The highest and most senior grade of membership is Fellow of the ISRM. A group of ISRM Fellows is inducted every two years.

During the ISRM International Symposium AfriRock 2017 four new ISRM Fellows were inducted: Xia-Ting Feng (China), Álvaro J. Gonzalez Garcia (Colombia), Yuzo Ohnishi (Japan) and Ivan Vrkljan (Croatia).

Two nominations for President of the ISRM for the term 2019-2023 were received: Prof. Reşat Ulusay (nominated by Turkey) and Prof. Jian Zhao (nominated by Singapore).

The election took place during the Council meeting and Prof. Reşat Ulusay was elected as the next ISRM President. He will start his term of office after the 14th International Congress of the ISRM, which will take place in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, in 2019.

The 19th ISRM Online Lecture "Rockbursts at deep tunnels" by Professor Xia-Ting Feng is now online! Follow the link to watch the lecture.