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Anura3D MPM Workshop

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Dear Colleagues,

Please consider attending the Anura3D MPM workshop and training course in Barcelona on January 30-31, 2025. Early bird registration fee closes on October 31st. Note that the first half day there will be a hands-on training course about MPM, which may be relevant for doctoral students, but not only. Although it is called “Anura3D MPM workshop” we warmly welcome all participants interested in MPM, especially those working with different codes. 

Further details on the event are available here: https://anura3dworkshop2025.cimne.com/introduction

How to join Aussois by train – ALERT Meeting 2024

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Dear colleagues,

We are getting close to the start of the ALERT Workshop. A few details about your journey to Aussois:

As last year, the railroad line between Saint Jean de Maurienne and Modane is closed due to a rock slope instabillity. This is why there is no TGV between Paris and Modane.

You can get to Modane by taking a train between Chambéry and Saint Jean de Maurienne and then a bus to Modane. 

When you arrive in Modane by bus, there are cabs to call:
– Taxi Haute Maurienne: +33 4.79.20.51.57 
– Lionnel transport: +33 6.09.68.39.91 
– Gros : +33 6.60.38.01.23 
– Mont Taxi: +33 6.60.47.03.06 
– Alpes Taxi: +33 6.31.55.82.71

As in previous years, we have organized a direct bus service between Saint Jean de Maurienne (at the bus station) and Aussois on Sunday September 29. It will leave Saint Jean at 16h. Another bus is planned at 19h40.

See you soon in Aussois,
Frédéric COLLIN.

How to join Aussois by train – ALERT Meeting 2024

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Dear colleagues,

We are getting close to the start of the ALERT Workshop. A few details about your journey to Aussois:

As last year, the railroad line between Saint Jean de Maurienne and Modane is closed due to a rock slope instabillity. This is why there is no TGV between Paris and Modane.

You can get to Modane by taking a train between Chambéry and Saint Jean de Maurienne and then a bus to Modane.

When you arrive in Modane by bus, there are cabs to call:
– Taxi Haute Maurienne: +33 4.79.20.51.57 
– Lionnel transport: +33 6.09.68.39.91 
– Gros : +33 6.60.38.01.23 
– Mont Taxi: +33 6.60.47.03.06 
– Alpes Taxi: +33 6.31.55.82.71

As in previous years, we have organized a direct bus service between Saint Jean de Maurienne (at the bus station) and Aussois on Sunday September 29. It will leave Saint Jean at 4pm. Another bus is planned for a later date, and you’ll be receiving information soon.

See you soon in Aussois,
Frédéric COLLIN.

CALL for Abstracts for the next Geotechnical Engineering Education Conference (GEE2025)

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The sixth international conference of ISSMGE-TC306 Geotechnical Engineering Education GEE 2025 will take place in Nancy, France, on July 2-4, 2025 (https://gee2025.sciencesconf.org/).

The (new) deadline for abstract submissions is October 15, 2024.

Keep in mind that the GEE series of proceedings is listed by Scopus and that the proceedings of the TC306 conferences, starting from the 2nd in 2008, are available through the ISSMGE online library (https://www.issmge.org/publications/online-library?database=3&conference=all).

Themes for paper submission

– Priority Theme 1: Teaching of unsaturated soils

– Priority Theme 2: Use of numerical modelling to support teaching
– Curricula: Undergraduate, (Post)Graduate, Doctoral
– Coursework: Laboratory, Field, Project-based, Numerical Methods
– Open Resource Educational Material
– Applications of ICT Tools
– Links to Research on Learning and on Engineering Education

REMINDER – ALERT Poster Session 2024

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The ALERT Poster session will be held on Monday September 30th during the ALERT Workshop.

Those who are interested are asked to submit their abstracts (both word/openoffice and pdf files are required) by email to the coordinators Nadia Benahmed (nadia.benahmed@inrae.fr) and Antoine Wautier (antoine.wautier@inrae.fr) using the attached abstract form (Template).

As for last year, the ALERT Committee has decided to award a prize (€500) (all rules here).

The deadline for the submission of the abstract is the September 1st, 2024. For those wishing to participate to the competition, please send your poster (in pdf format) at the same time as your abstract. We remind you that only PhD candidates that have not yet defended their PhD at the time of the poster session are eligible for the poster prize.

LAST REMINDER – Registration for the ALERT Workshop and School 2024 – Deadline 1 Sept.

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Dear ALERT community,

This is the last reminder that the registration for the ALERT Geomaterials Workshop and School 2024 is open! The preliminary programme of the Doctoral School and Workshop is available here.

Please note that the deadline for registration is SEPTEMBER 1st! It won’t be extended so make sure to register!

In the continuity of last year edition, a remote access to the doctoral school is proposed at the same price as the on-site option. However, this remote option only gives access to the passive attending of the presentations, and no questions could be asked.

