3rd International Workshop on Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements

Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements (CSA)

The 3rd International Workshop on Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements (CSA 2025) will be held on Monday 23 – Wednesday 25 June 2025 at the University of Leeds, UK.

Following the success of the 1st and 2nd International Workshops on Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements at Murten, Switzerland (2018) and Rome, Italy (2023), we would like to extend our sincere thanks to the previous organisers for their invaluable contributions.

Calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) based cements are receiving increasing interest as (i) an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional cement and (ii) as they can be used to formulate mortars and concretes with special properties such as fast set, high early strength, shrinkage-compensation, waste solidification, and ion immobilisation.

This workshop will bring together researchers working on several aspects of CSA cements with the different stakeholders working with CSA-based concretes in the industry. Gathering experts from all around the world will stimulate scientific discussions and can promote national and international collaboration. We aim at exchanging state-of-the-art knowledge on several topics including:

Raw materials and clinkering
Hydration mechanisms, admixtures, and fresh concrete
Characterisation
Durability and practice
Applications: structural and immobilisation
Nomenclature, standards, and protocols

Organising Committee

Theodore Hanein, University of Leeds, UK (chair)
Barbara Lothenbach, Empa, Switzerland
Milena Marroccoli, University of Basilicata, Italy
Vaishnav Kumar Shenbagam, University of Leeds, UK
Antonio Telesca, University of Basilicata, Italy
Frank Winnefeld, Empa, Switzerland

Scientific Committee

Marcus Bannerman, University of Aberdeen, UK
Éric Pascal Bescher, University of California (UCLA), USA
Lisa E. Burris, Ohio State University, USA
Piyush Chaunsali, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India
Céline Cau Dit Coumes, Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, France
Angeles G. De la Torre, Universidad de Málaga (UMA), Spain
Sabina Dolenec, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG), Slovenia
Tristana Duvallet, University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, USA
Ammar Elhoweris, Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), Qatar
Jason Ideker, Oregon State University, USA
Visa Isteri, University of Oulu, Finland
Ana Paula Kirchheim, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
Kimberly E Kurtis, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Wei Victor Liu, University of Alberta, Canada
Juhyuk Moon, Seoul National University, Korea
Cameron Murray, University of Arkansas, USA
Kedsarin Pimraksa, Chiang Mai University (CMU), Thailand
Alexander Pisch, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, SIMaP, France
Yiannis Pontikes, KU Leuven, Belgium
Zhang Wensheng, China Building Materials Academy, China