CONFERENCES
The 13th International Conference on Concrete Block Pavement (ICCBP 2026) will take place from 9 to 10 April 2026 in Hyderabad, India. The event is hosted by the Paver and Block Manufacturers Association of India with support from industry companies. The conference venue, program and registration are available at https://iccbp.pbma.in
Conference presentation topics include:
- Road Construction
- Pavement Design
- Street & Landscape Design
- Urban Planning & Transportation Infrastructure
- Innovations and Research
- Ecological & Sustainability Aspects
- Performance & Maintenance
- Production Technology and Material
The full conference program is available here. A conference summary is found here.
This international conference is part of a series of gatherings to discuss and promote technical and scientific progress on developments and issues in block pavements worldwide. Participation in the conference provide a common platform for decision makers, managers, maintenance engineers, practitioners and researchers to share their international experience in block pavement design, construction, and maintenance. Contributions from specialists from all over the world are invited. In addition to presentation of papers by authors an exhibition of industry supplier is planned, as well as a post-conference technical tour.
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
- 1980 – Newcastle, England
- 1984 – Delft, The Netherlands
- 1986 – Melbourne, Australia (workshop)
- 1988 – Rome, Italy
- 1992 – Auckland, New Zealand
- 1994 – Oslo, Norway (workshop)
- 1996 – Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1998 – Cartagena, Colombia (workshop)
- 2000 – Tokyo, Japan
- 2003 – Sun City, South Africa
- 2006 – San Francisco, California USA
- 2009 – Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2012 – Shanghai, China
- 2015 – Dresden, Germany
- 2018 – Seoul, South Korea
- 2026 – Hyderabad, India
Since the first International Conference held in Newcastle, UK in 1980, these important events have been held in locations around the world selected by SEPT members to ensure the widest dissemination of current thinking. All these conferences embrace practical engineering combined with the most current research and have the central aim of developing concrete block pavement technology.