10th IIBCC, São Paulo, Brazil, 2006

Moving frontiers – the first time in South America: November 15-18, 2006, the 10th IIBCC was held in São Paulo, Brazil under the management of Universidade de São Paulo in cooperation with University of Idaho. This was the first time the conference moved outside North America. The opportunity was made possible, due to the cooperation between Prof. Al Moslemi from the University of Idaho and his Brazilian colleagues; Professors Vahan Agopyan, Vanderley John and Holmer Savastano at the Universidade de São Paulo along with the organising team and Conference Committees.

The conference was visited by some 142 attendees, including invited participants. Attendees came in from all regions of the world; about 69% of them came from developing countries. South America participation was strongly influenced by a large number of Brazilian attendees.

Approximately 74% of the attendees represented the business community, corresponding to almost an equal share of producers and suppliers. The attendees from the academic business amounted to roughly a quarter of the total.

More than half (53.6%) of the 29 speakers from all over the world represented private companies. The industry supply chain was responsible for almost a third of the total technical content at the conference.

The 10^th IIBCC, the first outside of North America, was a successful conference. It was a truly international conference with both speakers and attendees from all regions of the world. The traditional mix between industrial and academic areas was also maintained.

Conference proceedings in CD-R contained 27 full papers, and a special issue on inorganic-bonded fiber composites containing 12 peer-reviewed manuscripts was accepted for publication in the Construction and Building Materials Journal, Elsevier.

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