Programme

Technical sessions will be organized within the different topics indicate in the Scope. Each thematic area will be introduced by an invited plenary lecture. Depending on the number of paper contributions in weach topic, parallel technical sessions will be organized.

Papers presented will be included on a CD rom with the conference proceedings which will be available at the conference. A book with the extended abstracts will also be available and included in the participant’s package.

A technical visit to Barra Bridge over Ria de Aveiro, built between 1971 and 1975 submitted to reinforcement and repairing works since the end of 2006, is planned for 31of January. This visit is free of charge for participants registered in the conference. A minimum number of 20 participants will be required for the realization of this visit. Other technical visits will be scheduled.

MEDACHS08 FINAL PROGRAMME
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Invited Speakers

• Armando Rito
  Title of lecture: "“The Barra Bridge. Assessment and rehabilitation” "
  
• Carmen Andrade
  Title of lecture: “ Possibilities and limitations of modeling and testing chloride penetration into concrete”
  
• João Appleton
  Title of lecture: "Pathologies and Rehabilitation of Old Buildings in Coastal
  Environment"
  
• Mark Stewart
  Title of lecture: “Spatial and Time-Dependent Reliability Modelling of Corrosion Damage
  and Maintenance for Reinforced Concrete Structures"
  
• Rob Melcher
  Title of lecture: “Long-term corrosion of steels exposed to marine environments“
  
• Veronique Baroghel-Bouny
  Title of lecture: “Performance-based design for concrete and multi-level prediction of RC durability in marine environments”
  
  

Post – Conference Technical Visit

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