Conferences and Events

2008

• APRIL 1-3, 2008

Rethinking Egress Workshop will be held April 1-3, 2008 in Gaithersburg, MD and can be accessed on the web via an audio and video webcast. The proceedings and results of the workshop will be broadly published for public consideration.  Further, a follow-up workshop will be convened to consider how to implement those ideas which may have significant potential. Anyone interested in taking part in this second workshop is invited to contact NIST at egress@nist.gov.

• MARCH 31 - APRIL 2, 2008

2008 Annual Fire Conference will be held March 31 - April 2, 2008 at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD.  NIST staff, grantees, experts from federal agencies, representatives of code developing organizations, fire and building professionals, and experts from academia and industry are invited to attend. The Conference will be held on the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Registration, hotel, and other information will be available on the Conference homepage (http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/info/fireconf/).

Contact:
Ms. Wanda Duffin-Ricks
wanda.duffin@nist.gov

• MAY 11-14

The 11th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (11DBMC) will be held May 11-14, 2008 in Istanbul Turkey to exchange ideas and research findings on studies pertaining to the service life and durability of construction and building materials, components and systems at the global and local levels. For more information, see the conference web site:  http://www.11dbmc.org/.