14 – 15 May 2026 📍CSIR Convention Centre Pretoria, South Africa
Exploring the Disconnects Behind Major Slope Failures
The smallest disconnects can escalate into serious risks. Strengthen your ability to make the right decisions at every stage of slope stability projects.
SLOPE STABILITY X ’26
14 – 15 May 2026 📍CSIR Convention Centre Pretoria, South Africa
Exploring the Disconnects
Behind Major Slope Failures
The smallest disconnects can escalate into serious risks. Strengthen your ability to make the right decisions at every stage of slope stability projects.
about
What’s Lurking In the Shadows of Every Unsuccessful Slope Stability Project
There are often several competing priorities geotechnical engineers grapple with when spearheading slope stability projects. While pressing, beyond these priorities are far more dire realities. We call these seemingly unseen but highly impactful factors “gaps.”
Gaps With Many Faces — and Their Catastrophic Effects
“Gaps” manifest in various forms, from capped budgets to a lack of data, poor communication, and integration issues. If left ignored, these “gaps” create a knock-on effect that can be catastrophic.
Oversights compound quickly, driving delays, cost overruns, and compromising safety. Without alignment across disciplines, the chance of failure rises significantly.
The Impact of Gaps: Translational Landslide In Japan
Highland and Bobrowsky, 2018 by Khang Dang and Kyoji Sassa
Join the Conversation
Slope Stability X ‘26, or SSX26, is an exploration of the key practices and more that geotechnical engineers must perform to realise project excellence.
Spanning 5 key themes, all directly related to the success of slope stability projects, SSX26 is more than a 2-day networking opportunity.
You’ll hear from professionals with first-hand slope stability experience and receive practical tools to help transform the way you work for the better.
about
What’s Lurking In the Shadows of Every Unsuccessful Slope Stability Project
There are often several competing priorities geotechnical engineers grapple with when spearheading slope stability projects.
While pressing, beyond these priorities are far more dire realities. We call these seemingly unseen but highly impactful factors “gaps.”
Gaps With Many Faces — and Their Catastrophic Effects
“Gaps” manifest in various forms, from capped budgets to a lack of data, poor communication, and integration issues. If left ignored, these “gaps” create a knock-on effect that can be catastrophic.
Oversights compound quickly, driving delays, cost overruns, and compromising safety. Without alignment across disciplines, the chance of failure rises significantly.
Join the Conversation
Slope Stability X ‘26, or SSX26, is an exploration of the key practices and more that geotechnical engineers must perform to realise project excellence.
Spanning 5 key themes, all directly related to the success of slope stability projects, SSX26 is more than a 2-day networking opportunity.
You’ll hear from professionals with first-hand slope stability experience and receive practical tools to help transform the way you work for the better.
event themes
Shaped By Challenges You Face
Each theme is designed around the real challenges you face — from planning and building to monitoring and governance. Exploring these themes together delivers practical insights you can apply to strengthen your projects and decisions.
Investigation & Site Characterization
Build on Certainty, not Guesswork
Every slope tells a different story. When infiltration, strength, or deformation are not fully understood, even well-planned projects face hidden risks. Misreading the ground leads to delays, failures, and costly rework before construction begins.
This segment of the event explores advanced investigation and testing methods that give engineers reliable data and clarity in their designs.
Design & Planning
Designs That Hold up Under Pressure
Slopes rarely fail for a single reason. Rainfall, seismic forces, and fractured geology interact in ways that traditional models may not capture.
When these factors are overlooked, designs that look stable in theory can falter in practice. You will be exposed to planning approaches that integrate multiple stress factors into resilient, real-world designs.
Construction & Execution
Keep Projects on Track, Even Under Stress
The construction phase is where theory meets reality, and where slopes face significant vulnerability. Intense rainfall, seismic events, or poor practices can destabilize projects and turn timelines and budgets upside down.
Builders and contractors will be equipped with strategies and technologies to keep construction safe, efficient, and resilient under pressure.
Monitoring & Operations
Spot the Signs Before Disaster Strikes
Slopes rarely fail without warning. The signals are present, but detecting them in time requires precision. Outdated monitoring can miss the subtle shifts that precede instability, leaving little chance to act.
You will see how advances in remote sensing, on-site instrumentation, and real-time analytics help operators identify risks early and respond effectively.
Risk & Governance
Turn Policy Into Protection
Nature is not the only factor behind slope instability. Land-use choices, regulatory gaps, and unchecked development increase risks that could otherwise be contained. When governance fails, preventable disasters cause damage that could have been avoided.
