A focus on sustainability

Looking back to BetonTage 2011

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Fig. 1 Dr. Ulrich Lotz opened 55. BetonTage congress.

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Fig. 2 Talks during the breaks.

Fig. 3 The junior staff also is interested in the exhibition booths .

Fig. 4 Special feature of the BetonTage: the dialog with the industry.

Fig. 6 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald S. Müller during his speech „The tensile splitting test – new insights and their implications“.

Fig. 5 Talks during the breaks.

Fig. 7 Talks during the breaks.

Fig. 8 One of the winners of the 2011 Innovation Prize: H-Bau with its „Powercon-Multi“ product; awarded to Gerhard Horstmann (left).

Fig. 9 One of the two winners of the 2011 Innovation Prize: Qavertec GmbH with it‘s „Qaver“ (Quality for Paver); awarded to Sönke Hansen (right).

Fig. 10 The exhibition was
well attended in 2011 again.

 The 55^th edition of the BetonTage congress again included a top-class technical program, high-profile speakers and a fully booked exhibition. Almost 2,000 participants from over 23 countries came to Neu-Ulm to attend the event of the European precast industry from 8 to 10 February 2011. Guided by its theme of „Sustainable Innovation“, the congress reflected the multi-faceted picture that concrete offers.

Planning the future

Dr. Pero Mícíc, CEO of FutureManagementGroup AG in Eltville, Germany, delivered the keynote speech. Whether as a chief executive, managing director or private individual who is at the same time a „life entrepreneur“: the art of recognizing and strategically utilizing upcoming changes and the associated opportunities can be a key success driver. Dr. Pero Mícíc used his contribution entitled „Future Management for Life Entrepreneurs“ to explain how this approach works whilst also outlining the underlying methodology.

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