The Minnesota Geotechnical Society (MGS) hosts a dinner meeting of the local ASCE section the night before the conference. The meeting will be held at the Graduate Hotel, 615 Washington Ave SE, on the Minneapolis East Bank Campus of the University of Minnesota, in the Pinnacle Ballroom. The Kersten Lecturer for the conference will be the featured speaker. The dinner reception begins at 6 P.M. A separate registration is required for this event. Dinner registration will be available soon.