Call for Abstracts

Due: 2024-03-15

Submit an abstract

We sincerely invite you to submit abstracts to the International Conference on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (ICBBG) 2025, scheduled to take place in Tempe, Arizona, USA from May 19 to 21, 2025. ICBBG aims to bring together top researchers from around the world to present the state of the art and state of the practice on biogeotechnics, and to facilitate knowledge exchange among researchers, industry, agencies and educators.

Themes

We call for submissions to 8 general sessions and 8 special symposia:

General sessions	Special symposia
Bio-mediated methods for hazard mitigation	Bio-inspired Tunneling
Bio-mediated methods for environmental protection and restoration	Asia experiences on bio-mediated geotechnics
Bio-mediated methods for infrastructure construction	Europe experiences on bio-mediated geotechnics
Bio-inspired methods for infrastructure construction	Biopolymer treated soils
Bio-inspired methods for subsurface exploration and excavation	Delivery strategies for MICP
Fundamental research on biogeotechnics	MICP for sustainable geoenergy applications
Case studies on field applications of biogeotechnics	Fungal treatment of soils
Education, outreach, diversity, inclusion and equity in engineering	Build with nature

Abstract Submission Instructions for Authors

• Abstracts should have 150 to 250 words.
• Abstracts are submitted to the ISSMGE conference review platform (deadline: March 15, 2024).
  • You need to use your free ISSMGE account to login
  • If you are submitting multiple papers, please use a same account
• Select a general session or a special symposium (see the above table)
  • If none of the provided themes fit your paper, please select “General session: Other”
  • Note that abstracts submitted to Special Symposia may be later reassigned to General sessions depending on the number of abstracts received for each symposium.
• Select a presentation type (oral, poster or either)

What to Expect after Submission of Abstracts

Actions	Date
Abstracts Due	October 2023 March 15, 2024
Full Paper Invitations Begin	December 2023 April 15, 2024
Draft Papers due	May 2024 August 31, 2024
Review Comments to Authors	November 15, 2024
Final Papers due	December 2024 January 31 , 2025
Conference Registration Due	March 31, 2025

Publication and Copyright Information

• Authors retain all rights to their articles in the conference proceedings.
• A copyright agreement form will be provided to authors and must be submitted at the time of acceptance and final submission of revised papers.
• Accepted papers will be published in a free and open access conference proceedings in the ISSMGE Online Library.
• Each paper will be indexed with its own individual DOI number and Conference Proceedings, with their own ISSN.
• Additional indexing options such as Scopus, WoS/Clarivate, EI, and Compendex may be sought.
• The conference editorial board may invite selected conference papers for special issues of high impact journals.

Questions?

Please send emails to the organizing committee,

To learn more, visit the conference website: https://www.icbbg2025.com

Submit an abstract