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Conference Themes and Important Dates  

                            Conference Themes

Theme 1 – Low Carbon Design of Structures and Buildings
  -  Ultra High Performance Concrete
  -  Approaches to Low Carbon Design
  -  Low Cost Low Carbon Housing
  -  Concrete Specification By Performance
  -  Thermal Mass and Fabric Energy Storage
  -  Insitu and Precast Hybrid Structural Engineering
  -  Service Life Design in Hot and Arid Climates

Theme 2 – Efficient and Sustainable Use of Resources
  -  Sustainability and Environmental Indicators
  -  Low Carbon Cementing Materials
  -  Utilising Recycled and Secondary Aggregates
  -  Developments in Materials Manufacturing and Processing
  -  Alternative Reinforcing Materials
  -  Ashes for Use in Concrete
  -  Low Carbon Concrete

Theme 3 - Infrastructure and Transportation Construction andResilience
  -  Adaptation of Structures in a Changing Climate
  -  Durable and Sustainable Infrastructure
  -  Advances in Concrete for Highway Transportation
  -  Whole Life Design
  -  Structural Enhancement and Repair
  -  Offshore and Marine Environments
  -  Developments in Repair and Maintenance Technologies

Theme 4 - Structural Health Monitoring and Life Extension
  -  Monitoring Ageing Infrastructure
  -  Remote Monitoring Sensors and Wireless Systems
  -  Destructive and Non-Destructive Testing
  -  Integration Into Asset Management
  -  Electrochemical Repair
  -  Modelling and Reliability Forecasting
  -  Case Studies

Theme 5 - Security and Geohazard Engineering
  -  Earthquake Resilience
  -  Design for Blast Resistance
  -  Flood Protection and Sustainable Urban Drainage
  -  Retrofitting to Enhance Structural Performance
  -  Fire Engineering
  -  Soil, Slope and Rock Stabilisation and Remediation
  -  Post Disaster Recovery and Repair

Theme 6 - Renewable Energy
  -  Role in Infrastructure for Energy Generation
  -  Concrete for Offshore Wind Turbines
  -  Low Head Hydro Generation
  -  Tidal Power Structures
  -  Subsea Marine Power Generation
  -  Ageing Dam Infrastructure
  -  Recent Experience of Dam Construction

                         Important Dates

1 September 2010     Call for Papers Opens (Abstracts)
31 January 2011         Deadline for Abstracts
15 February 2011       Acceptance Notification of Abstracts
12 August 2011          Deadline Submission of Draft Papers
1 December 2011       Acceptance of Draft Papers
1 March 2012             Deadline Submission of Final Papers
1 June 2012                Last Registration/Payment - Authors