Events & Webinars
6th October
2025
13:30-17:00 (CET)
DeepU Final Conference
Short Agenda
13:30-13:40 Welcome and Introduction to the DeepU Project – Luc Pockèle, RED srl, Coordinator of DeepU Project
13:40-14:00 Concept, origin and drill string prototypes – Arno Romanowski, Prevent Gmbh (Germany)
14:00-14:30 Laser and gas processing tests – Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT (Germany)
14:30-15:00 Laser drilling/rock interactions – Pawel Slupski, Padua University (Italy)
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:00 Laser drill cryogenic system – Maciej Chodowski & Zbigniew Rogala, Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Poland)
16:00-16:15 Regulatory, environmental, health and safety – Ric Pasquali & Kevin Mallin, GeoServ (Ireland)
16:15-16:30 Closed loop systems modeling – Antonio Galgaro, Padua University & Giordano Montegrossi, CNR-IGG (Italy)
16:30- 16:45 Exploitation planning and IPR – Luc Pockèle & Nicola Mutinelli, RED srl (Italy)
16:45-17:00 Q&A from the audience
Does Deep Drilling need a Revolution?
10:00-10:10 Introduction to the DeepU Project – Luc Pockèle, RED srl, Coordinator of DeepU Project
10:10-10:45 Drilling Deeper Faster – Kevin Mallin, Geoserv (Ireland)
10:45-11:00 Drilling rocks with laser, Sci-Fi or new reality? A DeepU case study – Pawel Slupski, Padua University (Italy)
11:00-11:15 Laser drill cryogenic system – Maciej Chodowski, Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Poland)
11:15-11:30 Environmental and regulatory aspects – Ric Pasquali, GeoServ (Ireland)
11:30-12:00 Q&A from audience
23rd October
2024
14:30-16:30 (CET)
Energy performance of deep heat exchangers (DHE) by numerical simulation
Scope of the webinar: discuss the overcoming of DHE constrained limits, e.g., heat and power thermal performances, key parameters for the simulation and performance indicators, borehole design, management and production design
The session will be moderated by Antonio Galgaro, professor at the University of Padua, who will lead the discussion and bring out insights from top researchers and industry experts.
14:30-14:40 Welcome and introduction to the DeepU Project and the Agenda – Luc Pockelè, RED Srl, Coordinator of DeepU Project
14:40-14:50 Introduction to the topics and open issues – Antonio Galgaro, University of Padua
14:50-15:10 Panellists’ presentations
15:10-16:20 Roundtable and discussion on proposed topics
16:20-16:30 Q&A from audience
Giordano Montegrossi, CNR, DeepU partner
Gianluca Gola, CNR
Isa Kolo, University of Glasgow
Claudio Alimonti, Sapienza Università di Roma
Daniele Fiaschi, Università di Firenze
Keaton Lechelt, Eavor
Martin O. Saar, ETH Zürich
Thomas Kohl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology