Current and future trends in the concrete sector
March 18 @ 10:00 - 15:45 CET
Welcome to the 4th ECSN Webinar
Current and future trends in the concrete sector
AI, innovative material development, digitization, 3D printing, circularity and sustainability. Join us in this 4th ECSN webinar and learn what hot topics the concrete sector is currently working on across the European countries. Join ECSN on the journey to the future!
ECSN is a network of European concrete societies comprising of 18 members. In this webinar, we have brought together experts from within ECSN circles to present current and future trends in the concrete sector. This is the fourth webinar that ECSN has organized. Previous webinars:
- Concrete and sustainability – an update on ongoing efforts in Europe, 25 November 2021
- Binders and concrete for the next decade, 29 March 2023
- Concrete and sustainability – an update on ongoing efforts in Europe – Part 2, 28 February 2024
Welcome!
The webinar is free, but registration is needed for participation.
Program
Moderators: Cecilie Hagby – Managing Director of Norwegian Concrete Association and Børge Johannes Wigum – Senior Project Manager, Heidelberg Materials Northern Europe.
| 10:00 | Introduction: European Concrete Societies Network Cecilie Hagby, ECSN Chair |
| 10:10 | Bridges model-based projects – Examples in Norway Tiago Vieira, Armando Rito (Portugal) |
| 10:30 | Race to Zero: How sustainability, the circular economy and high-tech are paving the rocky road Sebastian Spaun, Managing Director of the Austrian Cement Association (Austria) |
| 10:50 | A few thoughts on sustainable design of reinforced concrete beams Jens Peder Ulfkjær, Associate Professor at Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering – Structural Engineering, Aarhus University (Denmark) |
| 11:10 | Muon tomography as a potential quality control method of concrete products Sander Sein, Senior Product Manager, GScan (Estonia) |
| 11:30 | Break |
| 12:10 | Decarbonisation of precast concrete with CO2 Tapio Vehmas, CEO, Carbonaide (Finland) |
| 12:30 | Durability of concrete: A basic and necessary condition for sustainable constructions Kosmas K. Sideris, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) |
| 12:50 | CCS at the Brevik cement plant – a solution for zero carbon concrete NN – Heidelberg Materials Cement Norway (Norway) |
| 13:10 | Decarbonisation roadmap for the Broceni cement plant in Latvia Reinhold Schneider, CEO of SCHWENK Northern Europe & Krists Mertens, Director of Decarbonisation and Energy Projects at SCHWENK Latvia (Latvia) |
| 13:30 | Break |
| 13:40 | 3D printed concrete – Problems, solutions and future Johan Silfwerbrand, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) |
| 14:00 | 3DCP Housing Jandré Oosthuizen, Director of Operations, Harcourt Technologies (Ireland) |
| 14:20 | AI based surrogate models for digital twins for structural health monitoring Jan Červenka, Director of Červenka Consulting (Czech Republic) |
| 14:40 | RILEM Technical Committee, TC 315-DCS: Data-driven concrete science Chair: Prof. Sandra Barbosa Nunes Deputy Chair: Prof. Moncef Nehdi |
| 15:00 | Break |
| 15:10 | RILEM Technical Committee, TC CUC: Carbon dioxide uptake by concrete during and after service life Chair: Dr.-Ing. Gregor Gluth Deputy Chair: Prof. Susan Bernal Lopez |
| 15:30 | Summary and general discussions |
| 15:45 | Closing |