Geo-Environmental Data: Representation and Standardization March 10th 2008 : 13:00 PM - 14:30 Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA A session organized by JTC2* at GeoCongress 2008: The Challenge of Sustainability in the Geoenvironment Annual Congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE
Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Data Exchange: Setting the Standard.	Scot Weaver^1, Thomas Lefchik^2, Marc Hoit^3 and Kirk Beach^4 ^1EarthSoft, Inc. USA; ^2Federal Highway Administration, USA; ^3University of Florida, USA; ^4Ohio Department of Transportation, USA
Extending the Geotechnical Dictionary. Best practice for customizing the international framework for Geotechnical Data.	Chris Bray^1, Roger Chandler^1, Steve Walthall^2, Marc Hoit^3 and Thomas Lefchik^4 ^1Keynetix Limited, UK; ^2Bechtel Ltd, UK; ^3University of Florida, USA; ^4Federal Highway Administration, USA
Geotechnical Data Sharing and Electronic Data Exchange at Minnesota DOT.	Derrick D. Dasenbrock Minnesota Department of Transportation
Representing Geoengineering Data from Instruments and Transducers.	David Toll National University of Singapore / Durham University, UK
Six Sigma Approach to Sustainable Institutional Environmental Data Management.	Christopher French^1, Neno Duplancic^2, Greg Buckle^2, Marian Carr^2, Josh Jaffe^2, Jennifer Holland^3, Dak Patel^4, Rene Surgi^5, Laura, Drachenberg^6, Tom Conklin^7 and Chuck Sharpe^7 ^1Honeywell International Inc., USA; ^2Locus Technologies, Inc., USA; ^3CH2M HILL, Phoenix, USA; ^4CH2M HILL, Philadelphia, USA; ^5AESI, USA; ^6Parsons Inc., USA; ^7O’Brien & Gere Inc., USA
Optimized Site Investigation and Risk Assessment Strategies Considering Uncertain Geotechnical Parameters Using GeoAllStaR.	Petra Schlager and Matthias Schönhardt Karlsruhe University, Germany
For more details contact: Dr David Toll (d.g.toll@dur.ac.uk) *JTC2 is a Joint Technical Committee of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment, International Society for Rock Mechanics (www.dur.ac.uk/geo-engineering/jtc2)