The Congress will cover the entire scope of rock mechanics and rock engineering, with the emphasis on interfacing rock mechanics and rock engineering with the environment. The main topics include but not limited to the followings:  

• Site investigation and field observation.
• Rock material and rock mass properties testing (laboratory and in situ).
• Analysis techniques and design methods, modeling and numerical methods.
• Information system, artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques.
• Rock engineering in hazardous geo-environments.
• Rock breakage and excavation techniques.
• Underground storage of petroleum, gas, CO2, and nuclear waste disposal.