Leaders, policymakers, and industry voices will acquire practical insights to limit oversight and safeguard slopes and communities for the long term.
event themes
Shaped By Challenges You Face
Each theme is designed around the real challenges you face — from planning and building to monitoring and governance.
Exploring these themes together delivers practical insights you can apply to strengthen your projects and decisions.
Investigation & Site Characterization
Build on Certainty, not Guesswork
Every slope tells a different story. When infiltration, strength, or deformation are not fully understood, even well-planned projects face hidden risks. Misreading the ground leads to delays, failures, and costly rework before construction begins.
This segment of the event explores advanced investigation and testing methods that give engineers reliable data and clarity in their designs.
Design & Planning
Designs That Hold up Under Pressure
Slopes rarely fail for a single reason. Rainfall, seismic forces, and fractured geology interact in ways that traditional models may not capture.
When these factors are overlooked, designs that look stable in theory can falter in practice. You will be exposed to planning approaches that integrate multiple stress factors into resilient, real-world designs.
Construction & Execution
Keep Projects on Track, Even Under Stress
The construction phase is where theory meets reality, and where slopes face significant vulnerability. Intense rainfall, seismic events, or poor practices can destabilize projects and turn timelines and budgets upside down.
Builders and contractors will be equipped with strategies and technologies to keep construction safe, efficient, and resilient under pressure.
Monitoring & Operations
Spot the Signs Before Disaster Strikes
Slopes rarely fail without warning. The signals are present, but detecting them in time requires precision. Outdated monitoring can miss the subtle shifts that precede instability, leaving little chance to act.
You will see how advances in remote sensing, on-site instrumentation, and real-time analytics help operators identify risks early and respond effectively.
Risk & Governance
Turn Policy Into Protection
Nature is not the only factor behind slope instability. Land-use choices, regulatory gaps, and unchecked development increase risks that could otherwise be contained.
When governance fails, preventable disasters cause damage that could have been avoided.
Leaders, policymakers, and industry voices will acquire practical insights to limit oversight and safeguard slopes and communities for the long term.
delegates
Learn, Connect and Advance at SSX26
Access the best ideas at SSX26 for a stronger and more rewarding career.
Calling Engineers, Planners,
Builders, Analysts, and Regulators
If you’re responsible for ensuring slopes are investigated, designed, constructed, monitored, or governed safely and sustainably, this is your chance to join this conversation on championing safer slopes.
EVENT THEMES RECAP:
:: Investigation & Site Characterization
Gain the confidence to make better decisions with reliable data from advanced site investigations and ground characterization.
:: Design & Planning
Learn how integrated design approaches create resilient solutions that stand up to complex geological and environmental pressures.
:: Construction & Execution
Discover proven construction practices that keep projects safe, efficient, and on schedule under challenging conditions.
:: Monitoring & Operations
See how cutting-edge monitoring tools provide early warnings and actionable insights to prevent costly failures.
:: Risk & Governance
Understand how stronger governance and policy frameworks reduce risk and safeguard communities and infrastructure.
Investigation & Site Characterization Professionals
Geotechnical Engineers
Engineering Geologists
Hydrogeologists
Geophysicists
Site Investigation Managers
Geologists & Ground Investigation Consultants
Design & Planning Professionals
Civil Engineers (specializing in geotechnics / infrastructure)
Slope Design Engineers
Mine Planning Engineers
Structural Engineers
Engineering Managers (Mining, Rail, Road, Energy projects)
Consulting Engineers
Risk & Governance Professionals
Regulators in Mining, Infrastructure, and Environmental Agencies
Policy Advisors & Government Officials (Infrastructure / Natural Resources)
Risk Managers
ESG & Sustainability Officers
Academic Researchers contributing to standards / best practice
Insurers & Reinsurers focused on geotechnical / infrastructure risk
Construction & Execution Professionals
Project Managers (Civil, Mining, Infrastructure)
Construction Managers
Site Engineers
Safety Officers (HSE Managers)
Contractors & Subcontractors involved in earthworks and slope reinforcement
Monitoring & Operations Professionals
Geotechnical Monitoring Specialists
Remote Sensing / InSAR Analysts
Instrumentation Engineers
Operations Managers (mining, transport, utilities)
Asset Integrity Managers
Data & Risk Analysts in geotechnical monitoring
Executive-Level Professionals
Chief Engineers / Directors of Engineering
Heads of Geotechnical Services
Technical Directors (Civil, Mining, Infrastructure)
CEOs / COOs of companies delivering slope-heavy projects
Investors and Lenders evaluating risk in mining and infrastructure
delegates
Learn, Connect and Advance at SSX26
Access the best ideas at SSX26 for a stronger and more rewarding career.
