Organising Comittee
Conference Honorary Chair
- Suat İ. GÜNSEL - Conference Honorary Chair, Founding President of Near East University, North Cyprus
Conference Chair
- İrfan S. GÜNSEL - Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Near East University, North Cyprus
Organising Committee Honorary Chair
- Ergün TOĞROL - Honorary President of Turkish Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Turkey
Organising Committee Chairs
- Feyza ÇİNİCİOĞLU - President of Turkish Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Turkey
- Cavit ATALAR - President of Earthquake and Soil Research and Evaluation Center, Near East University, North Cyprus
Organising Committee Members
- Ahmet SAĞLAMER - Immediate Past President of Turkish Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Turkey
- Mehmet BERİLGEN - Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
- İlknur BOZBEY - İstanbul University, Turkey
- Kemal Önder ÇETİN - Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- Braja M. DAS - California State University Sacramento, USA
- Turan DURGUNOĞLU - Boğaziçi University, Turkey
- Erol GÜLER - Boğaziçi University, Turkey
- Müge İNANIR - Secretary of Turkish Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Turkey
- Recep İYİSAN - İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
- Kutay ÖZAYDIN - Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
- Eun C. SHIN - Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Asia, Korea
- Ivan VANICEK - Past Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Europe, Czech Republic
- Thomas ZIMMIE - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
International Advisory Board
- Atilla ANSAL Özyeğin University, Turkey
- Sivakumar BABU President, Indian Geotechnical Society, India
- Fatma BALIGH Past Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Africa, Egypt
- Ayşe Pekrioğlu BALKIS Cyprus Internatiol University, North Cyprus
- Huriye BİLSEL Cyprus Internatiol University, North Cyprus
- Mounir BOUASSIDA Past Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Africa, Tunisia
- Luljeta BOZO President, Albanian Geotechnical Society, Albania
- Heinz BRANDL Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Jean-Louis BRIAUD Immediate Past President of the ISSMGE, USA
- Moonkyung CHUNG Vice-President, Korean Geotechnical Society, Korea
- Ayşe EDİNÇLİLER President Turkish Geosynthetics Society, Turkey
- Tuncer EDİL University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Pedro FERREIRA University College London, United Kingdom
- Jana FRANKOVSKA Chairwoman, Czech and Slovak Committee for SMGE, Slovakia
- Antonio GENS Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Europe, Spain
- Thomas L. HOLZER USGS, Menlo Park, USA
- Mahdi O. Karkush President Iraqi Scientific Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Iraq
- Nilay KESKİN Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey
- Dong-Soo KIM Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
- Suzanne LACASSE Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
- Lyesse LALOUI Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
- Mustafa LAMAN Liverpool University, United Kingdom
- Madhira MADHAV Past Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Asia, India
- Murat MOLLAMAHMUTOĞLU Gazi University, Turkey
- Mario MANASSERO Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Europe, Italy
- Maher OMAR Sharjah University, UAE
- Akın ÖNALP Okan University, Turkey
- Gürkan ÖZDEN Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
- Jovan PAPIC President, Macedonian Association for Geotechnics, North Macedonia
- Chittaranjan PATRA Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India
- Kok Kwang PHOON Vice Provost, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Salah SADEK President, Lebanese Geotechnical Engineering Society, Lebanon
- Zalihe Nalbantoglu SEZAI Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus
- Hany Farouk SHEHATA Soil-Structure Interaction Group, Egypt
- Siva SIVAKUGAN James Cook University, Australia
- Aykut ŞENOL İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
- Alejo O. SFRISO Vice-President of the ISSMGE for South America, Arjantina
- Khaled SOBHAN Florida Atlantic University, USA
- Barış TRAK Past Technical Director Council of Europe Development Bank, France
- Selçuk TOPRAK Düzce University, Turkey
- Mojca Ravnikar TURK President Slovenian Geotechnical Society, Slovenia
- Erol TUTUMLUER University of Illinois, USA
- Mehmet TÜMAY Louisiana State University, USA
- Eriş UYGAR Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus
- Gülgün YILMAZ Anadolu University, Turkey
- Chungsik YOO President International Geosynthetics Society, Korea
- Yeliz YÜKSELEN-AKSOY Dokuz Eylül University, TURKEY
- Şahin ZAİMOĞLU Atatürk University, TURKEY
- Askar ZHUSUPBEKOV Past Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Asia, Kazakhstan