MARKET OVERVIEW
Overview of the market for membranes in construction - Mr. Jon Nash, Research Director, AMI CONSULTING, United Kingdom
The rise of liquid applied waterproofing - Mr. Phil Richardson, Marketing Director, LIQUID PLASTICS, United Kingdom
ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
“Up on the roof” – increasing the living and environmental quality with green roofs - Mr. Wolfgang Ansel, Director, INTERNATIONAL GREEN ROOF ASSOCIATION (IGRA), Germany
Production and application of geomembranes - Mr. Gottfried Niederkrottenthaler, Product Manager, AGRU KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GmbH, Austria
Water management to reverse global warming – overlooked importance of green roofs and walls - Mr. John Medlock, Managing Director, AXTER Ltd., United Kingdom
Use of geosynthetic sealing systems on slopes - properties for safe design - Dipl.-Ing. Catrin Tarnowski, Technical Sales, GSE LINING TECHNOLOGY GmbH, Germany
Geotechnical applications of solar cells and membranes - Mr. Christopher Kelsey, Editorial Director, GEOSYNTHETICA.NET., United States
DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY
Welding parameters and their influence on the quality of the weld - Mr. Roland von Ah, Key Account Manager, LEISTER PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES, Switzerland
Improving installation times onto green concrete using single-component, fluid-applied membranes - Mr. Peter Bitten, Business Development Manager, TREMCO ILLBRUCK Ltd., United Kingdom
The role of electrical leak and damage detection and location systems for technical developments in the international waterproofing industry - RNDr. Vladimir Nosko, General Manager, SENSOR sol. S r.o., Slovakia
APPLICATIONS OF MEMBRANES
Performance evaluation of TPO roof membranes weathering on full-scale test roofs in four different climatic areas of North America - Mr. Jim Carlson, Technical Director/Principal Roof Consultant, BUILDING ENVELOPE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, United States
HPDE Geomembranes the most important features for whole range applications - Mr. José Miguel Muñoz Gómez, Product Manager, SOTRAFA, Spain
Factors to consider in selecting a flat roofing technique - Mr. Guy Borré, General Manager, PRELASTI NV/SA, Belgium
MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS
New thermoplastic and thermoset waterproofing membranes matching global trends, unmet needs and latest standards while offering excellent economics - Dr. Stefan Ultsch, Global Applications Leader Waterproofing, DOW EUROPE GmbH, Switzerland
Waterproofing membranes for the 21st Century - Dr. Sandro Kohn, Head of Research and Development, LUCOBIT AG, Germany
Development of fire resistant olefinic building and construction membranes matching the requirements of the European Construction Products Directive (CPD) - Mr. Mario Neuenhaus, Customer Technical Service, ALBEMARLE MARTINSWERK GmbH, Germany
Lamination compounds in between waterproof roofing membranes and flexible solar modules for new energy systems - Ms. Andrea Glawe, Projects Manager and Technical Sales, COATEMA COATING MACHINERY GmbH, Germany
Design concepts for thermoplastic waterproof membranes extruded with blown and flat dies technologies - Mr. Diego Ferrari, Blown Film Lines Sales Manager, BANDERA LUIGI COSTR. MECC. S.p.A., Italy