RILEM BITS&BOBS  
 
 
IN-HOUSE TALKS AND STATEMENTS
 

2025 RILEM Spring Convention
 
RILEM is thrilled to invite you to the RILEM 2025 Spring Convention and the Conference on durability of infrastructures, scheduled from 22nd to 28th of March 2025, in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The organisers are now accepting abstracts! To contribute with your research and insights, please submit your abstract here. Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 September 2024.

 
 

ROC&TOK takes a break
 
We would like to remind you that the ROC&TOK webinars are suspended in August, for the European summer holiday. Stay tuned for further details of the next ROC&TOK webinar!

 
 

New corporate member
 
RILEM is thrilled to welcome onboard a new corporate member: Iterchimica, an Italian company based in Suisio (Bergamo). The company is one of the international leaders in the development of innovative products and technologies for asphalt pavements to improve their quality and guarantee safety, durability and sustainability.

 
 

New EAC course
 
The RILEM EAC co-sponsors the “Hydration and microstructure characterization of cementitious materials” course, taking place on 12-16 August 2024 in Lyngby, Denmark. The course will be in person and taught in English. More info available here!

 
 
 
 
Did you know that...
 

… the European Mortar Industry Organisation (EMO) has recently become a partner of RILEM? The aim of EMO was and is a coordinated and positive representation of the interests of the European mortar and external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) industry vis-à-vis the technical committees and bodies of the EU and in the preparation of European technical legislation.

 
 
 
 
OUTSOURCED BUSINESS AND STORIES
 

Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence
 
The Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence, recently approved by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO), will support collaboration across academia, national labs, government agencies, and corporations to develop and validate low-carbon cement and concrete technologies. More info here.

 
 
 
 
upcoming rilem events
 

 
 
 
The RILEM newsletter BITS&BOBS stands for Bright In-house Talks and Statements & Brilliant Outsourced Businesses and Stories.