Workshop Program

International Workshop on Geopolymers and Geopolymer Concrete
September 28 and 29, 2005

VENUE

Bank West Lecture Theatre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Wednesday 28 Sep 2005

8:30 am: Registration

9:00 am: Welcome and Opening of Workshop: Professor Peter Lee, Executive Dean, Division of Engineering, Science, and Computing, Curtin University of Technology

9:15 am: Welcome and Introduction: Professor Houssam Toutanji, University of Alabama in Huntsville, and Professor Vijay Rangan, Curtin University of Technology

9:30 am to 10:30 am: Technical Presentations

10:30 am to 10:50 am: Coffee Break at Curtin on the Park

10:50 am to 12:30 pm: Technical Presentations

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Lunch at Curtin on the Park

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm: Technical Presentations

3:30 pm to 3:50 pm: Coffee Break at Curtin on the Park

3:50 pm to 5:30 pm: Technical Presentations

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm: Workshop Dinner at Curtin on the Park

Thursday 29 Sep 2005

9:00 am to 10:40 am: Technical Presentations

10:40 am to 11:00 am: Coffee Break at Curtin on the Park

11:00 am to 12:30 pm: Technical Presentations

12:30 pm to 1:45 pm: Lunch at Curtin on the Park

1:45 pm to 2:40 pm: Group Session and Discussion

2:40pm to 3:40pm: Laboratory Demonstration of making and testing of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete

3:40 pm to 4:00 pm: Coffee Break at Curtin on the Park

4:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Closing of Workshop by Professor Toutanji and Professor Rangan

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm: PUBLIC LECTURE ON “BUILDING THE PYRAMIDS WITH CHEMISTRY: THE STUNNING TECHNOLOGIES OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS” by Professor Joseph Davidovits, Geopolymer Institute, Saint-Quentin, France; This public lecture will be chaired by Professor Peter Lee, Executive Dean, Division of Engineering, Science, and Computing, Curtin University of Technology.

Notes
· The BankWest Lecture Theatre is a modern facility located in the prestigious John Curtin Centre of Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. The Curtin on the Park is a nice restaurant located adjacent to the John Curtin Centre, and is only a few minutes by walk from the Lecture Theatre.
· The Technical Presentations will be delivered by notable researchers and their research team working on Geopolymer Technology from various countries in the Europe, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand. A complete list of these Presentations will be available in the beginning of August 2005.