RILEM BITS&BOBS  
 
 
IN-HOUSE TALKS AND STATEMENTS
 

New Editor-in-Chief
 
Since March 2025, RILEM Technical Letters has a new Editor-in-Chief. Welcome to Dr Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Empa, Switzerland! A huge thank you to the former E-i-C Prof. Alexandra Bertron, INSA Toulouse, France, and to all the current Associate Editors of the Open Access journal of RILEM!

 
 

Prof. Plizzari’s interview
 
RILEM is happy to offer this interview with Prof. Giovanni Plizzari, University of Brescia, Italy, Editor-in-Chief of Materials and Structures since April 2024. This interview is an opportunity to reflect upon the flagship journal of RILEM.

 
 

DC 2026: save the date
 
The 5th RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (DC 2026) will take place in Nanjing, China, on 18-21 October 2026. The 6th International Conference on 3D Printing Concrete Materials and Structures (3DPCMS-2026) will be held alongside DC 2026. More details are coming soon.

 
 

RILEM TC 275-HDB paper
 
In the context of the activities of the RILEM TC 275-HDB, two interlaboratory campaigns have been launched to measure the water vapor permeability of bio-aggregate based building materials by means of cup test. The results of this study and some recommendations to improve the accuracy of this measurement are presented in this Open Access paper published by Materials and Structures!

 
 
 
 
Did you know that...
 

… one of the best benefits that RILEM offers to its members is the feeling of belonging to a living and active community? Not to mention the possibility to publish Open Access papers in RILEM Technical Letters and Free Access recommendations in Materials and Structures at no cost! And what about the free access to the online Springer Proceedings, and the discount to register to certain events?  Discover more about the RILEM membership benefits here!

 
 
 
 
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