2nd MC3 Conference

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
  • Durability and properties of carbonated or CO2-treated cementitious materials

 

Dates(Tentative)

Main conference28 - 30 September, 2026
Doctoral schoolMorning to afternoon on 27th September, 2026
Welcome receptionEvening on 27th September, 2026.
Banquet19:00 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 Speakers (tentative, see in detail to Plenary Speakers )

  • Prof. Surendra P Shah
  • Prof. Ruben Snellings
  • Prof. Gaurav Sant
  • Prof. Chi-sun Poon
  • Prof. Tung-Chai Ling
  • Prof. Hegoi Manzano
  • Prof. Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez
  • Dr. Maciej Zając

Doctoral School Lecturers(tentative, see in detail to Doctoral School )

  • Prof. Ippei Maruyama
  • Prof. Thomas Matschei
  • Dr. Takahiro Okubo
  • Dr. Ryo Kurihara

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)
  • Assist. Prof. GEORGET, Fabien Jacques Michel (Université de Sherbrooke)

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

  • Prof. Alisa Machner, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • Assist. Prof. Arezou Ahmadi, Chalmers University of Technology
  • Assoc. Prof. Atsushi Teramoto, Kyoto University
  • Prof. Burkan Isgor, Oregon State University
  • Assist.Prof. Cédric Patapy, University of Toulouse (LMDC)
  • Assist. Prof. Fabien Georget,  Université de Sherbrooke
  • Dr. Frank Winnefeld, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology(Empa)
  • Prof. Gaurav Sant, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • Dr. Giuseppe Ferrara, The Polytechnic University of Turin
  • Assoc. Prof.  Go Igarashi, Nagoya Univeristy
  • Prof. Guang Ye, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
  • Prof. Hegoi Manzano, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Prof. Ippei Maruyama, The University of Tokyo
  • Dr. Maciej Zajac, Heidelberg Materials
  • Assoc. Prof. Prannoy Suraneni, University of Miami
  • Prof. Ruben Snellings, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  • Prof. Ryoma Kitagaki, Hokkaido University
  • Assoc. Prof. Takahiro Ohkubo, Chiba University
  • Prof. Thomas Matschei, RWTH Aachen University
  • Prof. Tsuyoshi Saito, The University of Tokyo
  • Prof. Tung-Chai Ling,  Jinan University
  • Prof. Wang Wei,  Southeast University
  • Prof. Yogarajah Elakneswaran, Hokkaido University
  • Dr. Yury Villagran, VITO
  • Assoc. Prof. Yuya Suda, Niigata University
  • Dr. Zhidong Zhang, ETH Zurich

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 registration150,000 JPY
JCI or RILEM members135,000 JPY
Students100,000 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)

 

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)