Koenraad Van Balen is full professor in construction materials at the KU Leuven, director of the Raymond Lemaire International Center for Conservation (RLICC) and holder of the Unesco chair on preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of monuments and sites (PRECOM3OS). He was the first Secretary-General of the International Scientific ICOMOS Committee on Structures (ISCARSAH). He has numerous publications and managed different research projects dealing with heritage preservation, ancient and new sustainable construction materials and is actively involved in research strategies on Cultural Heritage at European level.

• KeynotesTheme 1: Innovation and heritageTheme 2: Preventive conservationTheme 3: Computational strategies for heritage structuresTheme 4: Sustainable strengthening of masonry with compositesTheme 5: Values and sustainabilityTheme 6: Subsoil interactionTraditional and innovative construction materials and techniquesNon-destructive testing, inspection and structural monitoringAdobe and vernacular constructionsConservation of the 20th century architectural heritageStructural assessment and intervention of archaeological sitesTheory and practice of conservationAnalytical and numerical approachesIn-situ and laboratory experimental resultsSeismic behavior and retrofittingRehabilitation, re-use and valorization of cultural heritage buildingsCase studies

Koenraad Van Balen is full professor in construction materials at the KU Leuven, director of the Raymond Lemaire International Center for Conservation (RLICC) and holder of the Unesco chair on preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of monuments and sites (PRECOM3OS). He was the first Secretary-General of the International Scientific ICOMOS Committee on Structures (ISCARSAH). He has numerous publications and managed different research projects dealing with heritage preservation, ancient and new sustainable construction materials and is actively involved in research strategies on Cultural Heritage at European level.

• KeynotesTheme 1: Innovation and heritageTheme 2: Preventive conservationTheme 3: Computational strategies for heritage structuresTheme 4: Sustainable strengthening of masonry with compositesTheme 5: Values and sustainabilityTheme 6: Subsoil interactionTraditional and innovative construction materials and techniquesNon-destructive testing, inspection and structural monitoringAdobe and vernacular constructionsConservation of the 20th century architectural heritageStructural assessment and intervention of archaeological sitesTheory and practice of conservationAnalytical and numerical approachesIn-situ and laboratory experimental resultsSeismic behavior and retrofittingRehabilitation, re-use and valorization of cultural heritage buildingsCase studies