Conferences

On November 19 and 20, 2025, GeM is organizing a thematic workshop at Centrale Nantes on dynamic fragmentation for solids. This event, dedicated to the dynamic case of fragmentation and rapid crack propagation, will bring together French-speaking researchers and specialists in the field. The program includes a dozen presentations, poster Read...

The GeM will host the 7th edition of the Journées Jeunes Chercheurs en Eco-composites et Composites Bio-sourcés on October 9 and 10, 2025 in Saint-Nazaire. Themes Objectives For whom? These days are specially designed for young researchers, particularly PhD students, post-docs and young lecturers, whose research focuses on bio-sourced materials Read...

The Mécamat association holds its annual national conference at the CNRS Paul Langevin Center in Aussois (Savoie) at the end of January. Each event features a different theme, proposed by a multi-disciplinary team. For its 2026 edition, the conference aims to highlight advances in the use of images in the Read...

After Toulouse (2012), Douai (2015) Liège (2018) Montpellier (2022) the NoMaD conference is being held this year in Nantes in the Halle 6 Ouest by the GeM from 13 to 14 November 2025. This conference will be focusing on experimental, theoretical and numerical research into new civil engineering materials in Read...

The Manufacturing’21 network brings together 25 French-speaking laboratories and research teams specializing in mechanical manufacturing processes and procedures. Its aim is to unite French teams around several key themes: modeling tool-material interactions, analyzing the mechanical behavior of structures, developing digital factories and designing innovative processes. The network organizes thematic seminars Read...