Workshop on Critical Chloride Content, Trondheim Norway
June 5–6 2008
Invitation
The Concrete Innovation Centre COIN and the scientific committee welcome researchers to the workshop on critical chloride content in reinforced concrete. The workshop will take place on Thursday and Friday, 5–6 June 2008, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. It will be focused on the topic of critical chloride content (chloride threshold value) in reinforced concrete with emphasis on techniques for determining critical chloride contents and its relevance for practice.
COIN
The workshop is arranged as part of the COIN project. COIN stands for Concrete Innovation Centre and is one of 14 Norwegian centres for research-based innovation (CRIs) that was established by the Research Council of Norway in 2006. The vision of COIN is creation of more attractive concrete buildings and constructions. Attractiveness implies – among others – aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, energy efficiency and cost efficiency during the whole service life. The primary goal is to fulfil this vision by bringing the development a major leap forward by more fundamental understanding of the mechanisms in order to develop advanced materials, efficient construction techniques and durable design concepts combined with more environmentally friendly material production. The corporate partners are leading multinational companies in the cement and building industry and the aim of COIN is to increase their value creation and strengthen their research activities in Norway. COIN will run from 2007 to 2014 with a total budget of about €25 million.
Workshop outline
The workshop will run over two days and feature presentations, a poster session and open discussions. The following invited speakers have confirmed to give a keynote presentation:
Dr Bernhard Elsener, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Josef Tritthart, TU Graz, Austria
Dr Chris Page, University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Rob Polder, TNO Delft, the Netherlands
Dr Maria Cruz Alonso, IETcc Madrid, Spain
Dr Luca Bertolini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Contributions from all participants are welcome. Abstracts and presentations will be collected and a copy of the proceedings will be delivered to the participants after the workshop.
A dinner will be organised on Thursday evening, 5 June 2008.
Call for extended abstracts
Participants are invited to send an extended abstract (about 2 pages long and it may also contain figures and tables). All contributions will be accepted and published in the proceedings after the workshop. Some abstracts might be selected to be presented orally or as a poster.
Extended abstracts must be sent to one of the contact persons before 5 May 2008.
Scientific committee
Professor Øystein Vennesland, NTNU Trondheim Dr Tor Arne Hammer, SINTEF Dr Gro Markeset, SINTEF PhD student Ueli Angst, NTNU Trondheim
Postal address: NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Structural Engineering Professor Øystein Vennesland Richard Birkelandsvei 1a N-7491 Trondheim NORWAY Fax: +47 73 59 47 01
Travel and accomodation
Expenses for travel and accommodation have to be covered by the participants. A limited number of rooms has been reserved at the following hotel in Trondheim and will be held until 9 April 2008: Quality Hotel Augustin Kongensgt. 26 N-7011 Trondheim Tel. +47 73 54 70 00
Reservations must be confirmed by the participants themselves. Please contact the hotel directly.
Registration fee
The registration fee of € 250 covers attendance at the workshop, a copy of the proceedings, coffee, lunches and the dinner on Thursday evening.
Payment can be made by bank transfer or we can send you an invoice after registration. See registration form.
Important Dates in 2008
30 April
From now on, we have only 5 rooms available at Quality Hotel Augustin. Please respond before 30 April if you like to make a reservation
5 May
Submittal of abstracts Final registration for attendance
5–6 June
Workshop in Trondheim
Secretariat
WSCL08-secretariat Dept. of Structural Eng. Rich. Birkelands v 1a NO-7491 Trondheim Norway
