an exciting annual conference in Pittsburgh, November 6 to 8, devoted to seeking solutions to these 21st-century issues. Whether you're a seasoned professional, an educator, or a student embarking on a career in civil engineering, you'll find much to gain from. Expand your industry knowledge at track sessions on tackling challenges in staffing engineering disciplines, managing risk and developing leadership skills. Short courses, technical tours, evening networking receptions, the ASCE Annual Business Meeting, and ASCE's first-ever CareerZone are just a few of the other dynamic events you won't want to miss.

The 11th Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference is devoted to onshore and offshore maritime engineering. These activities are still developing rapidly all over the world. Construction problems always occur in association with complexities related to geotechnical conditions. Geotechnical design in maritime engineering requires knowledge of many aspects of soil-structure interaction as well as the behaviour of different types of soils. Years of practice by individual engineers and researchers in this discipline has produced a great deal of valuable knowledge. Therefore it is very important to exchange such experiences at an international level.

The first meeting of the 17th ICSMGE Conference Advisory Committee (CAC) was held in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt on 18-19 November 2006. Members of the Conference Organizing Committee (COC), chaired by Dr. Mamdouh Hamza, welcomed to Egypt Prof. Pedro Sêco e Pinto, President of the ISSMGE, Professor Mounir Bouassida, ISSMGE Vice President for the African Region, Professor William Van Impe, Immediate Past President of the ISSMGE, Professor R. N. Taylor, Secretary-General of the ISSMGE, and Dr. Masahi Kamon, Professor of Environmental Geotechnics at Kyoto University and Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee for the 16th ICSMGE held in Osaka, Japan in 2005.

The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), the Canadian National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CNC), and the Geotechnical Society of Edmonton invite you to join us in Edmonton at the 61st Canadian Geotechnical Conference and the 9th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference. The Conference will be held at the Edmonton Westin Hotel from September 21-24, 2008