8:30-9:00 PLENARY SESSION: Introduction –Presentation of
the symposium scope - Dr. Dimitrios Zekkos, USA

9:00-10:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS A.
Session #A1: Procedures and guidelines for field measurements
- Dr. Neven Matasovic, USA
Session #A2: Waste characterization procedures - Prof. Neil
Dixon, UK ;
Session #A3: Laboratory Testing Procedures - Prof. George A.
Athanasopoulos, GREECE;

10:30-11:00 BREAK

11:00-12:30
PLENARY SESSION: SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS A: 20 min presentation of findings and
expected report structure. 30 min total additional discussion.

12:30-13:30 LUNCH BREAK

13:30-14:30  
BREAKOUT SESSIONS B.
Session #B1:
Hydraulic properties - Dr. Richard Beaven, UK;
Session #B2: Shear strength - Prof. Jonathan Bray, USA;
Session #B3: Deformation behavior - Dr. Jeff Dunn, USA ;
Session #B4: Dynamic properties - Dr. Dimitrios Zekkos, USA;

14:30-15:00 BREAK

15:00-16:30
PLENARY SESSION:
SUMMARY OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS B: 15 min presentation of
findings (total 1 hr).
DISCUSSION ON BREAKOUT SESSIONS B

16:30-17:30        
DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY ON
RESEARCH NEEDS

17:30                  WORKSHOP COMPLETION
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
on
WASTE MECHANICS
New Orleans, Thursday March 13, 2008
12'' Triaxial MSW specimen
at UC Berkeley
12'' Triaxial MSW specimen
and chamber at UC Berkeley
Excavated MSW
Performance of SASW at a
landfill (University of Texas
Group)
MSW characterization
Agenda & Presentations
The workshop took place on the 8th floor of the Sheraton New
Orleans hotel. The main workshop room is #828. The workshop
rooms for the break-out sessions are: 816, 820 and 824.

See
list of participants