Considering current situation of COVID-19 in the Netherlands and in European, it will be very difficult to organize a physical conference in the end of this April in the Hague. Furthermore we have already postponed the conference two times so that the conference organizing committee has decided to change the Microdurability conference to an online conference.

Learnt from other successful online events, it would be very hard for participants to sit the whole day in front of screen in three consecutive days. Thus we plan to organize the Microdurability conference as a series of webinars throughout the month of April and May. In each series, we will plan three parallel sessions within 2 hours. Each parallel session may contribute to a specific topic. There are 7 presentations in each session. Every presentation lasts 15 min (12 min pre-recorded video + 3 min live Q&A). A deep discussion is expected in the end of each session. Preliminary schedule of the conference is listed in Table 1.

Table. 1. Preliminary schedule of the Microdurability2020

	Date	Time
Day 1	Thursday, 29th April, 2021	13:00 – 15:00 (CET)
Day 2	Tuesday, 04th May, 2021
Day 3	Thursday, 06th May, 2021
Day 4	Tuesday, 11th May, 2021
Day 5	Tuesday, 18th May, 2021
Day 6	Thursday, 20th May, 2021
Day 7	Tuesday, 25th May, 2021

 

The event registration is NOW open. Please register before the 10th Feb, 2021.

Registered authors are encouraged to give a presentation during the event. Please prepare a pre-recorded video (maximum length: 12 minutes) of your presentation and send to info@microdurability2020.com via WeTransfer before 15th March, 2021.

For registered authors, your contribution will be included in the Microdurability2020 proceeding. Please note that no copyright of your contribution is required. If we do not receive your registration before 10th Feb 2021, your paper will be excluded in the conference proceedings and in the online programme.

Definitive programme of the event will be sent before 31st March, 2021

We thank you very much for your patience and your support.

 

 

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Objective

International RILEM Conference on Microstructure Related Durability of Cementitious Composites (Microdurability)  is a Sino-Dutch initiative, organized under the umbrella of RILEM and also supported by ACI, fib. After three successful events in Nanjing 2008, Amsterdam 2012 and Nanjing 2016, the fourth Microdurability conference will be held ONLINE.

In the recent years, alternative binders, supplementary cementitious materials and different industrial or regional wastes were used in concrete in order to improve concrete properties, and to reduce the carbon footprint of the construction industry. The consequence of these actions will change the chemistry, microstructure, and further influence the durability of concrete. Based on this concept the aim of the 4th Microdurablity conference is to bring together the leading experts in this field from around the world to present the recent achievements, share the latest developments and address the challenges on the microstructure related durability issues of cementitious materials.

Main Topics

• Alternative binders, supplementary cementitious materials and industrial or regional wastes used in concrete
• Hydration and microstructure formation
• Transport properties in cracked and uncracked concrete
• Chemical and physical degradation under coupled loading conditions.
• Effect of time dependent phenomena and ageing on microstructure and durability
• New techniques for evaluation of hydration, microstructure and service life
• Development and application of smart cementitious materials for enhanced durability
• Modeling of microstructure, transport, degradation processes and design for durability.