Conference Programme

(Reception Area open from 18:00)

19:00 - 19:45, Grand Ballroom

• Greetings
  Bart van Melick | BIBM President, CEO - BTE Holding B.V.
• "Construction‘s future in the context of a green and digital society"
  Philip Crampton | Philip Crampton, President - FIEC (European Construction Industry Federation)
• Greetings
  Michiel Roelfsema | General Manager - Hotel Okura Amsterdam

09:00 - 10:30

• Introduction
  Alessio Rimoldi | Secretary General - BIBM (Federation of the European Precast Concrete Industry),
  Dr. Ulrich Lotz, Michael Voss | CEOs - Building Congress Forum,
  Seamus McKeague | IPHA President (International Prestressed Hollowcore Association),
  CEO - Creagh Concrete Products Ltd.
• "What can bacteria teach us on the connection between urban nature and our health?"
  Marco van Es | Founder of Bac2nature
  

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 GREEN

• "The development of CO₂ neutral binders"
  Anja Buchwald | ASCEM Director/BTE Group
• "Italian precast industry progresses towards new Green Deal sustainability
  requirements, its strategic impact on manufacturing processes and final products
  improvements"
  Marco Pecetti | IPHA Board member/Director Generale Prefabbricati, Italy
• "Methodology to evaluate the service life of concrete"
  José Rodriguez Soalleiro | Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals and Ports) -
  ANDECE (Spanish Precast Industry Association)

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30 DIGITAL

• "A database for the French Precast Concrete Industry's BIM objects library
  Rémi Lannoy | Head of Digital Construction & BIM Department -
  CERIB (Centre d’études et de recherche de l’industrie du béton)
• "Digitalisation: Opportunities or mainly challenges? An engineering perspective - EFCA"
  Joseph Ickmans | Chair of Digitalistation, BIM Committee -
  EFCA (European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations)
• "Integrate BIM from beginning to the end"
  Mark Jäckel | Head of BIM Departement, GOLDBECK GmbH

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30 RESILIENT

• "Precast in severe seismic zones"
  Ernesto Villalobos | Civil Engineer - Direcion Integrada de Proyectos SpA, Chile
• "Concrete solutions for flood management"
  Oscar Ekefäll | Development Engineer - Meag Va-system AB

09:00 - 10:30 GREENing in the value chain

• "TBC"
  Thomas Guillot | Chief Executive - GCCA (Global Cement and Concrete Association)
• "The role of admixtures in decarbonising the (precast) concrete sector"
  Jennifer Palumbo | Secretary General - EFCA (European Federation of Concrete Admixtures Associations)
• "Carbon capture in cement industry"
  Rob van der Meer | Industrial Policy Director - Cembureau (European Cement Association)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 Future perspectives for Precast

• "Future perspectives for precast - BIBM vision"
  Alessio Rimoldi | Secretary General - BIBM
  Magdalena Herbik | Public Affairs & Communicaions Manager - BIBM
• "75% material savings in foundations by using 3D-printing technology – additional business line for precasters?"
  Topi Paananen | IPHA Board member, CEO - Peikko Group
  Fernando De los Rios | CEO - Hyperion Robotics
• "Rudus Biodiversity Programme – Experiences and Opportunities for the Precast Concrete Sector"
  Terhi Rauhamaki | Quality and Environmental Manager - Rudus Oy

12:30 - 12:45 Closure Session

• "Construction and Infrastructure of the Netherlands"
  TBC
• "New BIBM President"

12:45 - 14:00 Farewell lunch