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Call For Abstracts
Submission Deadline:
Friday, January 13, 2023
Submit your 300-word
abstract at
www.dfi.org/Annual2023
or scan the QR code.
DFI, Conference Chair Matt Marks (Forgen), and
Program Co-Chairs Kathryn Petek, Ph.D., P.E.
(Shannon & Wilson, Inc.) and Scott Walker, P.E., G.E.
(Langan Engineering) invite you to submit abstracts
for original technical papers and panel sessions for
DFI's 48th
Annual Conference on Deep Foundations
(#DFI48) to be held October 31 - November 3, 2023,
in Seattle. The theme is Embracing Change. This
conference will look into the trends in industry
advancements, changing policies and standards and
incorporating resiliency in design and construction
across the deep foundation industry.
All accepted papers will be published in the
Conference Proceedings and select papers will be
presented orally by the author during the technical
sessions. Proposals for panel sessions are
welcomed and encouraged. Please describe the
panel topic and list the proposed speakers in the
abstract. Paper format guidelines are available at
www.dfi.org/Annual2023.
For inquiries, contact:
Deep Foundations Institute
Email: speakers@dfi.org
Subject: DFI Annual 2023
Tel: (973) 423-4030
Presentation Themes
Abstracts are being accepted on the following topics:
n Incorporating Resiliency into Practice: Accounting for sea-level rise,
forecasting, modeling and statistics, cascading impacts, change
management, designing for multiple benefits
n Evolving Practice with National, State and Local Codes: Unifying design
and construction requirements between entities, collaborating with
multiple agencies to establish design expectations and requirements
n Creative Solutions to Current Business Challenges: Supply chain, risk
management, workforce shortages and training, safety, regulations
n Geotechnical Challenges in the Pacific Northwest and Similar
Environments: High seismicity and basin effects, groundwater, glacial
deposits and others
n Mitigating Geo and Natural Hazards: Landslides, seismic, slope stability,
groundwater, flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, karst, etc.
n Deep Foundation Advancements: Special construction methods,
very large and/or deep drilled or driven elements, semi-rigid and rigid
inclusions
n Marine Foundations and Challenges: Near shore projects, off-shore
projects, wind, oil and gas, ports, rivers and lakes
n Advances in Testing, QA/QC and Information Management: Load
testing, monitoring, testing of existing foundations, noise and vibrations,
information and data management systems, planning and execution
n Case Histories: Mega, local, national and international projects, applying
past lessons learned to future infrastructure projects, waterfront redevelopment
and remediation
n " The Kitchen Sink: " Other interesting papers on topics in the deep
foundation industry
Important Dates:
Abstract Portal Opened: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Abstracts Due:
Draft Papers Due:
Final Papers Due:
Final PowerPoint Due:
Friday, January 13, 2023
Friday, April 14, 2023
Friday, June 30, 2023
Friday, September 29, 2023
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