Prof. Benoit Fournier: Prof. Fournier is professor at the Department of Geology and Engineering Geology of Laval University in Québec City (Québec, Canada), from where he got his PhD in 1993. From 1990 to 2007, he worked as a research scientist (1990-1998) and manager (1998-2007) for the Advanced Concrete Technology Program of CANMET, Department of Natural Resources (Ottawa, Canada). Dr. Fournier is a past Chair of CSA A3000 technical committee on cementitious materials. He is currently the Chair of CSA technical subcommittee on Aggregate’s Reaction in concrete and is also a Work Package Leader for RILEM technical committee TC 258-AAA (Avoiding alkali aggregate reactions in concrete – Performance based concept). Dr. Fournier is currently the Director of the Quebec’s Research Centre on Concrete Infrastructures (CRIB).

Dr. Caijun Shi: Dr. Shi is the Chair Professor of the College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, in China. He is also the President of the Asian Concrete Federation (ACF), founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Cement-based Materials, and an editorial member of many other concrete and cement based journals in Asia. His research interests include characterisation and utilisation of industrial by-products and waste materials, carbon mineralisation for cement and concrete, and design and production of low-carbon cement and concrete materials.  He has been granted about 50 Chinese patents and 4 US patents, several of which have been used in large construction projects or product manufacture. He has authored/co-authored more than 610 technical papers. He was elected as a fellow of International Energy Foundation in 2001, American Concrete Institute in 2007, RILEM in 2016, Hong Kong Concrete Institute in 2022, and ACF in 2023.

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