Pictured: Pictured: 19th Presenter, Alan Bamforth (Managing Director of ABG Geosynthetics) awarded by Kelvin Higgings, BGA Chair (left) and Andrew Belton, IGS Chair (right)
The British Geotechnical Association’s Invitational Lecture is the UK’s most prestigious annual geosynthetic event. Typically presented at the Institution of Civil Engineers’ headquarters at One Great George Street, London, the event attracts the most prominent speakers in the industry. The former speakers at the event are listed below:
| No. | Year | Presenter | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2001 | JP Giroud | |
| 2nd | 2002 | Robert Koerner | Assessment of Ten Landfill Failures Using 2-D and 3-D Stability Analysis |
| 3rd | 2003 | Kerry Rowe | Geosynthetic-reinforced embankments over soft foundations |
| 4th | 2004 | Alan McGown | The Design and Construction of Geosynthetic Reinforced Load Transfer Platforms Used in a Variety of Applications |
| 5th | 2005 | Colin Jones | Electrokinetic treatment and conditioning of soils and wastes: A new application for Geosynthetics |
| 6th | 2006 | Fumio Tatsuoka | 20 years of geosynthetic reinforced-soil retaining walls with a full-height rigid facing and related structures in Japan |
| 7th | 2007 | Chris Jenner | “New Opportunities” How advances in the analytical understanding of reinforcement in soils will provide practical benefits to the Geotechnical Engineer |
| 8th | 2008 | 8th Presenter | Development of the use of geotextiles in conjunction with ultra high strength expanding foam polymers to create novel in depth ground improvement and piling systems |
| 9th | 2009 | JP Giroud | The Terzaghi Lecture: Criteria for geotextile and granular filters |
| 10th | 2010 | Richard Bathurst | Recent developments in reinforced soil wall technologies |
| 11th | 2011 | Chris Lawson | |
| 12th | 2012 | John Greenwood | Have Geosynthetics changed Geotechnical Engineering? |
| 13th | 2013 | Jorge Zornberg | Advances in the use of geosynthetic reinforcements in paved roads |
| 14th | 2014 | Steve Corbet | Geosynthetics: Design and specifications, the way forward |
| 15th | 2015 | Michael Heibaum | Flooding mitigation, including the use of Geosynthetic construction methods |
| 16th | 2016 | George Koerner | Geomembrane Performance in Landfill |
| 17th | 2017 | Neil Dixon | Global Challenges, Geosynthetic Solutions and Counting Carbon |
| 18th | 2018 | Jie Han | Geosynthetics in Walls and Roads: Recent US Research and Developments |
| 19th | 2019 | Alan Bamforth | A New Climate for Geocomposite Drainage |
| 20th | 2020 | John Cowland | Geosynthetics in Hong Kong Landfills |
| 21st | 2021 | Russel Jones | Managing Legal Risk: A Geotechnical and Geosynthetic Perspective |
| 22nd | 2022 | Pietro Rimoldi | Geosynthetics for environmental resiliency |
Pictured: 19th Presenter, Alan Bamforth presenting the 19th BGA Invitational Lecuture on “A New Climate for Geocomposite Drainge”
