CBMR is pleased to announce the participation of Professor Tarcisio Barreto Celestino in the roundtable of the Special Session "Teaching and Capacity Building in Rock Mechanics: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives", part of the X Latin American Rock Mechanics Symposium (LARMS 2026), to be held from August 26 to 28, 2026, in Brasília (DF), Brazil, alongside the XXII Brazilian Congress on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (COBRAMSEG 2026).

A Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, with a master's degree and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, Tarcísio Celestino is currently a Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic School of USP and Civil Engineering Manager at Themag Engenharia, in São Paulo. He served as Professor at the Department of Geotechnics at the São Carlos School of Engineering (USP) for 35 years, where he supervised 36 completed master's dissertations and 14 doctoral theses. He is responsible for geotechnical projects for works such as hydroelectric plants, metro systems, and road tunnels.

With extensive involvement in international organizations, he served as President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) and Vice-President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM). He received the Manuel Rocha and Terzaghi Awards from ABMS in 2012 and 2020, respectively. He has served as a visiting professor in international postgraduate programs, including the Master's in Underground Works at IHE (Delft, Netherlands) and the Master's in Advanced Studies in Tunnelling at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland). He is the author of more than 170 technical papers and has accumulated over 1,000 citations in the last five years, according to Google Scholar.

Organized by CBMR, in partnership with ABMS and the Brazilian national group of ISRM, LARMS 2026 will bring together specialists, researchers, and professionals to discuss technical advances and current challenges in the sector, under the theme "Rock Mechanics for a Sustainable Future: Innovation in Mining, Energy and Infrastructure".

More information: larms2026.com