Conference Program

Schedule at a Glance

Conference Highlights

ISSMGE Energy Geotechnics Honour Lecture

Keynote Presentations

Tim Kneafsey: Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Rick Chalaturnyk: Unconventional Resource Geomechanics
Lyesse Laloui: Field Monitoring and Simulations of Nuclear Waste Barrier Systems
Antonio Gens: Towards Higher Temperatures in Nuclear Waste Repositories
Alessandro Rotta Loria: Bright Spark Lecture in Energy Geotechnics

Conference Program

Sunday April 10, 2022 (18:00): Icebreaker Event at the UCSD Department of Structural Engineering
Monday April 11, 2022 (8:00-17:00): Keynotes and concurrent sessions at Qualcomm Auditorium in Atkinson Hall
Monday April 11, 2022 (17:30): Conference dinner
Tuesday April 12, 2022 (8:00-17:00): Keynotes and concurrent sessions at Qualcomm Auditorium in Atkinson Hall
Tuesday April 12, 2022 (17:00): Optional microbrewery visit
Wednesday April 13, 2022 (7:45-17:00): Remote sessions

Minisymposia

Low Carbon Geotechnical Engineering, organized by Alessandro Tarantino, Enrique Romero, and Alessio Ferrari
Advances in Energy Geostructures Research, organized by Fleur Loveridge and Guillermo Narsilio
Shale and Clay Behavior for Energy Production and Nuclear Waste Disposal, organized by Alessio Ferrari and Russell T. Ewy
Engineered Geomaterials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, organized by Alessandro Rotta Loria
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments, organized by Sheng Dai
Geothermal use of built urban infrastructures and the shallow subsurface for energy storage and production, organized by Frank Wuttke, Thomas Nagel, Sebastian Bauer and David Smeulders
Solid-Fluid Interactions in Emerging Energy Geo-Systems, organized by Shahrzad Roshankhah and Seunghee Kim

Important Dates

Registration Dates