Final Session of Global Concrete Summit to Feature Low-Impact Development

The final session of the Global Concrete Summit is set for Wednesday, December 15, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern time. The session will feature practices including pervious pavement, urban heat island reduction, light colored pavements and cool communities. Sustainability initiatives adopted by businesses, building owners, designers and manufacturers, including health and well being incentives and legislation, will be presented. Presentations include:

10 a.m.to noon - Session 5A

• Sara Neff, head of ESG, Lendlease - The Future Demand for Sustainable Concrete
• PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT, Satheesh Nair , technical director, GRM - Green Pervious Concrete – Low Impact Development Technique
• PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT, Raman Rangan, managing director, Various Ice Products FZE representing KTI-Plersch - Hot and Cold Weather Concreting: Energy Efficient Solutions
• James Bogdan, LEED AP, QEP, vice president, sustainability initiatives, NRMCA - Concrete Sustainability Council Certification: Supply Chain Sustainability for the Concrete Industry

12:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Session 5B

• Randolph Kirchain, PhD, principal research scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Addressing Climate Challenges with Cool Pavements
• PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT, Michael Mahoney, director of marketing and technology, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Euclid Chemical Company - Extending Service Life of Structures using Fiber Reinforced Concrete
• PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT, Travis Janke, senior director of product development, CarbonCure - CO2 Technology for Treating Reclaimed Water and Recycling Waste from Concrete Production
• PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT, Mahmoud Abdelmonem and Osama Hamad, Emirates Beton - Lightweight Concrete
• PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT, Gabor Acs, director of technical services, Chryso USA - CHRYSO Quad Concrete Admixture Solutions to Enable High Amounts of Challenging Sands
• Prof Luna Lu, PhD, ACPA Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Materials Engineering, Purdue University - Novel Concrete Strength Sensor: In-place Strength Monitoring Without Using Maturity Curve

Register for free now at www.globalconcretesummit.com. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995.