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Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication The 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ISSMGE Fifteenth Asian Regional Conference - Conference summary The 15th Asian Regional Conference took place in Methane Hydrate Production by Geotechnical Fukuoka, Japan, from date 9th to 13th of November, Engineering 2015, co-organized by the International Society for Prof. Jorge Gabriel Zornberg (USA): New Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Frontiers of Geosynthetics Application in (ISSMGE) and the Japanese Geotechnical Society Geotechnical Engineering (Mercer Lecture) (JGS). It attracted 929 participants from 34 countries In addition to the USBs distributed to the and 560 papers were accepted. The conference theme conference participants, all the papers including of “Innovations and Sustainability”, which indicates invited lectures have been electronically published not only new technologies and methods in with DOI from Japanese Geotechnical Society Special geotechnical engineering but also the sustainability of Publication (JGSSP). JGSSP is the publication series human resources in the geotechnical engineering newly launched by JGS, freely accessible from community, is recently attracting heavy concern from www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jgssp. the engineering discipline. In addition, this conference was characterized by the following two issues. (1) Engineering Session Day (ESD) ISSMGE members are from both academia and engineering practice working in the fields, and thus the fusion of those two members is one of the most important issues for sustaining our society. In this 15ARC, we organized a special event called “Engineering Session Day (ESD)” in which we set one full day (November 11) for this event and it included another 7 keynote lectures introducing world-class big projects and 1 special lecture from Japan. There are also technical sessions mostly presented by practitioners. In addition, a discussion Figure 1. Conference logo on the rehabilitation projects following mega disasters such as the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake was There were 7 plenary and 86 parallel sessions featured as a work of collaboration involving groups including TC or ATC organized sessions. All the from industry–government-academia. The special and accepted papers were provided the opportunity to keynote lectures in this ESD were delivered as what make an oral presentation, and more than 400 papers follows; were presented in the parallel technical sessions. The Special Lecture: invited lectures were delivered as follows; Dr. Hisakazu Ohishi (Japan): The History of the Prof. Kok Kwang Phoon (Singapore): Statistical Country Formation in Japan -That solves the Characterization of Geotechnical Information Mystery of the Japanese- Prof. Gang Zheng (China): Ground Deformation Keynote Lectures: Control due to Underground Construction in Dr. Za-Chieh Moh (Taiwan): Challenges in China Recent Underground Construction in Taiwan Prof. S. Mohsen Haeri (Iran): Hydro-Mechanical Ms. Frances Badelow (Australia): Geotechnical Behavior of Collapsible Soils in Unsaturated Soil Foundation Design for Some of the World's Mechanics Context Tallest Buildings Prof. Dong-Soo Kim (Korea): Evaluation of Dr. Albert T. Yeung (Hong Kong): Construction Seismic Loads on Structures Considering Details of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction via Mr. Seiki Takano (Japan): Design and Centrifuge Construction of New Runway at Haneda Prof. Gautam N. Gandhi (India): Hazardous Waste International Airport Management by Geosynthetic Lined Landfill Mr. Takashi Imaishi (Japan): A Wind Crossing Prof. Masayuki Hyodo (Japan): Challenge for the Sea Bottom -Construction of the Bosphorous http://doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v02.summary Strait Crossing Rail Tunnel- Mr. Kazuo Ide (Japan): Treatment of Disaster Waste Generated by the Great East Japan Earthquake -Treatment of Disaster Waste by Member Corporations of the Japan Federation of Construction Contractors- Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon (United Nations Environment Programme): Disaster Waste: Resource Recovery and Utilization in Developing Countries -Learning from Earthquake in Nepal- (2) Low Cost Conference (LCC) One of the recent trends of international Photo 2 Audience at the session conferences are the wonderful hotel as the venue, fantastic equipment, marvelous banquet and supports provided to less wealthy people (not many). Consequently, every participant is happy. However, the registration fee can be US 800 – 1200 $ which is not easy for everybody to pay. Because the conference quality is very good, there is nothing to be blamed in the recent trend. In Asia, participation of international events requires long and expensive air flights and, hence, there should be some good idea to help participants, which is LCC. The Fukuoka conference offered the early registration of approximately US 420 $ and the full Photo 3 Technical tour registration of 500 $. Furthermore, accommodation was available at 60 $/night with breakfast, air conditioning, internet etc. at 5 min. walk from conf. venue. This low cost was made possible only with the enthusiastic contribution of many people as well as the financial supports by public and private sectors. They are sincerely appreciated by the organizing committee. Photo 4 Friendship during banquet (“SAKE barrel Opening”) After the conference, a technical tour was organized to visit Tour A: Fukuoka City and Tour B: Shimabara City in Nagasaki Prefecture. The next conference of this series will be held at the City of Taipei in the year of 2019. Photo 1 Presidential address at Opening Ceremony by Prof. Roger Frank .