Registrations for the 2026 SFSI-OS – Riva del Garda, 28 June-1 July 2026 – are now open.

2026 SFSI-OS will offer a full-immersion training programme dedicated to dynamic soil-structure, fluid-structure and soil-fluid-structure interactions, with reference to civil engineering structures subjected to seismic, hydrodynamic (tsunami and flood) and fire hazards.

Participants will engage in hands-on modelling sessions throughout the School, combining theory and practice to master simulation techniques across different levels of complexity.

The School is tailored for researchers, PhD students and professional engineers seeking to understand and master numerical modelling of coupled multiphysics interaction problems in OpenSees.

Further information on the event can be found on the official website: https://compdssi.altervista.org/

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

TEC 21 Winter school on “Multi scale approaches and multiphysics couplings in fluid and solid mechanics” (6th Edition)
Grenoble – France – 2-6 February 2026

Important societal issues require to solve problems of increasing complexity. A key vector of progress relies on multi-scale and multi-physics approaches. The objective of the winter school is to review the various approaches, numerical and experimental techniques used to tackle the complexity of today’s engineering, environmental and health-related problems. Lectures are illustrated through up-to-date examples. Afternoons are devoted to practical laboratory work, combining experiments and numerical modeling. The final day of the school will be dedicated to a workshop on “multiscale and multiphysics approaches in biomechanics”.

Web Page: https://www.tec21.fr/winter-school-2026/

The number of participants is limited and registrations are subject to availability.
Registration dead line: 1st December 2025.

Dear all,

On behalf of the Géotechnique Editorial team, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the upcoming 2026 Géotechnique Symposium in Print on “Tailings geotechnics, stability and safety”. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday, 3 November 2025.

Selected contributors will be invited to submit a full paper by Monday, 2 February 2026. Accepted papers will be published in a dedicated issue of Géotechnique, and the authors will be invited to present their work at a separate symposium event. Further details can be found at the following link:

https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/call-abstracts-geotechnique-symposium-print-2026-tailings-geotechnics-stability?utm_source=smc_email_authorship_acquire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GLO-ATM-AUT-EJ-Flagship_CFPemail_JGEOT-20259030

With our kindest regards,

The Géotechnique Editorial team

Call for Abstracts!
Riva del Garda (Trentino, Italy), 1-3 July 2026

Building on the success of the previous editions, we are delighted to announce that the Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2026 International Conference on “Computational Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction” – CompDSSI.

2026 CompDSSI will be a high-level, focused meeting point for researchers and designers to discuss the latest advances in numerical analysis, design and protection of soil-structure systems under natural hazards.

The programme will feature:
• Thematic sessions on cutting-edge topics
• Keynote lectures by world-leading experts
• Peer-reviewed presentations

All accepted contributions will be published in the Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering series (Springer), indexed in Scopus.
In addition, the most valuable contributions will be invited for publication in a Special Issue of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.

A full description of the event is available at https://compdssi.altervista.org

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in RootS25 – the 3rd International Workshop on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interaction, which will take place at the Politecnico di Bari from 6 to 8 November 2025 (bulletin attached).
Registration is now open and must be completed no later than 20 October 2025 by filling out the following Google Form (https://forms.gle/cNqHoMfRYQL9gU1s7) and paying the conference fee via bank transfer. All information and payment details are available at https://roots-25.com/
We also warmly remind you of the special lecture by Prof. Lidija Zdravkovic (Imperial College London), entitled “Geotechnical Engineering for a Sustainable Society”, which will take place on the afternoon of 5 November 2025 at the Aula Magna “Domus Sapientiae” of the Politecnico di Bari.
We sincerely hope you will join us for this event and look forward to welcoming you to Bari for RootS25.
For any questions, contact us at workshop.roots25@gmail.com

Best regards

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Deltares, Rijkswaterstaat, and TU Delft are delighted to welcome you to the 32nd Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal erosion in Embankment Dams, Dikes and Levees and their Foundation (EWG-IE) and the 7th Meeting of the European Working Group on Overflow and Overtopping Erosion (EWG-OOE), in the historic city of Delft, Netherlands, from 22nd to 26th June 2026. The event follows similar sessions in Brno in June 2025.

The aim of the meetings is to share the latest knowledge in the issue of failure of hydraulic structures by internal erosion and overtopping. The meeting is intended for the general water management public, namely for professionals involved in the design, management, technical safety supervision and research of dams.

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

PoPFS team is pleased to announce the 2nd Workshop on Polymer Support Fluids in Geotechnical Engineering, on 22 October 2025 at Jesus College, Cambridge.
There is still time to register and spaces are still available!

This one-day event brings together leading academics, industry experts, and practitioners to discuss the latest developments in polymer support fluids for geotechnical applications.

For our 2nd edition we have a new programme:
– Invited speakers from ARUP, KB International, Soletanche Bachy, and University of Glasgow
– The most recent findings from POPFS Project, presented by our researchers from Cambridge, Oxford, and Imperial
– Poster Session & Networking Dinner to connect with peers and exchange ideas also included

Deadline to register is approaching (30 September) and we have limited spots!
Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/WorkshopPOPFS25

To know more about PoPFS: https://tinyurl.com/POPFS2025

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Dear colleagues and friends,

It is our pleasure to invite you to the 13th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials (IWBDG2026) in Vienna, Austria, from 22-25 June 2026, immediately following the International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Vienna.

Our workshop will follow its well-established format: presentations with ample time for discussion. All contributions will be published in the Springer Series of Geomechanics and Geoengineering.

We kindly ask you to confirm your participation and provide the provisional title of your presentation at your earliest convenience by emailing to: geotech@boku.ac.at with reference to IWBDG2026.

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

The ALERT Geomaterials community is deeply saddened to share that our colleague and friend, Professor Juan Pestana, passed away on September 16, 2025, in Lexington, Massachusetts. Juan was a brilliant professor, an inspiring teacher, and a warm presence who left a lasting impact on our field and on all who knew him.
Please see the attached note for more details about his life, achievements, and the legacy he leaves behind from his colleagues and friends at Berkeley.

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Dear Colleagues,

We are glad to share an update on RootS25 – the 3rd International Workshop on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interaction, which will be held at the Politecnico di Bari from 6 to 8 November 2025.
The call for abstracts has closed with more than 60 contributions submitted by researchers worldwide, confirming the strong international and interdisciplinary interest in the event. This ensures a rich program of oral and poster presentations, fostering discussion and collaboration across communities.
We also warmly invite you to attend the special lecture by Prof. Lidija Zdravkovic (Imperial College London), entitled “Geotechnical Engineering for a Sustainable Society” (5 November, Aula Magna “Domus Sapientiae” at the Politecnico di Bari). Attendance is free to all.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bari.
For any questions, please contact us at workshop.roots25@gmail.com

Best regards,
On behalf of the RootS’s Scientific Committee

For further information, see the attached [PDF].