General Information

2nd International conference on Mineral Carbonation for Cement and Concrete (2nd MC3 Conference)

Themes

Carbonatable binders
CO₂ treatment of solid wastes
Carbonation hardening of concrete products
Carbonation enhancement of supplementary cementitious materials
CO₂ activation of waste powders
Direct air carbonation
Mechanism of mineralization process
Life cycle assessment and CO₂ uptake quantification
Utilization of CO₂-treated materials as concrete components

Dates(Tentative)

Main conference	28 - 30 September, 2026
Doctoral school	Morning to afternoon on 27th September, 2026
Welcome reception	Evening on 27th September, 2026.
Banquet	19:00 on 29th September, 2026.

*on 1st Oct, the RILEM TC−309 MCP Meeting will be held. (For committee members only)

Venue

Main Conference and Welcome Reception:
Takeda Frontier Science Hall (Takeda Hall),
the University of Tokyo, Asano Campus 2-11-16, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Map)

Doctoral School:
Engineering building #1,
the University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Map)

Banquet:
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo,
2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8680, Japan (Map)

Keynote/Doctoral School Speakers (tentative)

Prof. Chi-sun Poon
Prof. Tung-Chai Ling
Prof. Gaurav Sant
Prof. Thomas Matschei
Prof. Ruben Snelling
Prof. Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez
Dr. Maciej Zając

Organization Committees

Conference Chair

Prof. MARUYAMA, Ippei(the University of Tokyo)

Advisory Committee

Prof. MATSCHEI, Thomas (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule)
Prof. SNELLINGS, Ruben (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Prof. GEORGET, Fabien Jacques Michel (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule)

Local Committee

Prof. MARUYAMA, Ippei(Chair, the University of Tokyo)
Prof. ELAKNESWARAN, Yogarajah(Chief secretary, Hokkaido University)
Prof. KITAGAKI, Ryoma(Secretary, Hokkaido University)
Dr. SUDA, Yuya(Co-chair, Niigata University)
Dr. SAITO, Tsuyoshi(Secretary, the University of Tokyo)
Dr. IGARASHI, Go(Nagoya University)
Dr. WANG, Wei(Southeast University)
Dr. OHKUBO, Takahiro(Chiba University)
Dr. TERAMOTO, Atsushi(Kyoto University)
Dr. TAKAHASHI, Haruka(Taiheiyo Consultant Co., ltd.)
Dr. WATANABE, Kenzo(Kajima Corporation)

Scientific Committee

Alisa Machner
Arezou Ahmadi
Atsushi Teramoto
Burkan Isgor
Cédric Patapy
Fabien Georget
Frank Winnefeld
Gaurav Sant
Giuseppe Ferrari
Go Igarashi
Guang Ye
Hegoi Manzano
Ippei Maruyama
Maciej Zajac
Prannoy Suraneni
Ruben Snellings
Ryoma Kitagaki
Takahiro Ohkubo
Thomas Matschei
Tsuyoshi Saito
Tung-Chai Ling
Wang Wei
Yogarajah Elakneswaran
Yury Villagran
Yuya Suda
Zhidong Zhang

Registration and Submission

The manuscript needs to be submitted for an oral presentation and poster session at the conference. The manuscript should be no longer than A4 2 pages with the template and fit one of the themes of the conference described above. It should be submitted directly to the conference submission system. The submission system will open from 1st December 2025 to 31st March 2026. (pls see Call for abstracts)

Selected papers will be considered for a special issue in JACT.

The registration fees are detailed in the table below. They include the dinner on the 29th of September 2026. They are subject to slight adjustments at the opening of the registration. The registration is also done through the conference submission system.

Additionally, doctoral students as well as master's students who register for this conference(2nd MC3 Conference) are eligibile to join in "Doctoral school". The checkbox for the registration of "Doctoral school" will be displayed in the process of the registration for this conference on the web site. Don't miss it if you are interested. More in detail, pls see Registration & Visa

Registration Fees

There is no early bird fee for this conference.

Standard registration	150,000 JPY
JCI or RILEM members	135,000 JPY
Students	100,000 JPY

Visa Application

We only assist visa applications of conference participants presenting their work. To receive assistance, we kindly request to submit a paper, as well as registration and payment of the fee. (Pls see Registration & Visa)

Maps and photos around Venues

Takeda Hall, Asano Campus, The University of Tokyo

Cenference Venue: Takeda Hall(image resource
https://nanohub.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/img/index/takeda.png

Conference Room(Takeda Hall)

Foyer(Takeda Hall)

Cafe and Rest places around Venues

Google map

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1kTMvhsl0K-IYHwmzn5hZRb09YmS2YmM&usp=sharing

PDF version(in japanese)