The 6th IMA Conference on Modelling Permeable Rocks will take place on 29 March to 1 April 2010 at the University of Edinburgh.

This conference provides an excellent opportunity for people from different disciplines (geology, statistics, mathematics and engineering) to share ideas on modelling permeable and fractured rocks. The emphasis will be on new developments in the mathematical modelling of geological patterns for the purposes of improving prediction of flow and hydro-mechanical behaviour rather than on purely descriptive work. For the 6th Conference in the series, the IMA shall have a special focus on modelling requirements for the geological storage of CO2. However, they shall also include applications for the oil industry, hydrogeology and nuclear waste disposal.

Topics to include:

• faults and fractures, influence of geomechanics;
• process modelling/pattern formation;
• quantitative techniques for data collection;
• geostatistical techniques;
• uncertainty in modelling heterogeneity;
• integration and upscaling of data into flow models.

Scientific enquiries should be made to:
Dr Gillian Pickup, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland, UK.

General enquiries concerning conference arrangements should be sent to:
Amy Marsh, The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England SS1 1EF. Tel: +44 (0)1702 354020.

Further information can be found on the IMA conference website.