Upcoming Events / Meetings
Spring Week 2024: 23-24-25 April 2024 (Starling Hotel at EPFL campus, Lausanne, Switzerland)
- April 22nd to April 26th, 2024 – In person – Starling Hotel at EPFL campus, Lausanne, Switzerland
- April 22nd and 25th, 2024 – Workshop
- April 26th, 2024 – GCCA Working Group 5 Meeting (for GCCA members only) and Technical visits for PhDs
Please REGISTER HERE if you would like to attend.
All Core Project PhDs are required to attend.
Please find the full tentative agenda below:
Date | Time (CET) | Sessions and Slides |
Monday 22nd April 2024 | 12:00 – 13:00 | Welcome, Registration & Coffee |
13:00 – 18:00 | CCUS workshop on CO2 conversion route Agenda Welcome, Opening keynote Wendy Queen (EPFL): CO2 capture & conversion (confirmed) Introduction to CCUS, with an overview of carbon conversion routes Claude Lorea (GCCA): Setting the scene Célia Julia Sapart (CO2 Value Europe): (confirmed) BASF Process Catalysts (Alexander Higelin): CO2 conversion technologies (confirmed) State of the art knowledge for each main conversion route indicatively Mineralization/ building materials (carbonates, …) Barbara Lothenbach (EMPA): Magnesium carbonate cements (confirmed) Chemicals (e.g. liquid fuel) Matteo Romano (Polimi) (confirmed) Plastics (Polycarbonate, Polymers) TBC Food/Products (Carbonated Beverages) TBC Others TBC Discussion on key research needs Close of the workshop | |
Coffee Break and snacks | ||
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 | 08:00 – 09:00 | Welcome, Registration & Coffee |
09:00 – 12:00 | Knowledge transfer workshop by CP567 on Calcination and reactivity Agenda – Calcination technology , lead: Peter Arendt Jensen (09:00 – 09:40) – Scalability of Calcination, Lessons from Cuba, lead: Fernando Martirena (9:40 – 10:20) – Coffee break (10:20-10:40) – Calcined Clay properties, lead: Shashank Bishnoi (10:40-11:20) Reactivity testing, lead: Shashank Bishnoi (11:20-12:00) Each presentation: 25 min presentation + 15 min Q&A | |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Opening Plenary | |
14:00 – 14:45 | Presentation by Core Project 3 _ “A time lapse insight into the rheology of OPC-LS blends “ Slides (Coming soon) | |
14:45 – 15:30 | Presentation by Core Projects 5 _ “Linking physico‐chemical properties of calcined clay to performance of LC3” Slides (Coming soon) | |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | |
16:00 – 16:45 | Presentation by Core Projects 6 _ “Final clay particle structure and surface charge” Slides (Coming soon) | |
16:45 – 17:30 | Presentation by Core Projects 7 _ “Characterization of early development of pore solution and structure to understand workability and strength development” Slides (Coming soon) | |
17:30 – 18:30 | Set up for Poster session (Partner Projects – End of Project Posters) | |
18:30 – 20:30 | Drinks and Poster Presentation Partner Projects – End of Project Posters | |
Wednesday 24th April 2024 | 08:00 – 09:00 | Welcome, Registration & Coffee |
09:00 – 09:45 | Presentation by Core Projects 10 _ “Production and usage of carbonated or uncarbonated RC Fines” Slides (Coming soon) | |
09:45 – 10:30 | Presentation by Core Projects 11 _ “LCCA/LCA for the comparison of different methods of recycling concrete” Slides (Coming soon) | |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00 – 11:45 | Presentation by Core Projects 1 _ “Use of artificial intelligence to improve clinker reactivity” Slides (Coming soon) | |
11:45 – 12:30 | Presentation by Core Projects 8 _ “Effect of cooling rates on the properties of Portland cement clinker in the presence of minor components (Mg, S, Na, Zn, F, P)” Slides (Coming soon) | |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30 – 14:15 | Presentation by Core Projects 12 _ “Meta-analysis on the use of electric energy for cement production” Slides (Coming soon) | |
14:15 – 15:00 | Presentation proposals for new CPs (Clinker & Durability) Submission deadline: 31 March 2024 | |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break | |
15:30 – 17:30 | Parallel Scientific and Industrial Committee Meetings | |
17:30 – 18:30 | Steering Committee Meeting | |
19:30 | Dinner: Spring week informal networking dinner will be held at: The Olympic Museum Address: Quai d’Ouchy 1, CH-1006 Lausanne https://olympics.com/museum/explore The museum will open the main entrance on the south side of the building for the evening. Timings: 18:30 – 19:30 Drinks Reception – Salle Coubertin 19:30 – 22:00 Buffet Dinner – Hall Sud Dress code – casual Please note that transport is not provided and guests should make their own arrangements to and from the venue. | |
Thursday 25th April 2024 | 08:00 – 09:00 | Welcome, Registration & Coffee |
09:00 – 09:45 | Presentation by Core Projects 2 _ “ Post-combustion electrochemical CO2 capture (ECC) for cement plants” Slides (Coming soon) | |
09:45 – 10:30 | Presentation by Core Projects 2B _ “Carbon dioxide capture with pillared clays in PSA processes” Slides (Coming soon) | |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00 – 11:45 | Presentation by Core Projects 15 _ “Carbonated Microstructure via CO2 Utilization” Slides (Coming soon) | |
11:45 – 12:30 | Presentation by Core Projects 14 _ “Carbonation and corrosion” Slides (Coming soon) | |
12:30 – 13:30 | Closing Plenary Meeting | |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch | |
14:30 – 16:30 | Knowledge transfer workshop by CP3 on Rheology of Blended Cements Agenda “Particle packing and rheology of blended cements at different length scales”. Dr. Nicolas Roussel (Gustave Eiffel University) “Chemical admixtures and (blended) cements” Prof. Dr. Robert J. Flatt (ETHZ) *Each presentation: 50 min + 10 min Q&A | |
16:30 – 18:00 | LMC Tour (plus demonstration of grinding machine) | |
Friday 26th April 2024 | 08:00 – 09:00 | Welcome, Registration & Coffee |
09:00 – 14:30 | Working Group 5 Meeting (GCCA Members only) | |
08:30 – 14:00 | Technical visits for PhDs (Holcim Eclepens Plant Site Visit) Agenda 8h30 depart from EPFL (Transport organised by the GCCA) 9h00 Presentation by HOLCIM Eclepens plant management 10h – 12h Plant visit including mine blast 12h Light lunch and Q&A 13h Depart for EPFL – with the option to be dropped at Morges train station |