THE INDUSTRIAL-ACADEMIC NANOSCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK Nanocem Core Projects Nanocem Partners FOR SUSTAINABLE CEMENT AND CONCRETE On-going Core Projects Industrial Partners • Non-Saturated Transport Properties of Cementitious Materials 1. Aalborg Portland (Cementir Holding), Denmark th • Carbonation Behaviour of Low-Clinker Cements 2. BASF, Germany 7 OPEN MEETING • Frost Salt Scaling of Concrete 3. HeidelbergCement AG, Germany 4. GCP Applied Technologies, USA • Activities and Nucleation Processes in the SiO -CaO-H O- 2 2 5. LafargeHolcim, Switzerland Nanocem Consortium Organics System 6. SCG Cement-Building Materials, Siam Research and Innovation • Stability and Properties of Hydrate Phase Assemblages with Co. Ltd, Thailand High Al Content in Real Microstructure 7. Sika Technology AG, Switzerland Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Finished Core Projects 8. TITAN Cement Company, Greece • Mineralogy of Hydrated Cements 9. VDZ, Germany 8:30 – 16:30 • Pore Structure Characterisation by Magnetic Resonance Academic Partners Techniques 1. Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland • Organo-Aluminates Interactions 2. Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas, Portland Forum • Hydration of Blended Cements Spain • Alkali Activation of Aluminosilicates - An Assessment of 3. Aarhus University, Denmark Fundamental Mechanisms 4. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany Leimen, Germany • Atomistic Modelling on Cementitious Systems 5. Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France • Fundamental Mechanisms of Cement Prehydration 6. Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic • Impact of Additions on Hydration Kinetics of Cementitious 7. Danish Technological Institute, Denmark Materials 8. Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and • Micromechanical Analysis of Blended Cement-Based Technology, Switzerland Composites 9. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland • Influence of the Functionalities of Organic Molecules on the 10. Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de Reactivity and Hydration Kinetics of Cement Phases l’aménagement et des réseaux (ex-LCPC), France • Shrinkage and Cracking in Cementitious Materials 11. Imperial College London, United Kingdom 12. Lund University, Sweden 13. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway 14. Technical University of Denmark, Denmark 15. Technische Universität München, Germany 16. Technische Universität Wien, Austria 17. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech, Spain 18. Université de Bourgogne, France 19. University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom 20. University of Leeds, United Kingdom 21. University of Sheffield, United Kingdom www.nanocem.org 22. University of Surrey, United Kingdom 23. ZAG, Slovenia Nanocem Consortium Organisers Nanocem is a consortium of academic and industrial partners with a Wolfgang Dienemann, HeidelbergCement AG, Leimen, Germany common interest in fundamental research into the nano and micro- Karen Scrivener, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, scale of the phenomena that govern the performance of cements and Programme Switzerland concrete. Nanocem was founded in 2004, and, is now a network of 23 academic Venue and 9 industry partners. This unique cooperation between the industry 8:30 Registration opens and the academic community has led to identify common issues and has Poster exhibition and welcome coffee The Nanocem meeting will be held on Tuesday April 25th, 2017 from helped map the research needs for sustainable cement and concrete. 8:30 to 16:30, at the Portland Forum. There are some 120 academic researchers in the team who, between 10:00 Welcome introduction Address: Festhallenstraße 1, 69181 Leimen, Germany them, are in the process of managing some 60 PhD and PostDoctoral Website: www.portland-forum.de/ research projects in related areas. The Nanocem consortium is now Wolfgang Dienemann, HeidelbergCement, Germany recognized as the world reference for quality research in cementitious 10:15 Highlights of research and roadmap of the Nanocem materials. network Registration and registration fees Karen Scrivener, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Registration on-line at Nanocem Research Activities Switzerland www.nanocem.org/Nanocem-Open-Meeting-2017 10:45 Panel of former Nanocem students: how knowledge is Nanocem runs two types of projects - Core and Partner projects. Deadline for registration: implemented in the network Core Projects: these fundamental, long-term research projects are Early bird registration: March 7, 2017 carried out by two or more partners and funded by the resources Final registration: March 21, 2017 of the Nanocem Consortium. Eleven Core Projects have been 11:15 Coffee break and poster exhibition completed, five are ongoing covering a wide range of subjects from Registration fees: thermodynamics to kinetics of cement hydration, from admixtures 11:45 Cementitious systems at the molecular level • Non-nanocem Members registration fee: 250 Euros interactions with cement to durability of concrete structures. Most of Luis Pegado, Sika Technology AG, Switzerland Early bird registration fee: 200 Euros the results have been published in scientific journals and presented 12:15 Upscaling of nanoscience research results to at international conferences. A list of publications is available on the • Nanocem Members registration fee: 200 Euros macromechanical properties Nanocem website. Early bird registration fee: 150 Euros Bernhard Pichler, Technische Universität Wien, Austria Partner Projects: these are externally funded projects conducted by The registration fee includes coffee breaks, lunch, conference materials and conference room rental. academic partners, who contribute by sharing the principal results 12:45 Networking lunch and poster exhibition with Nanocem members. Over ninety Partner Projects are on-going or Cancellation Policy: have been completed on an even broader range of subjects. 14:00 Nanocem work on Supplementary Cementitious Request for refunds must be sent to [email protected]. The Nanocem pre-competitive research activities have also included two Materials registration fee will be refunded in full before March 7, 2017. After this Marie Curie training networks funded within European Framework Maciej Zajac, HeidelbergCement, Germany date, no refund can be made. Programmes 6 and 7 – NANOCEM “Fundamental understanding of cementitious materials for improved chemical physical and aesthetic 14:30 Panel of Nanocem senior researchers from Industry and performance” and TRANSCEND “Understanding TRANSport for Academia: the Nanocem roadmap Further information Concrete which is Eco friendly iNnovative and Durable” awarded to 15:00 Industrial perspectives for the future [email protected], +41 21 693 58 45 subgroups of Nanocem. Carlos Espina, LafargeHolcim, France [email protected], +41 21 693 28 25 Since 2004, between the sixteen Core Projects, the EU funded projects NANOCEM and TRANSCEND, more than fifty fellows have 15:30 Coffee break and poster exhibition www.nanocem.org/Nanocem-Open-Meeting-2017 been trained in cement and concrete science; many of them continue working in the industry. 16:30 Meeting ends At this open meeting, the research roadmap of Nanocem and key achievements of the network, outcomes of our finished projects and of our training networks will be presented. A comprehensive poster session will highlight selected Nanocem research projects.