CONFERENCE REPORT:
XXth Károly Széchy Memorial Session and
XIIIth Geotechnical Evening Forum
Budapest, 14th of February, 2014
The Hungarian National Committee of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) jointly with the Engineering Section of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Geotechnical Section of the Hungarian Chamber of Engineers celebrated the XXth Károly Széchy Memorial Session on the 14th February, 2014 at the Great Lecture Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, with over 230 persons attending the event (Fig. 1).The event has beenorganized20 times since1994.
Fig. 1 Internationalguestswith the hosts on the Széchy Memorial Session; 1) János Józsa – academic of the HAS -Hungary; 2) Péter Görög – vice president of the Hungarian Geotechnical Society and ISSMGE HNC; 3) Ferenc Friedler- Rector of the University of Pannonia; 4) Dietmar Adam – professor TU Vienna; 5) Ivan Vrkljan – Zagreb – president of the Croatian Geotechnical Society (CGS) -vice president of International Society of Rock Mechanics ISR; 6) Antonio Gens – ISSMGE vice president for Europe; 7) László Nagy – Head of Geotechnical Department of TU Budapest- lecturer; 8) Heinz Brandl – em. professor TU Vienna – Head of Austrian Society of Civil Engineers and Architectures; 9) József Mecsi – president of the Hungarian Geotechnical Society and ISSMGE HNC; 10) Zoltan Melitz – Rector of the ETJ Colleges Baja city; 11) Roger Frank – president of the ISSMGE; 12) Carlo Viggiani – em.professor Naples – lecturer; 13) Peter Turček – professor TU Bratislava; 14) László Szilvágyi – president of the Geotechnical Session of Hungarian Chamber of Engineers; 15) Jana Frankovska- president of the Chech and Slovak ISSMGE National Committee; 16) Ákos Török – president of the Hungarian National Group of International Society for Rock Mechanics
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