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| 29 August 2007 | PR 07/111 |
Abstracts invited for I3CON conference
Abstracts are invited for the first international conference on Industrialised, Integrated, Intelligent Construction (I3CON), being held at Loughborough University in May 2008.
The conference is a major milestone for the I3CON project, which is aiming to create a European construction industry capable of building the ‘homes and offices of tomorrow’. The €17.5 million research project brings together 26 partners from 14 countries, including the University’s European Union Research Group (EURG), based in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering. Loughborough is the only UK university involved in the project.
I3CON will apply innovative construction and production technologies to enable the development of a sustainable and environmentally friendly construction industry that can deliver the ‘intelligent’ buildings of the future. These buildings will be flexible with adaptable spaces that are able to monitor their own environments, using less energy and producing less waste. Using state-of-the-art production technologies they will have services, such as electricity, communications and plumbing, already built into the structure, streamlining the entire construction process.
Abstracts for the conference are invited on recent advances in the field of industrialised, integrated and intelligent buildings. The deadline for abstracts is 14 September 2007 and submissions should be emailed to I3CONF@lboro.ac.uk. The conference is taking place from 14 - 16 May 2008. For a full list of topics of interest for the conference, and further information about the event visit: http://www.I3CON.org
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For all media enquiries contact:
- Judy Smyth, Loughborough University’s Public Relations
Office,
T: 01509 228697, E: J.L.Smyth@lboro.ac.uk
For enquiries about the conference contact:
- Dr Tarek Hassan, Conference Chair, Loughborough University Department of Civil and Building Engineering, T: 01509 222602, E: T.Hassan@lboro.ac.uk
- Abstracts should not exceed one page, should be submitted in 12pt font and include a descriptive title, the main results and achievements to be presented, five keywords and the name and email address of the corresponding author.
- The conference is organised by the I3CON European
Integrated Project in the sixth framework programme of the European
Commission, and Loughborough University, UK. It is supported by
BSRIA and the ECTP (European Construction Technology Platform) focus
area Processes and ICT.
- Loughborough is one of the country’s leading
universities, with an international reputation for excellence teaching
and research, strong links with industry and unrivalled sporting
achievement.
It is a member of the esteemed 1994 Group – a set of internationally recognised, research-intensive universities – and has a reputation for the relevance of its work. Its degree programmes are highly regarded by professional institutions and businesses, and its graduates are consistently targeted by the UK’s top recruiters.
Loughborough is also the UK’s premier university for sport. It has perhaps the best integrated sports development environment in the world and is home to some of the country’s leading coaches, sports scientists and support staff. It also has the country’s largest concentration of world-class training facilities across a wide range of sports.
In the 2006 National Student Survey, the University gained a top five place, with nine out of Loughborough’s 23 departments topping their subject tables. Loughborough was also placed 6th in the 2007 Times Good University Guide and was named winner of the 2006 THES award for the UK’s Best Student Experience. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, the University has been awarded five Queen's Anniversary Prizes – an achievement bettered by no other university.
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