Program of the IWCF2025

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18^th September 2025 | DAY 1

8:00	REGISTRATION
9:00 10:15	OPENING DAY 1, WELCOME by RECTOR of CUT & KEYNOTE LECTURE
	IWCF00 🔊 Pierre Pimienta	KEYNOTE LECTURE Understanding Concrete under Fire: Experimental Approaches from Material Behaviour to Full-Scale Applications
10:15 11:00	S1: Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling: Mechanisms and Evaluation
	IWCF49 🔊 Patrick Bischof	Fire Risk Assessment in Standards using RILEM TC 256-SPF Screening Tests
	IWCF44 🔊 Robert McNamee	The Role of Restraint and Load in Fire-Induced Spalling of Concrete: Observations from Experimental Testing
	IWCF19 🔊 Benedikt Weber	Concrete Spalling Reframed: A New Theory Built on Known Mechanisms
11:00	Coffee Break
11:30 13:00	S2: Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling: Assessment and Mitigation
	IWCF41 🔊 Aminu Muhammed	High-Temperature Microstructural Evaluation of Fibred Concrete using X-ray Tomography and Digital Image Analysis
	IWCF31 🔊 Roberto Felicetti	On Fracture Behaviour of Moderately Heated High-Performance Concrete
	IWCF16 🔊 Mitsuo Ozawa	Fire Spalling Behavior of Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete with Fteel Fiber and Jute Fiber
	IWCF40 🔊 Fabienne Robert	The Benefits of Incorporating Bio-Sourced Fibres for the Fire Spalling Behaviour of Concrete
	IWCF35 🔊 Łukasz Józefczyk	Reducing Fire-Induced Spalling in High-Strength Concrete: Experimental Findings from Fire Tests
	IWCF21 🔊 Ahmad Eiz Eddin	Fire Testing of Various Protection Measures to Prevent Spalling of CFRP-Reinforced Concrete
13:00	Lunch
14:00 15:30	S3: Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling: Experiments and Modelling
	IWCF27 🔊 Patrick Bischof	Library of Experiments on Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling
	IWCF32 🔊 Abbas Abubaker	Sample Size Effects on Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling
	IWCF43 – moved for Day 2 🔊 Giacomo Torelli	Prediction of Pore Pressure in Heated Concrete: Stochastic Analysis and Driving Parameters
	IWCF18 🔊 Stefano Dal Pont	Combining Quantitative Imaging and Numerical Modeling: an Insight Into Concrete at High Temperature
	IWCF30 🔊 Hitesh Lakhani	Implications of Using Stress-Strain Relationship with Implicit Transient Strain for Concrete at Elevated Temperature
	IWCF34 🔊 Joshua Mounier	Residual Mechanical Behaviour of a Reference Mortar Exposed to High Temperatures for THCM Modelling Under Fire
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00 17:00	S4: Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling in Environmentally Optimized Concrete
	IWCF29 🔊 Patrick Bischof	Fire Performance of Swiss Buildings Incorporate Concrete with Recycled Aggregates
	IWCF12 🔊 Jochen Reiners	Investigations into the Explosive Spalling of Environmentally Optimised Concretes in the Event of Fire
	IWCF20 🔊 Tim Pittrich	Analysis of Thermohydraulic Spalling in Blended Cement Concrete
	IWCF25 🔊 Asieh Jalaeeyan	Experimental Investigations About the Fire Performance of Concrete with High Recycled Aggregate Content
17:00	Discussion and Closing Remarks		19:00	Banquet

19^th September 2025 | DAY 2

9:00	REGISTRATION	19th September 2025 | DAY 2
09:30	OPENING DAY 2
9:30 11:00	S5: Sustainable Materials at High Temperature
	IWCF53 🔊 Mateusz Sitarz	Foamed Geopolymer Coatings as Sustainable Thermal Protection for Concrete Elements
	IWCF52 🔊 Sara Gołębiowska	High-Temperature Behaviour of Concrete with Low-Emission Binders: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps
	IWCF46 🔊 Wendpanga S.A. Nana	Construction Decarbonization via Low Embodied Carbon Concrete and Optimized Sections: Impacts on Structural Fire Design and Recommendations
	IWCF48 🔊 Thierry Lobé	Thermal Degradation and Microstructural Evolution of LC3 Mortars with Varying Clinker Content
	IWCF36 🔊 Pierre Pimienta	Fire Performance Assessment of Concretes Made with Non-Standardized Binders – A French National Framework
	🔊 Mariusz Raszewski	From Heat Treatment to Fire Resistance – Innovation by SECO/WARWICK
11:00	Coffee Break
11:30 13:00	S6: Structural Performance in Fire: Testing and Modelling
	IWCF37 🔊 Maria Celeste Blasone	Fire Resistance of Wall Elements Made of Wood-Chip Lightweight Concrete
	IWCF13 🔊 Tim Neugum	Application of the Substructure Method to Assess the Fire Resistance of Thermally Restrained Columns
	IWCF50 🔊 Silvio Renard	Experimental Investigation on the Burnout Resistance of a Reinforced Concrete Column Subjected to A Natural Compartment Fire
	IWCF17 🔊 Magda Kosmal	Analysis of the Structure and Selected Properties of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in the Context of Fire Resistance Testing
	IWCF14 🔊 Peter Kočman	Assessing Eurocode Material Laws for Post-Tensioned Concrete Beams in Fire through Finite Element Modelling
	IWCF28 🔊 Max Rottmann	Toward a Hybrid Coupled Simulation Approach using the Phase Field Method for Predicting the Behavior of Concrete Structure under Real Fire
13:00	LUNCH
14:00 15:00	S7: Concrete Properties at High Temperature
	IWCF23 🔊 Taku Koyama	Relationship Between Dehydration and Shrinkage Rate of Hardened Cement Paste under High Temperature Conditions
	IWCF42 🔊 Ye Li	Strength Recovery of High-Performance Concrete Material and Column After Fire Exposure
	IWCF45 🔊 Wojciech Szymkuć	Effect of Specimen Size and Shape on Residual Compressive Strength of Concrete after Fire Exposure
	IWCF39 🔊 Armando La Scala	Experimental Assessment of Polypropylene Fiber Effectiveness in Self-Compacting Concrete Fire Resistance: A Systematic Investigation
15:00	Coffee Break
15:30 16:45	S8: Post-Fire Assessment and Protection of Concrete Structures
	IWCF11 🔊 Christian Paglia	The Post-Fire Investigation of a Reinforced Concrete Structure: a Garage Case Study
	IWCF15 🔊 Umesh Kumar Sharma	Post-Fire Structural Assessment of an Industrial Facility in Rajkot, India: a Case Study
	IWCF24 🔊 Robert Kowalski	Application of the Sclerometric Method to Concrete Damage Assessment in Post-Fire Structures
	IWCF43 🔊 Giacomo Torelli IWCF33 🔊 João Paulo Correia Rodrigues	AI-Based Analysis of Concrete Structures in Case of Fire moved from Day 1 Prediction of Pore Pressure in Heated Concrete: Stochastic Analysis and Driving Parameters
	IWCF51 🔊 Goulven Quiblier	Material Solutions for Passive Fire Protection of Tunnel Linings
16:45	Discussion and Closing Remarks