The 4th Conference on Geophysics for Infrastructure Planning, Monitoring and BIM joins Near Surface Geoscience ’25 in Naples. The conference has a strong regional and country relevance as its topics are critical in a country like Italy, where the interplay between natural and built environments poses unique challenges and opportunities.
Italy’s complex geology – characterised by mountainous terrain, active seismic zones,
volcanoes, and extensive coastlines – challenges its infrastructure planning and monitoring. Aging infrastructure, climate change, and evolution of the way infrastructure is used, highlights the clear need for geophysics and geophysical monitoring and provide new use cases for Digital Twins in this context.

Infrastructure extends from structures, roads and railway for transport of goods and people to also include the transmission of water, energy and data. Governments, asset owners and the engineering sector are increasing the focus on resilience, safety and value for money of such assets. Therefore, this conference’s technical programme will focus on questions related to identifying, characterising, and quantifying these impacts through advanced geophysical and non-destructive methodologies and instrumentation for planning and construction, archaeological mapping, as well as monitoring of changes of existing infrastructure during operation and maintenance. This includes modern data analytics such as predictive models that use geophysical data to identify risks.

Building on the success of previous editions in The Hague (2019), Bordeaux (2021), and Edinburgh (2023), the conference in Naples is poised to provide a valuable opportunity for engagement between researchers and professionals from diverse fields, including but not limited to geoscientists, design and civil engineers, city planners, and geotechnical specialists.

We look forward to advancing the vital conversations from the previous editions!