The W(H)YDOC International Workshop for Young Doctors in Geomechanics is periodically organized (2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012) at Ecole des ponts ParisTech in link with the ALERT European Network and other first rank universities over the world. The idea is to bring together the best young geotechnical doctors within an informal three days invited Workshop, so as to allow for a detailed presentation of their PhD research. Students completing their last PhD year are also welcome.

Three outstanding Professors from various Universities act as Keynote lecturers (one each day) and/or discussion leaders during the sessions. The 2015 Session will welcome Prof. Antonio Gens (UPC Barcelona), Prof. Henri Vandamme (CNRS-MIT research group) and Prof. C. Spiers (U. Utrecht). Typically, around 20 contributions (including the 3 Keynote Lectures) are presented during the three days. Proceedings containing extended summaries (3 pages each) are made available on the web.
A W(H)YDOC prize (1000 €) for the best PhD presentation is also organized, according to the decision of a Committee made up with the invited Professors (3 keynotes and 3 Session chairs).

The attendance is free with at least 60 persons attending. The venue of the next W(H)YDOC 15 is planned from 2 to 4 December 2015. More details can be obtained from Prof. Pierre Delage and will be announced later at the website of ALERT Geomaterials.

International Conf. on Creep and Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials will be held at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 24-25, 2015. The tentative programme is attached. The registration is open in http://www.chalmers.se/en/sections/conferences/international-conference. Please note that the final date for registrations is August 16, 2015, and given the number of places is limited, register early to avoid disappointment. Any updates to the programme will be posted on the conference website: http://conferences.chalmers.se/index.php/ICCG/ICCG15 in early August.

Advanced course on Modeling of Localized Inelastic Deformation (LID 2015), taught by Milan Jirásek in Prague, Czech Republic, 7-11 September 2015.
This course provides an overview of modeling approaches used in the mechanics of inelastic materials and structures, with special attention to the objective description of highly localized deformation modes such as cracks or shear bands. It is one of the RILEM educational courses. 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 details see http://mech.fsv.cvut.cz/~milan/course2015.html
For registration please contact Milan.Jirasek@fsv.cvut.cz .

PhD Students and researchers who are interested in non-destructive imaging for extracting porous structure as well as the pore-scale modeling of reactive transport in saturated and/or unsaturated rock and/or soil or other porous material are welcomed to register and attend the following summer school which will be held at the Department of Earth Sciences of Utrecht University:
Pore-Scale Modelling and Upscaling of Reactive Transport in Partially-Saturated Porous Media
Date and Place: 13– 17 July 2015, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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The Doctoral Course on “Granular Matter: from Packing to Flow” will be held at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy from the 8th to the 12th June 2015. More details in the attached pdf.

The 2nd German Soil Mechanics Conference (2. Deutsche Bodenmechanik Tagung) will take place 19 May 2015 at Ruhr-Universität in Bochum, Germany.
Established two years ago in 2013 the conference gives attention to recent topics and brings together young scientists with experienced researchers from the soil mechanics community. This year the one-day-conference is divided into three sessions, which are entitled „Material behaviour and constitutive modelling“, „Soil as a mulitphase system“ and „Soil Mechanics: Application and Challenges“. Although the general conference language is German, invited lectures will be given in English language. For more details please visit the conference webpage (http://www.gbf.rub.de/bodenmechaniktagung2015.html) or download the attached flyer.

1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics – ICEG 2016 will be hosted at Kiel University (Germany) in August 29th -31 th, 2016. The details of the conference are provided in the conference webpage preview: www.ICEG-2016.de.

The 2nd International Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy will take place 13-15 October 2015 in Celle (Germany). The deadline for the submission of abstracts is June 10th.
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