Issue: October 2009, page: 10

The Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd (NAMI) organized a nanotechnology and advanced materials forum on building materials with Hong Kong Trade Development Council at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event was titled: “Dare to Find New Ways Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials for Buildings and Infrastructures in the 21st Century.” The symposium attracted over 130 participants from academia, building and infrastructure industry, and government departments. The first speaker was Professor Zongjin Li, professor of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Li delivered a presentation on “New Development on Cement-Based Building Materials”, introducing selfcompacting concrete, ultra-high strength concrete, engineered cement composite, energy effective cement-based composites and newbinding materials such as magnesium phosphate cement. He also discussed the application of nano-science and multi-scale theory in cement-based building materials, the deterioration mechanism of concrete and the development of ductile concrete.