REPORT FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ISSMGE FOR AUSTRALASIA ISSMGE COUNCIL MEETING, PARIS

摘要

This report contains a summary of the highlights of the activities of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) for the period since the last Council meeting in Toronto in October 2011. Australasia is the smallest ISSMGE region in terms of the number of Member Societies. However, in terms of its membership — which at 1590 in 2013 represents some 8% of the ISSMGE membership - Australasia ranks 4th out of the 6 ISSMGE regions. Australia and New Zealand are not highly populated countries and the current membership of the region represents 80 ISSMGE members per million of the population (43 for Australia and 116 for New Zealand). This compares to an overall average of 11 ISSMGE members per million of the population for the Society as a whole. These statistics reflect not only the high level of interest in the ISSMGE by engineers in the region but also the level of geotechnical engineering activity taking place.