5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG)

Discover the forefront of offshore geotechnics at the 5^th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG) hosted by the University Gustave Eiffel in Nantes, France, from June 9-13, 2025.

Join industry leaders, researchers, and experts for an unparalleled experience, building on the success of our previous symposiums in Austin, Texas (2022), Oslo, Norway (2015) and Perth, Australia (2005, 2010). With the support of the ISSMGE, represented by the French committee in Soil Mechanics (CFMS), this event is organized by a French mirror group of the TC209 and will provide a global perspective on offshore geotechnics.

ISFOG 2025 will highlight cutting-edge technologies, with a spotlight on the evolving landscape of offshore renewables, including the shift to floating wind farms. Explore geotechnical challenges faced by both the oil and gas and wind industries, with insights delivered by a distinguished speaker in the 7th Honorary McClelland lecture.

Mark your calendar, the call for abstracts opens in January 2024, and be part of the future of offshore geotechnics!

Abstract submission is now open at this address: https://www.issmge.org/publications/review-platform/conferences/isfog2025

Abstract template to facilitate drafting of the abstract: https://isfog2025.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/

Additional Information

Conference themes:
1. Frontier developments for offshore renewable energies
2. Site investigation strategies for fixed offshore windfarms and floating windfarms
3. Geohazards and integrated studies
4. Site characterization and ground modelling
5. Specific issues for carbonate soils, indurated soils and rocks, glauconite.
6. Design, standards, risk and reliability
7. Foundations for fixed wind turbines and platforms: monopiles, piles, gravity bases, buckets, subsea structures, others
8. Anchoring systems: drag and plate anchors, suction anchors and caissons, anchor piles, torpedo piles, gravity anchors, prestressed anchors, shared anchor points
9. Pipelines, Risers and Cables
10. Trenching, ploughing, excavation and burial
11. Spudcans: penetration, extraction, interactions
12. Decommissioning of offshore facilities
13. Data Analytics & Machine Learning
 
Timeline:
Abstract submission dead-line: 30th of June 2024
Submission of draft manuscript: 30th of October 2024
Final paper dead-line: 31st of March 2025
Symposium: 9th 13th of June 2025