the MIKE THOMAS memorial meeting

The Anna Maria Workshop series was initiated 23 years ago as an attempt to bring together some of the best minds in the cement and concrete field to discuss the most important issues facing the industry. The primary idea was to organize a comfortable, informal gathering where participants from academia, industry and government agencies would be free to generate constructive discussion on important issues. Needless to say, after 22 productive workshops, that attempt has been overwhelmingly successful.

This past year, we lost one of the top concrete scholars in the world, and a long-time member of the Anna Maria Workshop ‘family’. Mike attended the workshop on many occasions. He fell in love with Anna Maria Island, and rarely passed up an opportunity to visit whenever possible. We are now in the process of planning the 23^rd iteration of the workshop, albeit under rather melancholy circumstances, and we will be dedicating this year’s workshop to the memory of Michael Thomas.

Mike was a prolific and highly respected researcher in the field of cement science and concrete durability. As such, we will be opening the floor to any presentations related to these broad areas of research. We are therefore inviting presentations dealing with (but not necessarily limited to) the following topic areas:

• Durability
• Sustainability
• Supplementary cementing materials
• Portland limestone cement
• Service life modeling
• Marine environment exposure
• Lowering the carbon footprint
• Standards and specifications
• Hydration processes
• Other related topics

We look forward to seeing you on beautiful Anna Maria Island in November.

Anna Maria Workshop XXIII Organizing Committee

Andrew J. Boyd - McGill University, Chair
Christopher Ferraro - University of Florida
Jan Olek - Purdue University
Ken Rear - KBR Inc.
Caitlynn Tibbets - Army Corps of Engineers (ERDC)