The sixth Virtual Geoscience Conference came back to the University of Lausanne from the 9th to 12th of September 2025. A full day of short courses on the 9th of September covered multiple subjects, such as remote sensing, LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging), InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar), and ground-based InSAR SFM (structure from motion), but also new methods, such as multispectral remote sensing and processing on virtual outcrops and point clouds. The conference has also covered the use of virtual field trips for education.
All the detailed programme is available on the VGC website.
The UNIL Risk Group has presented multiple subjects:
- Thermal imaging for geothermal exploration (Jajia River, Taiwan) (Marc-Henri Derron)
- Geomorphology-aware deep models for terrain surface completion (Tianxin lu )
- Improving digital image correlation (DIC) for uniaxial compression tests on cylindrical samples. (Antonin Chalé)
Image 2 : conference room
On Friday September 12th, the conference ended with the field trip to Les Diablerets. A field and virtual visit to the Creux de Champ Valley and was completed by a workshop. Led by the Unil Risk Group (Amalia Gutierrez, Michel Jaboyedoff, and Marck Henri Derron).
In 2027 the 7th edition of VGC will be held in Tervuren, Belgium.