IAEG 2026 Scientific Committee
Leon van Paassen, Chair of the scientific committee, Boskalis, Netherlands
Dominique Ngan-Tillard, Co-chair, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Denise Maljers, Co-chair of the scientific committee, TNO, Netherlands
Anne-Catherine Dieudonne, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Arindam Basu, Editor in Chief Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Arjan Venmans, Deltares, Netherlands
Ashok Dahal, ITC Twente University, Netherlands
Carolina Sigaran-Loria, Royal Haskoning-DHV, Netherlands
Cees van Westen, ITC Twente University, Netherlands
Cor Zwanenburg, Deltares/ Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Cristina Jommi, Polytechnic University of Milan/ Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Erik van der Putte, Royal Haskoning-DHV, Netherlands
Esther Stouthamer, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Fanny Descamps, Past-President of the Belgian national group for ISRM and IAEG, University of Mons, Belgium
Giorgia Giardina, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Hsein Juang, Editor in Chief Engineering Geology, Clemson University, United States
Irene Manzella, ITC Twente University, Netherlands
Janusz Wasowski, IAEG vice-president for Europe, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Joep Storms, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Joost van der Schrier, Royal Haskoning-DHV, Netherlands
Julia Gebert, Braunschweig University, Germany
Kay Koster, TNO, Netherlands
Louis Wong, Editor in Chief Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, University of Hongkong, Hongkong
Mandy Korff, Deltares/ Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Miguel Cabrera, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Niek Rengers, past IAEG president, ex-ITC Twente University, Netherlands
Olga Mavrouli, University of West Attica, Greece
Paolo Frattini, Editor in Chief Engineering Geology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Phil Vardon, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Resat Ulusay, Past Editor in Chief Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Haceteppe University, Turkey
Robert Hack, Bigbonzoconsulting, ex-ITC Twente University, Netherlands
Robrecht Schmitz, Sibelco, Belgium
Stefano Muraro, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Tom de Gast, Waterschap Hollandse Delta, Netherlands
Vanessa Magnanimo, Twente University, Netherlands
Wenping Gong, Editor in Chief Engineering Geology, China university of Geosciences Wuhan, China
The IAEG 2026 scientific committee will be updated in 2025.
Session chairs
For each congress theme or sub-theme, sub-committees will be created and chaired by a pair of scientists or practitioners.
During the congress, each session will also be chaired by two local or international experts and a scientific secretary will be invited to report on the outcome of the session.
The IAEG 2026 executive committee is committed to increase the visibility of women in Engineering Geology and will allocate more than one third of its key scientific positions to women.
Review committee
The peer review of the abstracts, extended abstracts and papers will follow an anonymous process. Reviewers will be acknowledged in the colophon of the book of abstracts and congress proceedings without links to the individual publications that they examined.
Below is a list of almost 100 reviewers who accepted to evaluate the abstracts and papers submitted to IAEG 2026. List under construction.
