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NEWS aNd EVENTS

RILEM UpdatE

The International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials,
Systems and Structures

NEW PUBLICATIONS
RILEM is glad to announce the recent publication of two new proceedings:

• Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete (S. Bishnoi)
• Proceedings of ConcreteLife’20 - Concrete Durability and Service Life Planning (K. Kovler)

More info can be found here: https://www.rilem.net/news/395

RILEM EVENT REPORT

Online Workshop on “Recent Advances in Science and Technology
of Concrete”
RILEM Online Conferences & Transfer of Knowledge (ROC&TOK)
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Radhakrishna Pillai Piyush Chaunsali Prasanth Alapati Saturday 2 May
The first (of many more to come!!!) workshop of the brand-new series
of ONLINE events called RILEM Online Conferences & Transfer of
Knowledge (ROC&TOK) successfully took place in May 2020. The
Yuvaraj Dhandapani Prannoy Suraneni Manu Santhanam
workshop, titled “Recent Advances in Science and Technology of
Concrete”, was organised by the Indian Institute of Technology
Madras, Chennai, India, with the co-sponsorship of RILEM in
Ravindra Gettu
partnership with the Indian Concrete Institute. More than 9,600
people registered, mostly from India and 30+ other countries, to view the event that was streamed live on YouTube. The video of the
workshop is still available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKZn2aaujHQ&feature=youtu.be.

Although the benefits of conventional conferences, such as networking, social interactions and collateral visits, are appreciated and
not to be discouraged, the workshop organisers ably showed that online seminars could provide an adequate solution in situations
such as those imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, when conventional gatherings are not feasible. After the positive experience of
this first workshop, the ROC&TOK can build on its attributes to reach its primary goal, i.e. to continue having scientific discussions and
dissemination of new research.
More information about the speakers and the content of each of the seven presentations can be found here: www.bit.ly/2W05n5i

UPCOMING RILEM EVENTS

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74 RILEM Annual Week and 40 Cement and Concrete Science Conference
31 August-4 September 2020, Sheffield, UK
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure that all conference delegates are able to gain the
maximum possible benefit from the meetings, sessions and presentations, the conference organisers have
taken the decision to move the conference and all associated committee meetings into an online format.
Further information will be made available through the conference website
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/materials/rilem2020

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