International Organizing Committee
Prof. Pinnaduwa H.S.W. Kulatilake,
Conference Chair; President, Sri Lankan Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering; Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, USA ,
Dr. Rini Asnida Abdullah,
General Secretary, Malaysian Society for Rock Mechanics, Malaysia
Dr. Akm Badrul Alarm,
President, Bangladesh Rock Mechanics Society, Bangladesh
Prof. Leandro R. Alejano,
ISRM Vice President for Europe, Spain
Prof. Dr.- Conrad Boley,
President, German Geotechnical Society, Germany
Prof. Sung O. Choi,
President, Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, South Korea
Prof. Yoginder Paul Chugh,
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
Dr. Enkhbayar Dandar,
President, Mongolian Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Mongolia
Prof. Debasis Deb,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Dr. Sevda Dehkhoda,
ISRM Vice President for Australasia, Australia
Prof. Sergio Fontoura,
PUC Rio, Brazil
Prof. Ranjith Pathegama Gamage,
Monash University, Australia
Prof. Bojana Grujic,
University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof. Essaieb Hamdi,
President, Tunisian Society for Rock Mechanics, Tunisia
Prof. Manchao He,
President, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, China
Dr. Pengfei He,
Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, China
Prof. Seokwon Jeon,
ISRM President-Elect, South Korea
Prof. Iryna Kovalevska,
President, Ukrainian Geotechnical Society, Ukraine
Prof. Suseno Kramadibrata,
ISRM Vice President for Asia, Indonesia
Dr. Luis Lamas,
ISRM Secretary-General, Portugal
Dr. James Lawrence,
British Geotechnical Association, United Kingdom
Prof. Charlie Chunlin Li,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Prof. Diyuan Li,
Central South University, China
Dr. D.J.M. Ngan-Tillard,
President, ISRM National Group of the Netherlands
Dr. Tetsuo Okuno,
President, Japan Society for Rock Mechanics, Japan
Dr. Igor Peshevski,
President, Macedonian Association for Geotechnics, Macedonia
Dr. Noppadol Phenwej,
ISRM Representative of the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Thailand
Dr. Alexandre Pinto,
President, Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia, Portugal
Dr. Peter Robinson,
Secretary-General, Australian Geomechanics Society, Australia
Dr. Antonio Samaniego,
Executive Secretary, Sociedad Peruana de Geoingenieria, Peru
Dr. Pawan Kumar Shrestha,
President, Nepal Society for Rock Mechanics, Nepal
Dr. Oskar Sigi,
President, ISRM Singapore National Group, Singapore
Dr. Mahendra Singh,
President, Indian National Group of the ISRM, India
Prof. Luis Ribeiro Sousa,
University of Porto, Portugal
Dr. Pham Quoc Tuan,
Secretary-General, Vietnam Society of Rock Mechanics, Vietnam
Prof. Resat Ulusay,
ISRM President, Turkey
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Vij,
Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India
Dr. Vikram Vishal,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Dr. Ridho Wattimena,
Secretary, Indonesian Rock Mechanics, Society, Indonesia
Prof. Qiong Wu,
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Dr. Yan Xing,
China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
Dr. Xu-xu Yang,
Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
Dr. Sabid Zekan,
Vice President, Geotechnical Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia
Dr. Jun Zheng,
Zhejiang University, China