Inverse problem and Geomechanics
WORKSHOP September 30 - October 3 2025
Welcome to the official web page of the Inverse Problem and Geomechanics workshop in Fontainebleau, France (2025)!
Join a selective team of 40 experts to engage a reflection on the opportunities offered by recent advances in Inverse Problem and Geomechanics.
Several new in-situ geomechanical experiments have recently started across Europe, focusing on carbon-free energy exploitation, nuclear waste disposal (for instance, Mont Terri, LSBB, Bedretto Laboratory, Garpenberg mine). At a larger scale, Near Fault Observatories monitor the mechanical behavior of large fault systems. These new projects are accompanied by the development of new monitoring capabilities leading to an unprecedented wealth of new data, which are critical for testing new generations of geomechanical models. In the meantime, recent advances in inverse problem and computational efficiency now enable more rigorous uncertainty quantification for inferred parameters, which will be a great benefit to geomechanical interpretation.
This workshop aims to build on these achievements, strengthening existing collaborations and facilitating large-scale research initiatives. We welcome contributions on data acquisition, modeling, and inverse problem-solving dedicated to the understanding of geomechanical systems in general, with significant implications for energy transition and sustainable resource management.
The 4 days workshop will take place in Fontainebleau, within the library of Mines Paris, located at 200 meters from the famous Fontainebleau castle. The event takes place at the location of the Geosciences research department of Mines Paris – PSL. This workshop is organized by Pierre Dublanchet, Laura Blanco-Martin, Hervé Chauris (Mines Paris PSL), Carolina Giorgetti (CNRS, École Normale Supérieure, PSL), Marie Violay (EPFL), Elisa Tinti (Rome University La Sapienza), François Passelegue, Frédéric Cappa (Géoazur, Université de Côte d’Azur, CNRS) and Robert C. Viesca (Tufts University, Boston).
We are pleased to announce interesting keynote speakers:
- Ioannis Stefanou from ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France;
- Paul A. Selvadurai from ETHZ, Switzerland and
- Pathikrit Bhattacharya from the National Institute of Science, Education and Research NISER, India.
The event is sponsored by the RTTE network ! Many thanks,
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