Acknowledgements.

The Editors gratefully acknowledge the following people and organisations for their contributions and support:

* Executive members of the Joint Working Group on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (JWG-DMR) for their dedication and support to the organisation of this conference;

* Ground Technology Association for co-hosting the conference;

* Members of the International Advisory Committee, in particular Dr Za-Chieh Moh and Professor Balasubramaniam, for their support and advice;

* Keynote lecturers and invited plenary lecturers by country

* Special session organisers and panelists for: (1) Extreme Events in Geotechnical Hazards in Asia, sponsored by ACT3 on Geotechnology for Natural Hazards, (2) Seismic Zoning and Geotechnical Data Base, sponsored by ACT10 on Urban Geo-Informatics, and (3) Dealing with future tsunami risks in Thailand, sponsored by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP), and Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), Thailand.

* Gold sponsors--Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd and CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, Silver sponsor--Keller Foundations (SE Asia) Pte Ltd, for their generous sponsorship;

* Lee Foundation for their support;

* Conference Secretariat, Integrated Meetings Specialist Pte Ltd, in particular Mr Ivan Boo and Ms Lee Siew Hon, for their help;

* Support staff and students to the conference, in particular, Ms Meng Guanghui, Dr Darius Wanatowski, and Mr Subhadeep Banerjee.

* World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd's publishing team, in particular Mr Rhaimie Wahap.