Who Should Be at SSX26
Investigation & Site Characterization Professionals
Geotechnical Engineers
Engineering Geologists
Hydrogeologists
Geophysicists
Site Investigation Managers
Ground Investigation Consultants
Design & Planning Professionals
Civil Engineers (specializing in geotechnics / infrastructure)
Slope Design Engineers
Mine Planning Engineers
Structural Engineers
Engineering Managers (Mining, Rail, Road, Energy projects)
Consulting Engineers
Monitoring & Operations Professionals
Geotechnical Monitoring Specialists
Remote Sensing / InSAR Analysts
Instrumentation Engineers
Operations Managers (mining, transport, utilities)
Asset Integrity Managers
Data & Risk Analysts in geotechnical monitoring
Construction & Execution Professionals
Project Managers (Civil, Mining, Infrastructure)
Construction Managers
Site Engineers
Safety Officers (HSE Managers)
Contractors & Subcontractors involved in earthworks and slope reinforcement
Risk & Governance Professionals
Regulators in Mining, Infrastructure, and Environmental Agencies
Policy Advisors & Government Officials (Infrastructure / Natural Resources)
Risk Managers
ESG & Sustainability Officers
Academic Researchers contributing to standards / best practice
Insurers & Reinsurers focused on geotechnical / infrastructure risk
Executive-Level Professionals
Chief Engineers / Directors of Engineering
Heads of Geotechnical Services
Technical Directors (Civil, Mining, Infrastructure)
CEOs / COOs of companies delivering slope-heavy projects
Investors and Lenders evaluating risk in mining and infrastructure
sponsors & exhibitors
Showcase, Engage and Lead Your Industry at SSX26
Position your organization as an authority and trusted solutions provider at SSX26.
Showcase Your Brand Before, During, and After The Event
Our 360-Degree Event Marketing Framework drives strategic digital marketing initiatives linked to key event themes and your business goals.
Sponsoring or exhibiting at SSX26 includes these benefits:
A Complete Digital Strategy
We do all the heavy lifting, including briefings, creative production, and managing targeted campaigns aligned with your brand goals.
Prime Positioning
Receive dedicated, full-page web space on our event websites to promote your brand, solutions, and key representatives. You get strong, targeted messaging designed to speak to your audience.
Thought Leadership Opportunities
Position your people as subject matter experts and your brand as a thought leader through contributing author engagements based on well-researched, written, and video media.
Sponsor Event Day Marketing
Your brand will be visible where it matters most. We feature partner logos across event brochures, signage, and delegate materials to ensure strong on-site recognition. Standard inclusions cover:
- Speaking opportunities for your subject matter experts to share insights tied to event themes
- Unique naming rights with logo placement in the official event program and brochures
- Branding visibility on digital and printed materials distributed to delegates
- Recognition on on-site signage and presentation screens
- Inclusion in daily announcements and acknowledgments
- This integrated visibility keeps your organization top-of-mind for attendees throughout the event.
sponsors & exhibitors
Showcase, Engage and Lead Your Industry at SSX26
Position your organization as an authority and trusted solutions provider at SSX26.
Showcase Your Brand Before, During, and After The Event
Our 360-Degree Event Marketing Framework drives strategic digital marketing initiatives linked to key event themes and your business goals.
Sponsoring or exhibiting at SSX26 includes these benefits:
A Complete Digital Strategy
We do all the heavy lifting, including briefings, creative production, and managing targeted campaigns aligned with your brand goals.
Prime Positioning
Receive dedicated, full-page web space on our event websites to promote your brand, solutions, and key representatives. You get strong, targeted messaging designed to speak to your audience.
Thought Leadership Opportunities
Position your people as subject matter experts and your brand as a thought leader through contributing author engagements based on well-researched, written, and video media.
Sponsor Event Day Marketing
Your brand will be visible where it matters most. We feature partner logos across event brochures, signage, and delegate materials to ensure strong on-site recognition. Standard inclusions cover:
- Speaking opportunities for your subject matter experts to share insights tied to event themes
- Unique naming rights with logo placement in the official event program and brochures
- Branding visibility on digital and printed materials distributed to delegates
- Recognition on on-site signage and presentation screens
- Inclusion in daily announcements and acknowledgments
- This integrated visibility keeps your organization top-of-mind for attendees throughout the event.
speakers
Shape Industry Conversations at SSX26
Share your Slope Stability expertise and discoveries with industry in a space dedicated to the best ideas.
