The main objective of the conference is to create a forum for exchange of ideas and experience between researchers, equipment manufacturers and practicing engineers regarding the application of stress-wave theory to piles and other relevant problems and developments on dynamic testing and its relation to the foundation engineering.
In order to widen the contribution of all participants, the conference format will comprise parallel sessions. State-of-the-art presentations of technological developments will also be featured. The conference will also include invited keynote lecturers and presentation and discussion of selected papers in plenary sessions.
Themes will address the following:

1. Wave mechanics applied to pile engineering
2. Relationship between static resistance to driving and long-term static soil resistance
3. Case histories involving measurement and analysis of stress waves
4. Dynamic monitoring of driven piles
5. Dynamic soil-pile interaction models. Numerical and physical modelling
6. High-strain dynamic test
7. Low-strain dynamic test
8. Rapid-load test
9. Monitoring and analysis of vibratory driven piles
10. Correlation of dynamic and static load tests
11. Quality assurance of deep foundations using dynamic methods
12. Incorporation of dynamic testing into design codes and testing standards
13. Ground vibrations induced by pile motions
14. Dynamic measurements in ground field testing