Scope and Topics

RYS2025 aims to strengthen the Rilem Youth Community and provide a great opportunity to showcase the high quality research of early stages researchers. It offers a platform to connect with peers worldwide, interact with senior RILEM members who are world-wide renowned experts, and receive recognition through the BEST PAPER AWARD, the BEST PRESENTATION AWARD, and the BEST POSTER AWARD. Please, see the Awards section for more details.

The RYS2025 focuses on topics that are of interest for the RILEM Technical Commitees, with a focus on construction materials and their use in building and civil engineering structures, covering all phases of the building process, and potentially including the environmental impact.These topics include, but are not limited to:

• CONCRETE and CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS
• MASONRY, TIMBER and CULTURAL HERITAGE
• BITUMINOUS MATERIALS and POLYMERS
• EARTH- and BIO-BASED MATERIALS
• INNOVATIVE LOW-CARBON MATERIALS, COMPOSITES and SYSTEMS

Topics such as material processing and characterization, transport and deterioration mechanisms, structural performance and design, service life and environmental impact assessment will be welcome. 

Further details on topics currently under investigation in RILEM, and thus of particular interest for the symposium, can be found at: https://www.rilem.net/activetcs