Take Centre Stage
Applications are now open for professionals across geotechnics, law, finance, policy, and operations to share their expertise at SSX26.
Your perspective is vital to the conversations shaping the future of slope stability, and we’d like to work with you.
Speaking at SSX26 includes these benefits:
A Spotlight on Your Expertise as a Thought Leader
Speaking at SSX26 positions you at the center of the industry’s most critical conversations. It’s an opportunity to:
- Demonstrate the real-world impact of your knowledge and solutions
- Build deeper connections with peers, decision-makers, and future collaborators
- Shape the direction of practice, policy, and innovation in slope stability
Visibility That Lasts Beyond the Event
Your participation doesn’t end when the session closes. We extend the reach of your ideas through:
- Pre-, during-, and post-event promotion of your session and expertise
- Featured speaker profiles on the event website and across digital channels
- Content rollouts — including articles, interviews, and highlights — that keep your insights top-of-mind
A Concierge Service
Speakers traveling to Gauteng for SSX26 will receive support from our concierge team. We will manage every detail of your travel and stay. Your transport, accommodation, and meals will be covered for the duration of the event.
speakers
Shape Industry Conversations at SSX26
Share your Slope Stability expertise and discoveries with industry in a space dedicated to the best ideas.
Take Centre Stage
Applications are now open for professionals across geotechnics, law, finance, policy, and operations to share their expertise at SSX26.
Your perspective is vital to the conversations shaping the future of slope stability, and we’d like to work with you.
Speaking at SSX26 includes these benefits:
A Spotlight on Your Expertise as a Thought Leader
Speaking at SSX26 positions you at the center of the industry’s most critical conversations. It’s an opportunity to:
- Demonstrate the real-world impact of your knowledge and solutions
- Build deeper connections with peers, decision-makers, and future collaborators
- Shape the direction of practice, policy, and innovation in slope stability
Visibility That Lasts Beyond the Event
Your participation doesn’t end when the session closes. We extend the reach of your ideas through:
- Pre-, during-, and post-event promotion of your session and expertise
- Featured speaker profiles on the event website and across digital channels
- Content rollouts — including articles, interviews, and highlights — that keep your insights top-of-mind
A Concierge Service
Speakers traveling to Gauteng for SSX26 will receive support from our concierge team. We will manage every detail of your travel and stay. Your transport, accommodation, and meals will be covered for the duration of the event.
tertiary institutions
Show How Your Research Impacts Real-world Challenges at SSX26
Connect research outcomes with the needs of practitioners, policymakers, and communities for safer slope stability projects.
Lead the Conversation
Applications with speaking opportunities are now open for university faculty members to share their expertise at SSX26. Academic perspectives are essential to advancing slope stability, and we want to collaborate with you.
Representing your university as a speaker at SSX26 includes these benefits:
Highlight the Impact of Your Research
Speaking at SSX26 positions your institution’s work at the forefront of industry challenges. It’s an opportunity to:
- Demonstrate how your research addresses real-world problems
- Strengthen connections with industry, regulators, and fellow academics
- Influence the future of practice, policy, and innovation
Extend Your Influence Beyond Academia
Our approach to academic partnerships is designed to amplify your contribution beyond the classroom or lab. We work with you to:
- Align your research with the challenges the industry is most eager to solve
- Ensure your findings reach practitioners, decision-makers, and collaborators
- Showcase your institution as a leader in applied geotechnical and multidisciplinary research
Visibility That Reaches Further
Your participation doesn’t end when the session closes. We extend the reach of your work through:
- Pre-, during-, and post-event promotion of your research and expertise
- Featured profiles on the event website and across digital channels
- Content rollouts — including articles, interviews, and highlights — that keep your research visible long after the event
A Concierge Service
Tertiary representatives speaking at SSX26 and traveling to Gauteng for the event will receive support from our concierge team. We will manage every detail of your travel and stay. Your transport, accommodation, and meals will be covered for the duration of the event.
tertiary institutions
Show How Your Research Impacts Real-world Challenges at SSX26
Connect research outcomes with the needs of practitioners, policymakers, and communities for safer slope stability projects.
Lead the Conversation
Applications with speaking opportunities are now open for university faculty members to share their expertise at SSX26. Academic perspectives are essential to advancing slope stability, and we want to collaborate with you.
