IST-2001-37278 ROADCON
ROADCON Project results Workshop
7th July 2003
BRUSSELS – European Commission premises
The roadmapping project ROADCON is an Accompanying Measure - Action Line IST 2002 II.1.2: Strategic roadmaps for applied research - funded by the European Commission under the IST programme (FP5). Its aim is to develop a roadmap for the future research and development of ICT for the construction industry, in the short, medium and long terms. It is promoting model-based, knowledge-driven ICT in the construction sector as the main enabler for the future achievement of important societal, environmental, industrial, and business priorities. The underpinning idea in future use of ICT is computer-interpretable object-oriented information that will enable enhanced automation, integration and communication in Construction. For more information on the project, please refer to:
The ROADCON project is organising a 1-day open workshop on July 7, 2003 in Brussels. An overview of the ROADCON project will be given, with presentations of the project results and the proposed final Roadmap, highlighting the various research issues to be investigated in the future R&D dedicated to Construction ICT. Besides presentations, time will be given to all the attendees for intensive discussion about future collaboration too, e.g. in FP6.
Participation in the workshop is free of charge, but there is a limited number of places, consequently they will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The full agenda of this open day is provided below. For more information, please contact your ROADCON National Contact point (see at , and click on “Contacts”).
Venue:
European Commission
Avenue de Beaulieu, 33, 1160 Brussels
(metro station: "Beaulieu"- direction "H. Debroux")
Meeting room: 0/54
From 10:30Arrival of participants
11 : 00Start of the Open Day Workshop
1)11:00 – 11:10 Welcome and introduction by John Nolan, project officer – European Commission
2)11:10 – 11:30 Introduction to ROADCON - by Alain Zarli – CSTB
-Project aims and objectives;
-ROADCON overall framework and roadmapping approach.
3)11:30 – 12:00 ICT Requirements of the European Construction Industry: ROADCON synthesis - by Yacine Rezgui & Grahame Cooper – University of Salford
4)12:00 – 12:20 New ICT-based services & processes, and sustainable issues: view from a Construction Industry practitioner – by Christophe Gobin (GTM-C) & Vincent Cousin (Processus & Innovation).
5)12:20 – 12:45 Open discussion
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch break
6)14:00 – 14:30 State-of-the-art and Construction Sector Opportunities offered by ICT - by Michel Bohms – TNO
7)14:30 – 14:50 ICT-based collaborative business and concurrent engineering: view from a software editor – by Rasso Steinmann - Nemetschek
8)14:50 – 15:30 The ROADCON roadmap - by Matti Hannus & Sami Kazi - VTT
9)15:30 – 16:20 Open Discussion
10)16:20 – 16:30 Concluding session - by John Nolan & Alain Zarli
16 : 30End of meeting.
Contact Details:
Alain Zarli, ROADCON Coordinator
CSTB, BP209, Sophia Antipolis, France
Tel: +33 4 93 95 67 36
Fax: +33 4 93 95 67 33
Email:
The ROADCON Team
CSTB – France (
GTM Construction – France (
VTT – Finland (
TNO - The Netherlands (
University of Salford– United Kingdom (
University of Loughborough/ECI – United Kingdom (
Garas Consultants Limited – United Kingdom
Nemetschek – Germany (
BBRI – Belgium (