GEOTROPIKA & ICHITRA 2019
11th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering in Tropical Regions (11th GEOTROPIKA) and 1st International Conference on Highway and Transportation Engineering (1st ICHITRA)
Keynote Speakers:

Ir. Hj. Zulakmal bin Hj. Sufian (Malaysia)
Senior Director
Road Branch,
Public Works Department (JKR), Malaysia
Title: A Framework For Sustainable Road Development In Malaysia

Ir. Dr. Tan Yean Chin (Malaysia)
G&P Professionals Sdn. Bhd.
The institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
Title: Performance of floating piled raft with varying lengths in soft compressible subsoil

Prof Dr Suksun Horpibulsuk (Thailand)
School of Civil Engineering and Center of Excellence in Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Title: Application of Bearing Reinforcement Earth Wall for Mining Activity
Invited Speakers:

Mr. Mohd Yazip Matori (Malaysia)
Kumpulan Ikram Sdn. Bhd.
Title: Explore the challenges of pavement design, construction and performance with reference to the local studies in Malaysia perspective
Mr. Mohd Shahrir Amin Ahmad (Malaysia)
Southern Region Director
Malaysian Highway Authority, Malaysia
Title: Evaluation of Level of Service for Two Lane Expressway Segment using Mhcm 2011 And Llm/P/T5-09 Methods

Prof. Ir. Dr. Erika Buchari (Indonesia)
Research Director of Multimodal Transport
Civil Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sriwijaya (Unsri), Palembang, Indonesia
Title: Analysis of Multimodal Transport in Transit Oriented Development (Tod) at the Light Rail Transit (Lrt), Palembang, South Sumatera

Prof Dr. Aminaton Marto (Malaysia)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Title: Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering: Have We Done Enough?

Ir. Chee Min Khoo (Malaysia)
Assistant General Manager
Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Malaysia
Title: Geotechnical Challenges and Innovation in Urban Underground Construction – The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Project”
Prof. Ömer Aydan (Japan)
Faculty of Engineering,
University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Title: Rock Dynamics and Anticipated Advances
Technical Talk:

Prof. Dr. Azlan Bin Adnan (Malaysia)
Research Head
Structural Earthquake Engineering Research
(E-SEER), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Title: Earthquake Damage Probability Analysis of Thermal Power Plants due to different soil types.
Mr. Abdul Hamid Othman (Malaysia)
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
AHN Vertex
Title: Super Fiber Mix (Sfm) Asphaltic Concrete
Mr. Kensuke Date (Japan)
Chief Research Engineer
KAJIMA CORPORATION, Japan
Title: KaTRI – Innovative and Practical Geotechnical Solutions
Publication
Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers in English following the guidelines posted on the conference website. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed (check review process in the conference website) and carefully evaluated based on originality and clarity of exposition. Prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference. The papers that are accepted and presented at the conference will be published in SCOPUS indexed international academic proceedings*.
*Subject to the SCOPUS conference proceeding requirements and final decision from editor. The editor may request further revision or declined your revised version if all of the reviewers comments have not been adequately addressed.