THE 'Implementing Geological Disposal-Technology Platform' (IGD-TP) is composed of European waste-management organizations and has a vision that "by 2025 the first geological disposal facilities for spent fuel, high-level waste and other long-lived radioactive waste will be operating safely in Europe". The first IGD-TP Geodisposal Conference was held at The University of Manchester, UK from June 24 th-26 th 2014 and provided a new forum for researchers in this area to present their work. The Conference brought together >270 delegates from across 23 countries and an important aspect of the conference was to showcase and publish research relevant to geological disposal of radioactive waste. The conference was also an opportunity for more advanced geological programmes to share >30 years of Research and Development and Demonstration (RD & D) and implementation experience in geological disposal with less advanced programmes.