This year, the ALERT Bureau has once again decided to offer one day of accomodation to:

  • all PhD students attending the doctoral school and belonging to an ALERT member institution (in a double room only);
  • all retired researchers attending the workshop.

Please read the hints in the registration form! After filling the form and pressing the button “Register”, a window will open to prompt you to save the invoice as a .pdf file. Please save it for your records! You will also get an email with the registration data afterwards. If you are an ALERT member, the corresponding representative of your ALERT institution will receive the registration data too.

Click here to register for the ALERT Workshop and School 2024.

The accommodation in Aussois will be processed in the order of the registrations (see the hints in the registration form). Please note that the number of rooms in the CNRS “Centre Paul Langevin” is limited.
See also hints on how to get to Aussois.

If you need to modify or cancel your registration, please send an email to director@alertgeomaterials.eu, mentioning your invoice number, at least one week before the meeting. Individuals who fail to honor their registration will be required to pay a fee to the hotel covering the cost of both the room reservation and the food services.

Looking forward to meeting you in Aussois!

REMINDER – Registration for the ALERT Workshop and School 2024 is OPEN!

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Dear ALERT community,

We would like to remind you that the registration for the ALERT Geomaterials Workshop and School 2024 is open! The preliminary programme of the Doctoral School is available here, the programme of the Workshop should be posted soon.

Please note that the deadline for registration is SEPTEMBER 1st! It won’t be extended so make sure to register!

In the continuity of last year edition, a remote access to the doctoral school is proposed at the same price as the on-site option. However, this remote option only gives access to the passive attending of the presentations, and no questions could be asked.

This year, the ALERT Bureau has once again decided to offer one day of accomodation to:

  • all PhD students attending the doctoral school and belonging to an ALERT member institution (in a double room only);
  • all retired researchers attending the workshop.

Please read the hints in the registration form! After filling the form and pressing the button “Register”, a window will open to prompt you to save the invoice as a .pdf file. Please save it for your records! You will also get an email with the registration data afterwards. If you are an ALERT member, the corresponding representative of your ALERT institution will receive the registration data too.

Click here to register for the ALERT Workshop and School 2024.

The accommodation in Aussois will be processed in the order of the registrations (see the hints in the registration form). Please note that the number of rooms in the CNRS “Centre Paul Langevin” is limited.
See also hints on how to get to Aussois.

If you need to modify or cancel your registration, please send an email to director@alertgeomaterials.eu, mentioning your invoice number, at least one week before the meeting. Individuals who fail to honor their registration will be required to pay a fee to the hotel covering the cost of both the room reservation and the food services.

Looking forward to meeting you in Aussois!

ALERT Poster Session 2024

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The ALERT Poster session will be held on Monday September 30th during the ALERT Workshop.

Those who are interested are asked to submit their abstracts (both word/openoffice and pdf files are required) by email to the coordinators Nadia Benahmed (nadia.benahmed@inrae.fr) and Antoine Wautier (antoine.wautier@inrae.fr) using the attached abstract form (Template).

As for last year, the ALERT Committee has decided to award a prize (€500) (all rules here).

The deadline for the submission of the abstract is the September 1st, 2024. For those wishing to participate to the competition, please send your poster (in pdf format) at the same time as your abstract. We remind you that only PhD candidates that have not yet defended their PhD at the time of the poster session are eligible for the poster prize.

1st announcement of the 8th GeoProc 2025

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Dear colleagues,

This is the 1st announcement of the International Conference on Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechano-Chemical (THMC) Geomechanics Processes (GeoPro2025) which will be held at the University of Cyprus, in Nicosia Cyprus on 20-23 October 2025.

A flyer advertising the event is attached. The GeoProc2025 website can be found at: https://cyprusconferences.org/geoproc2025/

GeoProc2025 will be the 8th International Conference in the GeoProc series of conferences on coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Processes, with the theme for 2025 being Geomechanics for Energy and Environmental Applications. It is hosted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Cyprus, in consultation with the GeoProc founders Prof. Jean Sulem (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech) and Prof. Klaus Regenauer-Lieb (University of New South Wales) and the GeoProc2019 chairperson Prof. Chris Spiers (University of Utrecht).

GeoProc has a history since 2003 of bringing together top scientists and engineers to advance the understanding of the role of THMC processes in controlling geosystem behavior. The 2025 theme on ” Geomechanics for Energy and Environmental Applications ” is intended to attract theoretical, experimental and numerical modeling scientists, as well as practitioners in the fields of geo-energy and subsurface environmental science and engineering, to come together to address common issues. The Organizing Committee is looking forward to welcoming you at the GeoProc2025 in Cyprus.

On behalf of the GeoProc2025 organizing Committee

The Chairpersons:
Prof. Panos Papanastasiou  (UCY)       
Prof. Euripides Papamichos  (AUTH)    
Dr Charalampos Konstantinou  (UCY)