excerpt from Message from the President
By Professor Pedro Sêco e Pinto

ISSMGE should prepare the young geotechnical engineers to face the real needs of society and the new challenges. So it is important to help them to develop independent thinking and decision making skills trough practice, to reduce the gap between theory and practice, to help them explore their intuition and teach them the importance of engineering judgement.

From a balance of the Young Geotechnical Engineers Regional Conferences organised in Africa (2), in Asia (6), Australasia (8), in Europe (19) and in South America (3) it was recognised the great interest for the education of young geotechnical engineers.

The list of the recent Regional Young Geotechnical Conferences is the following:
2007 Tunis – Tunisie 2 th AYGEC
2008 Bangalore – India 6 th AYGEC
2008 Wellington – Australasia 8 th AYGEC
2008 Gyor – Hungary 19 th EYGEC
2009 Cordoba – Argentina 3rd SAYGEC

I was invited to deliver lectures and also messages for the occasion of Opening Ceremonies and Closing Ceremonies of 2th AYGEC (Tunis, 2006), 6th AYGEC (Bangalore, 2008), 17th EYGEC (Zagreb, 2006), 18th EYGEC (Ancona, 2007), 19th EYGEC (Gyor, 2008) and 3rd SAYGEC (Cordoba, 2009),

The President has interacted with the Chairperson of 4 IYGEC Dr. Fatma Baligh mainly to discuss the letter of invitation, the conference programme and the instructions for the authors.

By e.mail 26 November 2008 the invitations were sent by the Organising Committee to all ISSMGE Member Societies. A CAC meeting of 4IYGEC took place in Alexandria on 26 February 2009. Intensive interaction has continued between myself and the Chairperson of 4 IYGEC to discuss several technical and administrative issues.

I would like to transmit the young geotechnical engineers the following message from Kahlii Gibran, The Prophet
“The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and
run murmuring to the sea;
And the treasure of your infinite depths would be
revealed to your eyes.
But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;
And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or
sounding line”.

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2nd SEAC 1970 Singapore

Proceedings of the 2nd Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 11-15 June 1970, Singapore (Volume 1)
Proceedings of the 2nd Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 11-15 June 1970, Singapore (Volume 2)

3rd SEAC 1972 Hong Kong

Proceedings of the 3rd Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 6-10 November 1972, Hong Kong (Volume 1)
Proceedings of the 3rd Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 6-10 November 1972, Hong Kong (Volume 2)

4th SEAC 1975 Malaysia

Proceedings of the 4th Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 7-10 April 1975, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Volume 1)
Proceedings of the 4th Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 7-10 April 1975, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Volume 2)

5th SEAC 1977 Thailand

Proceedings of the 5th Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 2-4 July 1977, Bangkok, Thailand (Volume 1)
Proceedings of the 5th Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 2-4 July 1977, Bangkok, Thailand (Volume 1)

6th Asian Regional Asian Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1979 Singapore

Proceedings of 6th Asian Regional Asian Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 24-27 July 1979, Singapore (Volume 1)
Proceedings of 6th Asian Regional Asian Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 24-27 July 1979, Singapore (Volume 2)

6th SEAC 1980 Taipei R.O.C.

Proceedings of the 6th Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, 19-28 May 1980, Taipei R.O.C. 1980 (Volume 1)
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7th SEAGC 1982 Hong Kong

Proceedings of the 7th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 22-26 November 1982, Hong Kong (Volume 1)
Proceedings of the 7th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 22-26 November 1982, Hong Kong (Volume 2)

8th SEAGC 1985 Malaysia

Proceedings of the 8th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 11-15 March 1985, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Volume 1)
Proceedings of the 8th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 11-15 March 1985, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Volume 2)

9th SEAGC 1987 Thailand

Proceedings of the 9th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 7-11 December 1987, Thailand (Volume 1)
Proceedings of the 9th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 7-11 December 1987, Thailand (Volume 2)

9th Asian Regional Asian Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1991 Thailand

Proceedings of 9th Asian Regional Asian Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 9-13 December 1991, Bangkok, Thailand (Volume 1)
Proceedings of 9th Asian Regional Asian Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 9-13 December 1991, Bangkok, Thailand (Volume 2)

11th SEAGC 1993 Singapore

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12th SEAGC 1996 Malaysia

Proceedings of the 12th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference and the Fourth International Conference on Tropical Soils, 6-10 May 1996, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Volume 1)
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30th Year Anniversary Symposium 1997

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13th SEAGC 1998 Taiwan, R.O.C.

Proceedings of the 13th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference and the Fourth International Conference on Tropical Soils, 16-20 November 1998, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Volume 1)
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» International Forum cum Conference on Information Technology and Communication at the Dawn of the New Millenium 1-4 August 2000 Thailand

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» 15th SEAGC Thailand 2004 – Proceedings of the 15th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference 22-26 November 2004

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» Proceedings of the Malaysian Geotechnical Conference 2004

The Institution of Engineers Malaysia

Ir. Dr. Ooi Teik Aun, Chairman – Organising Committee
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» Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of the Second Bangkok International (Suvarnabhumi) Airport in Thailand 2006

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