The ISRM held its 2024 Council meeting on 23 September in New Delhi, India, in conjunction with the 13th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium – ARMS13 and the 2024 International Symposium.
43 National Groups were represented at the Council, which was also attended by the Board members, the Past President Resat Ulusay, and observers from the Commissions and the National Groups.
Reports of the Board members and Board Cimmittees, as well as the forthcoming conferences were presented. Issues concerning the FedIGS were discussed
The annual Board meeting and the Commission meetings took place before the Council. Several well-attended courses and workshops took place during the 2 days preceding the conference.
Membership of the ISRM
The ISRM has a membership of approximately 9300 individual members and 167 corporate members, belonging to 61 National Groups. After two decades of continuous growth, the number of individual members has stabilized during the last two years. The National Groups of Morocco and Iran joined the Society during 2024.
2026 ISRM International Symposium will be held in Fukuoka, Japan
The National Groups of Macedonia and Japan presented excellent proposals to host the 2026 ISRM International Symposium. The Council, by secret ballot, selected the proposal by Japan, in Fukuoka, from 22 to 26 November, where the Board, Council and Commission meetings of 2026 will take place.
ISRM Award winners were announced
Rocha medal 2025
The Rocha Award Committee selected the winner of the Rocha Medal 2025 and two runners-up.
Winner: Lucille Carbillet, FRANCE; Université de Strasbourg, FRANCE.
Runners-up: Georgios Tzortzopoulos, GREECE – École Centrale de Nantes, FRANCE
Quan Zhang, CHINA, China University of Mining and Technology, CHINA.
Science Achievement Award 2024: Weiren Lin, JAPAN; Pinnaduwa Kulatilake, SRI LANKA.
Young Rock Engineer Award 2024: Gabriel Walton, USA.
ISRM Board meeting held on 22 September