22nd – 24th of June 2022

SUSTAIN-CE 2nd Pilot Training Academy was successfully organised by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), in Thessaloniki, Greece from the 22^nd to the 24^th of June 2022. The Academy focused on Sustainability & Circular Economy in Materials and Buildings, as well as on the role of Geotechnical Engineering in a Sustainable World.

The Vice Rector of AUTh, Prof. Stratos Stylianidis, opened the 2^nd Academy welcoming experts from all six partner organizations together with more than 20 trainees that followed the training and participated in very interesting presentations and case study works.

The presentations of the first day of the Academy focused on Sustainability & Circular Economy in Materials and Buildings and were delivered by:  Prof. Maria Stefanidou and Dr. Alexandros Liapis from AUTh and Assoc. Prof. İzzet Özdemir from IYTE.

The presentations of the second day focused on Sustainability and Geotechnical Engineering and were delivered by Prof. Nurhan Ecemiş from IYTE, Assoc. Prof. Dimitris Pitilakis from AUTh, and Dr. Katerina Stamou from AUTh.

More information can be found in the detailed agenda here.

Special thanks to our Key keynote speakers

• KaterinaTsikaloudaki, from AUTh for her excellent presentation on Practical Applications of Sustainability & Circular Economy in Materials and Buildings,
• Prof. Can Aktaş from Ted University, in Ankara for his valuable presentation on Circular Economy with examples for the Construction Industry, and
• Prof. Kostas Katakalos from AUTh & PhD Cand. Barbara Charalambidis from Technical University of Crete, on their very interesting presentations on Sustainability in Practical Stone Masonry Applications and the example of the Structural Damage Investigation of the Neoria Monument in Chania.