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IN-HOUSE TALKS AND STATEMENTS
 

2026 Spring Convention: extended deadline
 
RILEM is pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract submission of the 2026 RILEM Spring Convention & Conference has been extended to 4 July 2025. If you have not yet submitted your abstract, now is the perfect time to get involved. We welcome contributions aligned with the conference theme “Innovative Construction Materials and Processes for Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure”.

 
 

Cluster F Annual Meeting
 
The registration to the RILEM Cluster F “Bituminous Materials and Polymers” Annual Meeting 2025 is now open! Register now to this event in Limoges, France, on 30 September-3 October 2025! The preliminary program, now available online, features RILEM TC meetings, workshops, a “wine and cheese” party and much more!

 
 

ICBBM 2025 proceedings
 
The proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials - ICBBM 2025 are published! Are you a RILEM member? Download for FREE the entire book, or any chapter, from your RILEM website account! Not a RILEM member yet? Join now or buy the proceedings here!

 
 

EPON
 
The RILEM Educational Portal Online (EPON), a web portal for educational resources on RILEM-relevant topics, has been updated with new entries, like the European Concrete Society Network (ECSN) webinar series, the podcast of the Structural Engineering Channel, and more...enjoy!

 
 
 
 
Did you know that...
 

... the biggest monolithic Buddha statue is in Hyderabad, India? It is made of a single piece of rock, 18 m tall and 350 tons heavy. Hyderabad will host the RILEM co-sponsored Asian Conference on Ecstasy in Concrete ACECON-2025, on 8-10 December 2025. The abstract submission deadline is 30 June... hurry up!

 
 
 
 
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