Programme
Day 1
Registration opens at 08:30
Presentations begin at 09:15
09:30 Opportunities at the Heart of the New Northern Powerhouse Rail System
Tim Wood, Rail Director
Transport for the North
Rail
10:30 Composites and the Railway - Can Modern Material Science Bring the Railway into the 21st Century?
Alex Heward, Innovation Manager
Laing O'Rourke
10:00 Asset Management Viewpoint of Opportunities in Rail
Andy Cross, Route Asset Manager - Wales and Simon Phillips, Asset Engineer LNE
Network Rail
11:30 Innovative Offsite Solution to Housing Stock Upgrades to Meet Paris 2050
Neil Appleton, Market Development - Construction
National Composites Centre
Smart Buildings
12:20 Energy Efficient Buildings Using Pultruded FRP
Mark Singleton, Director & John Hutchinson, Architect
Startlink Systems
11:55 Turning Waste Plastic into Accommodation Gold
Charlie Hall, Managing Director
C6(n) Technology
PechaKucha Session
13:45
Special Session
14:05 Digital Construction-What Does the Future Bring?
Gianluca Barletta, Associate Partner - Industrial Sector & Paul Homan, Distinguished Engineer - CTO Industrial
IBM Services
15:00 Making Advanced Materials More Sustainable -The Advent of Bio Composite Bridges
Wouter Claassen, Hybrid Structures Consultant
Witteveen + Bos
Bridges
15:50 Case Study: Bromley Heath Viaduct-New Pedestrian & Cycle Path
Patrick Savage, Engineering Manager
APB Group
15:25 Composite Bridge Deck for Ultra Light Design
Atanas Zhelev, Chief Executive Officer
Digital Architects
16:15 From Helicopters in War Zones to Troughing Posts in the Railway - Technocrete - A New Way of Supporting Stuff?
Eddie Blackett, Consultant
Complete Composite Solutions
Panel Session
16:40
Drinks reception sponsored by Tony Gee from 17:15
Optional dinner from 19:30 - prebooking required
Day 2
Registration opens at 08:30
Presentations begin at 09:15
09:15 Identifying the Opportunities and Barriers for the Adoption of Advanced Materials in Construction
Julien Sellier, Director
STRUCTeam
Advanced Materials Part 1
10:05 Ormskirk is Expecting Identical Twins-New FRP Footbridges for Lancashire Town
Dr Lee Canning, Technical Director
Jacobs
09:40 Smart Coatings for Buildings and Artificial Skins
Raphael Neuhaus, Project Manager
Fraunhofer IPA
Architecture
10:30 Wood Carbon Composite for Organic Architecture
Atanas Zhelev, CEO
Digital Architects
Advanced Materials - Part 2
11:30 The Use of Geopolymer Concrete and GFRP Materials for the Largest GFRP Deck in the World
Stuart Campbell, Regional Manager - UK, Europe & Middle East
Wagner CFT Manufacturing
11:55 Aims to Deliver Commercial Applications into Construction - A Growing Market for 2D Materials
Nic Gowland, Business Development Manager & Craig Dawson, Graphene Applications Manager, Graphene@Manchester
12:20 Resilience: Using Less Obvious Material Properties of Composites
Gert De Roover, Segment Owner BCI
Exel Composites
PechaKucha Session
12:45
14:00 Balance Between Testing & Analysis in Design of FRP Road Bridge Decks
Dr Wendel Sebastian, Reader in Structural Engineering
University College London
Testing & Analysis
14:25 The Importance of High Quality Testing for Construction Products
Geraint Havard, Composites Testing Manager
R-Tech Materials
14:50 Scott Bader Crestafire Systems for Demanding FST Applications
Neil Gray, Global Market Manager - FST Performance Products
Scott Bader
Fire
15:40 Enhancing Composite Fire Protection Using Nonwovens
Adam Black, Business Development Director
Technical Fibre Products
15:15 Rail and Infrastructure Projects using Fire Retardant Epoxy
Luke McEwen, Principal Engineer
Gurit