Sunday
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Nanotechnology in Cementitious Materials
Discussion Leader: Surendra Shah (Northwestern University, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Florence Sanchez (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Nanotechnology and the Concrete World: Opportunities and Challenges"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
L. Singh (Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), India)
"Performance and Durability of Nano-Engineered Concrete"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Recycling Concrete
Discussion Leader: Chi Sun Poon (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Vanderley John (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Recycling and Challenge of Improving Resource Efficiency and Reducing CO2 Footprint of Cement-Based Materials"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Takafumi Noguchi (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Concrete Recycling with Environmental Impact Minimization Toward Sustainable Use of Concrete"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Fernando Martirena (University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Cuba)
"Challenges and Opportunities on the Production of Durable Concrete with an Increased Amount of Recycled Construction and Demolitions Wastes"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Karen Scrivener (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) and Yamei Zhang (Southeast University, China)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Performance Testing for Concrete
Discussion Leader: Carmen Andrade (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Hans Beushausen (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
"Development and Implementation of Performance-Based Specifications for Concrete Durability"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
R. Doug Hooton (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Specifying Performance for Concrete in Chloride Exposures"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hydration and Microstructure of Cementitious Materials
Discussion Leader: Paulo Monteiro (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
John Provis (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
"Materials Science Leading to Laterials Engineering: Using Advanced Characterization to Design and Understand New Cementitious Binders"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Patrick Juilland (Sika Technology AG, Switzerland)
"Impact of Solution Composition on Alite's Dissolution"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:40 am
Delphine Marchon (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Impact of Chemical Admixtures on Cement Hydration: Recent Insight and Future Challenges"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:20 pm
Guoqing Geng (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
"Correlating the Mechanical Property of C-(A-)S-H with Its Crystallographic Features at Molecular and Nano Scale"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Poster Session
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Digital Construction and Rheology of Concrete
Discussion Leader: Nicolas Roussel (French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Spatial Planning, Development and Networks, France)
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Viktor Mechtcherine (TU Dresden, Germany)
"Digital Concrete Construction: Chances and Challenges"
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00 pm - 5:40 pm
Timothy Wangler (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Digital Concrete: Opportunities and Challenges"
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sustainable Binders
Discussion Leader: Karen Scrivener (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Shashank Bishnoi (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India)
"Modelling the Chemistry and Performance of Low Clinker Cements: Challenges and Opportunities"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Cise Unluer (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
"Developments in Carbonated Reactive MgO Cement Concrete: Production, Performance and Recycling"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:40 am
Caijun Shi (Hunan University, China)
"Progress in the Challenges for Geopolymer"
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Zuhua Zhang (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
"Durability Concern of Sustainable AAC Binders"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Ultra High Performance Concrete
Discussion Leader: David Lange (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Sebastien Bernardi (LafargeHolcim, France)
"Wide Trend for New Architectural and Structural Design with UHPC"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Jiaping Liu (Southeast University, China)
"Research and Applications of Ultra-High Performance Concrete"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mechanical Properties of Concrete
Discussion Leader: Zongjin Li (University of Macau, Macau SAR China)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:55 am
Christopher Leung (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Performance-Based Design of Strain-Hardening Cement-Based Composites: Research and Challenges"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Bernhard Pichler (TU Wien / Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
"From Microstructure to Macroproperties: Prediction of Elasticity, Creep and Strength of Cement Paste, Mortars and Concretes"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:05 pm
Mateusz Wyrzykowski (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland)
"Basic Creep of Concrete at Early-Ages: Fundamental Mechanisms Assessed in Equivalent Systems with Arrested Hydration"
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Service Life Prediction of Concrete
Discussion Leader: Mark Alexander (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Jacques Marchand (SIMCO Technologies, Canada)
"Recent Developments in the Modeling of the Service-Life of Concrete Structures Exposed to Aggressive Environments"
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Discussion
4:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Kefei Li (Tsinghua University, China)
"Service Life Design Based on Durability Indicators: From Theory to Quality Control"
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Discussion
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
Andrés Torres-Acosta (Mexican Institute of Transportation, Mexico)
"Remaining Life of Concrete Structures: Load Capacity Loss of Structural Elements Due to Corrosion of the Embedded Steel"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure