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Technical day 2025 - Paris
Technical day 2024 - Lyon
Technical day 2023 - Toulouse
AFOCO Webinar - 7 Nov 2023
Technical day 2022 - Metz
Technical Day 2021 - Marseille
Technical day 2019 - Villeneuve-d
Technical Day 2018 - Paris
Technical day 2017-Paris
Technical Day 2016 - Lyon
Technical Day 2015 - Marseille
Technical Day 2014 - Douai
Technical Day 2013 - Metz
Technical Day 2012 - Paris
Technical Day 2011 - Marseille
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Technical day 2025 – Paris

AFOCO: 30 years of commitment to alternative materials

Opening of the Day
Loic DANEST, President AFOCO

SGA Materials: 20 years of valorisation of conversion dairy! History and achievements

Julien WALIGORA, Technical Manager Circular Economy, EIFFAGE

Steel dairy in France: state of play and prospects

Jérémie DOMAS, Delegate General, CTPL

Characterization methodology to better understand the reactional behaviour of coal fly ash from historical stocks

Loïc DANEST, Technical Director, SURSCHIST – David BULTEEL, Teacher Researcher, IMT NORTH EUROPE

Reflections on research and innovation in infrastructure and construction

François OLARD, President of the Business Foundation, FEREC, President of the CS, INFRA2050

A Systemic and Dynamic Approach to Analyze and Structure Circuits Based on the Circular Economy

José ANDRADE, Doctor of Economics, ISI/LAB.RII, UNIVERSITY OF THE LITORAL COAST OF THE

CSR line, recovery of combustion residues; presentation of issues and focus in the territories

Pierrick DUPUY, Project Leader ALBIOM-H ALBIOMA - Wolfgang STADLER, Chairman, REMEX – Jean Luc MARTRES, Director of Pôle Inertes-Mêchers, VEOLIA

News on alternative materials development guides in civil engineering and focus on planning uses

Patrick VILLANT, Project Manager in Circular Economy and Materials, CEREMA – Corinne HULOT, Head of Studies and Research in the Health Impact and Exhibition Unit, INERIS

Presentation of FD P 18-484 « Guide to developing a technical file to evaluate a new binder and addition » and examples of application

Rachida IDIR, Researcher, CEREMA – LIVET, Consultant, LDIVET COUNCIL – Martin CYR Professor of Universities, LMDC TOULOUS

The circular economy, driving the decarbonisation of enterprises

Raphael GUASTAVI, Deputy Director of Economics Circular, ADEME

Concrete standard and non-traditional components

François ALLEMONDE, Chairman of the AFNOR P18B and P18C committees, GUSTAVE EIFFEL UNIVERSITY

Alternative materials: regulatory and technical status of hydraulic binders and granular substitutes

Cédric LE GOUIL, Director Roads and Terraces, CIMBÉTON – FRANCE CIMENT – Samyr EL BEDOUI, Technical Manager, VCSP ROUTE FRANCE

Industry and construction performance: business support for the challenges of carbon reduction and circular economy

François JACQUEMOT, Materials & Process Manager, CERIB

Valorization of low carbon binder quarry co-products

Samy DREUX, Co-founder, GEOCLAY

Transforming stress into opportunity: ash for low carbon soil treatment

Corentin WEBER, Industrial Waste Recovery Engineer, NORSKE SKOG GOLBEY – Severine PHILIPPE, Technical Director, TERRAG FRANCE

Technical Day 2024 – Lyon

Byproducts in tomorrow's infrastructure

Opening of the Day
Loic DANEST, President AFOCO

Infra2050, the Competitiveness Cluster for the Public Works Sector
François OLARD, President of CS INFRA2050
Franck GAUTHERON, Director INFRA2050, INFRA2050

Decarbonization of construction and alternative materials: CHRYSO GCP solutions
Jean Philippe BIGAS, Technical Director in charge of regulatory aspects and sustainable development, CHRYSO

Recycling of electric steel mill slag in bituminous asphalt mixes
Jerome DHERBECOURT, Regional Technical Director
Julien WALIGORA, Technical Manager Circular Economy, EIFFAGE ROAD

ALBIOM-H Project: Valorization of biomass combustion by-products in overseas territories
Pierrick DUPUY, Project Leader ALBIOM-H, ALBIOMA

Recycling success: our international adventure
Bruno DORIER, Director General, VALOREF

Sulfate-resistant cement, a technical and alternative material for the low-carbon infrastructure of tomorrow
Diane Achard, Technical Support Expert, ECOCEM

Alternative mineral resources for the manufacture of low-carbon cementitious binders: applications in stabilization matrices and construction materials
Emmanuel Vernus, Technical Manager, PROVADEMSE

Decarbonization of concrete structures – Progress of standardization work by the “Low Carbon Solutions” Expert Group
Patrick ROUGEAU, Director Materials & Economics Circular, CERIB

Decarbonization of concrete structures – New binders and additives for concrete
Martin CYR, Professor, LMDC TOULOUSE

Valorization of REFIOM in salt mine
Wolfgang STADLER, President
Alain FRANCOIS, Director General, REMEX

Technical day 2023 – Toulouse

Byproducts : innovation for the circular economy

Opening of the Day
Loic DANEST, President AFOCO

Co-combustion ash recovery in low carbon road binders and application in existing reprocessing Roadway – CIRR Building on A40

Loic DANEST, SURSCHIST – Jerome DHERBECOURT, EIFFAGE

Application of innovation for the development of the circular economy in the Mediterranean Basin

Patrick VAILLANT, CEREMA

Treatment of waste by fossilisation: towards a new and sustainable material

Frédéric PFLANZ, NEOLITHE – Carol YOUSEFF-NAMNOUM, NEOLITHE

Development of glass powder-based binders for civil engineering

Rachida IDIR, CEREMA

CO2 recovery through MIOM mineralization

Martin CYR, LMDC TOULOUSE

Injection and fill ash formulation

Eric WIRQUIN, BETHUNE UNIVERSITY

Steel dairy: a variety of materials for low-carbon solutions

Shahinaz SAYAGH, C.T.P.L. – Jérémie DOMAS, C.T.P.L.

Low carbon betons: evolution and opportunities

Diane ACHARD, ECOCEM -Jaouad NADAH, ECOCEM

Missions of the Expert Group «Low-carbon solutions» of AFNOR

Martin CYR, LMDC TOULOUSE

Smelter sand: situation and general context

Jean Bernard VIROLLE, CETIM

AFOCO Webinar 2023

Guides to the acceptability of alternative materials, where are we?

Guides to the acceptability of alternative materials, where are we?
Intervention:
Loic Danest, President AFOCO
Patrick VAILLANT, CEREMA
Julien WALIGORA, ROAD EIFFAGE

Technical Day 2022 – Metz

Alternative Materials: an exeptional opportunity to achieve carbon neutrality

Opening of the Day
Loic DANEST, President AFOCO

Development of alternative materials under construction – Environmental and health assessment methodology
Patrick VAILLANT, Project Manager Circular Economy and Materials, CEREMA

The transformation of the steel industry and its effects on the slag value chain
Dr. Thomas REICHE, President EUROSLAG

Regulatory developments for steel dairy: a necessary support for carbon neutrality
Shahinaz SAYAGH, Technical Director, C.T.P.L.
Jérémie DOMAS, Delegate General, C.T.P.L.

Alternative materials: recent normative and regulatory developments
Samyr EL-BEDOUI, Business Engineer, EUROVIA

Neolithe: Waste recovery and co-products at all scales
Carol YOUSSEF-NAMNOUM, Co-Product Project Leader, NEOLITHE
Louis JARDIN, Scientific Director, NEOLITHE

Challenges for Coal Combustion Products towards Climate Neutrality
Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim FEUERBORN Secretary General, ECOBA

To go further in the management of MIOMs
Wolfgang STADLER, Director General, REMEX

Availability of binders used in decarbonized concretes: state of play and prospects
Suzanne LE THIERRY, Engineer, Materials and Process Department, CERIB

Technical Day 2021 – Marseille

Better regional value of byproducts

The 2EC Label
Marc-Stéphane GINOUX, CEREMA MEDITERRANÉE

Development of alternative materials under construction – Environmental and health acceptability methodology
Patrick VAILLANT, CEREMA

EUROSLAG: European Association for the Development of Steel Dairy
Thomas REICHE, President EUROSLAG

Valorisation of steel dairy in France / State of play and CO2 impact
Shahinaz SAYAGH, Director C.T.P.L.
Jérémie DOMAS, C.T.P.L. General Delegate

Valorization of blast furnace crystallized dairy
Volumes Crystallized dairy HF
Frédéric LANDAIS, PHOENIX SERVICES
Construction of road infrastructure in crystallized blast furnace slag
Axel RAYBAUT, GREAT MARITIME PORT

Co-combustion ash recovery
Loic DANEST, SURSCHIST

Treatment and recovery of used glass oven refractories
Bruno DORIER, VALOREF

MIDND valuation in PACA: example of the IME of Pierrefeu-du-Var
Christophe MARCILLY, RECCO
Sébastien FRANK, PIZZORNO ENVIRONMENT

Carbon footprint of aggregates from chewers
Vincent CAU, Cabinet CLIMAT MUNDI

Technical Day 2019 – Villeneuve-d

Creating Economic and Environmental Value? Byproducts, of course!

