Conferences

  The Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (ParCFD) 2026 Conference is the 37th event in the ParCFD series. The inaugural event was held in 1989 in Manhattan Beach, California, and the current event will be held in Nantes (France) in the Western part of France. ParCFD is an annual international forum Read...

MesoNET, GENCI, the Groupe Calcul, the PEPR NumPEx, the GIS SLICES-FR, the GDR RSD, and IR France Grilles are jointly organizing JCAD 2026, the Journées Calcul Données: Scientific and Technical Conference on Computing and Data. The JCAD conferences are designed for both users and technical experts in the relevant infrastructure Read...

On October 9 and 10, 2025, the GeM hosted the 7ᵉ edition of the Journées Jeunes Chercheuses et Chercheurs en Éco-composites et Composites Biosourcés on the Heinlex Campus in Saint-Nazaire. Over the two days, 26 participants (mainly doctoral and post-doctoral students) attended presentations on the theme of biosourced materials applied Read...

GeM is taking part in the organization of InterPore2026, which will be held from May 19 to 22, 2026 at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes (Conference courses on May 18 and 23, 2026).   From pore scale modelling and imaging to large scale simulations, experiments, and uncertainty analysis—InterPore2026 covers Read...

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...

The 21st edition of the ECCM conference opened on July 2 at the Cité Internationale des Congrès in Nantes and will run until July 5, 2024. Over 1,300 participants are expected to attend this major event bringing together scientists from all over the world, from both industry and academia, to Read...

The 2023 ALERT Geomaterials Doctoral School, organised by Ioannis Stefanou (GeM) and Felix Darve (3SR), was dedicated to “Machine Learning in Geomechanics” and took place from September 28th to September 30th 2023. A total of 170 students participated in the school, during which fundamental concepts of machine learning were taught, Read...

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