The Einstein Telescope project in Euregio Meuse-Rhine

27 mars 2026 à 10:00 - by BGGG-GBMS - 0 commentaires

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A technical study day about the Einstein Telescope project in Euregio Meuse-Rhine.

Location: 

Abbaye du Val-Dieu
Val-Dieu, 227
4880 Aubel – Belgium

Attention : The places are limited and registration can be closed early!

A technical study day about the Einstein Telescope project in Euregio Meuse-Rhine.

Attention : The places are limited and registration can be closed early!

Registration can be done through the website of Rock en Geo.

Program:

08:30     Welcoming of participants

09:00     Welcome address (H. Legrain, president RockEnGeo.be)              

09:10 The Einstein Telescope: Design and Architecture of a Next-Generation Underground Gravitational-Wave Detector (J. Bratanata, Einstein Telescope Project Team)

09:25 Gravitational Waves: Current Status and Future Perspectives with the Einstein Telescope (M. Wils, Leuven Gravity Institute)

09:40 Questions & Answers

09:55     ET or Studying the Entire Universe from Underground Tunnels (G-J. Vis, TNO)

10:10     On the role of geophysics in the Einstein Telescope (F. Nguyen, ULiège)

10:25     Questions & Answers

10:35     Coffee break

11:05     Subsurface Geological Insights from Deep Boreholes in the Framework of the Einstein Telescope Feasibility Study (A. Gauffriau & N. Coussaert, Tractebel Engie)

11:20 Geological Framework and New Insights from the ET-EMR Project (Y. Van Brabant, Geological Survey of Belgium)

11:35 Hydrogeological characterization and modelling as part of the feasibility study of the Einstein Telescope in the EMR region (P. Orban, ULiège)

11:50 Questions & answers

12:05 Lunch

13:20     Civil engineering works (P. Lamas, Amberg Engineering)

13:35     From Rock to Aggregate: Assessing Sustainable Use of Excavated Materials for the Einstein Telescope (O. Faÿ, KULeuven & UMONS)

13:50     The Einstein Telescope: a Driver of Regional Development and Innovation in Strengthening the Circularity of Mineral Materials (D. Lamy, Greenwin)

14:05 Questions & Answers

14:15 Visit of the coreshop and drilling operations

17:15 Drink