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ACCTA 2016 in Dar es Salaam

The International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology (ACCTA 2016) was held from January 27th to 29th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The conference was organized by the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in cooperation with the University of Dar es Salaam, the University of the Witwatersrand, and the University of Zagreb.

The conference was opened by keynotes given by Karen Scrivener, EPFL, Switzerland, and Jannie van Deventer, Zeobond, Australia, on “Realistic options to meet the challenges of increasing concrete demand in Africa” and “How to prepare...

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