Season's greetings

Dear RILEM member:

We have had an eventful year in RILEM, with a lot of changes, achievements and milestones. Some highlights include:

• 5 new RILEM Recommendations
• 1 State-of-the-Art Report
• 3 TC reports
• 8 Conference Proceedings
• 3 new TCs approved in Rovinj, Croatia, in March
• 3 new TCs approved in Nanjing, China, in August
• 14 EAC-PhD courses
• 1 L’Hermite Medalist
• 2 Colonnetti Medalists
• 6 Issues and 132 articles on Materials and Structures
• 13 articles in open access on RILEM Technical Letters
• 2 new personnel at the headquarters: Judith and Fanta
• 1 Implementation Manager: Daniela
• Countless chats, laughs, pictures and talks at the RILEM Spring Convention and the RILEM Annual Week
• The farewell for Pascale on her retirement
• and much more…

We wish that 2020 brings more joyful and significant moments together, and send greetings to you and your families for a serene and happy festive season.

Looking forward to meeting you in Guimaraes or at some other RILEM event in 2020.

Ravindra, Nicolas, Johan, Judith, Fanta, Anne and Daniela, the RILEM Team