from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 June 2025, in person @ HKU
The LARAM international training course in Hong Kong (China) is an initiative jointly conceived by the University of Salerno (UNISA), the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) of the HKSAR Government, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The aim the initiative is to develop and conduct a training course dealing with landslide risk management, to be delivered by renowned landslide experts of international reputation.
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DATES
- June 2-7, 2025
- from 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chinese Time
- IN PERSON
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REGISTRATION FEE and DEADLINE
- "Early bird registration for the LARAM Course 2025 is now available at a discounted rate until the deadline of 25th March 2025"
- "REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Early Bird (25th March); Standard (10th April)"
- If you are interested, please send an email to cechoi@hku.hk with your CV
- see details below
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VENUE
- The LARAM course 2025 in Hong Kong will be at the University of Hong Kong (i.e., 17th ranked university QS global rankings).
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PROGRAMME
The Course programme will consist of 8-hour daily lectures and tutorials from Monday to Tuesday, and from Thursday to Saturday. On Wednesday 4 June, a field trip will be organized to visit the field facilities (half-day) and the Laboratory facilities (half-day). More information will be available soon. The programme is structured in the following sessions:
- S1: Landslide features, inventory and monitoring
- S2: Landslide risk theory
- S3: Geomechanics of landslides
- S4: Landslide zoning
- S5: Landslide risk analysis, assessment and management
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LECTURERS
Experts from Europe, North America and Asia will contribute their knowledge and insights to the course. Final list of lecturers will be issued soon.
- Raymond CHEUNG, GEO, HKSAR, China
- Johnny CHEUK, AECOM, HKSAR, China
- Clarence E. CHOI, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Yifei CUI, Tsinghua University, Mainland China
- Sabatino CUOMO, University of Salerno, Italy
- Settimio FERLISI, University of Salerno, Italy
- Thomas GLADE, University of Vienna, Austria
- Anthony LEUNG, HKUST, HKSAR, China
- Zhongqiang LIU, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
- Farrokh NADIM, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
- Charles NG, HKUST, HKSAR, China
- Vikas THAKUR, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- Fawu WANG, Tongji University, Mainland China
- Gonghui WANG, Kyoto University, Japan
- Jun YANG, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Limin ZHANG, HKUST, HKSAR, China
- Jidong ZHAO, HKUST, HKSAR, China
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- (list to be completed)
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PARTICIPANTS
The LARAM class will be composed by 40-50 selected participants:
- Students (PhD; MPhil: MSc) (40 participants)
- Young Professionals including postdoctoral fellows, research associates, engineers, research assistants, early career academics (10 participants)
- Applicants should be less than 40 years of age before the start of the course
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SELECTION
- The selection of the participants will be based on the well-establish selection procedure of the LARAM School
- The selected participants will pay their own travel and accommodation expenses, as well as a registration fee
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ACCOMMODATION
- Accommodation at the University of Hong Kong for PhD students and Postdocs will be available for HK$217 / night for double shared room and HK$354 / night for single private room
- Each room is air conditioned. Bathrooms will be shared. Each person is provided a bed, pillow, bedsheet, blanket, chair and, wardrobe. Towels not provided.
- A detailed program and registration information will be provided shortly.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
- Clarence CHOI (Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, CHINA)
- email: cechoi@hku.hk