Invited Speakers

Dan Faulkner, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

   The nature and properties of fracture damage surrounding faults

Cornelius Langenbruch, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

   Quantitative microseismic signatures of fluid-injection processes

Gary Couples, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

   Energy Budgets in the extraction of pore fluids from geomaterials

Jean Schmitbull, Université de Strasbourg, France

   Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical modeling of the geothermal reservoir of Soultz-sous-Forêts, Alsace

Antonio Gens, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

   THM behaviour of argillaceous rocks for nuclear waste containment. Observations and modelling

Teng-fong Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

   Insights into transport properties and failure modes from CT imaging of porous rock

Robert Charlier, Université de Liège, Belgium

   Numerical modelling of shear banding around openings in clayey rocks. Application to URL dedicated to nuclear waste disposals

Frédéric Donzé, Université de Grenoble, France

   Rock slope stability in open pit mining: insights from DEM modeling