The International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR) is delighted to announce the first ICGdR World Congress will be held in Hong Kong, China, from August 9 to 12, 2026. As a flagship international event of ICGdR, the World Congress will be convened every four years, providing a premier platform for global experts, researchers, and practitioners to exchange knowledge and advance the field of geo-disaster reduction. The theme of the First ICGdR World Congress, “Geo-disaster Reduction in the Era of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence”, reflects the urgent need to address the increasing challenges posed by climate change, while leveraging the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in disaster risk reduction. The Congress is committed to upholding the highest standards of scientific quality, fostering global participation, and promoting inclusivity and sustainability. The 2026 Congress will feature 14 parallel sessions, mainly organized by ICGdR technical committees, each focusing on a distinct topic within the broad field of geo-disaster reduction, along with 1 student session and 1 poster session. We warmly invite active researchers and leading engineers to join us in Hong Kong for this landmark event, to share your insights, collaborate with international peers, and contribute to building a safer and more resilient world.
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Topics1. Seismic Assessment and Design for Resilient Slopes 2. Remote Sensing of Geoenvironmental Disasters 3. One Health for Disaster-Resilient and Healthy Environments 4. Marine Geo-disaster and Geo-environment 5. Geo-risk Assessment and Mitigation 6. Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geosystems and Geohazards 7. Fault Geo-disaster and Induced Seismicity |
August 7-10, 2026 | Hong Kong, China
Predicting major natural and engineering disasters in rock masses, including earthquakes, landslides, rockbursts, and gas outbursts, remains one of the most difficult challenges in modern science and engineering.
Drawing on long-term research into the mechanisms of rock mass disasters, Professor Zhao Yangsheng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at Taiyuan University of Technology, proposed the “Short-Term Prediction of Rock Failure Competition”. The purpose of the competition is to promote advances in theory, methodology, monitoring technology, and instrumentation for the short-term prediction of rock failure.
The competition focuses on three core prediction tasks:
1. Predicting the failure time of a rock specimen;
2. Predicting the elastic energy released at failure;
3. Predicting the location and mode of rock failure.
The competition is distinctive in several respects. First, the prediction results are objective and experimentally verifiable. Second, the competition links frontier scientific research with practical engineering applications. Third, it provides a common experimental platform on which different theories, methods, monitoring technologies, and instruments can be evaluated under the same testing conditions.
The competition is jointly organized by the ISRM Commission on Ultradeep Rock Mass Mechanics and Engineering and the International Consortium on Geo-Disaster Reduction. Research teams from around the world working in rock mechanics and related disciplines are warmly invited to participate. Through international collaboration and academic exchange, the competition aims to advance the theories, methods, and technologies used to predict disasters in rock masses.
The event will be held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Details see https://icgdr2026.aconf.org/competition.html
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