INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr. Marc Ballouz, President ISSMGE Prof. Keh Jian (Albert) Shou Vice President Asia, ISSMGE Prof. Ikou Towhata, Previous Vice President Asia, ISSMGE Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov President Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society Prof. Buddhima Indraratna, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Prof. Shahid Azam University of Regina, Canada Prof. Takashi Kiyota Institute of Industrial Science, The University Of Tokyo, Japan Assoc. Prof. Tarunjit Singh Butalia, Ohio State University, USA Dr. Tahir M. Hayat CEO, Basha Diamer Dam Consultant Group (DBCG) Prof. Tadashi Hara Kochi University Japan Prof. Aneel Kumar, Pro-Vice Chancellor, MUET, Jamshoro Prof. Badee Alshameri Head Geotechnical Engineering Department NUST, Islamabad Prof. Khalid Farooq, Dean Civil Engineering UET, Lahore Prof. Khan Shahzada, UET, Peshawar