International Workshop on ‘Mechanics and transport properties of fractured/intact rocks’ (RockMech 2016) will take place in Krakow, Poland, August 31- September 2, 2016 (co-organizers: Stan Pietruszczak, Gyan Pande and Andrzej Truty). The scope will include the numerical/analytical as well as experimental research related to the main theme with applications in the areas of geological disposal of nuclear waste, carbon sequestration, petroleum engineering, etc. The workshop will comprise a series of feature lectures and regular presentations. The number of participants will be restricted in order to preserve a high technical standard as well as to provide opportunities for discussion in an informal style. Contributions will be selected on the basis of two-page abstracts, which should be sent in MS Word (.docx) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format to Stan Pietruszczak. Full papers may also be submitted and will be considered for publication in a special issue of a reputed International Journal. For further information, see http://rockmech-krakow.com.
Key dates:
Abstract submission: before January 31, 2016
Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2016
Full papers (optional): August 15, 2016

The 11th International Workshop for Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2017), organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Cyprus, will take place on 21-25 May 2017 in Limassol, Cyprus. IWBDG 2017 is supported by ALERT-Geomaterials. A special session in tribute of Prof Hans Muhlhaus will be organized by Profs A Dyskin and E Pasternak Univ of Western Australia. Sessions in Experimental modeling of instabilities, localization and degradation/ Constitutive modeling and multi-physical couplings for localization, instabilities and degradation of geomaterials/ Geomechanics for Energy, Environment and Geophysics/ Numerical modeling of failure, localized deformation and gravity driven flows/ Micromechanics and multi-scale analysis of instabilities and degradation/ Soil-tool interaction. More details in http://www.cyprusconferences.org/iwbdg2017.

The First International Conference on the Material Point Method for “Modelling Large Deformation and Soil-Water-Structure Interaction”, organised by the MPM Research Community, will take place in January 2017 in Delft. More details in the flyer.

Course “Fundamentals of Hypoplasticity“, hold at Kiel University, 08-10 March 2016, by David Masin / Charles University Prague. Course content: Theory of hypoplasticity / Modelling of small strain stiffness in hypoplasticity / Determination of material parameters / Advanced modelling approaches. Further information on: http://www.geotechnics.ifg.uni-kiel.de/

A minisymposium entitled Mechanics of unsaturated porous media: the interplay of phases and interfaces in various phenomena (MS 1.10) will be held in InterPore 2016 conference (May 9 – 12, 2016, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA). For further information and abstract submission instructions, please click here.

The abstract submission for EGU 2016 is now open! A new session Emerging technologies and challenges in the development of deep geothermal energy has been announced. In this session, novel contributions are invited on laboratory experiments, numerical modeling and field work (or a combination of these) covering the following aspects of deep geothermal energy:
– New developments in hot reservoir characterization (measurements, interpretation techniques etc.)
– Transfer of technologies from oil and gas (completion systems, stimulation techniques etc.)
– Characterization and control of the induced seismicity risk
– Long term processes (chemistry, fluids & mechanics) and their importance for the economics of deep geothermal reservoirs production
The deadline for support applications is 01 December 2015, and the abstract deadline is 13 January 2016. More details from marie.violay@epfl.ch.

Following the previous W(H)YDOC workshops organised in Paris (2002, 2005, 2008, 2012), the scope of W(H)YDOC 15 is to bring together young doctors in geomechanics within an informal three days invited Workshop to allow for the presentation of the researches carried out during their PhD thesis.

In 2015, 18 selected PhD students from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA will present their  work.

The W(H)YDOC 2015 Prize will be given to the best presentation made during the workshop.

Any interested person is warmly encouraged to attend the Workshop. Participation to the workshop is free but registration is mandatory.

Further information are provided on the website of W(H)YDOC 2015.

The 6th European Geosynthetics Congress will take place in Istanbul 25-28 September 2016. The deadline to submit an abstract is 30th October 2015. Detailed information is available at http://www.eurogeo6.org/.