Global Concrete Virtual

3rd Virtual Global Concrete Seminar - 1 February 2022: Concrete trends & technology

09.00 - 16:00 Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

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The event will look at global concrete trends and technology. If your business is concrete, make it your business to attend the 3rd Virtual Global Concrete Seminar in 2022!

The conference is live and 'global,' and will take place on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome), as a compromise for the global audience.

Free registration includes attendance at the webinar, live Q&A, a download of the programme and basic delegate list, attendance at the post-event Zoom meet-up and access to the post-event video. 

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Additionally, delegates will be able to download the Global Concrete Report 2021 - a 35-page report on the world's Top 30 concrete companies by sales in 2020. Contact Paul Brown at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for advertising details.

Seminar participants are automatically enrolled as registered users of Global Cement - including free news updates, magazine notifications and more.

For commercial enquiries, including sponsored presentations, please contact Paul Brown, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or +44 776 7475 998.

The organisers retain the right to rescind any registration at any time, for any reason, and to vary the programme and/or offering, with no recompense or recourse.

2nd Virtual Global Concrete Seminar - Future Concrete - 14 September 2021

Around 500 delegates registered for the 2nd Virtual Global Concrete Seminar, from the following 81 countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Yemen

2nd Virtual Global Concrete Seminar Programme, 14 September 2021

Programme is run on Central European Time (Paris, Berlin, Rome) and is subject to change

08.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 1

09.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

09.05 Paper 1: 'Decarbonising concrete: a whole-systems perspective,’ Zhi Cao, University of Antwerp
09.30: Q&A

09.35 Paper 2: 'Sika solutions for efficient and sustainable concrete production,’ Markus Mueller, Sika Services AG
10.00: Q&A

10.05 Paper 3: 'Sustainability on the move in CH's RMC Business,' Philippe Frenay, Marie-Sophie Foucart,CCB Belgium; Jan Søndergaard Hansen, Unicon Denmark (Cementir Holdings companies)
10.30: Q&A

10.40 Paper 4: 'AI-powered aggregates sourcing for the ready-mix industry,’ Karsten Horn, Inform
11.05 Q&A

11.15 Paper 5: ‘A new admixture generation to enhance early and late strength development of sustainable concrete,’ Raphael Breiner, Oliver Mazanec, Master Builders Solutions Deutschland GmbH
11.40 Q&A

11.50 Paper 6: ‘Low-carbon concrete - The Carbon Prize story,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
12.15 Q&A

12.25 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 2

13.00 Paper 7: 'Benefit of using UHPC Desert Concrete,’ Bernd Riediger, Bjarne Roursgaard, hhbc-consulting
13.25 Q&A

13.35 Paper 8: 'The use of AI and sensor data for concrete embodied carbon reduction,’ Andrew Fahim, Giatec Scientific Inc.
14.00 Q&A

14.10 Paper 9: 'Autonomic self-healing concrete: A resilient material for life,’ Kevin Paine, BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, University of Bath
14.35 Q&A

14.45 Paper 10: Closing keynote: 'Graphene-enhanced concrete - A resilient low-carbon solution for the built environment,' Dexter Johnson, The Graphene Council

15.10 Q&A

15.20 Discussion and final comments

15.25 Sponsored Video Presentations, Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session

1st Virtual Global Concrete Seminar - 2 February 2021

In total, 498 delegates from 77 countries registered for the 1st Virtual Global Concrete Seminar on 2 February 2021 (see the programme below).

The Premium Delegate Pack is available for purchase  for GBP£49.95 and includes downloads of the presenter slides, full delegate list with opted-in emails, and access to the event video.

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What did the delegates say about the 1st Virtual Global Concrete Seminar?

The conference is of good quality. Its presenters are carefully selected top-notch professionals. The timing and clarity of the slides is excellent. Keep up the work!

Very good interaction , Very informative & Time saving

The conference gave me more information &knowledge about concrete industry & monitoring of the quality of concrete .

Very good depth and breadth.

Run perfectly to time, without hitch, well done.

Excellent organisation.

Very good content - lot of new ideas.

Robust platform, good speakers, interesting topics, timing kept immaculately Loved the surveys

An interesting conference and very well conducted

Great conference. Number and quality of attendees was very good. Program had a good variety of topics. Please turn Global Concrete into an annual event!

Very nice. Please keep it up.

Please do keep organising such wonderful, excellent and insightful events.

I think you all did a superb job!

the Moderator was good in managing time.

Very well organised in terms of timing, documentation and mailings!!! Well done!

1st Virtual Global Concrete Seminar Programme, 2 February 2021

Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

09.00: Exhibition Time Slides

Session 1

10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

10.05 Paper 1: Keynote: 'GCCA's 2050 climate ambition: Concrete’s role in carbon reduction,' Andrew Minson, GCCA
10.30: Q&A

10.40 Paper 2: 'Development of a robust 3D concrete printing system: from R&D to successful projects' Bruno Lobo, Saint-Gobain Weber Beamix B.V.
11.05 Q&A

11.15 Paper 3: 'Machine learning in ready-mix logistics, Karsten Horn, Inform
11.40 Q&A

11.50 Paper 4: 'Digitalisation in the concrete industry: Real-time monitoring of the quality of concrete in the truck mixer from load to placement’ Rob Piosik, Command Alkon
12.15 Q&A

12.25 Exhibition Time Coffee Break

Session 2
13.00 Paper 5: 'How safe are your production buildings? - a different perspective,' Tarek Nasr, vnplan
13.25 Q&A

13.35 Paper 6: 'Investigation of C3S early hydration by Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) and TEM,’ Yilmaz Sakalli, Christian Pritzel and Reinhard Trettin
14.00 Q&A

14.10 Paper 7: 'Influence of the SO3 content of cement on the strength and durability of concrete,’ Manish Kumar, Fosroc
14.35 Q&A

14.45 Paper 8: 'CeramycShield: Silicon carbide fibre reinforced concrete surface enhancement,’ Matt Thornton, Haydale
15.10 Q&A

15.20 Exhibition Time Coffee Break

Session 3
15.45 Paper 9: 'How nonlinear modelling helps reduce raw material costs, CO2 emissions and improves quality,' Abhay Bulsari, Nonlinear Solutions Oy
16.10 Q&A

16.20 Paper 10: ‘The path to low-carbon concrete,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
16.45 Q&A

16.55 Closing keynote, Paper 11: ‘Game-changer: An update on the use of graphene in cement and concrete applications,’ Terrance Barkan, the Graphene Council
17.20 Q&A

17.30 Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session