Environmental acceptability of alternative materials and labelling
Ludovic BURGHGRAVE, CEREMA

SEVE: Environmental Variants Assessment System
Axel DHONDT, ROADS OF FRANCE

Application of SEVE Ecocomparator to roadworks
Julien WALIGORA, ROAD EIFFAGE

Fly ash of earth: a resource
LOICE DANEST, SURSCHIST

The many areas of recovery of chewers
Patrick DESSAUVAGES, RMN PREFERORD
Christophe MARCILLY, RECCO

Schistes coales : the example to follow
Laurent FROEHLICH, SOLODET

WOOL: first concrete step towards recycling hazardous chromium refractory waste
Bruno DORIER, VALOREF

Steel dairy: rock for all uses
Pascal LECONTE, CTPL

Innovative use of pocket dairy in the field of Public Works
Guillaume MARTIN, LME-BELTRAME GROUP

CHROMIC : Metal recovery from steel dairy
Kathy BRU, BRGM

Development of stainless steel slag in road technology
Yves HANOTEAU, ROAD RESEARCH CENTRE (BELGIUM)

Carbon footprint of steel and LD dairy used as aggregates
Vincent CAU, CLIMATMUNDI

Technical Day 2018 – Paris

What byproducts to build the Grand Paris Express?

Valorization of the Greater Paris Express
Frédéric WILLEMIN, GRAND PARIS Society

Draft CEREMA guide on the acceptability of alternative materials under construction 
Laurent EISENLOHR, CEREMA

The advantages of blast furnace ground slag in the formulation of concretes and binders
ECOCEM

Additives for cements and concretes based on alternative materials
Jean-Philippe BIGAS, CHRYSO

Steel dairy for sustainable structures
Damien FERRAND, RIVA ACIER MONTERAU
Cyril FLORENTIN, AFOCO-HARSCO

SCORVIA: road materials based on incineration chewers
Maeva LADERVAL – FRANCIL ROAD MATERIALS

SIDMIX: An ecological hydraulic binder for road and underground work
Julien WALIGORA – EIFFAGE TP/SGA

Technical Day 2017 – Paris

Environmental acceptability guides for byproducts in road technology: brake or engine for their use?

Incinerators from non-hazardous waste
FEDEC

Development of the Foundry Sands Guide: How can we capitalize on the feedback from previous guides?

Beatrice TORRALBA – CTIF

Yprema: an industrial organization that manufactures and sells products

YPREMA

Environmental acceptability guides for alternative materials in road technology: an engine for upgrading
CEREMA

Technical Day 2016 – Lyon

Byproducts, environmental and economic solutions for a sustainable future

Life cycle analysis, carbon balance and environmental impacts of materials
Sandrine Braymand, LABORATORY ICUBE – CIVIL GENIA

Valorization of bauxite residues
Laurent POIZAT, ALTEO

Valorization of alternative materials: interests, benefits, tools & uses
Patrick VAILLANT, CEREMA

Environmental acceptability guides for alternative materials in road technology: an engine for upgrading
Walid Chebbi, IFSTTAR – CEREMA

Sustainable sediment management
Philippe DHERVILLY, ARD Normandie

A high quality process
Olivier DENK, Philippe VANDAMME, EGIS

Transforming waste into alternative materials
Cyril FLORENTIN, HARSCO

Circular economy, example of chewers
Guy MOULIN, ANGM

INSA de Lyon and PROVADEMSE: tools and skills for valorising co-products
INSA – PROVADEMSE

Carbon balance and substitution materials
SMS

Out of waste status, used refractories
VALOREF

Technical Day 2015 – Marseille

Industrial co-products, innovative material solutions to build

WASTE VALORIZATION: Risk classification and long-term behaviour
Roger Revalor, INERIS

Valorizing alternative materials in road technology: doctrine and application guides
Marc-Stéphane GINOUX, CEREMA

Valorization of bauxite residues
Laurent POIZAT, ALTEO

Recycled Refractory Waste Status Release: The File Advances
VALOREF

Dairy industry: quality, sustainable and multi-use industrial materials
Laurent Montalbano, ARCELOR MITTAL MEDITERRANEE
Bernardo Junqueira de Mattos, ARCELOR MITTAL MEDITERRANEE

Short circuit materials for better performance-price ratio: severe chewers
Antoine Pereira Da Vale, YPREMA

Valorization of dairy and cement Ashes in the context of the Performant Approach: Benefits & Precautions
Claire CAPRA, LAFARGE CIMENTS
Bernard GERMANEAU, CIMENTS CALCIA

