The 9th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics (formerly named as “International Symposium on Environmental Vibration”) will be held at the Hokkaido University (HU) located in Sapporo, Japan on March 6-8, 2024. Sapporo isJapan's 5th largest city with a population of 2.0 million, and the prefectural capital of Hokkaido, northern island of Japan. Despite being a large metropolis, a short trip out to the suburbs reveals abundant natural scenery, where outdoor leisure activities such as hiking, canoeing, camping, and winter sport can be enjoyed. Each of the four seasons bring their own delights, and every year many tourists from both home and abroad visit the region, which is famous for being one of Japan's leading producers of delicious foodstuff. The city also ranks number two among the places Japanese people would like to live. Hokkaido University is a leading comprehensive university started out in 1876, and during its long history, the college was promoted to an Imperial University and then flourished followed by being ahead as one of the National University Corporation.
The first ISEV symposium was initiated by H. Takemiya of Okayama University, Japan and Yunmin Chen of Zhejiang University, China, and held in Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2003. The subsequent seven symposia were successfully convened in Okayama University, Japan (2005), National Taiwan University, Taipei (2007), Beijing Jiaotong University, China (2009), Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2011), Tongji University, China (2013), and Zhejiang University, China (2016), Central South University, China (2018), respectively. With the increasing impact over academia and industry, the symposia have attracted much attention from government officials, scientific and research communities, and engineering professionals. Geotechnical challenges associated with dynamic loads on railroad track and road pavements often require scientific and technological breakthroughs for design innovations. To effectively reflect such frontiers, this symposium was renamed as “International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics” in 2016 and held under the auspices of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) TC202 Transportation Geotechnics Committee.
The scope of the 9th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics 2024 (ISEV 2024) will continue to cover environmental vibrations induced by industrial, civilian and transportation activities, problems associated with dynamic vehicular loading on road foundations, and sustainability challenges of transportation infrastructures and the built environment. The symposium will consist of workshops (including one dedicated to Young Transportation Geotechnics Engineers) and plenary and breakout sessions as well as a technical exhibition for dissemination of research findings and engineering best practices. The ISEV 2024 event will serve as a platform for academic exploration, experience exchange, and thought inspiration amongst the practitioners engaged in management, design and construction of largescale civil and transportation infrastructure, researchers, academics and students, in liaison with ISSMGE TC101 Laboratory Testing and TC 214 Soft Soils. Engineers from planning, design construction and management engineering companies, decision makers, transport infrastructures managers and owners, and governmental bodies are especially encouraged to attend this symposium.