Portland Forum, Leimen/Germany

Nanocem Consortium – 7th Open Meeting

All Anett Fischer, ZKG International

Dr. Wolfgang Dienemann, HeidelbergCement Technology Center, welcomed the around 80 attendees to the Portland Forum in Leimen

All Anett Fischer, ZKG International

1 In a first panel discussion, the former Nanocem-funded researchers Arnaud Muller, Vanessa Kocaba, Luis Pegado and Luis Baquerizo (from left to right) exchanged ideas and views with Lukas Neumann (centre)

2 During the breaks, the attendees were able to find out about research findings from more than 50 posters

3 In the panel discussion of senior researchers from industry and academia Hong Wong, Mohsen Ben Haha, Emmanuel Gallucci and Peter McDonald (from left to right) exchanged ideas and views with Lukas Neumann (centre)

4 Attendees from 17 countries, industry partners and academic representatives from a wide range of research institutes discussed the current research activities

On 25.04.2017, the partners in the Nanocem Consortium met for their 7th Open Meeting with interested guests at the Portland Forum in Leimen, to discuss current research activities and the latest research findings. Besides the technical papers, a poster show with more than 50 presentations provided a comprehensive display of knowledge. Attendees from 17 countries, industry partners and academic representatives of a wide range of research institutes discussed the current progress in research, future challenges for the cement industry and other development tasks.

Dr. Wolfgang Dienemann, Director Global Research at the Development HeidelbergCement Technology Center, warmly welcomed the attendees, also in the name of the management. As one of the founding members and industrial partner of Nanocem, HeidelbergCement was pleased to host the event. Dienemann stressed the importance of the HeidelbergCement Campus. With the Portland Forum event centre and the R&D Centre next door, this spanned a bridge between history and the future. The importance of the Nanocem Consortium lies especially in the shared discussions amongst researchers and with the users....