RockBowl is a game of questions and answers. Competing teams are challenged to answer technical and non-technical questions about rock mechanics. It will take place for the first time in the 13th ISRM Congress in Montréal, on 10 May.

Organize your team and join this fun and challenging game! Registration is free of charge and number of teams is limited.

The 8th ISRM Online Lecture is delivered by Prof. Resat Ulusay and the title will be "Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: Highlighting the ISRM Suggested Methods". Click on the link to watch the lecture.

The candidates for ISRM Vice President 2015-2019, which will be voted in May 2015, during the Council meeting at Montreal, were also asked to provide short videos of their background and intentions. These videos can be downloaded via the links below together with the candidates’ nomination documents.

The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: 2007-2014", known as the ISRM Orange Book, was published as a supplementary volume to the 2007 ISRM Blue Book. It is a product of the ISRM Commission on Testing Methods, chaired by Prof. Resat Ulusay, who is also the Editor of the book. The Orange Book was published by Springer and can be purchased by ISRM members at an advantageous price.

The deadline for submission of papers for the 2015 ISRM Congress, to be held in Montreal, Canada, is now finished. Authors must register by 15 February to receive confirmation of their paper being presented at the conference and publish in the proceedings.

The ISRM Digital Library makes available to the Rock Mechanics community worldwide the materials published in the ISRM Congresses and sponsored Symposia and is part of OnePetro, a large online library managed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.