Programme
Day 1
Registration opens at 08:30
Presentations begin at 09:15
Rail

09:30 Opportunities at the Heart of the New Northern Powerhouse Rail System
Tim Wood, Rail Director
Transport for the North

10:00 Asset Management Viewpoint of Opportunities in Rail
Andy Cross, Route Asset Manager - Wales and Simon Phillips, Asset Engineer LNE
Network 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
Smart Buildings

11:30 Innovative Offsite Solution to Housing Stock Upgrades to Meet Paris 2050
Neil Appleton, Market Development - Construction
National Composites Centre

11:55 Turning Waste Plastic into Accommodation Gold
Charlie Hall, Managing Director
C6(n) Technology

12:20 Energy Efficient Buildings Using Pultruded FRP
Mark Singleton, Director & John Hutchinson, Architect
Startlink Systems
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
Bridges

15:00 Making Advanced Materials More Sustainable -The Advent of Bio Composite Bridges
Wouter Claassen, Hybrid Structures Consultant
Witteveen + Bos

15:25 Composite Bridge Deck for Ultra Light Design
Atanas Zhelev, Chief Executive Officer
Digital Architects

15:50 Case Study: Bromley Heath Viaduct-New Pedestrian & Cycle Path
Patrick Savage, Engineering Manager
APB Group

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
Advanced Materials Part 1

09:15 Identifying the Opportunities and Barriers for the Adoption of Advanced Materials in Construction
Julien Sellier, Director
STRUCTeam

09:40 Smart Coatings for Buildings and Artificial Skins
Raphael Neuhaus, Project Manager
Fraunhofer IPA

10:05 Ormskirk is Expecting Identical Twins-New FRP Footbridges for Lancashire Town
Dr Lee Canning, Technical Director
Jacobs
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





Testing & Analysis

14:00 Balance Between Testing & Analysis in Design of FRP Road Bridge Decks
Dr Wendel Sebastian, Reader in Structural Engineering
University College London

14:25 The Importance of High Quality Testing for Construction Products
Geraint Havard, Composites Testing Manager
R-Tech Materials
Fire

14:50 Scott Bader Crestafire Systems for Demanding FST Applications
Neil Gray, Global Market Manager - FST Performance Products
Scott Bader

15:15 Rail and Infrastructure Projects using Fire Retardant Epoxy
Luke McEwen, Principal Engineer
Gurit

15:40 Enhancing Composite Fire Protection Using Nonwovens
Adam Black, Business Development Director
Technical Fibre Products