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].

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the International Conference on Advances and Innovations in Soft Soil Engineering – Soft Soils 2026. The conference will be hosted at TU Delft from 24-26 August 2026 and is supported by the TC 214 Soft Soils of the ISSMGE and the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI).

You can find additional information on the website https://softsoils2026.dryfta.com and on the LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/soft-soils-2026.

The call for abstracts is open! We invite you to submit an abstract for the conference and forward the announcement to anyone potentially interested. On the conference website, you can find the “Call for Abstracts” page with all the instructions and access to the submission page. The submission deadline is 30 September 2025!

We look forward to receiving your contributions!

Kind regards,

Stefano Muraro, Cristina Jommi, Yoichi Watabe, Minna Karstunen,Suched Likitlersuang

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

This interdisciplinary program, especially directed to young scientists (PhD / Post-Docs), offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the fascinating world of mechanics and structural engineering for architected materials and metamaterials. Join us for the latest advancements in heterogeneous materials, homogenization methods, and their applications in structural design.
More information can be found to the link :
https://www.ms2master.com/summer-school-2025
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Nantes next October!

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

The session will be focused on special and emerging topics regarding the soil-root mechanical and hydromechanical interactions, with applications in different kinds of civil and geotechnical engineering (like tree stability assessment, slopes and landfills analysis, etc.), by considering experimental 1g and centrifuge modelling, as well as real scale testing/monitoring.

The session will be organized by Andrea Galli (Politecnico di Milano), Anthony Leung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
and Enrique Romero (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC / CIMNE)

Abstract submission on ISSMGE Conference Review Platform
https://www.issmge.org/publications/review-platform/conferences/icpmg2026
(Deadline: 31-07-2025, 23:59:59 UTC)

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Starting from 2025, this traditional course taught by Milan Jirasek will be split in two parts that can be attended independently.

The first part (Sep 4-6) provides an overview of modeling approaches used in the mechanics of inelastic materials and structures, in particular in plasticity and damage mechanics, with brief comments on fracture mechanics.

The second part (Sep 8-10) focuses on the objective description of highly localized deformation modes such as cracks or shear bands, using regularized models (e.g., nonlocal, gradient-enriched, phase-field, micromorphic).

The course is intended for graduate students at the doctoral level, but it can be equally useful to motivated master students, post-doctoral researchers, or senior researchers who are not specialists in this field.

For further details see https://mech.fsv.cvut.cz/~milan/course2025.html

For further information, see the attached [PDF].