About the conference

Nordic Concrete Federation (NCF) welcomes colleagues from the Nordics, Baltic and worldwide interested in concrete research and education to the XXIV Nordic Concrete Research Symposium. The Symposium will cover all aspects of concrete related to materials, design, production, construction, use/application and sustainability.

The XXVth Nordic Concrete Federation Symposium 2025 is organized by the Norwegian Concrete Association.

The Symposium welcome short paper and presentations in all areas of concrete research with connections and relevance for the Nordic countries. For the XXVth Symposium 2025 in Sandefjord, contributions from the Baltic countries are also welcome

Target group:
The target group for the symposium comprises PhD-students, researchers, teachers, consultants, architects, contractors, suppliers, industry and owners/users. The program will include informal “concrete cafes” (“supervised discussions”).

NCR Journal
The Open Access journal Nordic Concrete Research (NCR) is an integral part of the Nordic Concrete Federation. The NCR Best Paper Award 2025 candidates will now also include articles published in the 2024 June and December issues. Authors who have submitted short paper in the XXV Symposium will be invited by the editor to submit full NCR articles in the upcoming issues of NCR. Link to NCR at sciendo.

Key dates and deadlines
For Key dates and deadlines check out the "Key dates" tab

Registration opens on January 15th
Submission of short paper opens on December 2nd