Latin America 2012 - Conference program
| Technical Courses - March 20, 2012 | ||
| Speaker | Country | Topic |
| Arnold Van Acker | Belgium 10:00-11:30 11:30-12:30 12:30-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-17:00 17:00-17:30 |
New Precast Concrete Design Handbook Lectures Lunch & Coffee Break Lecture Coffee Break Lectures Discussions |
| Michael Khrapko | New Zealand 13:00-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-17:00 17:00-17:30 |
Providing consistent concrete quality while changing cements, aggregates and admixtures Lectures Coffee Break Lectures Discussions |
| Jaime Fernandez | Spain 13:00-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-17:00 17:00-17:30 |
Quality control of precast concrete during production and construction Lectures Coffee Break Lectures Discussions |
| Conference - March 21, 2012 | ||||
| Schedule | Speaker | Country | Topic | |
| General | 11:00 | Íria Lícia Oliva Doniak | Brazil | Development of the Brazilian precast industry with respect to standardization, production and application |
| 11:30 | Sonia Fernandez Ayala | Spain | Opportunities for Ibero-American Joint Activities in the Precast Industry | |
| Project Development & Infrastructure | 13:00 | Arnold Van Acker | Belgium | Precast Concrete Bridges |
| 13:30 | Hans Beushausen | South Africa | Learning for the others: South Africa before and after the FIFA World Cup | |
| 14:00 | Fernando Stucchi/Hugo Corres | Brazil/Spain | Precast concrete in Brazilian arenas for the World Cup 2014 - General Concepts and examples Corinthians/Itaquera SP | |
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Precast Concrete |
15:00 | Simon Hughes | Australia | Advantages of insulated precast concrete sandwich panels |
| 15:30 | Jaime Fernandez | Spain | Treatment of imperfections of precast concrete | |
| 16:00 | Catalin Nedita | Romania | Enterprise Resource Planning Systems for precast manufacturers | |
| Conference - March 22, 2012 | ||||
| Schedule | Speaker | Country | Topic | |
| Quality assurance | 10:00 | Stef Maas | Belgium | Benefits of higher product quality despite higher pricing |
| 10:30 | Michael Khrapko | New Zealand | Maintaining required workability of SCC in time | |
| 11:00 | Hans Beushausen | South Africa | Performance-based durability testing and design for reinforced concrete structures | |
| Concrete blocks & pavers | 13:00 | German Madrid | Colombia | Quality challenges for concrete pavers in urban environment in South America |
| 13:30 | Soenke Borgwardt | Germany | Quality assurance for interlocking paver production and installation in Europe | |
| 14:00 | Soenke Borgwardt | Germany | Recent trends and tendencies for the use of permeable concrete paving in Europe | |
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Concrete pipes & manholes |
15:00 | Karsten Koerkemeyer | Germany | Advantages of concrete sewage systems compared to competing materials |
| 15:30 | Alirio Brasil Gimenez | Brazil | Technology, Quality and Durability in the production of concrete pipes and manholes in South America | |
| 16:00 | Karsten Koerkemeyer | Germany | Technology, Quality and Durability in the production of concrete pipes and manholes in Europa | |
| Plant Tour - March 23, 2012 |  |
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