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Conference invitation
Dear Colleague,
on behalf of the organizing and the scientific committees, it is a pleasure for us to invite you to attend the 1st International Congress on Durability of Concrete ICDC) to be held in Trondheim, Norway, June 18-21, 2012.
We are honored to take on the responsibility of building a new congress series based on the heritage of the former CANMET/ACI Conferences on Durability of concrete as described in the history of these conferences by the Honorary Chair Mohan Malhotra of this congress. We are committed to creating an opportunity for professional development, to share and disseminate information, and to foster the continuous advancement of the important field of Concrete Durability. Every aspect of the congress is intended to make your time here beneficial, professionally and personally. It will function as an arena where colleagues working in every aspect of Concrete Durability can meet, and where you can extend your network with other professionals in your field.
Even though it is our intention to bring the ICDC around the world on a regular basis with some years apart, it is our privilege to start out in Trondheim with the 1st one in the new series since it is the "home-town" of both our institutions; SINTEF (the Foundation for Industrial and Technical Research) and NTNU (the Norwegian University of Science and Technology).
Late June is the most beautiful time in Trondheim with pleasant temperatures and very bright nights where the sun just barely drops below the horizon before it rises again. It has a history of more than 1000 years being the strong-hold of our Viking ancestors. So mark the dates in your calendar and make your plans to attend now. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Trondheim, Norway, June 18-21, 2012.
Sincerely yours,
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Prof. Dr. Harald Justnes
Chairman Organizing Committee | Prof. Dr. Stefan Jacobsen
Chairman Scientific Committee |
The history of CANMET/ACI Conferences on Durability of Concrete
In the late 1970's CANMET initiated a major program of transfer of technology in the area of concrete, cementitious materials, and chemical admixtures. To achieve this, CANMET initiated a series of international conferences on the above subjects.
In 1987, it initiated a new series of conferences on Durability of Concrete. The first conference in this series was sponsored by ACI and CANMET and was named Katharine and Bryant Conference On Durability of Concrete, and was held in Atlanta, USA, in 1987.
Subsequently, these conference were named CANMET/ACI conference. The second conference in this series was held in Montreal in 1991. This was followed by the third conference in 1994 in Nice, France, the fourth conference in 1997 in Sydney, Australia, the fifth conference in 2000 in Barcelona, Spain, and the sixth conference in 2003 in Thessoloniki, Greece. The last conference in this series, the Seventh CANMET/ACI International on Durability of Concrete was held in 2006 in Montreal, Canada. After, this series of conferences was discontinued because of several administrative and policy changes at CANMET.
Then in 2008, during a conference in China, a meeting was held between Harald Justnes, Stephan Jacobson and Per Jahren, all of Norway and myself to explore if the above series of conferences could be revived under a new sponsorship.
This new series is a result of that important meeting in China. I am delighted that SINTEF and the University of Trondheim have seen fit to undertake the sponsorship of the conferences. I earnestly hope that this new series of conferences will be as successful as were the CANMET/ACI Conferences On Durability. I offer the New Organizing Committee my best wishes and a good start.
Mohan Malhotra
Chair, Committee for the organization of International Conferences formerly CANMET/ACI Conferences.
