| Monday, November 10, 2008 |
7:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. |
Opening Plenary Session |
| Introductions |
| Kamal Khayat,
University of Sherbrooke: Advances in Research in the
Field of Self-Consolidating Concrete |
| Joseph Daczko,
BASF Construction Chemicals: North American Acceptance
of Self-Consolidating Concrete |
10:00 a.m. |
Break |
10:15
a.m. |
Session A-1:
Particle Rheology |
Session B-1:
Hydration, Microstructure and Nanostructure |
|
12:00 noon |
Lunch and Invited Talk |
| Olafur Wallevik, Innovation Center Iceland: Eco-SCC: Environmental, Economical and Ecological Alternatives of SCC |
1:15
p.m. |
Session A-2:
Chemical Admixtures |
Session B-2:
Bond-Mechanical Performance |
Session C-2*:
Emerging Technologies |
3:00 p.m. |
Break |
3:15
p.m. |
Session A-3:
Fiber Reinforced SCC |
Session B-3:
Segregation |
Session C-3*:
Case Studies |
4:45 p.m. |
Chicago Tours: Lyric Opera of Chicago or
Dinearound Chicago (Meet in Lobby for 5 p.m. Departure) |
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
7:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00
a.m. |
Industry Plenary Session |
| Norm Wood,
Lafarge North America: SCC: Barriers to Acceptance |
| Harry Gleich,
Metromont Corporation: Self-Consolidating Concrete in
the Precast Prestress Market |
|
9:00 a.m. |
Break |
|
9:15 a.m. |
|
Session B-4:
Mix Design
|
Session C-4*:
Tutorial |
|
11:00 a.m. |
Break |
|
11:15 a.m. |
Session A-5:
Rheology Workability |
Session B-5:
Time Dependent Properties |
Session C-5*:
Case Studies |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch and Invited Talk |
|
|
Ronald Johnson, SE SECB, Associate
Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP |
|
2:15 p.m. |
Session A-6:
Mechanical Properties - Modeling |
Session B-6:
Rheology |
Session C-6*:
Architectural and Precast Concrete |
|
3:45 p.m. |
Break |
|
4:00 p.m. |
Panel Session with Caroline Talbot, Euclid
Chemical; Martin Vachon, Essroc (Axim-Italcementi Group);
Myint Lwin, FHWA; Charles Nmai, BASF-The Chemical
Company; Gary Hall, Prairie Material |
|
6:00 p.m. |
Poster Session and Reception |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner and Invited Talk
Keynote Speaker: Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects,
Chicago: Why I Love Concrete |
|
|
Please join us after dinner in the exhibit
hall for dessert and after dinner drinks. |
| Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
7:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
|
8:00 a.m. |
|
Session B-7:
Sustainability and Green SCC
|
Session C-7*:
Case Studies |
|
9:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:00
a.m. |
Session A-8:
Rheology and Workability |
Session B-8:
Formwork Pressure
|
Session C-8*:
Emerging Technologies |
|
11:45 a.m. |
Closing Session |
| Ara
Jeknavorian, W.R. Grace: Future of Self-Consolidating
Concrete in the Industry |
| Surendra P.
Shah,
Northwestern University: Self-Consolidating Concrete:
Now and Future |
1:30
p.m. |
ACBM Organizational Meeting |
1:30
p.m. |
RILEM TC-SCF, Symposium on Aspects of
Numerical Simulations of Concrete Flow |