Representing your university as a speaker at SSX26 includes these benefits:
Highlight the Impact of Your Research
Speaking at SSX26 positions your institution’s work at the forefront of industry challenges. It’s an opportunity to:
- Demonstrate how your research addresses real-world problems
- Strengthen connections with industry, regulators, and fellow academics
- Influence the future of practice, policy, and innovation
Extend Your Influence Beyond Academia
Our approach to academic partnerships is designed to amplify your contribution beyond the classroom or lab. We work with you to:
- Align your research with the challenges the industry is most eager to solve
- Ensure your findings reach practitioners, decision-makers, and collaborators
- Showcase your institution as a leader in applied geotechnical and multidisciplinary research
Visibility That Reaches Further
Your participation doesn’t end when the session closes. We extend the reach of your work through:
- Pre-, during-, and post-event promotion of your research and expertise
- Featured profiles on the event website and across digital channels
- Content rollouts — including articles, interviews, and highlights — that keep your research visible long after the event
A Concierge Service
Tertiary representatives speaking at SSX26 and traveling to Gauteng for the event will receive support from our concierge team. We will manage every detail of your travel and stay. Your transport, accommodation, and meals will be covered for the duration of the event.
regulators & professional bodies
Go From Policy to Practice With Ease at SSX26
Get the buy-in you need to drive change in your industry.
A Platform to Prioritize Critical Slope Stability Practices
SSX26 is a space for regulators to translate mandates into action, align with industry, and shape how standards are applied.
Contributing to SSX26 includes these benefits:
Lead With Influence
Professional bodies play a pivotal role in shaping industry standards and guiding best practice.
SSX26 offers speaking opportunities to extend your influence. This event ensures your priorities are visible, understood, and integrated across the sector.
Advance Industry Standards
Position your organization at the center of critical conversations where policies meet practice. By engaging directly with practitioners and decision-makers, you help drive the adoption of frameworks that safeguard projects and communities.
Strengthen Engagement With Members and Stakeholders
Use the event to connect your goals with those of your members, creating opportunities for shared understanding and stronger alignment across disciplines.
This is a chance to demonstrate leadership and reinforce the relevance of your mandate.
Visibility That Extends Beyond the Event
Like our other partners, professional bodies benefit from our 360° event marketing service, tailored to amplify your role. That includes:
- Pre-, during-, and post-event promotion of your research and expertise
- Featured profiles on the event website and across digital channels
- Content rollouts — including articles, interviews, and highlights — that keep your research visible long after the event
A Concierge Service
Regulator and professional body representatives speaking at SSX26 and traveling to Gauteng for the event will receive support from our concierge team. We will manage every detail of your travel and stay. Your transport, accommodation, and meals will be covered for the duration of the event.
regulators & professional bodies
Go From Policy to Practice With Ease at SSX26
Get the buy-in you need to drive change in your industry.
A Platform to Prioritize Critical Slope Stability Practices
SSX26 is a space for regulators to translate mandates into action, align with industry, and shape how standards are applied.
Contributing to SSX26 includes these benefits:
Lead With Influence
Professional bodies play a pivotal role in shaping industry standards and guiding best practice.
SSX26 offers speaking opportunities to extend your influence. This event ensures your priorities are visible, understood, and integrated across the sector.
Advance Industry Standards
Position your body at the center of critical conversations where policies meet practice. By engaging directly with practitioners and decision-makers, you help drive the adoption of frameworks that safeguard projects and communities.
Strengthen Engagement With Members and Stakeholders
Use the event to connect your goals with those of your members, creating opportunities for shared understanding and stronger alignment across disciplines.
This is a chance to demonstrate leadership and reinforce the relevance of your mandate.
Visibility That Extends Beyond the Event
Like our other partners, professional bodies benefit from our 360° event marketing service, tailored to amplify your role. That includes:
- Pre-, during-, and post-event promotion of your research and expertise
- Featured profiles on the event website and across digital channels
- Content rollouts — including articles, interviews, and highlights — that keep your research visible long after the event
A Concierge Service
Regulator and professional body representatives speaking at SSX26 and traveling to Gauteng for the event will receive support from our concierge team. We will manage every detail of your travel and stay. Your transport, accommodation, and meals will be covered for the duration of the event.
Be Part of SSX26
Complete the form below to register your interest. Our CEO, George Landsberg, will be in contact within one business day.
To speak to someone directly, call us on +27 10 502 1934.
Complete the Form Below
George Landsberg | CEO
Be Part of SSX26
Complete the form below to register your interest. Our CEO, George Landsberg, will be in contact within one business day.
To speak to someone directly, call us on +27 10 502 1934.