The 9th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, organised by the German Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal, took place in Hannover for four days from Nov, 25th to 28th 2024,. The conference was accompanied by an extensive supporting program and excursions.

Our chair was represented with two own posters, one co-authored poster, one presentation and one contribution in the suppport programme. One poster participated in the poster competition and was pitched to the audience in a 2 minute short presentation.

Presentation:
Cross-scale assessment of the hydromechanically coupled behavior of two German bentonites
Antonia Nitsch, Ali Asaad, Katja Emmerich, Torsten Wichtmann, Wiebke Baille

Posters:
Assessment of the effect of heterogeneities on the hydromechanically coupled behavior of two German bentonites
Wiebke Baille, Antonia Nitsch, Torsten Wichtmann, Ali Asaad, Katja Emmerich

The Hydro-mechanical Interaction between Different Tunnel Support Strategies and the Excavation Damaged Zone (EDZ)
Sina Shivaei, Maximilian Schoen, Arash Alimardani Lavasan, Torsten Wichtmann    

Mineralogical and geotechnical characterization of two German bentonites from Westerwald and Bavaria
Ali Asaad, Antonia Nitsch, Wiebke Baille, Katja Emmerich