Ashes of the future, tools for the future
Abbas HAZIME, DANEST LOIC, SURSCHIST

Technical Day 2014 – Douai

Building a circular economy with alternative industrial materials

Circular economy: towards a new model of prosperity
Grégory GIAVARINA, INSTITUTE OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

The state of play in the implementation of the regulations and in the development sectors in the Nord Pas-de-Calais region
Hervé COULON, CEREMA

Alternative materials and applications developed by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in Douai Mines
Prof. Denis DAMIDOT, ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI

TEAM2: Innovation for the circular economy
Pascal Isambert, TEAM2

Discharge of waste status: recognition of an industry
YPREMA

Recycled refractories: an alternative confirmed and removed from waste status
Bruno DORIER, Cyril FLORENTIN

Ash Flying Value Creation Model
Abbas HAZIME, SURSCHIST

Valorization of bauxite residues
Laurent POIZAT, ALTEO

Valorisation of steel dairy
Pierre PROY, TRAILSID

The selection process at the source of the conversion dairy LD
David BULTEEL, MINES DOUAI
Julien WALIGORA – Michel MEASSON, EIFFAGE PUBLIC WORKS

Examples of LD dairy recovery in Belgium and the Netherlands
Jérôme COLLET, GROUP DE CLOEDT

Interests in the use of stainless steel slag granulates in concrete: L2MGC experiments on slag granulates of Ugitech SA
Gildas ADEGOLO YE – Anne-Lise BEAUCOUR – Sophie OR TOLA – Albert NOUMO WE, L2MGC

Technical Day 2013 – Metz

Byproducts, alternative materials for building a sustainable future

The challenges of alternative materials
Samyr EL BEDOUI, CETE EST – LRPC NANCY

Consideration of alternative materials by the prescribers
L. DUFLOT, CG57

The carbon balance of alternative materials
François TEMOIN, FT Advice

Fly Ash Areas of Application
Abbas HAZIME, SURSCHIST

New ashes for conventional uses
Jean-Marie BRUNELLO, E.ON

State of play of the sector « MÂCHEFERS »
YPREMA

The SETRA Application Guide: A Guarantee for Dairy Promotion
Thomas MUCKENSTURM, EUROGRANULATES

Steel dairy and thermal power plant fly ash in cements
Arnaud HOURDIN, SPI
William SONGEUR, SRT

Additives for concretes and industrial co-products
Jean Philippe BIGAS, CHRYSO

Sidmix® : Dairy-based road hydraulic binder
Julien WALIGORA, EIFFAGE PUBLIC WORKS

Dairy and TGV, supply of dairy GNT HF
COGESUD Blénod les Pont à Mousson

Technical Day 2012 – Paris

Industrial byproducts to build a sustainable future

Acceptability of alternative materials in road technology
Patrick VAILLANT, CETE de Lyon, Department Laboratoire d'Autun, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy

Deposits and resources available in the steel industry
Jérémie DOMAS, C.T.P.L.

Serious chewing recycling
Pierre SILVESTRE, Consultant Environnement Tiers Expert

A European approach to industrial co-products?
Herbert Motz, EUROSLAG

Valuing metallurgical and fly ash coal dairy in cement ranges
Arnaud HOURDIN, SPI
William SONGEUR, SRT

Use of slag, regulation and consultation
Guy SCHARFE, Laboratoire Ponts et Chaussées, Ministère de l'Equipement G.D. De Luxembourg

Steelmaking slags, state of the art Belgium
GSV, ARCELORMITTAL

Technical Day 2011 – Marseille

Industrial byproducts to build a sustainable future

Production of the shape layer of a service route of the RD6 in Gardanne: treatment of Bauxaline with Gardanex
Sylvie Nicaise, CETE Méditerranée

SLASORB: General presentation
Florent Chazarenc, SLASORB
Marc Fixaris, ARCELORMITTAL

Valuing steel dairy in road technology
Jérémie DOMAS, C.T.P.L.

Use of LD slag in draining masks on the Eastern European LGV
EUROGRANUCATS

Bauxaline: co-product of the production of alumina
Laurent Poizat, RIO TINTO

Imphy Sabl: slag sand
New perspectives for dairy farmers
Cyril FLORENTIN, HARSCO Minerals

Flying Ashes in Road Techniques
Abbas HAZIME, SURSCHIST

Steel co-products in Fos
Jean-Claude SANT, ARCELORMITTAL Mediterranean

The stakes of industrial co-products in France
CTPL

Dairy Development LD: Illustration with the development of the AA Park
AMS

The Valorization of Steel Dairy in Cement
William SONGEU, SRT
Arnaud HOURDIN, SPI

Together, we can create a sustainable future and promote responsible innovation.

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