Symposium on Changing Face of Building Materials and Systems in Response to Climate Change
(In-person only event)
Date: October 9, 2024 - October 10, 2024
Event Location: Renaissance Orlando at Seaworld, Orlando, Florida, USA
Organized by: ASTM Committee C16 on Thermal Insulation
About the Event
The Symposium on Changing Face of Building Materials and Systems in Response to Climate Change will be held October 9, 2024 - October 10, 2024. The symposium is organized by ASTM Committee C16 on Thermal Insulation, and will be held at the Renaissance Orlando at Seaworld, Orlando, Florida, USA in conjunction with the standards development meetings of the committee. The language of the symposium will be English.
Objective and Scope
This symposium will be a forum that focuses on the impacts of climate change on building materials and systems. This symposium could initiate discussion and collaborations that would lead to modifications applicable to building codes and standards required to mitigate the impacts of climate change on our building stocks.
Topics for the symposium include, but are not limited to:
- Climate-resilient (extremes of temp, fire, drought, wind, rain and flood) buildings and thermal insulations
- Embodied carbon (retrofit, manufacturing, and building commissioning)
- New or modified thermal insulations and related building products/materials
- Theoretical developments in materials and systems design
- Advances in testing and evaluation (laboratory and field)
- Codes, standards and economics related to buildings
- Simulations and modeling of building performance
Publication Information
Symposium authors are required to submit their papers for ASTM publication in Selected Technical Papers (STP), an online and printed, peer-reviewed publication for the international scientific and engineering community. STP papers should be full-length technical papers of approximately 10,000 words, significantly contribute to the technical literature, and must include a review of past work in the relevant area and present information of current interest or probe new fields. After the final selection of abstracts has been approved, the ASTM Editorial Office will send authors’ instructions via email, but also can be found by clicking here.
Manuscripts to be peer reviewed for the STP are due online no later than September 15, 2024 at the ASTM Editorial Office. The corresponding author (the author who is the main contact with ASTM Headquarters) will receive a copy of his/her paper in portable document format (PDF). All published authors will have the opportunity to purchase reprints of their papers at a nominal cost. Only those papers submitted by the manuscript due date will be included in the STP.
Please note that all submitted papers are subject to peer review by two independent reviewers. The STP will be submitted to the Library of Congress with an ISBN number and will be reviewed for inclusion in the Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and Google Scholar.
Technical Program
Registration
Registration is now open. The fees to attend this event are listed below.
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Through SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 |
After SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| ASTM Member | $550.00 | $650.00 |
| Non-member | $650.00 | $750.00 |
| Presenter | $385.00 | $455.00 |
| Session Chair | $385.00 | $455.00 |
| Student | Waived | Waived |
Not an ASTM Member? An Individual Membership costs only $115.00. If you would like to become a member of ASTM International and Committee C16 to begin taking advantage of all the ASTM membership benefits, including attending this event for at a reduced rate, please use the link below to join ASTM before registering for the event. After you have become a member, please return to this webpage to register for the event as an ASTM Member.
All Attendees – All attendees are urged to register for this symposium before arriving onsite. All attendees must check in at the ASTM Registration Area to obtain their name badge before entering the event room.
Presenters– Presenters for this event are automatically registered to attend, and do not need to register themselves.
Students – Students may be eligible for a reduced registration fee provided they meet certain requirements. To qualify for the reduced fee you must be an active ASTM Student Member, full-time student, not employed full-time, and be able to provide a current valid university email address for registration. To register as a student, please email ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org.
Cancellations – A refund of the symposium fee will be honored only if requested at least 10 business days prior to the start of the event. To cancel your registration, please click the "Modify My Registration" button found in your registration confirmation email and follow the prompts to cancel your registration. Please contact Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org or 610-832-9522 if you need assistance.
If you have questions concerning online registration, please contact Symposia Operations at
symposia@astm.org Tel: 610-832-9522, or ASTM Technical Support at https://www.astm.org/contact.
Technical Chair Contact Information
Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya
University of Victoria
Email: phalguni@uvic.ca
Phone: +1 (250) 472-4546
David Yarbrough
R & D Services Inc
Email: dave@rdservices.com
Phone: +1 (931) 526-3348
Continuing Education Units
Symposium attendees interested in receiving 1.05 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) must complete the CEU application form in the back of the program booklet and email it to ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org. You must be registered and have attended the entire event in order to receive the CEU’s. A certificate will be sent to you via email approximately 1 to 2 weeks after the symposium concludes.
Hotel Information
All meetings will be held at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld®, 6677 Sea Harbor Dr. Orlando, FL 32821.
Hotel Reservations:
Please support ASTM International by reserving your sleeping room at our official October Committee Week Hotel and Meeting site.
The discounted rate will be honored until the ASTM block is full, but no later than Friday, September 6th, 2024. The ASTM rate is $219, plus tax. You may be charged a higher rate if reservations are received after the cutoff date, or when the block is full. The hotel requires a credit card to guarantee your reservation, once submitted a confirmation number will be provided electronically.
To book accommodations using the ASTM rate, please click here: Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld®
To book accommodations using the government per diem rate, please click here: Government Room Rate
The Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld® has a limited number of rooms at the government per diem rate. The government per diem rates are set by fiscal year, effective October 1 each year; you will be charged the prevailing rate at the time of the meeting, not at the time of booking. To find current rates in the CONUS visit GSA.GOV. The government per diem rate reservations may be made via our online reservation system, using the blue hyperlink above. You must present your ID at the front desk upon check-in.
CANCELLATION/CHANGE POLICY: Reservations at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld® must be canceled 72 hours (3 days) prior to the arrival date in order to avoid a possible one-night room and tax penalty on the credit card.
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The October Committee Week Hotel provides prime meeting space for your committee meetings, events, and activities. ASTM International is legally bound to fill the contracted guest room block and an inability to fill the block will result in severe financial penalties which could affect negotiations and increase costs for future meetings.
INTERNET: The Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld® offers free Wi-Fi to hotel guests.
Standards Development Meetings
Committee C16 invites you to attend their future standards development meetings. There is no fee to attend these meetings, and membership in ASTM International is not required to attend. For more information about the committee and their future meetings, please visit the Committee C16 Homepage.