Competition Background

INA-IGS is International Geosynthetic Society (IGS) Indonesia Chapter. The IGS is a learned
society dedicated to the scientific and engineering development of geotextiles, geomembranes, related
products and associated technologies.

It is our great pleasure to inform you that International Geosynthetic Society Indonesia Chapter
(INA-IGS) is organizing INA-IGS Geosynthetics Paper Competition on 14th April - 9th June 2022.

This competition will stimulate students, lecturers, and researchers with lived experience to
present innovative and interestingly significant research and application of geosynthetics technology.

We are looking forward to your participation in this event and we very much hope you enjoy the
competition.

Sincerely,

INA-IGS Competition Team

Competition Title
INA-IGS Geosynthetics Paper Competition 2022

Topics
1. Geosynthetics in Erosion Control
2. Geosynthetics in Environmental Applications
3. Geosynthetics in Coastal Protection
4. Geosynthetics in Hydraulic Applications
5. Geosynthetics in Mining Applications
6. Geosynthetics in Highways and Railways
7. Geosynthetics Solutions for Natural Disasters
8. Geosynthetics for Reinforced Walls and Slopes
9. Sustainability of Earth Works with Geosynthetics
10. Stormwater Management and Water Storage

Goals
INA-IGS Geosynthetics Paper Competition 2022 is held to develop student creative concepts
and ideas regarding Geosynthetics in various disciplines which are original and implementable. This
paper competition is hoped to be a medium or forum for expression and development of intellectual
thinking for all students.

Competition Timeline

No Description Date

1 Close Registration 14th April 2022

(EXTENDED) 20th May 2022

2 Pape Submission Deadline 20th May 2022

3 Finalist Announcement 30th May 2022

4 Finalist Presentation 9th June 2022

5 Winner Announcement 9th June 2022

PARTICIPANTS CONDITION
1. Participant are active students at the level of undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate from
private or state university in Indonesia.
2. Only original and unpublished works are invited.
3. The paper should be written in English. Regular full paper cannot exceed 4 pages, including
figures, tables, and references. The complete full paper should consist of title, first author
(student), advisor, organization, and an abstract file in PDF format.
4. 1 team consist of 1 student and 1 advisor and can only submit 1 paper.
5. Only full paper that meet requirements will be considered for finals and presentations.
6. Only the first author is allowed to submit full paper via the submission link.
COMPETITION INSTRUCTION
1. Procedure participants registration
a. Participants are required to fill a registration form via
bit.ly/REGISTRATION_INA-IGS_GPC22
b. Pay the registration fee to Bank Central Asia (BCA) with account number 0845-269071 on
behalf of Sandra Tjahyakusuma in the amount of Rp100.000, - /team.
c. Participants are required to confirm registration and payment by email at
inaigsevent@gmail.com with format Registration_INAIGS2022_University Name
d. Complete the document with a scan of student identity card.
e. Attach formal passport photo with the size 3x4 cm with red or blue background for each
participant.
f. Submit the full paper into a pdf format file to bit.ly/SUBMISSION_INA-IGS_GPC22
g. Committee will not accept any late submission.

2. Finalist announcement
Five participants who have submitted full paper works will be selected as finalist to proceed to
the presentation stage. Finalist list will be announced via Instagram and e-mail notification.

3. Finalist Presentation
Finalist presentation sequence will be announced in further details by email

4. Winner Announcement
Winner announcement will be held on 9th June 2022 after the finalist presentation session. The
distribution of E-certificate, trophy, and money will be announced via email or first author Whatsapp
Number.
A. PAPER WRITING SCORING

SCORING CRITERIA VALUE

Format and Writing Systematics 5%
Suitability on Topic 10%
Creativity and Innovation Ideas 35%
Originality 25%
Benefits of Work 25%
TOTAL 100%

B. PRESENTATION SCORING

SCORING CRITERIA VALUE

Presentation 30%

Discussion/Question & Answer 40%

Performance Appearance 30%

TOTAL 100%
PRIZE MONEY FOR WINNER

Champion : Rp2.000.000, -
1st Runner Up : Rp1.250.000, -
2nd Runner Up : Rp 750.000, -

All winners will get E-Certificate and Trophy. All winners can also join the INA-IGS Conference on
23rd-24th of November 2022 for free.

