The Roundtable discussion on «Innovation and Challenges in the Construction of the Ground and Foundations of Renewable Energy Facilities» within the World Scientific and Engineering Congress (WSEC-2017) «Energy of the future: innovative scenarios and methods of their implementation» is held on June 20, 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The organizer of the event is the President of the Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society (KGS) Askar Zhussupbekov.
Photo 1 - Askar Zhussupbekov – the organizer of the event the President of the Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society (KGS)
The Roundtable discussion WSEC-2017 provided an ideal academic platform for researchers to present the latest research findings and describe emerging technologies, and directions in Geotechnical issues.
Photo 1- Group photo of participants
The roundtable discussion will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars from the USA Victor Kaliakin, Austria Heinz Brandl, Japan – Akira Hasegawa, Turkey – Ayfer Erken, Republic of Korea – Eun Chul Shin, Taiwan – Der-Wen Chang, Kazakhstan – Askar Zhussupbekov to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of geotechnical engineering. Special lecturer was Director of the Energy Center of Technical University of Darmstadt Rolf Katzenbach from Germany.
Photo 2 – Awarding Ceremony of Appreciation tablet to Rolf Katzenbach
The storage of future energy for heating and cooling, geomechanical challenges associated with modeling and analyzing renewable energy facilities, wind and geothermal energy was discussed during the roundtable discussion.
Photo 3 – During the roundtable discussion