Discovery

The Role of Discoverer Reports

The ISSMGE Time Capsule project was launched in 2022, at the Sydney international conference. At this time, four ISSMGE individual members tested the Discoverer concept, and their Discoverer reports now form part of the Heritage Time Capsule (HTC) project.

Between Jan and May 2024, we are seeking the leadership and help of YMPG liaisons having access to the dedicated HTC Website (under development), to create further Discoverer reports. Discoverer reports will be assigned to one or more of categories (to be announced) both to help guide the Discoverers in their reporting task, and for ease of reference.

We expect the HTC website and the Discoverer reports created by the YMPG liaisons to inspire the 20,000+ individual members of the ISSMGE to create a larger number of Discoverer reports, for display on the HTC website, and for promotion in the social media.

We believe the creation and promotion of a large number of Discoverer reports, will both increase the visibility of the HTC Website, as well as help increase the visibility of the geotechnical profession, and its contribution to the wellbeing and security of society.

Become a discoverer

The discoverer will prepare a brief report for storing and sharing on the HTC website. The emphasis of the report is to shine a spotlight on the chosen HTC contribution (s) or parts thereof, and bring the HTC contributions to the reader’s attention. The Discoverer’s report can be a brief note, video, audio, or other forms able to be stored and displayed online. Following are the nominal guidelines in terms of length, and while brevity is valued, greater lengths will be considered on their merit.

The format of the Discoverer's feedback can be a form of article, video, audio, or other forms able to be stored and displayed online, with general guideline lengths for:

• Word document - up to 1,000 words,
• Video - up to 3 min length
• PowerPoint presentation - up to 8 slides

A Discoverer is required to be an individual member of the ISSMGE. Individual members can prepare team submissions, provided a lead author is nominated.

The Discoverer's report should,

• state, in the beginning, the Member Society the Discoverer is affiliated with,
• identify, in the beginning, which HTC contributions i.e. Member Societies, Technical Committees, Past Presidents, etc, that are selected for the report,
• be complete and self-contained, and presented in a suitable fashion for review,
• carefully identify what parts of the report are drawn from the HTC contributions, and what parts are their own insights, thoughts and comments, and,
• not include material external to the HTC contributions that may be subject to copyright or other restrictions from publication.

HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE HTC TEAM

The contact tab on the ISSMGE HTC web site can be used to contact the HTC Team with your questions and thoughts about preparation and submission of the HTC Discoverer reports.

Your message will be sent to the HTC Project administrators. We look forward to hearing from you.

Discoverers Reports

HTC Sessions