The 2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering towards a Better Environment
Even if Civil Engineering plays a key role in environmental protection and management, some of its major creations are often blamed for causing serious environmental degradation. Is it possible to promote the development of the society by improving dignity and comfort of the people while taking care of the environment? This is the motto for the conference: how can Civil Engineering activities be simultaneously effective and environmentally friendly… what is currently being done in order to achieve that goal?
This conference is an excellent opportunity for all of those with environmental concerns, such as engineers, academics, construction equipment and materials manufacturers, suppliers and government officials, to present and exchange the experiences and concerns, new ideas, innovative methodology and future development on the different fields of interest. The conference follows the traditional model for conferences, combining technical sessions with plenary lectures given by renowned scientists.
Themes (others may also be included):
· Air and water quality
· Environmental education
· Energy
· Environmentally friendly architecture
· Fluvial and coastal protection
· Geohazards, Disaster Mitigation and Management
· Geosynthetics for Geoenvironmental Applications
· Reuse and recycling in construction
· Risk management
· Soil and water protection
· Territorial and urban planning
· Vegetation in Civil Engineering
· Waste management
· Case Studies
The 5th International Conference on the Concrete Future
For more than one century, concrete is playing an important role on the modern construction. Its versatile nature is a strong point when compared with other materials. The world is moving fast and new demands on energy efficiency and on the use of low carbon materials can change construction practices very rapidly in the near future. Is concrete prepared for the challenge? What kind of adaptations should be envisaged to maintain concrete competitive? The Concrete Future may raise many questions and assemblies of practitioners, academics and researchers are certainly appropriate forums to discuss such issues.
The Concrete Future Conference Series originated from the Conference on “Our World in Concrete and Structures, which takes place every year in Singapore for more than 35 years. In the early 90s, a similar conference series was initiated outside Singapore, entitled “The Concrete Future”.
After Malaysia, Yantai (China) and Coimbra (Portugal), Covilhã is the setting for the fifth Conference.
Themes (others may also be included):
· Architectural concrete
· Behaviour of structural concrete
· Fibre reinforcement concrete
· Concrete bridges
· Design and analysis
· Durability of concrete
· Educational issues
· Health monitoring
· High performance concrete
· New trends in design and construction
· Precast and prestressed concrete structures
· Repair and Rehabilitation
· Self compacting concrete
· Sustainability or green concrete
· Case Studies
Important dates
· Abstracts 02 December 2012
· Notification of acceptance 02 January 2013
· Full text to be received by 02 March 2013
· Final notification of acceptance 02 April 2013
· Date of conference 26-28 May 2013
(Notícia atualizada em 03/12/12 após final do prazo para entrega de resumos. Atualizada em 16/01/13 com novas versões dos folhetos e inserção de template.)