Progamme

Wednesday, 17 June 2026 – at the Palais Beaumont

Welcome cocktail (with Geodays) – 18:00

• Introduction by David Govoni (President, EFG)
• Keynote by Manoelle Lepoutre (President of the Académie des technologies)
• Informal exchanges with exhibitors (around the Geodays stands)

Thursday, 18 June 2026 – 09:30–12:30 at Les Halles de Pau

Conference sessions with a coffee break from 10:30 to 10:45

0 – The Subsurface: What is it?
Understanding the subsurface today: Introductory lecture by Laurent Jolivet, President of SGF

1 – Using the subsurface for heating and cooling
Geothermal energy – Arvernes

2 – Using the subsurface for storage
Underground energy storage – AGES
Underground gas storage – CH₄, H₂, CO₂ – TEREGA

3 – Using the subsurface for innovation
Is natural hydrogen everywhere? – UPPA University
Natural hydrogen: how to explore for it? – TBH2

4 – Using the subsurface for building and living
Aggregates: the world’s primary raw material – Groupe Daniel

5 – Using the subsurface for spatial planning
Land-use planning and geology – Ginger-CEBTP
Anchoring offshore wind turbines – TotalEnergies

6 – Conclusion
Mining and the environment: squaring the circle – GET Toulouse University

Lunch at Les Halles de Pau: 12:45–13:45

Afternoon: 4 Workshops – 14:00–18:00

At Les Halles de Pau:
1 – The Subsurface Fresco – AVENIA
2 – Subsurface modelling: Visible Geology – Seequent 

At the UPPA campus (to be confirmed):
3 – Seeing beneath our feet: Earth echo-acquisition and processing – Real Time Seismic

At the IFPEN offices:
4 – Serious Game: Virtual drilling on a demonstrator – IFPEN Pau