THE ACTUAL LIST OF THE OPENING AND KEYNOTE LECTURES

Opening Speech

Themes

1. Process Technology and Clinker Chemistry

• The Cement Industry on the Way to a Low Carbon Industry
  Mr. Martin Schneider
• Alternative fuels: Effects on Clinker Process and Properties
  Mr. Anjan Chatterjee

2. Hydration, Structure and Thermodynamics of Portland Cements

• Advances in Understanding Cement Hydration Mechanisms
  Mrs. Karen Scrivener
• Application of Thermodynamic Modelling to Hydrated Cements
  Mrs. Barbara Lothenbach
• Advances in Characterizing and Understanding the Microstructure of Cementitious Materials
  Mr. Paulo Monteiro

3. Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs)

• Supplementary Cementitious Materials: New Sources, Characterization, and Performance
  Insights
  Mrs. Maria Juenger
• CReactivity of Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) in Cement Blends
  Mr. Jørgen Skibsted
• Fly ash and slag
  Mr. Zbigniew Giergiczny

4. Other Binders and their Application

• Recent Progress in Low-Carbon Binders
  Mr. Caijun Shi
• Hybrid Binders: A Journey from the Past to a Sustainable Future (Opus Caementicium Futurum)
  Mr. Angel Palomo
• Advances in Understanding Ye’elimite-rich Cements
  Mr. Mohsen Ben Haha

5. Chemical Admixtures and Fresh Concrete (Fresh and Hardened Concrete)

• Recent Advance of Chemical Admixtures in Concrete
  Mr. Liu Jiaping
• Rheological Properties of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete – An Overview
  Mr. Kamal Khayat
• Digital Concrete: A Review
  Mr. Robert Flatt
• Properties of Early-age Concrete Relevant to Cracking in Massive Concrete
  Mr. Ippei Maruyama
• Recent Advances on Yield Stress and Elasticity of Fresh Cement-based Materials
  Mr. Nicolas Roussel

6. Concrete Durability

• Concrete Durability: Recent Advances and Next Steps
  Mr. Mike Thomas
• Durability, Service Life Prediction, and Modelling for Reinforced Concrete Structures – Review and Critique
  Mr. Mark Alexander
• Crack-altered Durability Properties and Performance of Structural Concretes
  Mr. Kefei Li
• Carbonation as a Method to Improve Climate Performance for Cement Based Material
  Mr. Ronny Andersson
• Toward the Prediction of Pore Volumes and Freeze-Thaw Performance of Concrete Using Thermodynamic Modelling
  Mr. Jason Weiss

7. Testing Methods – Standardization and New Approach

• Future Directions for Design, Specification, Testing, and Construction of Durable Concrete Structures
  Mr. Doug Hooton
• Rethinking Cement Standards: Opportunities for a Better Future
  Mr. Vanderley John