CONFERENCES

2012 ICCBP Shanghai

The next international conference instigated by SEPT has been launched by its hosts the China Construction Units Association.

The 10th International Conference for Concrete Block Pavers - 2012 ICCBP will be held in Shanghai, China, from 24-26th November. The theme of 2012 ICCBP is ‘Cyclic Utilization, Ecological Environment and Innovative Design’. This sustainability theme aims to seek out new developments with concrete block pavement technology in areas including recycling, permeable pavements and ecology. The deadline for submission of abstracts for papers is 31st January, 2012.

The official conference language will be English, with simultaneous translations, and both English and Chinese printed material will be available. A busy programme has been planned with a trade exhibition, site visits and recreational tours alongside the main conference proceedings. Just after the conference, the ‘Bauma China’ exhibition opens on 27th November in Shanghai.

More information for delegates, authors of papers, trade exhibitors and others can be found on the Conference website:
www.2012iccbp.com

PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

Concrete block pavement installation in Buenos Aires.

Since the first International Conference held in Newcastle, UK in 1980, these important events have been held regularly – and currently every 3 years - 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.

• 1980 – Newcastle, UK
• 2009 – Buenos Aires, Argentina

2009
The 9th International Conference on Concrete Block Paving was held in Buenos Aires in late October, organised by the national association: Asociacion Argentina del Bloque de Hormigon (AABH), in conjunction with SEPT. With over 200 attendees from 27 countries, this Conference provided an important gathering of experience and expertise from around the world. A substantial amount of information was made available and debated over an intensive 4-day event, with 56 papers presented by 107 authors. SEPT would like to congratulate and thank the organiser Timoteo Gordillo – President of AABH - and his team for making this event such a success.