IGS Australasia is pleased to announce another event from well-known IGS’ Educate the Educators series: Academic Masterclass on Geosynthetics 2026, a three-day program focused on advancing geosynthetic education and professional practice.

We are honoured to confirm two internationally recognised educators and researchers as lead contributors:

• Professor Tim Stark
  University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  A global authority in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, with over 25 years of research and teaching experience in slope stability, embankments, earth structures, and seismic behavior.
• Professor Malek Bouazza
  Monash University
  An internationally respected expert in containment systems and geosynthetics, with extensive industry engagement, standards development experience, and expert review work on major infrastructure projects.

🔹 Technical sessions
🔹 Industry engagement
🔹 Professional development
🔹 Networking opportunities

 Call for sponsors and attendees now open. If you want  to sponsor/ or attend the event, please email us on info@acigs.org

Further details will be released soon.