Editorial

Dear InterPore colleagues,

InterPore2025 has come to a close! The short courses are wrapping up today, and then it'll be handshakes, hugs, waving goodbye, and heading home full of ideas and inspiration, with new friends around the globe… and in need for a little bit of recuperation from such an intense week! A personal highlight was the speech from Majid, pointing out the only and ultimate route towards being a successful science community, something to live by all around the globe.

We will be reflecting more on InterPore2025 in the time ahead, for example, when your evaluation forms have been returned (see item below) and scientific offspring is forthcoming (but usually less obvious tracing back to the InterPore conference). While InterPore2026 (Nantes, France) is still a long way away, we will be in touch regularly through many ways, such as a new Academic Course, chapter meetings, and other conferences and workshops.

All the best,

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

Message from InterPore President Vahid Niasar

InterPore President Vahid Niasar was prevented from physically joining InterPore2025 due to visa issues. In a letter to the InterPore community, he writes: “I begin by thanking the Local Organizing Committee, as well as the InterPore Office who did a great job bringing this conference together, given the very difficult circumstances we had this year.” 

As Vahid was able to follow the talks online, he writes: “I attended many talks and discussions and clearly I could see the quality presented. It was fascinating to listen to, even via online participation,“ followed by future considerations for the community: “The National Chapters should become even more active to bring people together locally, and referring to Tiina Roose’s inspiring talk, we should not be bystanders.” 

He concludes with: “I hope in the next 2 years, I can be a good leader for the InterPore Community, and going back to the open science, I am also an open person, so please reach out to me with any comments or suggestions and I hope I can help. To finish, I would like thank, once again, everyone who contributed to the success of InterPore2025, and see you at the next conference.”

You can view his video message here. 

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InterPore Foundation Annual Report

We are pleased to announce that the Annual Report for the InterPore Foundation is now available. Our report highlights the activities and achievements of the Foundation in 2024. We encourage all members to read the report to stay informed about our efforts and accomplishments over the past year.

Kimberly-Clark Lectureship 2026 - Apply Now to Host!

Upcoming Academy Course

PORE 2-3 Machine Learning application in Porous Media: from image processing to multiscale models

Join us for our next specialised course titled "PORE 2-3 Machine Learning application in Porous Media: from image processing to multiscale models" which will be led by Gege Wen, Assistant Professor at Imperial College London.

Course Dates & Time: 24 & 26 June and 1 & 3 July at 18:00-21:00 GMT

Congratulations to Lynn Schreyer

Congratulations to Lynn Schreyer for being awarded the 2024 Purdue University Outstanding Woman Alumni Award, given to individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and significant contributions to their fields. InterPore would like to extend congratulations to Lynn Schreyer!

4th International Summer School on Underground Hydrogen Storage

1-3 July 2025, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

This event will bring together a global community of researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to explore the scientific, technical, and societal dimensions of UHS in the context of the energy transition.

For more information on the programme and registration, visit the website below.

Workshop Inverse Problem and Geomechanics

30 September - 3 October 2025, Fontainebleau, France

Join a selective team of 40 experts to engage a reflection on the opportunities offered by recent advances in Inverse Problem and Geomechanics.

Poroelasticity of Soft Matter and Hydrogels at BIOT-8 Conference

7-10 October 2025, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

The BIOT Conference is the premier international conference for experts in the mechanics of porous solids, emphasizing the applications of poromechanics to new and emerging fields in addition to traditional topics.

This session welcomes contributions on model development, simulation, and experiment for poroelastic phenomena in soft-matter systems, including hydrogels, suspensions, and granular or fibrous media.

Abstract submission is now open and will close on 30 May.

Have you checked out the InterPore Journal yet?

The current issue is available here.

We also invite you to consider submitting your next work to the InterPore Journal. Your participation and support are crucial to the success of this society journal and our collective advancement in porous media science and technology.

Thank you for your ongoing dedication to our community!

Check out the Events at InterPore

There is always something going on at InterPore! We have courses, workshops, and webinars through the InterPore Academy, Chapter Meetings across the globe, and the Annual Meeting in a new and different location every year. Check out the offerings through the button below.