Our two-day virtual conference on 19th and 20th November ’20 will offer keynote presentations by international experts and some presentations selected from the contributory papers. There will be a panel discussion session during this two-day programme.

Three webinar programs are scheduled during August to October ’20, comprising presentations from the global best foundation industry practitioners covering selected topics.

*Conference Schedule and Technical Program Subject to Change

Inauguration

An overview of 10th Anniversary Conference in November '21

Sponsor Promotional Videos

Keynote 1: Mr. Maurice Bottiau, Franki Foundations

Recent Advances in the Understanding of Augercast Piles and Displacement Augercast Piles and Impact on their Design

Q/A for Keynote 1

Sponsor Promotional Videos

Break - DFI Promotional Material and Technical Videos

Keynote 2: Dr. Antonio Marinucci, Advanced Foundation Solutions LLC

Recent Advancements to Enhance Performance and Reduce Risks in Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement (Abstract)

Q/A for Keynote 2

Panel Discussion: on CFA Piles

Q/A for Panel Discussion

Closing of Day 1

Recap of the First day

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Keynote 3: Conrad Felice, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng., D. GE., F. ASCE, Owner and Managing Principal at C. W. Felice, LLC

Overview of the Use of Geotechnical Baseline Reports (Read bio and abstract)

Q/A for Keynote 3

Sponsor Promotional Videos

Break - DFI Promotional Material and Technical Videos

Paper Presentations

Keynote 4: Prof. Harry G Poulos, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Sydney University

'Applications of piling to infrastructure development'  (Read bio and abstract)

Q/A for Keynote 4

Closing Ceremony

* Programme subject to change

Online Proceedings Preview

Conference Proceedings Abstracts, which include the papers presented during the conference sessions will be added to this website two weeks after the event.

Near the event date, conference registrants receive a link to the full conference online proceedings, which include the technical papers grouped by session topic.

Additionally, after the conference, the proceedings website will have copies of the speaker presentation files, poster presentation files and biographies of each speaker plus other valuable information about DFI and DFI of India. Register early to gain access to the proceedings when they are released.

Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Certificates are provided via email to all attending registrants per webinar within two weeks of attendance.

Each webinar provides 1.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Each day of the conference provides 3.5 PDH hours, for a two-day total of 10.0 hours (including the webinars).