2nd International Conference INNOVATIVE MATERIALS, STRUCTURES AND TECHNOLOGIES Important Dates Abstract submission: Notification of acceptance: 15th of January, 2015 1st of February, 2015 Paper submission: 1st of May, 2015 Acceptance of paper: 15th of August, 2015 Conference: 30th of September to 2nd of October, 2015 Conference Fee Till 03.04.2015 After 03.04.2015 Participant 250 300 Students 150 200 Accompanying person 100 100 Conference fee includes: attendance of conference sessions; coffee breaks; dinner; conference programme and CD. Conference Language English Contact Information Faculty of Civil Engineering Riga Technical University Kalku st. 1, LV-1658, Riga, Latvia Phone: +371 67089223 Fax: +371 67089223 E-mail: conference@imst-rtu.com www.imst.rtu.lv Organized by the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Riga Technical University in Riga, Latvia from 30th of September to 2nd of October, 2015 FOREWORD The conference is organized in cooperation with industrial partners and professional associates. The conference is aimed to discuss the results of both industrial and academic research on analysis and design of modern buildings and structures, innovative building materials, development of maintenance, intervention and conservation methods for CONFERENCE TOPICS High Performance Concrete Cements and Alternative Binders Composite Materials Alkali Activation of Minerals and Waste Sustainable Asphalt Technologies and Materials Ecological Building Materials Energy Effective Buildings Sustainability and Life Cycle of Building Materials Sustainable and Safe Transport Infrastructure Inspection, Assessment and Monitoring Maintenance, Repair and Strengthening Road Traffic Safety Innovative Timber, Concrete and Steel Structures Structural Engineering Geotechnics Geodesy and Surveying, Geomatics, Mapping and GIS Fluid – Structure Dam Interaction Heat, Gas, Water Engineering structures, construction technologies and structure management, etc. This conference is intended for scientists, engineers, managers and professionals of construction sector providing an opportunity of sharing the latest achievements, and discussing the problems Conference participants will be given an excellent networking opportunity as well as will be able to meet their colleagues and friends. PARTICIPATION OPTIONS Participant / oral presentation Participant / poster presentation Participant Accompanying person CALL FOR PAPERS Conference authors are asked to submit their abstracts online on the conference website www.imst.rtu.lv. Guidelines for authors are available on the conference website. PUBLISHING All accepted abstracts will be included in conference abstract book and accepted papers will be published in digital format on CD. Full papers will be published in Applied Mechanics and Materials which is indexed by SCOPUS. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Chairman Sandris Rucevskis, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Members: Andrus Aavik, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Diana Bajare, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Kaspars Bondars, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Andris Cate, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Donatas Cigas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) Raimonds Eizensmits, Chairman of the LIKA (Latvian Association of Consulting Engineers) Board (Latvia) Gregor Fischer, Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) Boriss Gjunsburgs, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Reiner Jager, Hochschule Karlsruhe (HSKA) (Germany) Talis Juhna, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Tomas Hanak, Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic) Viktors Haritonovs, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Aleksander Kozlowski, Rzeszow University of Technology (Poland) Gintaris Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) Miroslav Komljenovic, University of Belgrade (Serbia) Jana Korytárová, Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic) Jarek Kurnitski, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Joao Labrincha, University of Aveiro (Portugal) Stephen O. Ekolu, University of Johannesburg (South Africa) Ainars Paeglitis, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Leonids Pakrastins, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Ina Pundiene, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) Karlis Rocens, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Dmitrijs Serdjuks, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Juris Smirnovs, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Genadijs Sahmenko, Riga Technical University (Latvia) Renars Spade, Expert of the Ministry of Economics (Latvia) Rimvydas Stonys, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) Sigitas Tamulevicius, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania) Ralejs Tepfers, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) Nikolay Vatin, Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University (Russia) Viktorija Volkova, Dnepropetrovsk State Higher Educational Institution “National Mining University” (Ukraine)