The 6th International Symposium on Digital Rock Analysis Technology and the 2023 Annual Meeting of the China Chapter of the International Society for Porous Media was held at our university from July 5th to 7th. Over a hundred experts and scholars from universities and research institutes in China, the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Austria, Saudi Arabia, and other countries participated in the conference, with attendees from various research fields including petroleum, geology, environment, architecture, and chemistry.

The 6th International Symposium on Digital Core Analysis Technology was held(by Yang An Photography)

   The symposium was organized by our Oil and Gas Seepage Research Center, co-hosted by the China Chapter of the International Society for Porous Media (China InterPore Chapter), the China-Saudi Arabia "Belt and Road" Joint Laboratory for Petroleum Energy, and the Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Oilfields. Professor Yao Jun, the director of the Oil and Gas Seepage Research Center, attended and delivered the opening speech. Representatives from the university's International Cooperation and Exchange Office and the Science and Technology Office also participated in the opening ceremony.

 Professor Roland Horne, Member of the American Academy of Engineering and Stanford University, delivered a keynote speech(by Yang An Photography)

  During the symposium, Professor Roland Horne from Stanford University, a member of the National Academy of Engineering in the United States, presented the latest applications of DNA tracers in detecting flow pathways in fractured oil and gas reservoirs. Former President of the International Society for Porous Media, Professor Oleg Iliev from the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, gave a keynote report on Parameter Identification and Application in Porous Media Reaction Flow Processes Using Machine Learning, introducing the method and process of parameter identification based on numerical simulation results using machine learning. Professor Wang Moran of Tsinghua University, the Chair of the China Chapter of the International Society for Porous Media, presented on gas diffusion modes in porous media with different saturations. Additionally, attendees engaged in a series of exchanges and discussions on 27 invited reports covering topics such as digital rock analysis technology, multiscale flow simulation, multiphysical field seepage coupling issues, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the latest developments in CCUS.

  Foreign professors and representatives attended the meeting to carry out exchanges(by Jiang Baixi Photography)

  Delegates, teachers and students watched the exhibition(by Yang An Photography)

  Since 2012, our Oil and Gas Seepage Research Center has hosted six consecutive International Symposia on Digital Rock Analysis Technology. The symposium has promoted in-depth research on porous media science and engineering issues and advanced the development of digital rock analysis technology in China. It has evolved into a high-end conference with top-tier international influence in digital rock technology. The symposium is one of the important conferences in the academic activities series celebrating the university's 70th anniversary, facilitating the high-quality development of related disciplines at the university. It presents high-level academic achievements as a gift for the university's 70th anniversary celebration and injects seepage strength into accelerating the construction of a world-class university in the field of China's characteristic energy.

  The Oil and Gas Seepage Research Center has undertaken multiple national-level projects, receiving two national-level scientific and technological awards and nine provincial-level scientific and technological awards. They have published nine monographs in both Chinese and English and over 500 SCI papers in renowned domestic and international journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., Nano Lett., Int. J. Heat. Mass Transfer, Int. J. Greenh. Gas Con., J. Comput. Phys., Chinese Science, Science Bulletin, and Acta Petrolei Sinica. The center has proposed a modern theoretical framework for seepage, developed a multi-scale and multi-field research direction from micro-nano-scale seepage to large-scale fracture seepage, enriching and advancing the mechanics theory of oil and gas seepage. They possess outstanding academic influence in the international oil and gas seepage field.