Progamme

 

Wednesday, 17 June 2026 at the Palais Beaumont

 

12:00: Welcome cocktail (with Geodays) 

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

Thursday, 18 June 2026 at Les Halles de Pau

 

9:30 – 12:30: Conference sessions with a coffee break   

 

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

 

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

 

13:45–17:30: Afternoon: 4 Workshops

 

At Les Halles de Pau:

1 – Subsurface modelling: Visible Geology – Seequent – 13 :45-14 :15

2 – The Subsurface Fresco – AVENIA – 14:30-16:30

 

At the Realtimeseismic offices (bus transfer from Les Halles) :

3 – Seeing beneath our feet: Earth echo-acquisition and processing – Realtimeseismic – 14:15-15:30

 

At the IFP TRAINING offices (bus transfer from Les Halles) :

4 – Serious Game: Virtual drilling on a demonstrator –  IFP TRAINING-Pau – 15:30-16:30

 

Coffee break – 16:45-17:00

 

LearnGeo conclusions – 17:00-17:30