About the conference
The InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2024, will take place 11-12 September 2024, and will provide a forum to explore renewable materials and their use for creating healthy, sustainable buildings during different thematic sessions:
- Fire safety in wooden buildings
- Sustainability and energy efficiency of buildings
- Buildings skin
- Design for human well-being
- Innovative IT solutions for building excellence
- Advanced manufacturing for the future of built environment
- New European Bauhaus for advancing the built environment
IRIC2024 is an opportunity to share and discuss emerging science and innovations in renewable materials that can be used in the built environment to enhance human and environmental well-being.
#IRIC2024
Important dates
10 May 2024: Abstract submission deadline
26 August 2024: Registration deadline
26 August 2024: Payment deadline
11–12 September 2024: InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2024
Call for abstracts
IRIC2024 welcomes 300-word abstracts for presentations in different sessions:
- Fire safety in wooden buildings
- Sustainability and energy efficiency of buildings
- Buildings skin
- Design for human well-being
- Innovative IT solutions for building excellence
- Advanced manufacturing for the future of built environment
- New European Bauhaus for advancing the built environment
Please follow the IRIC2024 abstract template and submit through the conference portal.
Abstract submission closes on 10 May 2024.
Keynote speaker
TED speaker Pablo van der Lugt (PhD, MSc Eng) is a passionate advocate of high performance bio-based materials. In the vision of van der Lugt in the essential transition towards a more circular economy there are tremendous opportunities for smart biobased materials, made from renewable resources such as mass timber (CLT, Glulam, LVL, etc), modified wood and engineered bamboo, to substitute carbon intensive, high performance materials from the techno-cycle such as metals, minerals and plastics (PVC).
Van der Lugt is the author of several books on sustainable building, including the international acclaimed Tomorrow’s Timber (2020) and Booming Bamboo (2017), which details the latest developments in design and architecture using bamboo and (mass) timber. Van der Lugt has published extensively in both popular magazines as scientific journals and regularly provides (keynote) presentations on this topic to stakeholders and policy makers in the building industry, including the International Climate Conference in Paris, COP 21, COP 24 and COP 26.
- Technical University Delft profile
- Pecha Kucha talk on engineered wood
- Keynote on mass timber construction
- TED talk on bamboo
- Speakers Academy profile
- Google Scholar profile
At IRIC2024 he will speak about “The future is biobased – towards the next building revolution.”
Venue
InnoRenew CoE will host IRIC2024 at its building in Izola, Slovenia.
Livade 6a, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Registration
Full registration: €250
Student registration: €150
Conference dinner: €70
All prices includes VAT.
Registration will be open until 26 August 2024, 23:59 CEST.
Payment
Payment must be made by bank transfer to the InnoRenew CoE bank account. A copy of the transfer receipt must be attached to the registration form.
- ACCOUNT HOLDER: InnoRenew CoE / Livade 6a, SI-6310 Izola, Slovenia
- BANK: NLB d.d. / Trg republike 2, 1520 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- SWIFT CODE: LJBASI2X
- IBAN: SI56029220262173147
- REFERENCE: 00-00
Enter “InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2024” in the remarks field, and include the following information:
- Participant name and surname
- Address for issuing/receiving invoice (it can be either a personal or institutional address, but if the invoice is issued to an institution, include the institution’s tax number)
The payment deadline is 26 August 2024, 23:59 CEST.
An invoice will be provided after the conference.
Accommodations and travel
Hotels in Izola:
Hotel Belvedere (Cliff and Villa): Dobrava 1a, 6310 Izola
Hotel Haliaetum: Morova ulica 6a, 6310 Izola
San Simon Resort: Izola (multiple locations)
Hotel Delfin: Tomažičeva 10, 6310 Izola
Hotel Marina: Veliki trg 11, 6310 Izola
Hotel Keltika: Cesta v Jagodje 1, 6310 Izola
DeGrassi Boutique Garni Hotel: Drevored 1.maja 9, 6310 Izola
Airports:
Trieste Airport (TRS), 55-minute drive from Izola
Ljubljana Airport (LJU), 1 hour 20-minute drive from Izola
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), 2-hour drive from Izola
Treviso Airport (TSF), 2-hour drive from Izola
Zagreb Airport (ZAG), 2 hour 30-minute drive from Izola
Shuttle service:
The easiest way to travel to Izola from the airports above is to take a shuttle service like GoOpti transport. Reservation for transfer can be made directly to your hotel. Prices are lower if the shuttle is booked well in advance (1-2 months).
Bus or train:
Travel by bus to Izola is possible. Once in Izola, public transportation is available to move around the city.
You can travel by train from most European countries via connection to Koper (Slovenia), Trieste (Italy) or Ljubljana (Slovenia). From these locations, you need a bus transfer or other transport to reach Izola.
Conference sponsors
Would you like to increase your visibility within the interdisciplinary field of renewable materials for healthy built environments? Become an IRIC2024 sponsor.
Contact us at conference@innorenew.eu for more details.
Scientific committee
Richard Acquah, Michael Burnard, Anja Černoša, Ana Gubenšek, Niki Hrovatin, Albert Kravos, Andreja Kutnar, Han Lei, Sasikala Perumal, Faksawat Poohphajai, Lea Primožič, Nežka Sajinčič, Mariem Zouari
Organizing committee
Gertrud Fabian, Lea Primožič, Amy Simmons
Conference organizers
The conference is organized by the InnoRenew CoE and the University of Primorska.
Contact information
Please send questions or comments to conference@innorenew.eu.