World Of Concrete Europe 2024: a forum dedicated to innovations in the concrete sector to meet the challenges of decarbonization

The Forum's conferences will focus on the collective innovation trajectory of the concrete sector to decarbonize materials, processes, products, technologies, applications and materials.

A program on the theme “Decarbonization in progress in the concrete sector”

April 24 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Inaugural conference The challenges of decarbonization for the concrete sector, presented by Florent Dubois, director of real estate and sustainable construction, NEXITY and author of the book Ecological concrete and sustainable construction.

The concrete sector as an actor of a carbon-free society: construction needs in the face of national carbon objectives (construction/development strategies and roadmaps, France on the front line of global warming) and the transition already initiated by the sector.

The major decarbonization levers and solutions for the concrete sector: roadmap for decarbonization of the cement-concrete sector. Beyond cement: how to mobilize the entire chain to achieve carbon neutrality?

Panorama of innovations and avenues for reflection: how concrete and construction systems can be transformed thanks to bio/geosourced materials, 3D printing processes, AI and the success of the sector's transition to the new gives ecological.

April 24 14:30 p.m. – 16 p.m.: Round table Meeting the challenge of the circular economy and recycling, moderated by Etienne Webre, deputy general director, EVOLIS and Christine Raynaud, editor-in-chief, Prescription Béton

Speakers

• Charlotte Bernard, manager, GRANUDEM Development
• Mathieu Hiblot, deputy director, ECOMINERO
• Fabio Mastroianni, Deputy Managing Director, AGYRE
• Thomas Pernin, materials engineer, CERIB
• Alessio Rimoldi, Secretary General, BIBM

April 25 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Round table Decarbonizing ready-mixed concrete, moderated by Colin Rousselet, journalist, AC Presse

Speakers

• Julien Beideler, general secretary, FFB-UMGO
• Yannis Martin, sales director or Stéphanie Bondoux, certification and approval director, HOFFMANN GREEN
• Patrick Montagné, concrete, cement and export activity director, MAPEI France
• François Redron, general director, CIMBéton
• John-Erik Reiersen, CEO, BETONG NORGE

Reducing the carbon footprint of concrete is above all a joint effort. And all the players in this sector of activity are able to make their contribution. From the cement manufacturer to the admixture manufacturer, including suppliers of raw materials and secondary constituents. But what are the different vectors that make it possible to act on this decarbonization of concrete? What are the concrete actions of cement manufacturers? What about alternative components? What is the role of adjuvantation? Does decarbonization have an influence on the implementation of concrete, on its setting, on its increase in strength, on its performance? And how are things going elsewhere?

April 25 14 p.m. – 15:30 p.m.: Round table Optimized logistics: a real lever for decarbonization, moderated by Pascal Petit-Jean, general secretary, SEIMAT

Speakers

• Thomas Bonvalot, LEICA Géosystem: presentation of guidance equipment on slipform paving machines for concrete
• Ivan Martinsanz, head of PUTZMEISTER France: presentation of the silent iOntron Hybrid piston pump P 730 TE with electric motor, which uses the construction site's electrical network to operate
• A SCHWING STETTER representative: presentation of the AM 10 EDrive router with hybrid drive
• A representative of the AVRIL Group: presentation of Oleo100, one of the rare alternatives to fossil fuels capable of offering autonomy comparable to that of diesel, turnkey and without major changes within the fleets.

Presentation of the Archipel project, aimed at relieving congestion on the roads surrounding the site from around 40.000 rotations of mixer trucks per year by producing ready-mixed concrete directly on site and supplying the lowest carbon concrete on the Strasbourg market.

April 26 10 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.: Round table: Off-site concrete construction, moderated by Frédéric Gluzicki, editorial director, AC Presse.

Speakers

• Céline Beaujolin, general delegate, Off-site France Sector
• Mickaël Carvalho, director, Prega Normandie, GA Smart Building subsidiary
• Jacques Manzoni, general director, FIB
• Lionel Morenval, CEO and founder, MUANCE

What if off-site construction was the royal road to industrializing the building sector in France. It seems to offer design quality, costs and reduced deadlines. But what do we mean today by “off-site construction”? What are the fundamental differences with what has been called “prefabrication” for over a century? What are the factors that could accelerate the use of this construction technology in buildings? Are there also brakes? Is off-site concrete construction a good response to the decarbonization of the building sector and the requirements of RE2020?

April 26 14 p.m. – 15:30 p.m.: Round table: 3D printing in the service of decarbonization, moderated by Laure Regnaud, director of the École Française du Béton.

Speakers

• Dominique Corvez, CEO, XtreeE
• Céline Florence, Head of Concrete Engineering Chair, ESTP
• Olivier Martinage, 3D manager Lithosys Vicat Sysnergie
• Nicolas Roussel, president and research director, RILEM

The advantages of 3D printing in concrete for decarbonization in construction: current limits and constraints of the innovative process, progress of R&D, training of future construction players in innovations such as 3D.

The Forum steering committee is made up of experts from the main professional organizations and organizations in the concrete sector:

• Julien Beideler, general secretary, UMGO-FFB
• Frédéric Gluzicki, director, Béton[s] Le Magazine
• Jacques Manzoni, general director, FIB
• Gwana Marques, Île-de-France Normandy regional delegate, SNBPE
• Iván Martinsanz, head of Putzmeister France
• Lionel Monfront, market product director, CERIB
• Pascal Petit-Jean, general secretary, SEIMAT
• Laure Regnaud, director of the French Concrete School
• François Redron, general director, CIMbéton
• Etienne Webre, deputy general director, EVOLIS

The World Of Concrete Europe, integrated into the Building, Civil Engineering and Concrete Sector cluster, will bring together 200 exhibitors and 500 Forum participants

Companies listed in the World Of Concrete Europe include: 3R SCHNELL, AMOG SLR, BETONSTAR-HANSA, BLEND PLANTS, BONNEUX Machinery, BOSCH Béton France, CIFA, EUROMECC, EUROMIX MTP, EUROP'EQUIPEMENT, HANSA, IMER France, KRAFT CURING Systems, MAPEI, PL2M, PUTZMEISTER, SCHWING-STETTER, SELFBETON, SOMERO Enterprises, TEKA France…

The entire concrete sector will be represented around a complete offer, from upstream to downstream: Concrete industry, other materials and equipment, Installations and equipment for the production of concrete, Installations and equipment for pre-fabricated concrete , Materials for concrete, Materials and equipment for special and decorative concretes, Materials, delivery and implementation of ready-mixed concrete, New technologies, services and engineering for concrete, Circular economy of concrete.

The winners of the INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2024 international competition will be revealed during the ceremony organized at the show on April 24 at 18:30 p.m. An Award will notably be awarded in the Building, Civil Engineering and Concrete Sector category and a special World of Concrete Europe to reward a company offering innovation specific to the concrete market.