The theme of the 14th ARC is Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Solutions. The topics in the theme area include:

1. Characterization of soils
2. Local and problematic soils
3. Slopes
4. Foundations
5. Geotechnics for transportation and infrastructure
6. Underground construction and tunnelling
7. Dam and embankment
8. Rock engineering
9. Soil dynamics and earthquake geotechnical engineering
10. Geoenvironmental engineering
11. Ground improvement
12. Geotechnical risk mitigation and management
13. Quantitative risk assessment
14. Geosynthetics
15. Forensic investigation
16. Case histories
17. Innovative technologies for geotechnical applications

The Conference welcomes contributions to the above topics.