Tuesday June 6th
12.00 – 14.00: Registration / welcome standing lunch / Poster exhibition
14.00 – 14.15: Welcome address - Daniel Janicot (President of Commission nationale française pour l'UNESCO, FR)
14.15 – 14.30: Louis Vicat’s memoir to the Royal Academy of Sciences, 15 December, 1817 - Jean Salençon (Academie des Sciences and Academie des Technologies, FR)
14.30 – 14.40: Launch of a memorial postage stamp - (National Mail Philately Department, FR)
Coordinator : Fernand Deillon (TFB - Technik und Forschung im Betonbau, CH)
14.40 – 15.05: History, roots and inventions - From the Romans to Vicat and Le Chatellier - Antoine Picon (ENPC, FR)
15.05 – 15.25: From hydraulic lime to Portland cement - Laurent Izoret (ATILH, FR)
15.25 – 15.45: The contribution of science to the evolution of cement - Karen Scrivener (LMC at EPFL, CH)
Coffee break/ Poster exhibition: 15.45 – 16.15
16.15 – 16.45 From cement to concrete - Francesco Biasioli (General Secretary ERMCO, IT)
16.45 – 17.15: Concrete and heritage - Cédric Avenier (Laboratoire Cultures constructives, Labex AE&CC de l'ENS d'architecture de Grenoble, FR)
17.15 - 17.45: Two centuries of construction with concrete - Xavier Bezançon (EGF-BTP, FR)
17.45 – 19.00: 1st poster presentation session (2min/poster, by the author)
Cocktail / Q&A poster exhibition: 19.00 – 20.00
Wednesday June 7th
Coordinator : Martin Schneider (VDZ - Verein Deutscher Zementwerke, DE)
9.00 – 9.20: Clinker burning, a unique high temperature process - An overview - Eric Bourdon (Vicat, FR)
9.20 – 9.40: Energy efficiency and CO2 performance - Measures and limits - Bruno de Robert (LafargeHolcim, FR)
9.40 – 10.00: Waste valorization in the cement kiln aiming at circular economy - Jan Theulen (HeidelbergCement, DE)
10.00 – 10.20: Emission control technologies in the cement plant - Giovanni Cinti (CTG Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, IT)
Coffee break/ Poster exhibition: 10.20 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.30: Modern grinding technology: its role in product performance - Luigi Buzzi (Buzzi Unicem, IT)
11.30 – 12.00: Carbon capture, storage and use - Volker Hoenig (ECRA European Cement Research Academy, DE)
12.00 – 12.35: Questions and Answers + Synthesis - Martin Schneider
12.35 - 13.00: 2nd poster presentation session (2min / poster, by the author)
Lunch / Poster exhibition: 13.00 – 14.00
Coordinator : Karen Scrivener (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH)
14.00 – 14.25: Portland based multi-constituent cements - By-products in cement manufacturing - Albrecht Wolter (Clausthal University, DE)
14.25 – 14.50: CSA and belite-rich clinkers and cements – Mechanisms and applications - Ellis M. Gartner (Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UK)
14.50 – 15.15: Calcium Aluminate Cements - Current and Future perspectives as sustainable performance binders - Chris Parr (Kerneos, FR)
15.15 – 15:40: Novel cements based on calcium-hydrosilicates - Hendrik Möeller (Schwenk Group & the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE)
Coffee break / Poster exhibition: 15.40 – 16.25
16.25 – 16.50: Geopolymers – Mechanisms and applications - John L. Provis (University of Sheffield, UK)
16.50 – 17.15: UHPFRC – Mechanisms and applications - François Toutlemonde and Sébastien Bernardi (IFSTTAR and LafargeHolcim Research Center, FR)
17.15 – 17.40: Transfer properties of concrete – Improving concrete durability - Mark G.Alexander (Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, ZA)
17.40 – 18.05: Questions and Answers + Synthesis - Karen Scrivener
20.00 – 23.00: Symposium dinner and award of Student prizes (registration requested)
Thursday June 8th
Coordinator : Enrico Borgarello (Director Research & Innovation, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, IT)
9.00 – 9.25: Global carbon uptake by cement carbonation - Carmen Andrade (El Instituto de Ciencias de la Construccion Eduardo Torroja, ES)
9.25 – 9.50: Life Cycle Analysis of concrete - Jochen Reiners (VDZ, DE)
9.50 - 10.15: Science of clinkers and cement from recycled concrete fines - Laurent Izoret (ATILH, FR)
10.15 – 10.40: Performance of concrete with recycled concrete aggregates - François de Larrard (PN Recybeton, FR)
Coffee break / Poster exhibition: 10.40 – 11.10
11.10 – 11.35: Structural energy storage in buldings providing flexibility to the electricity grid - Karl Downey (Cembureau, BE)
11.35 – 12.00: Applications of concrete in renewable energy - Pål G. Bergan (EnergyNest AS, NO)
12.00 – 12.25: Smart concrete: conductive, chargeable, self-cleaning, de polluting - Enrico Borgarello (Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, IT)
12.25 - 13.00: Question & Answers + Synthesis - Enrico Borgarello
Lunch / Poster exhibition: 13.00 - 14.15
Coordinator: Anne Bernard-Gély (Managing Director, ATILH, FR)
14.15 – 14.40: Automated concrete construction technologies: 3D / Robot / Extrusion - Robert Flatt (ETH Zurich, CH)
14.40 – 15.05: Concrete in tunnels - Jacques Burdin (IGC, FR)
15.05 - 15.30: Structural monitoring through embedded sensors - Christophe Prat (CEA, FR)
15.30 – 15.55: Protecting the heritage - Concrete for MOSE, the Venice protection system against floods - Enrico CORIO (Calcestruzzi HeidelbergCement Group, IT)
15.55 – 16.55: Architectural perspective on the city of tomorrow- Etienne Tricaud (AREP, FR) & Tarik Oualalou (Oualalou+Choi, MA); Frédéric Lenne 5esprit urbain, FR) as moderateur
16.55 – 17.15: Session & Symposium Conclusion - Anne Bernard-Gély & Raoul de Parisot