People

Experts from the industry and academia sharing their insights.

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IIBCC 2024

Keynote speakers

Prof. Manu Santhanam

Professor: Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Prof. Viktor Mechtcherine

Director: Institute for Construction Materials

Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Steve Norwood

Discipline Manager

Intertek/Norwood Architecture, Inc., USA

Prof. Karen Scrivener

Director: Laboratory of Construction Materials

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Prof. Carlos Negro

Professor of Chemical Engineering

University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

IIBCC 2022

Keynote speakers

Prof. Karen Scrivener

Director: Laboratory of Construction Materials

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Prof. Mohamed Al-Hussein

NSERC Industrial Research Chair in the Industrialization of Building Construction

University of Alberta, Canada

Steve Norwood

Discipline Manager

Intertek, United States

Prof. Carlos Negro

Professor of Chemical Engineering

University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

Speakers

Dr Sarah Abduljabbar Yaseen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Prof. Hans Beushausen

Professor of Concrete Technology

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Tony Cooke

Director

BM&T Pty Ltd, Australia

Dr Yassin da Gloria

Postdoc

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vanessa González Espinosa

PhD Student

Barcelona School of Building Construction, Spain

Dr Mirian Yasmine Krauspenhar Niz

Researcher

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Prof. Zoubeir Lafhaj

Professor in Construction 4.0

École Centrale de Lille, France

Jean‐Paul Lecomte

Technical Service Leader: Dow Construction Chemicals

Dow Silicone, Belgium

Borja Ojembarrena

PhD Student

University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

Lourens Olivier

Engineering & Technical Manager

Everite, South Africa

Prof. Abel Olorunnisola

Professor

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Prof. Holmer Savastano Jr.

Professor in Construction and Environment

University of São Paulo, Brazil and Chairman: IIBCC Conference Committee

Dr Marchant van den Heever

Structural engineer and concrete printing specialist

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Bert van Elten

CEO

Eltomation BV, The Netherlands

IIBCC Connect 2021

Torsten Dietz

Managing Partner

Lorenzo Melloni

Area Sales Manager

Borja Ojembarrena

PhD Student

Rue Munemo

MEng Candidate in Structural Engineering

Dr Stephen Akers

Consultant in Materials Engineering and Director

Prof. Holmer Savastano Jr.

Professor in Construction and Environment

Prof. Hans Beushausen

Professor of Concrete Technology

Dr Mirian Yasmine Krauspenhar Niz

Researcher

Prof. Vanderley M. John

Professor of Building Materials

16th IIBCC 2018

Keynote speakers

Shane O’Toole

Architectural critic, historian and consultant, Ireland

Steve Norwood

Discipline Manager

Stefan Cadosch

Architect; President: Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA), Switzerland

Speakers

Prof. Gideon van Zijl

Professor and Head Division: Structural Engineering & Civil Engineering Informatics

Prof. Abel Olorunnisola

Professor

Prof. Vanderley M. John

Professor of Building Materials

Aldo Hensel

CEO of H.U.S.-Technology AG, Switzerland

Prof. Carlos Negro

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Brendon Palmer

Technical Marketing Director at Canfor Pulp Ltd., Canada

Ganyu Zhu

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Cleber Dias

Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

Emily Jiang

Vice General Manager at Inner Mongolia Shuangxin, China

Christoph Haering

Managing Director at CemTec Beratung GmbH, Switzerland

Zhen Lin

Manager: Fiber Cement Technical Centre at Elkem Silicon Materials, Norway

Beauty Mtsweni

Process Quality Manager at Everite Building Products, South Africa

Gonzalo Mármol

Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher at the Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Gustavo Tonoli

Professor and Researcher at the Federal University of Lavras (UFL), Brazil

Jean‐Paul Lecomte

Technical Service Leader: Dow Construction Chemicals

Rainer Becker

Project Engineer at Wehrhahn GmbH, Germany

Pedro Marani

Technical Manager: Construction Silicones at Wacker Química do Brasil Ltda., Brazil

Martin Direske

Scientist at the Institut für Holztechnologie Dresden gGmbH, Germany

Sorin Pasca

PhD Candidate at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Do Quoc Quang

Director of Viet Trust Engineering Consulting Co. Ltd., Vietnam

Jacob M. Owoyemi

Senior Lecturer at the  Department of Forestry and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

Babajide Falemara

Senior Research at the Officer Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Nigeria

Olufemi Adefisan

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Wood Products Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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