The aim of the ICPIC 2023 Congress is the exchange of multidisciplinary knowledge on an application of polymers “in concrete” and “on concrete”: from the modification of the composition of the concrete using modern admixtures and additives, through alternative binders (e.g. geopolymers, sulfur concrete, etc.), polymer composites for the reinforcement of concrete (e.g. fibers and FRP bars and FRP strengthening systems), improvement of the properties of the concrete surface (e.g. impregnation, hydrophobization and coatings) to special properties like self-healing, self-cleaning or energy consumption control with PCM (Phase Changing Materials).

Important part of ICPIC Congress 2023 will be Special Symposium under title “C-PC in Circular Economy: Searching for a New Paradigm” organized by Building Research Institute (ITB) under chairmanship of Professor Lech Czarnecki.

A dedicated Book of proceedings entitled “International Congress on Polymers in Concrete (IPCIC 2023). Cement-Polymer Composites in Circular Economy” will be published by Springer publisher – a part of Springer Nature. Selected papers will be recommended for publishing in indexed journals (Web of Science Clarivate, Scopus, etc) eg.:

• Archives of Civil Engineering, ISSN 1230-2945, quarterly journal of the Polish Academy of Sciences:Committee for Civil and Water Engineering and Warsaw University of Technology: Faculty of Civil Engineering (https://ace.il.pw.edu.pl/)
• Construction and Building Materials, ISSN: 0950-0618, Published by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/construction-and-building-materials)
• Materials, EISSN 1996-1944, Published by MDPI with a 30% discount (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials)
• Materiały Budowlane – Science, ISSN 0137-2971, E-ISSN 2449-951X, the oldest (published since 1946) peer-reviewed technical and scientific journal in Poland (https://science.materialybudowlane.info.pl/)
• …

I hope we will meet in Warsaw in 2023.

Andrzej Garbacz
Congress Chairman