Editorial

The International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics is the quadrennial meeting for physical modellers in the global geotechnical community. The importance and success of this event – having run nine times since the first meeting in 1988 in Paris – has reinforced the need for and position of this journal, but has also led to a series of intervening meetings in Europe and in Asia. These conferences, Eurofuge and Asiafuge, provide opportunities for geotechnical physical modellers to meet more regularly and to disseminate advances in physical modelling techniques and to highlight where physical modelling has improved our understanding of complex geotechnical problems.