Conference EUNSAT2025 – 5th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (https://eunsat2025.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/) – will be at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, from 1 to 3 September 2025. This conference is supported by the Technical Committee 106 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Considering Unsaturated Soils natural link to Bio-Inspired Technology such as Nature-based Solutions and Biocementation, among other topics, the organization has decided to create special sessions related to Biotechnology in Geotechnical Engineering, BGE, and offer a summer course on this topic mainly dedicated to PhD students. Participants outside unsaturated soils technical community are mostly welcome, having the option to register only at BGE. 

Abstracts on any topic related to UNSATURATED SOILS AND ROCKS are welcome, covering topics on traditional geotechnical engineering applications, sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering, environmental problems (engineered barriers to protect the environment, the reuse of waste materials, tailings and mine waste, etc), climate stresses under climate change scenario, energy geotechnics, historic sites, geo-education and bio-inspired technologies in Geotechnics (BGE topics: nature-based solutions, root reinforcement, bio-cementation, fungi reinforcement, hydrophobic materials, among others).

Conference proceedings will be submitted for Scopus indexation.

Abstract submission, until 30th December 2024, is already open through the website (https://eunsat2025.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/). There you can find further information, but you can also contact: info@eunsat2025.tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Rafaela Cardoso – Chair of EUNSAT2025 with BGE