FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The New Zealand Concrete Society is pleased to announce the 9th International Symposium on High Performance Concrete – Design, Verification & Utilization to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 7 to 11 August 2011.

The symposium will be a continuation of the successful previous symposia held every three years since 1987. The symposium will bring together engineers, designers, researchers and scientists from around the world to promote better understandings on common interests ranging from the most recent researches to the latest applications of high-strength and high performance concrete for construction.

Call for Papers

Final day for abstracts > 31 August 2010
Preliminary acceptance of papers > 17 September 2010
Receipt of written papers > 1 March 2011

Topics

  • Concrete durability
  • Self-compacting concrete
  • Fibre reinforced concrete
  • Seismic design and construction
  • Concrete Sustainability

Sub-themes for submitting abstracts

  • Testing methods and standardization
  • Concrete Properties Modeling
  • Fresh Properties and Constructability
  • Mechanical properties
  • Structural Performance and Modeling
  • High ductility concrete
  • Fire Resistance
  • Applications

INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE:

Prof. Olafur H. Wallevik - Chair Reykjavik University, ICELAND
Prof. Joost Walraven - TU Delft, The NETHERLANDS
Dr. Surendra Shah - ACBM, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
Dr. Mark Alexander - University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Prof. Kamal Khayat - University of Sherbrooke, CANADA
Prof. Geert De Schutter - Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research, Ghent, BELGIUM
Prof. Arnon Bentur - Technion, Haifa, ISRAEL
Prof. Peter Bartos - The Queen’s University of Belfast, Hon. Chair of Civil Engineering, UK
Prof. Ravi Dhir - Director of the Concrete Technology Unit (CTU), University of Dundee, UK
Dr. Steinar Helland - Skanska Norge AS, NORWAY
Prof. H W Reinhard - Institute of Construction Materials, University of Stuttgart, GERMANY
Dr. Mette Geiker - TU Denmark (DTU), DENMARK
Dr. Carmen Andrade - Institute Eduardo Torroja of Construction Science, Madrid, SPAIN
Prof. Robert Munn - NSW University, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Dr. Francis Young - University of Illinois, an Emeritus Professor, NEW ZEALAND/USA
Richard D. Stehly - American Engineering & Testing, USA
Dr. Nigel Priestley - UCSD (Emeritus) and European School for Earthquake Engineering (Emeritus), NEW ZEALAND
Dr. James Mackechnie - Allied Concrete, NEW ZEALAND
Prof. Toyoaki Miyagawa - Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, JAPAN
Prof. Koichi Maekawa - The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, JAPAN

Organising committee:

Michael Khrapko (Chairman), Dene Cook, Rob Gaimster, Jason Ingham, Tim Jones, Len McSaveney