TERMS OF REFERENCE

• To promote co-operation and exchange of information on unstable natural and man-made slopes.
• To represent the Society in the 8th International Symposium on Landslides (8th ISL) in Cardiff, UK, June 2000 and promote the continuation of this series of symposia in the future.
• To organize a parallel session on landslides and possibly a satellite meeting in the XV International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV ICSMGE) in Istanbul, Turkey, August 2001.
• To support the organization of the International Symposium on Slope Stability Engineering : Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Aspects (IS-Shikoki) in Matsuyama, Japan, November 1999.
• To support landslide related activities such as IGCP activities related to landslides and publication of the international newsletter LANDSLIDE NEWS.
• To participate into the IUGS Working Group on Landslides.
• To participate, as invited, in the program to be organized for the International Conference on Geotechnical & Geological Engineering (GeoEng 2000) in Melbourne, Australia, November 2000.
• To continue the activity with respect to publication of monographs on monitoring instrumentation and on well documented case records related to instability of natural slopes.
• To encourage activities related to conceptual and mathematical modelling for the analysis of gravitational deformations.
• To establish liaison with TC2 and TC7 as far as phenomena of slope stability of common interest are concerned.
• If appropriate, to co-operate with TC12 in the area of validation of software for computer simulations in the area of slope stability.
• To further the development of new concepts in the field of the landslides mechanics, from initiation to termination.
• To establish and coordinate landslide risk assessment methods and mitigation procedures.
• To favour exchange and training of professionals and graduate students in the field of slope stability.

SHORT TERM ACTIVITIES

• Establish and improve the WEB site for TC11 and link it to the many other landslide related sites.
• Continue the translation of the Glossary on Landslides and eventually make it available on the WEB.
• Selection of the next ISL, host country.
• Support field instrumentation.
• Modify landslide reporting to ensure inclusion of debris flows and similar mass movements.
• Prepare a plan for the establishment of field schools in various parts of the World and seek financial support of international organisations of host countries.

MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING

• - Minutes of the meeting held in Copenhagen, Danemark, May 28th, 1995.
• - Minutes of the meeting held in Trondheim, Norway, June 18th, 1996.
• - Minutes of the meeting held in Hamburg, Germany, September 10th, 1997.
• - Minutes of the meeting to be held in Napoli, Italy

NEWS

• Next meeting of TC-11 : October 12th & 13th, 1998 : Naples (Italia), at the 2nd Conference on Hard Soils and Soft Rocks.
• 1999 Annual Meeting : Probably at the IS-Shikoku'99, International Symposium on Slope Stability Engineering, November 8-11, 1999.