Concept programme / preliminary programme

8.45 h Registration and reception
9.30 h Opening by chairman of the day Bas Vos, KIVI Geotechnics
9.45 h Geotechnical engineering for a sustainable society - Lidija Zdravkovic (Professor of computational Geomechanics at Imperial College London)
10.25 hours Pitch Soft Soils 2026
10.30 h Break + visit exhibition
11.10 am Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Geotechnics: Integrating Theory, Data, and computation - Brian Sheil (Laing O'Rourke Associate Professor of Construction engineering and Director of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at the University of Cambridge)
11.50 h Restoration piling plan Princess Margriet Tunnel, design and implementation - Duco Bergwerf (Manager engineering and Design VSF)
12.20 hours Pitch Conference on Foundation Decarbonisation and Re-use 2026
12.25 hours Lunch break + visit exhibition
13.30 hours Parallel sessions:
1. Standards and guidelines
2. Foundations
3. Soil behaviour
4. Measuring and knowing
14.15 hrs Room change + visit exhibition
15.00 h Parallel sessions:
1. Standards and guidelines
2. Foundations
3. Soil behaviour
4. Measurement and knowledge
15.45 hours Break + visit exhibition
16.15 hours Panel discussion "Table 2b gone with it?"
16.45 hours Presentation of the Keverling Buisman Prize
17.00 hours Closing word from chairman of the day - Bas Vos, KIVI Geotechnics
17.15 h Drinks + subsequent buffet