Name: The 4th International Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Workshop
Start: 2015-05-10T08:00:00-03:00
End: 2015-05-10T18:00:00-03:00
Location: Palais de Congres

The 4th International Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Workshop

Sunday, May 10, 2015 - 8:00 AM
Palais de Congres

: Sessions

: Talks

: Breaks

May 10, 2015

8:00 AM	Welcome and Introduction - Peter Smeallie Slides
8:10 AM	Rock Mechanics Associated with Deep and Large Excavations in China • Monitoring and Observations of Rock-bursts in JinPing Tunnels • Ongoing Studies of Rock Mechanics Laboratory in CJPL-II - Xia-Ting Feng
8:10 AM	Session I. Asia’s Deep Physics and Rock Mechanics Laboratories & World’s Long Baseline Experiments (until 9:55 AM)
8:35 AM	New Site for Physics China Jinping Underground Laboratory - Jianmin Li Slides
9:00 AM	Very Large Underground Detectors for Neutrino Physics and Nucleaon Decay Searches: Recent Discovery of Electron Neutrino Appearance from a Muon Neutrino Beam in T2K and Future Outlook for Discovery of CP Violation in the Lepton Sector - Chang Kee Jung Slides summary
9:25 AM	Planned SURF Detector Hall for DUNE - Bill Roggenthen Slides
9:30 AM	Constructability and Value Engineering “Top Ten” Best Practices for Underground Laboratory Construction - Chris Laughton Slides summary
9:55 AM	--- Coffee ---
10:10 AM	Session II. European and North American Physics Laboratories and Experiments (until 11:50 AM)
10:10 AM	Undeground Laboratory of Modane and the other three Underground Labs in Europe - Fabrice Piquemal Slides
11:00 AM	Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC) Activities • Progress in Multi-Disciplinary Studies in European Underground Labs - Ino Agrafioti Slides
11:25 AM	Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory (SNOLab) - Ian Lawson Slides
11:50 AM	--- Coffee ---

12:50 PM	Session III: Contributions of Rock Mechanics to Radioactive Waste Disposal Evaluations (until 2:50 PM)
12:50 PM	URLs to Support Geo-Engineering Projects - John Hudson Slides
1:15 PM	ONKALO - Underground Rock Characterization Facility for In-Situ Testing - Erik Johansson Slides summary
1:40 PM	The PARCLAY experiment at URL HADES in Mol, Belgium - Xiang Ling Li Slides
2:05 PM	Geoscientific exploration of a candidate waste disposal site in rock salt - Sandra Fahland Slides summary
2:20 PM	Current Status of KURT and Its Experimental Research Programme - Seokwon Jeon Slides
2:30 PM	Area-Specific URL for Geological Disposal in China - Ju Wang Liang Chen Slides
2:50 PM	--- Coffee ---
3:10 PM	Networked Mine Observatories – Benefits and Challenges - Peter Kaiser Slides
3:10 PM	Session IV: Networks and URL Inter-Disciplinary Underground Science and Technology Experiments (until 5:25 PM)
3:35 PM	Roles of URLs in Probing Controls on Induced Seismicity and Related Permeability Evolution - Derek Elsworth Slides
4:10 PM	Hydro-Mechanical Experiments in Fault Zones in Shales and Carbonated Rocks - Yves Guglielmi Slides
4:35 PM	LSBB Underground Research Laboratory - Stephane Gaffet Slides
5:00 PM	Comprehensive Monitoring of Rock behaviors in China CJPL-II Laboratory - Shaojun Li
5:25 PM	Open Discussion (until 6:00 PM)

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