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List of all Posters Location: Eilenriedehalle A Display list by clicking here
Staff will support presenters in attaching their posters to the boards
on Sunday (during registration/icebreaker) and Monday morning . Posters not removed by Thursday end of lunch will be disposed of.
Display list by clicking here
Scientific support programme: Mini-lectures Location: Blauer Saal
Icebreaker + Registration Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Registration
Opening ceremony Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanySession Chair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, GermanyOpening speech of the 9th ClayConference 2024, Hannover: Sybille Schultz-Hüskes; Vice-President, BASE
Plenary #1: National Case Studies Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Stéphan Schumacher , Andra, FranceSession Chair: Maarten Van Geet , ONDRAF/NIRAS, BelgiumInvited Keynote: Irina Gaus (Nagra, Switzerland) "Optimisation of Clay based Repository Concepts_from site selection to operations"
2 min poster presentation #1 Location: Eilenriedehalle B
Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Poster exhibition #1 Location: Eilenriedehalle A
PS #1: EDZ related processes Location: Roter Saal Session Chair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, GermanySession Chair: Christophe Nussbaum , swisstopo, Switzerland
PS #2: Bentonite stability Location: Bonatz Saal Session Chair: Lucie Hausmannova , SÚRAO, Czech RepublicSession Chair: Patrik Sellin , SKB, Sweden
PS #3: Radionuclide diffusion and sorption Location: Blauer Saal Session Chair: Erika Anne Cornelia Neeft , COVRA, Netherlands, TheSession Chair: Thorsten Schäfer , Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Coffee Break Location: In front of the lecture halls
PS #4: Repository projects and programmes Location: Roter Saal Session Chair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanySession Chair: Shigeru Kubota , Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, Japan
PS #5: Geological setting and clay host rock Location: Bonatz Saal Session Chair: Simon Norris , Nuclear Waste Services, United KingdomSession Chair: Amade Halasz , PURAM, Hungary
PS #6: Clay-iron/-cement interaction Location: Blauer Saal Session Chair: Reiner Dohrmann , LBEG, GermanySession Chair: Mika Olavi Niskanen , Posiva Oy, Finland
Networking event / Get-together Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Registration
Plenary #2: Geochemistry Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Thorsten Schäfer , Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, GermanySession Chair: Erika Anne Cornelia Neeft , COVRA, Netherlands, The
Coffee Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Plenary #3: High temperature effects Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Irina Gaus , Nagra, SwitzerlandSession Chair: Reiner Dohrmann , LBEG, GermanyInvited Keynote: Liange Zheng (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States of America) "Understanding bentonite buffer under high temperature: modeling and tests"
2 min poster presentation #2 Location: Eilenriedehalle B
Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Poster exhibition #2 Location: Eilenriedehalle A
PS #7: Mineralogical and hydrogeochemical characteristics Location: Roter Saal Session Chair: Christophe Tournassat , Universtité d'Orléans (France) / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA), FranceSession Chair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, Germany
PS #8: THM heater experiments Location: Bonatz Saal Session Chair: Patrik Sellin , SKB, SwedenSession Chair: Weimin YE , Tongji University, China, People's Republic of
PS #9: THM modelling Location: Blauer Saal Session Chair: Wolfram Rühaak , BGE Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, GermanySession Chair: Olaf Kolditz , Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH UFZ, Germany
Coffee Break Location: In front of the lecture halls
PS #10: Geochemistry and fluid migration Location: Roter Saal Session Chair: Christophe Tournassat , Universtité d'Orléans (France) / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA), FranceSession Chair: Juan Carlos Mayor , Enresa, Spain
PS #11: THM bentonite Location: Bonatz Saal Session Chair: Weimin YE , Tongji University, China, People's Republic ofSession Chair: María Victoria Villar , CIEMAT, Spain
PS #12: Performance and uncertainty assessment Location: Blauer Saal Session Chair: Xavier Sillen , ONDRAF/NIRAS, BelgiumSession Chair: Wolfram Rühaak , BGE Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, Germany
Conference dinner Location: Hangar No. 5 Hangar No. 5, Völgerstraße 5, 30519 Hannover
Chartered buses will take you from HCC after the last presentations of the day straight to the dinner.
The return to your hotel is easily managable with public transportation. The station Hannover/Bothmerstraße is a short walk away from which lines U1, U2, U8 and U18 take you to the central station (Hauptbahnhof) in just 12 minutes.
Parking is available for those traveling by car.
Dinner Venue
Registration
Plenary #4: Gas Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Maarten Van Geet , ONDRAF/NIRAS, BelgiumSession Chair: Simon Norris , Nuclear Waste Services, United Kingdom
Coffee Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Plenary #5: Competence building and transfer Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Juan Carlos Mayor , Enresa, SpainSession Chair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanyInvited Keynote: Christophe Bruggeman (Belgian Nuclear Research Center) "Competence building in the frame of radioactive waste management: challenges and expectations"
2 min poster presentation #3 Location: Eilenriedehalle B
Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Poster exhibition #3 Location: Eilenriedehalle A
PS #13: HM Processes Location: Roter Saal Session Chair: Wiebke Baille , Ruhr-Universität Bochum, GermanySession Chair: Xavier Sillen , ONDRAF/NIRAS, Belgium
PS #14: Colloid formation from bentonite Location: Bonatz Saal Session Chair: Mika Olavi Niskanen , Posiva Oy, FinlandSession Chair: Christophe Tournassat , Universtité d'Orléans (France) / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA), France
PS #15: Numerical tools for HMC processes Location: Blauer Saal Session Chair: María Victoria Villar , CIEMAT, SpainSession Chair: Lucie Hausmannova , SÚRAO, Czech Republic
Coffee Break Location: In front of the lecture halls
PS #16: (T)HM experiments Location: Roter Saal Session Chair: Patrik Sellin , SKB, SwedenSession Chair: Wiebke Baille , Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
PS #17: Repository engineering Location: Bonatz Saal Session Chair: Shigeru Kubota , Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, JapanSession Chair: Amade Halasz , PURAM, Hungary
PS #18: Gas related processes Location: Blauer Saal Session Chair: Simon Norris , Nuclear Waste Services, United KingdomSession Chair: Irina Gaus , Nagra, Switzerland
Registration
Plenary #6: Technology Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Christophe Nussbaum , swisstopo, SwitzerlandSession Chair: Stéphan Schumacher , Andra, FranceInvited Keynote: Thomas Lautsch (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung, Germany) "KONRAD REPOSITORY - GROUND-CONTROL IN CHALLENGING CLAY STRATA"
Coffee Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Plenary #7: Machine learning Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Olaf Kolditz , Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH UFZ, GermanySession Chair: Stéphan Schumacher , Andra, France
Closing ceremony (awards) Location: Eilenriedehalle B Session Chair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanySession Chair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, GermanyConclusion by Dr. Thomas Lautsch (BGE); Panel discussion and Awarding of the poster prizes
Conclusion by Dr. Thomas Lautsch (BGE)
Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
Scientific support programme: workshops, seminars Location: BGR
