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
  
• “Navigating European Commission initiatives for construction products”
  Oscar Nieto, Policy Officer – European Commission DG GROW Unit H1 – Construction

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 GREEN

• “The development of CO₂ neutral binders”
  Dr. 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“
  Ing. Marco Pecetti | IPHA Board member/Director Generale Prefabbricati, Italy
• “Methodology to evaluate the service life of concrete elements“
  José Rodriguez Soalleiro | Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals and Ports) –
  ANDECE (Spanish Precast Industry Association)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break

13:40 – 13:55 THE RING

“Unveil the Power of MasterCO2re™: Intelligent Cluster System for Low-clinker Concrete Production”
Gaetano Guarino, Customer Segment Manager Precast and MCP Europe –
Master Builders Solutions, Germany

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 “
  Ir. 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 | CEO – Holcim Modular Solutions in Central America, based in Costa Rica
• “Concrete solutions for flood management”
  Oscar Ekefäll | Development Engineer – S:T Eriks
• “The results of the Italian research on fire performance of masonry and
  the shared action of a companies group of Assobeton”
  Dr. Chiara Crosti, Fire Structural Engineer and Consultant for the Italian Research
  – ASSOBETON

09:00 – 09:20

“Future perspectives for precast – BIBM vision”
Alessio Rimoldi | Secretary General – BIBM
Magdalena Herbik | Public Affairs & Communicaions Manager – BIBM

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

• “Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete Industry”
  Thomas Guillot | Chief Executive – GCCA (Global Cement and Concrete Association)
• “The role of admixtures in decarbonising the (precast) concrete sector”
  Nihal Kinnersley, Chairperson of the EFCA Environmental Committee – 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

• “New methods for the material and cost efficient bridge construction
  with precast elements”
  Prof. Johann Kollegger, Professor at TU Wien Austria
• “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 – 13:15 Closure Session

• “The Re-use of girders”
  Wietse de Jong | Projectmanager of the Circular bridges and overpasses – Rijkswaterstaat
• “New BIBM President”

13:15 – 14:30 Farewell lunch