Technical study day
Monday 13th of April 2026 – Aubel (Belgium)
An activity jointly organized by:
GBMS-BGGG: The Belgian Group for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics
RockEnGeo.be: The Belgian Society for Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics
GMB-Sim: The Belgian division of the Sim – La Société de l’Industrie minérale (The Society of Mineral Industry)
Program
08:30 Welcoming of participants
09:00 Welcome address (H. Legrain, president RockEnGeo.be)
09:10 The Einstein Telescope: Design and Architecture of a Next-Generation Underground Gravitational-Wave Detector (Einstein Telescope Organisation)
09:25 Gravitational Waves: Current Status and Future Perspectives with the Einstein Telescope (M. Wills, Leuven Gravity Institute)
09:40 Questions & Answers
09:55 ET or Studying the Entire Universe from Underground Tunnels (G-J. Vis, TNO)
10:10 On the role of geophysics in the Einstein Telescope (F. Nguyen, ULiège)
10:25 Questions & Answers
10:35 Coffee break
11:05 Subsurface Geological Insights from Deep Boreholes in the Framework of the Einstein Telescope Feasibility Study (A. Gauffriau & N. Coussaert, Tractebel Engie)
11:20 Geological Framework and New Insights from the ET-EMR Project (Y. Van Brabant, Geological Survey of Belgium)
11:35 Hydrogeological characterization and modelling as part of the feasibility study of the Einstein Telescope in the EMR region (P. Orban, ULiège)
11:50 Questions & answers
12:05 Lunch
13:20 Civil engineering works (P. Lamas, Amberg Engineering)
13:35 From Rock to Aggregate: Assessing Sustainable Use of Excavated Materials for the Einstein Telescope (O. Faÿ, KULeuven & UMONS)
13:50 The Einstein Telescope: a Driver of Regional Development and Innovation in Strengthening the Circularity of Mineral Materials (D. Lamy, Greenwin)
14:05 Questions & Answers
14:15 Visit of the coreshop and drilling operations
17:15 Drink
Registration & fees
Members RockEnGeo.be, BGGG-GBMS and/or SIM: 90 EUR
Non-members : 120 EUR
Students : 50 EUR
Attention : The places are limited and registration can be closed early!
Location and venue
Val Dieu Abbey
Val-Dieu, 227
4880 Aubel – Belgium
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