The Student Champions is entitled to participate as representative of INA-IGS Youth in the 7th Geo-
Asia Conference in Taiwan (31st October - 4th November 2022). Travel allowance of 1000 USD is
included

CONTACT PERSON
You can ask the contact person with English or Bahasa Indonesia
CP 1 (Tommy) : +62 821-3405-9550
CP2 (Natasya) : +62 887-0309-1297

LINK

• Registration Link : bit.ly/REGISTRATION_INA-IGS_GPC22

• Submission Link : bit.ly/SUBMISSION_INA-IGS_GPC22
• Paper Template Link : bit.ly/TEMPLATE_INA-IGS_GPC22
(24 pt = 2 lines)

Preparing full paper using MS-Word (12pt)

(24 pt = 2 lines)

First A. Author1, Advisor1, (11pt)

(12 pt = 1 line)
1 Department of Civil Engineering, IGS University, #, Street, City Zipcode, Country. (9pt)
2 Geotechnical Division, INA-IGS Co., Ltd., #, Street, City Zipcode, Country.

(24 pt = 2 lines)

ABSTRACT (10.5pt bold)

(12 pt = 1 line)
This MS-Word file contains instructions about the template and formatting for the full paper to be included in the
Proceedings of the 7th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetic (INA-IGS) on Hazard’s Risk Management,
Innovation, and Sustainability, which will be held from 22-26 November 2021 in Taipei International Convention
Center (TICC), Taipei. (10.5 pt)
(10.5 pt)
Keywords: proceedings; template; Asian Regional Conference (up to six keywords)
(24 pt = 2 lines)

1 INTRODUCTION (10.5PT UPPERCASE, BOLD) words in 10.5pt.

(6 PT SPACING BELOW)
2.3 Headings
Authors should submit both the MS-Word file and The main headings are in 10.5pt, boldface, and
its PDF file to the member societ. Each member society capital letters, with a 12pt empty space before and 6pt
may have its own submission deadline. For full paper, empty space after. Secondary headings are in 10.5pt
they should be directly submitted to the conference and boldface, with a 6pt empty space before and no
website by 03 May 2021. (10.5pt) empty space after.
2 FORMATTING
Detailed formatting is described in the following
subsections.
2.1 Page setup (10.5pt bold) (6 pt spacing above)
The paper should be written in English on an
A4-size page (21 cm × 29.7 cm) with top/bottom
margins of 2.5 cm and left/right margins of 1.8 cm
(print area = 17.4 cm × 24.7 cm). The margin sizes are Fig. 1. Logo of INA-IGS. (9pt, left aligned)
shown in Table 1. The main texts should be typed in
two columns. A regular paper cannot exceed 4 pages,
including figures, tables, and references. A keynote 2.4 Texts
paper cannot exceed 10 pages. All texts should be in The text should be single-spaced, justified on two
Times New Roman. sides, in 10.5pt, and in two columns. The first line of
each paragraph must be indented by 0.5 cm. Do not put
Table 1. Sizes of margins. (9pt, left aligned) an empty line between two adjacent paragraphs.
Side Size (cm) 2.5 Equations
Left 1.8 Equations must be numbered consecutively, using
Right 1.8 Arabic numbers in parentheses.
Top 2.5
Bottom 2.5 y = ax + t (1)

Equations must be centered with equation numbers

2.2 Title, authors, affiliations, and keywords
The title, authors’ names, and affiliations should be
single spaced and centered in the page. Only capitalize
the first word of the title. The title texts should be in
12pt, authors’ names in 11pt, affiliations in 9pt, and key
aligned to the right. Please keep a 6pt space above and
below each equation away from the surrounding texts.
Equations should be cited in the text using the equation
numbers, e.g., Eq. (1).

2.6 Figures and tables
For tables and figures (such as Table 1 and Fig. 1),
their captions should be in 9pt and aligned to the left.
Please keep an empty line above and below each
table/figure away from the surrounding texts.
2.7 Format for references
References should be introduced in the text using
the authors-year format, e.g., Meyerhof (1963) and
(Marcuson et al. 1992; Baecher and Christian 2003).
3 CONCLUSION
Conclusions summarize the findings.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (10.5pt uppercase, bold)
(12 pt spacing above and 6 pt spacing below)
Acknowledgements should be written here.
REFERENCES (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacing above and
6 pt spacing below)
Meyerhof, G. G. (1963). Some recent research on the bearing
capacity of foundations. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 1(1),
16-26. (9pt)
Marcuson, W.F., Hynes, M.E., and Franklin, A.G. (1992).
Seismic stability and permanent deformation analyses: The
last twenty-five years. Proc., Stability and Performance of
Slopes and Embankments II, ASCE, New York, 552-592.
Baecher, G. B. and Christian, J. T. (2003). Reliability and
Statistics in Geotechnical Engineering, Wiley, Chichester,
U.K.