Title: Third Symposium on Current and Future Practices for the Testing of Multi-Component Geosynthetic Clay Liners
Dates: Wednesday June 27 2012
Location: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina; San Diego, CA
Event Name: June 2012 Committee Week

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The Third Symposium on Current and Future Practices for the Testing of Multi-Component Geosynthetic Clay Liners, will be held Wednesday June 27, 2012. Sponsored by ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics, the symposium will be held at the Sheraton San Diego in San Diego, CA, in conjunction with the June standards development meetings of the committee.

Objective
Not long after ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics formed its Subcommittee D35.04 Geosynthetic Clay Liners, the first symposium on Testing Acceptance Criteria for GCLs (STP 1308) was held in January 1996 in Atlanta. The event offered a review of what was then the current knowledge and understanding regarding this geosynthetic product group. In 2003, a second symposium took place in Denver under the theme "Advances in Geosynthetic Clay Liner Technology." This symposium proved to be extremely valuable and was a great success. Both the Subcommittee and the overall engineering community benefited from the symposium's focus on new technical issues, developments, usage and concerns.

Eight years have passed since that gathering, and with more than two decades of projects and research to draw upon and a new wave of GCL innovation influencing the future direction of the material?s utilization, a third symposium is being planned for June 2012.

A major motivator for this new symposium is the advent of "multi-component GCLs." These materials can be defined as a "GCL with an attached film, coating, or membrane that decreases the hydraulic conductivity or protects the clay core or both." Either a thin plastic barrier is attached to one geotextile component of the GCL or a geotextile component is coated with a polyolefin polymer. In both cases, the added barrier extends the GCL's range of use to a number of site conditions that were previously considered prohibitive (e.g., presence of roots, greater chemical threat, protection against desiccation, etc.). It is now the task of ASTM D35's Subcommittee D35.04 to identify the proper tests for these newer multi-component GCLs, either by adopting/modifying existing test methods or developing new procedures to help designers, owners, operators, regulators, manufacturers and other stakeholders test these materials.

Topics of the symposium include:

• Mechanical testing
• Peel and Shear Behavior
• Hydraulic Testing
• Durability of multi-component
• Field Performance
• Research Studies

The language of the symposium will be English.

Click on the link for the schedule/program of presentation times, paper titles, and presenters' names http://myastm.astm.org/MEETINGS/SYMPOSIAPROGRAMS/D352081.pdf.

Online registration opens approximately 8 weeks before the symposium and closes June 20.

The fees to attend this symposium are listed below.

Students – A student's fee is waived, provided that he/she is a full-time student and is not employed full time. After registering online, the student must check in at the ASTM Registration Desk on site and present his/her student ID.

All attendees, including presenters and ASTM members, are urged to register online for this event so that space requirements can be accommodated. If you do not register online by the closing date, then you must register upon arrival at the symposium. All attendees must check in at the ASTM registration desk upon arrival at symposium.

Cancellations
A refund of the symposium fee will be honored only if requested at least 7 business days prior to the symposium. To cancel your registration and request a refund, please contact Hannah Sparks at hsparks@astm.org or 610-832-9678.

If you have questions concerning online registration, please contact Hannah Sparks in Symposia Operations at hsparks@astm.org, Tel: 610/832-9677, or ASTM Technical Support at support@astm.org or 1-800-262-1373 (domestic) or 610-832-9578 (international).

Symposium attendees interested in receiving 0.7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) should complete a CEU application form at the adjournment of the symposium, and then submit it to the ASTM staff member on site. A certificate will be sent to the attendee approximately 4 to 6 weeks after the symposium.

Additional information about the symposium is available from Symposium Chairman Kent P Von Maubeuge, NAUE GMH & Company KG, Espelkamp-Fiestel, Germany, Email: kvmaubeuge@naue.com, Tel: 011-574-341-228, and Co-Chairman J.P. Kline, Geotechnics, East Pittsburgh, PA, Email: jpkline@geotechnics.net, tel: 412-823-7600.

SPEICAL NOTICE

The Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina is SOLD OUT.

OVERFLOW HOTEL - A block of rooms is available at the San Diego Hilton Marina Airport Hotel, 1960 Harbor Island Dr., San Diego, CA 92101 (Saturday, June 23 - Friday, June 29). The rate is $199 single or double. Reservations can be made by calling the toll free number, 1-800-445-8667. Please advise the Reservation Agent of the Group Code: ASTM. The group rate will be available until June 6th. Transportation will be provided.

Group rate will be honored until the ASTM block is full but no later than June 6, 2012. ASTM rates are $199 single/double plus 12.65% tax (you must mention ASTM in order to receive a group rate). You may be charged a higher rate if reservations are received after the cut-off date, or when the block is full.

U.S. GOVERNMENT RATES: The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina has a limited number of rooms at the government per diem rate of $133.

IMPORTANT! ASTM Rates are non-commissionable. If you book your reservation through a travel agent they must ask for a non-commissioned ASTM Group Rate. ASTM cannot adjust your higher rate if commissions were paid to a travel agency.

ADVANCE DEPOSIT: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina and The San Diego Hilton requires a credit card to guarantee your reservation.

CONFIRMATION NOTICES: The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Reservation Center will provide you with a confirmation number.

CANCELLATION/CHANGE POLICY: At the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, you will be told the cancellaton rules at the time you make your reservation.

Check the ASTM website for updates on overflow hotel room availability.

INTERNET: The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina provides wired and wireless high speed internet access in guest rooms at $11.95 per day.

The hotel is located approximately .2 miles/3 minutes from the San Diego International Airport. The hotel's phone number is 619-291-2900 and the general fax number is 619-692-2337. The web site for the hotel is Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Information

For information on the city of San Diego, visit the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau Website at: San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau

AIRPORT SHUTTLE SERVICE: Free transportation to and from the hotel is provided. Shuttle buses run from 5AM to Midnight every 15-20 minutes. Taxis cost approximately $6.

PARKING: Overnight parking is available at $30 for valet and $22 self parking with in and out privileges.

Meeting schedules of Committee D35 are posted on the ASTM web site at www.astm.org/COMMITTEE/D35.htm or contact the ASTM staff manager, Jeff Adkins at jadkins@astm.org or tel: 610-832- 9738.

Committee D35 invites you to attend their future standards development meetings. There is no fee to attend these meetings, and membership in ASTM International is not required. For more information, visit the web listed immediately above, and click "Future Meetings".