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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
3:00pm Scientific support programme: Mini-lectures Location: Blauer Saal
6:00pm Icebreaker + Registration Location: Eilenriedehalle A
8:30am Registration
10:00am Opening ceremony Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanyChair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, Germany
10:30am Plenary #1: National Case Studies Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Stéphan Schumacher , Andra, FranceChair: Maarten Van Geet , ONDRAF/NIRAS, BelgiumInvited Keynote: Irina Gaus (Nagra, Switzerland) "Optimisation of Clay based Repository Concepts_from site selection to operations"
12:00pm 2 min poster presentation #1 Location: Eilenriedehalle B
12:30pm Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
1:30pm Poster exhibition #1 Location: Eilenriedehalle A
2:30pm PS #1: EDZ related processes Location: Roter Saal Chair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, GermanyChair: Christophe Nussbaum , swisstopo, SwitzerlandPS #2: Bentonite stability Location: Bonatz Saal Chair: Lucie Hausmannova , SÚRAO, Czech RepublicChair: Patrik Sellin , SKB, SwedenPS #3: Radionuclide diffusion and sorption Location: Blauer Saal Chair: Erika Anne Cornelia Neeft , COVRA, Netherlands, TheChair: Thorsten Schäfer , Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
3:50pm Coffee Break Location: In front of the lecture halls
4:20pm PS #4: Repository projects and programmes Location: Roter Saal Chair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanyChair: Shigeru Kubota , Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, JapanPS #5: Geological setting and clay host rock Location: Bonatz Saal Chair: Simon Norris , Nuclear Waste Services, United KingdomChair: Amade Halasz , PURAM, HungaryPS #6: Clay-iron/-cement interaction Location: Blauer Saal Chair: Reiner Dohrmann , LBEG, GermanyChair: Mika Olavi Niskanen , Posiva Oy, Finland
6:00pm Networking event / Get-together Location: Eilenriedehalle A
8:00am Registration
8:30am Plenary #2: Geochemistry Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Thorsten Schäfer , Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, GermanyChair: Erika Anne Cornelia Neeft , COVRA, Netherlands, The
10:00am Coffee Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
10:30am Plenary #3: High temperature effects Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Irina Gaus , Nagra, SwitzerlandChair: Reiner Dohrmann , LBEG, GermanyInvited Keynote: Liange Zheng (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States of America) "Understanding bentonite buffer under high temperature: modeling and tests"
12:00pm 2 min poster presentation #2 Location: Eilenriedehalle B
12:30pm Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
1:30pm Poster exhibition #2 Location: Eilenriedehalle A
2:30pm PS #7: Mineralogical and hydrogeochemical characteristics Location: Roter Saal Chair: Christophe Tournassat , Universtité d'Orléans (France) / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA), FranceChair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, GermanyPS #8: THM heater experiments Location: Bonatz Saal Chair: Patrik Sellin , SKB, SwedenChair: Weimin YE , Tongji University, China, People's Republic ofPS #9: THM modelling Location: Blauer Saal Chair: Wolfram Rühaak , BGE Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, GermanyChair: Olaf Kolditz , Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH UFZ, Germany
3:50pm Coffee Break Location: In front of the lecture halls
4:20pm PS #10: Geochemistry and fluid migration Location: Roter Saal Chair: Christophe Tournassat , Universtité d'Orléans (France) / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA), FranceChair: Juan Carlos Mayor , Enresa, SpainPS #11: THM bentonite Location: Bonatz Saal Chair: Weimin YE , Tongji University, China, People's Republic ofChair: María Victoria Villar , CIEMAT, SpainPS #12: Performance and uncertainty assessment Location: Blauer Saal Chair: Xavier Sillen , ONDRAF/NIRAS, BelgiumChair: Wolfram Rühaak , BGE Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, Germany
6:00pm Conference dinner Location: Hangar No. 5
8:00am Registration
8:30am Plenary #4: Gas Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Maarten Van Geet , ONDRAF/NIRAS, BelgiumChair: Simon Norris , Nuclear Waste Services, United Kingdom
10:00am Coffee Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
10:30am Plenary #5: Competence building and transfer Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Juan Carlos Mayor , Enresa, SpainChair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanyInvited Keynote: Christophe Bruggeman (Belgian Nuclear Research Center) "Competence building in the frame of radioactive waste management: challenges and expectations"
12:00pm 2 min poster presentation #3 Location: Eilenriedehalle B
12:30pm Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
1:30pm Poster exhibition #3 Location: Eilenriedehalle A
2:30pm PS #13: HM Processes Location: Roter Saal Chair: Wiebke Baille , Ruhr-Universität Bochum, GermanyChair: Xavier Sillen , ONDRAF/NIRAS, BelgiumPS #14: Colloid formation from bentonite Location: Bonatz Saal Chair: Mika Olavi Niskanen , Posiva Oy, FinlandChair: Christophe Tournassat , Universtité d'Orléans (France) / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA), FrancePS #15: Numerical tools for HMC processes Location: Blauer Saal Chair: María Victoria Villar , CIEMAT, SpainChair: Lucie Hausmannova , SÚRAO, Czech Republic
3:50pm Coffee Break Location: In front of the lecture halls
4:20pm PS #16: (T)HM experiments Location: Roter Saal Chair: Patrik Sellin , SKB, SwedenChair: Wiebke Baille , Ruhr-Universität Bochum, GermanyPS #17: Repository engineering Location: Bonatz Saal Chair: Shigeru Kubota , Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, JapanChair: Amade Halasz , PURAM, HungaryPS #18: Gas related processes Location: Blauer Saal Chair: Simon Norris , Nuclear Waste Services, United KingdomChair: Irina Gaus , Nagra, Switzerland
8:00am Registration
8:30am Plenary #6: Technology Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Christophe Nussbaum , swisstopo, SwitzerlandChair: Stéphan Schumacher , Andra, FranceInvited Keynote: Thomas Lautsch (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung, Germany) "KONRAD REPOSITORY - GROUND-CONTROL IN CHALLENGING CLAY STRATA"
10:00am Coffee Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
10:30am Plenary #7: Machine learning Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Olaf Kolditz , Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH UFZ, GermanyChair: Stéphan Schumacher , Andra, France
11:40am Closing ceremony (awards) Location: Eilenriedehalle B Chair: Astrid Göbel , BGE, GermanyChair: Johanna Lippmann-Pipke , Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR, GermanyConclusion by Dr. Thomas Lautsch (BGE); Panel discussion and Awarding of the poster prizes
12:30pm Lunch Break Location: Eilenriedehalle A
2:30pm Scientific support programme: workshops, seminars Location: BGR
