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2025 RILEM Spring Convention report
 
Have you missed the 8th RILEM Spring Convention in Mendrisio, Switzerland, last month? Do not worry! The report presenting the highlights of the event is now available here!
 

 
 

258-AAA STAR
 
It is with a mix of joy and sadness that RILEM announces the publication of its latest State-of-the-Art Report: Total Alkalis in Concrete — Contribution to Alkali-Silica Reaction, State-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 258-AAA WP3, Edited by Esperanza Menéndez Méndez and António Santos Silva. The publication includes a heartfelt tribute to Esperanza Menéndez Méndez, whose recent passing was a great loss to the concrete research community.

 
 

New Volume of RILEM Tech Lett
 
The first issue of Vol.10 (2025) of RILEM Technical Letters (RILEM Tech Lett) is published! The first paper of this issue is Thermodynamic modeling: Success in cement science – Untapped potential in corrosion research. As all RILEM Tech Lett articles, also this one is available in Open Access!

 
 

ISVCHC2025
 
RILEM EAC co-sponsors the doctoral course Volume Changes of Concrete, taking place on 4-8 November 2025, in Nanjing, China. The course is open to a maximum of 80 participants from all regions of the world. Participants should possess a fundamental understanding of concrete technology. All lectures and course materials will be in English.

 
 

FRPRCS17
 
RILEM is happy to co-sponsor the 17th International Symposium on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, taking place on 6-8 July 2026, in Girona, Spain. The call for proposals for special sessions closes on 30 May 2025. The abstracts submission deadline is 1 August 2025.

 
 
 
 
did you know that...
 

… the RILEM medallists' lectures and the TC presentations at the Spring Conventions and Annual Weeks are always recorded and shared for free on the RILEM YouTube channel? The videos of the 2025 G. Colonnetti awardees’ lectures and of the presentations of TC 290-IMC and TC 277-LHS, which took place at the last 2025 RILEM Spring Convention, are now available here! Enjoy!

 
 
 
 
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