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Program of 2025 RILEM Spring Convention
 
The organisers of the 2025 RILEM Spring Convention & Conference on durability of building materials and systems in the transportation infrastructure are happy to announce that the program of the event is now available online! Only a few weeks left before the event kicks off in Mendrisio, Switzerland, on 22 March 2025!

 
 

2024 Colonnetti medallist’s letter
 
The last paper published in RILEM Technical Letters is an invited contribution by Prof. Zhenming Li, awardee of the RILEM Gustavo Colonnetti Medal in 2024. This Open Access letter is titled Quantifying the early-age viscoelastic properties of alkali activated slag concrete using repeated minutes-long creep tests. Enjoy!

 
 

ROC&TOK in April
 
The next ROC&TOK webinar will take place on 3 April 2025 at 3PM CEST/Paris Time. The speaker will be Dr Rupert Myers, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, presenting “Which CO2 mineralisation technologies for concrete materials are the most promising?”. The webinar is free, but registration is needed!

 
 

MuRiCo8
 
RILEM is happy to co-sponsor MuRiCo8 - Mechanics Of Masonry Structures Strengthened With Composite Materials, taking place in Bologna, Italy, on 25-27 June 2025. This event is a vibrant community dedicated to advancing composite materials for the reinforcement of masonry structures. The conference organisers are still accepting contributions!

 
 

ECSN webinar
 
RILEM invites you to attend the 4th European Concrete Societies Network (ECSN) Webinar on 18 March 2025, from 10:00 to 15:45 CET. RILEM and ECSN have been partners for a long time. The program of this webinar features, amongst other great presentations, the ones of 2 RILEM TCs: 315-DCS Data-driven concrete science, and CUC Carbon dioxide uptake by concrete during and after service life.

 
 

ICCCSC
 
RILEM is happy to co-sponsor the 5th International Conference on Calcined Clay for Sustainable Concrete (ICCCSC), taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4-6 February 2026. This conference serves as a key platform for discussing developments and application of low-carbon, sustainable cement technologies. The abstract submission deadline is 1 April 2025!

 
 
 
 
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