79^th RILEM Annual Week
 
The tentative program of the 79^th RILEM Annual Week & International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Development (ICONS) is now available online here! The event is rich in keynote presentations, pre-conference doctoral courses, social events and technical visits. We look forward to meeting you in Hanoi, Vietnam, by the end of August!

 

 

ROC&TOK
 
The next ROC&TOK webinar will take place on 7 August 2025, at 3PM Paris Time. The speaker is Prof. Anoop Krishnan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, presenting “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Cementitious Systems”. The webinar is free, but registration is needed! More info here.

 

 

7^th fib Congress
 
RILEM is happy to co-sponsor the 7^th fib Congress, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, on 15-19 June 2026. Contributions are now accepted under the congress motto “Structural Concrete 2050: Towards Carbon Neutrality, AI Design, and Robotic Construction”. The deadline for abstracts submission is 15 August 2025, hurry up!

 

 

Northern hemisphere summer break
 
The RILEM newsletter will take a break over the next 2 weeks. We will come back on Wed 20 August with more RILEM news! 

 

 

... the earliest applications of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites were in the aerospace and naval industries during World War II? Over the last 50 years, FRP composites have expanded into other industries, including automotive and construction. You can learn more about this topic during the upcoming 2025 Robert L’Hermite medal award lecture at the 79^th RILEM Annual Week, on 26 August this year, of Dr Tommaso D’Antino. In this interview, Dr D’Antino gives an anticipation of his keynote lecture.

 

 

79^th RILEM Annual Week, 24-29 August 2025, Hanoi, Vietnam
 
1^st RILEM Youth Symposium, 20-21 October 2025, online
 
RILEM Spring Convention, 13-17 April 2026, Ghent, Belgium
 
80^th RILEM Annual Week, 5-12 September 2026, Nairobi, Kenya
 
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