Technical Paper
The technical deliberations at the Conference will cover the Optimization of process, Quality and Energy Consumption in cement manufacturing and utilisation of cement & building materials and concrete & it`s durability with focus on latest innovations in technology. The areas needing special attention in the present context have been identified as follows:
- Binary and ternary blended cements
- Chemistry and Hydration of cementitious systems
- Novel SCMs and alternative Binders
- Optimization of raw mix design
- Advances in characterization techniques for cement chemistry
- Alkali-activated binders
- Alternative Fuels
- Alternative Raw Materials
- Improving Energy Efficiency
- Application of Waste Heat Recovery Systems
- Carbon Capture Techniques
- Application of Renewable Energy
- Improving Clinker Productivity
- Process optimization
- Advances in cement plant machinery
- Technology up-gradation / modernization/ debottlenecking / re-engineering
- Refractory engineering practices and recent advances
- Advances in process automation including AI/ML and Industry 4.0 applications
- IS 456:2025(Draft): Service Life Approach for Durability Design
- Concrete and its constituents –specifications & applications
- Performance-based design of structures
- Durability driven Concrete Mix Design Practices
- High Strength and high-performance Concrete
- Quality Assurance and Construction Provisions
- Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC)
- Precast and Lightweight concrete
- Precast and Lightweight concrete
- Construction Chemicals and Admixtures
- 3D Printable Concrete and digital construction
- Advances in instrumentation and process automation
- Mineral carbonation in concrete