About CIGOS

1. CIGOS-2017: New Challenges in Civil Engineering

Organizers:

Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts – AVSE
Association of Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Materials – GCMM
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay – ENS Paris-Saclay
- Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology - HUT
- École Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du bâtiment et de l’Industrie – ESTP

Dates:From October 26^th to 27^th, 2017.

Venue: Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology – HCMUT

Website: https://cigos2017.sciencesconf.org/

Key information:

158 experts, scientists as well as representatives of conference partners and companies from 17 different worldwide countries such as United States, Australia, France, Italy, Belgium, Algeria, Senegal, Japan, China, Korea, Spain, etc.;
110/189 selected papers presented in 18 technical and scientific sessions;
6 keynote lectures presented by Tuncer B. EDIL (Emeritus Professor, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA), Gregory J. HANCOCK (Emeritus Professor and Professorial Research Fellow, University of Sydney, Australia), Guillaume HERVE-SECOURGEON (EDF Lab Paris Saclay - IMSIA; Deputy Director of RENON - IRC/ESTP – Head of the ESTP chair and Master program in Nuclear Civil Engineering, France), Carlo SANSOUR (Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering department, University of Nottingham, UK; Civil Engineering Department, INSA de Rennes, France), Hitoshi TANAKA (Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan) and Toshimi KABEYASAWA (Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan).

Conference’s proceedings published into two volumes of Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering – Springer

Main activities:

Edition of Conference’s Proceedings published by Springer
Keynote Lectures;
Parallel technical sessions;
Exposition
Technical visit on a Shimizu’s construction site of in the framework of Project Ho Chi Minh City Metro

2. CIGOS-2015: Innovations in Construction

Organizers:

Dates: From May 11^st to 12^nd, 2015.

Venue: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan

Key information:

150 experts, scientists as well as representatives of conference partners, essentially from France and Vietnam but also Italy, Belgium, Algeria, Senegal, Japan, China, Korea, Portugal… including 50 PhD candidates, 75 scientists, 25 industrial researchers and developers;
115/158 selected papers presented in 6 technical and scientific sessions;
8 keynote lectures presented by François de Larrard (LAFARGE, France), Anh Minh Tang (École des Ponts Paristech, France), Dang Hung Nguyen (University of Liège, Belgique), Pierre Wyniecki (Nuvia Structure, France), Alain Puech (Vice-president of CFMS, FUGRO, France), Ba Viet Tran (National Institute of Science and Technology of Construction, Vietnam), Duc Chinh Pham (Institute of Mechanics, Vietnam) and Paul Vincent (Leader of Campus ENS Cachan Paris-Saclay project, France);
15 supporting letters: The Vietnamese embassy in France, 3 Vietnamese ministers: Minister of Transport, Minister of Construction, Minister of Science and Technology, French agency of development, Business France-Bureau of Hanoi, etc.

Main activities:

Keynote Lectures;
Parallel technical sessions;
Roundtable on “Future collaboration between Vietnam and France on Research and Formation, chaired by Prof. Quy Dao Nguyen (Emeritus Research Director CNRS, France) and Prof. Dang Hung Nguyen (University of Liège, Belgium);
Professional discussions between Vietnamese and French establishments;

3. CIGOS 2013: Construction and Sustainable Development

Organizers:

Dates: From Thursday 04^thto Friday 05^th April 2013

Venue: INSA de Lyon, Villeurbanne FRANCE

Key information:

120 experts, scientists as well as representatives of conference partners (Vietnam Embassy in France, Grand Lyon, MOST, ERAI, INDURA, etc.);
65/80 selected papers presented in 12 technical and scientific sessions;
7 outstanding plenary presentations performed by Henri Van Damme (IFSTTAR, France), Félix Darve (INPG, INDURA, France), Van Thuan Vo (NEPIO, MOIT, Vietnam), Bernard Rivalta (SYSTRAL, France), Christian Ngo (CEA, Edmonium, France), Jean Sinou (CNR, France) and Bernard Yrieux (EDF R&D, France).

Main activities:

Keynote and invited Lectures;
Technical and Scientific Sessions;
Round-table “Economic Intelligence” with the contribution of Daniel Tartonne (Cap Vision, France), Van Phuc Le (APAVE, France), Nivet Michel (IOA, France), Minh Ha (CONINCO, Vietnam), Alice Baumelle (ERAI, France), Olivier Souquet (DeSo, France);
Personalized Meetings;
Visit of Construction Sites (La Confluence).

4. CIGOS-2010: High-rise Buildings and Underground Structures

Organizers:

Dates: Thursday 18^th to Friday 19^th, November 2010

Venue: École des Ponts ParisTech (FRANCE)

Key information

200 participants with 1/3 coming from Vietnam;
25 organizations, companies, universities from Vietnam; 36 organizations, companies and 12 universities of France; several companies coming from US, Netherlands, Belgium, Swiss, Tunisia;
62 presentations (10 keynote lectures and 52 technical and scientific presentations)
60 personalized meetings between university and society representatives

Main activities:

Keynote Lectures;
Technical and Scientist Sessions;
Personalized Meetings;
Round-table: continuing the engineer training programs; opening some specialized Master programs and shorts courses for Vietnamese engineers; exchange of technical recommendations and performing the Vietnamese Code of construction based in Euro Code;
Visit of Construction Sites: Tower FIRST at La Défense and Extension Metro Line 4 at Montrouge.

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