Plenary Lectures and Debates

This publication is part of the proceedings of the <i>Biot-Bažant Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Physics of Porous Materials</i>, which took place virtually on June 1-3, 2021.<div><br></div><div>This collection gathers the plenary lectures and debates that took place during the conference.<div><br></div><div><b>Opening Lecture:</b> Unsaturated Nano-Poro-Mechanics of Century-Scale Creep and Hygrothermal Deformations of Concrete, Prof. Zdenek Bazant</div><div><br></div><div><b>Closing Lecture:</b> Materials, Processes, and (infra)Structure for the Ecological Transition: An Opportunity for Poro-science and Engineering, Prof. Henri Van Damme</div><div><br></div><div><b>Debate 1: </b>Fluids and solids are not fully coupled in porous media, Prof. Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot (for) vs. Dr. Roland Pellenq (against)<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Debate 2: </b>Darcy’s law is meaningless for flow within individual pores, Prof. Catherine O'Sullivan (for) vs. Dr. Benoît Coasne (against)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Debate 3:</b> Cementitious composites at fresh state are visco-plastic solids, Prof. Erik Schlangen (for) vs. Prof. Emmanuela Del Gado (against)<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Debate 4:</b> Multiscale models are not quantitative, Prof. Roberto Ballarini (for) vs. Prof. Christian Hellmich (against)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Debate 5:</b> Reactive tailings: All you need is strength, Prof. Andrew Whittle (for) vs. Prof. Susan Burns (against)</div></div>