Events & Courses

Due to the health risks of hosting large public events posed by the coronavirus, this event has been postponed to 24 to 26 September 2020 at the same venue, Christ’s College Cambridge. Please see the new event page for any further updates.

The Engineering Group of the Geological Society will host its 2020 Annual Conference at Christ’s College, Cambridge. 

The theme of this year’s conference is ‘The role of the engineering geologist in the climate change challenge’, and will bring together practitioners and academics from across our industry.

Speakers

Confirmed speakers include:

• Jim Gelder (Mott MacDonald)
• Peter Head, CBE FREng (Arup)
• Professor Colin Hills (University of Greenwich)
• Kevin W Jones (Tetra Tech Canada)
• Fleur Loveridge (University of Leeds)
• Gemma Sherwood (Atkins)

Registration and cost

Tickets are on sale now via Billetto.

Your ticket fee includes dinner, lunch, refreshments, and two nights' accommodation at Christ’s College. Further details are available on the ticket website, as linked above.

1. 'Early career' tickets are for those with less than 10 years' post-graduate experience
2. There are a limited number of student tickets

Continued Professional Development (CPD)

While the conference itself is excellent CPD, we will be hosting a bespoke training session before the start of the full conference. 

Sessions will focus on state-of-the-art approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation for engineering geologists. Instructors include Professor Mike Winter (Winter Associates Limited) and Dr Phil Renforth (Heriot-Watt University).

The CPD training can be booked during registration for an additional £100 on top of your ticket price, which includes lunch and refreshments.

Venue

Christ's College
St Andrew's Street
Cambridge
CB2 3BU

Organising committee

• Dr John Perry
• Dr Dave Giles
• Dr Phil Renforth
• Tom Hall
• Amy Flynn