2nd International Symposium on Geotest Sites (ISGTS)

The 2nd International Symposium on GeoTest sites (2nd ISGTS) will be held on 5th-6th June 2025 in the vibrant city of Tampere in Southern Finland. After the success of the 1st international ISGTS symposium in Oslo (Norway) in 2019 organized by NGI, the 2nd edition will finally take place next year in Tampere, Finland, organized by Tampere University.

Benchmarking is of significant importance in geotechnical engineering, both for testing and verifying innovative soil investigation methods and foundation solutions. The Symposium aims to present detailed characterization of a wide range of natural soils used for benchmarking in geotechnical engineering. The symposium also seeks to promote an increase use of the benchmark sites as a research tool, as training and teaching facilities and as ground for development of new soil models, testing of new investigation methods and further advance the state-of-the-art.