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Wim Bakens, Secretary General

we focus on:Construction and Society
we support:international cooperation in research and innovation
for better buildings and a better built environment
we provide:

access to experts and information worldwide

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Membership- 500 organisations from over 100 countries- research, universities, industry, government, …
- open to everyone:-with an involvement in research and innovation forbuilding and construction
with a sincere interest in international exchange andcooperation
without preconceptions against race, culture, religion
or politics

31 CIB Members in Japan (5+16+10)2

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Objectives- to improve the performance of research andresearchers through meeting, sharing and learning- to make the world’s knowledge accessible- to promote research in contribution to industry
development and societal growth

Operations- expert commissions- priority themes- student chapters- conferences, publications, encouraged journals
New:- research roadmaps- weekly technology reports and webinars (in pilot phase)3

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Commissions- 50 Expert Commissions- 50 - 100 experts per Commission from all over the world
exchange and cooperate on relevant topics-annual meetings, international conferences, voluntaryinternational projects, publications

Scientific Areas- General- Research, education, innovation,regulations, industry, …

- Technique- Building and Construction
Technologies- Building Physics- Design- Design of Buildings- Built Environment- Process- Management, Organisation andEconomics- Legal and Procurement Practices

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Example Commissions- TG63 – Disasters and the Built Environment- TG86 – Building Healthy Cities- W099 – Safety and Health in Construction- W108 – Climate Change and the Built Environment

Commissions with Japanese Leadership- W101 – Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Development-Dr Tatsuo Akashi, NILIM- W104 – Open Building-Prof Dr Shin Murakami, Sugiyama Jogakuen University- W114 – Earthquake Engineering-Dr Tomonisha Mukai, BBI5

10/22/13- proceedings, state-of-the-art reports,
pre-standards, best practice reports,
practice guidelines, technicalanalyses, research impact reports,
R&D agendas, …
- most are free (for members)
downloadable electronic publications
new:- research roadmaps- recorded webinars- searchable and free downloadablefrom ICONDA®CIBlibrary- over 20.000 entries- 2000+ conference papers each year
- all CIB publications-including scanned older reports

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New: Research Roadmaps

Priority Themes- defined top-down and commitment-based- as opposed to the more bottom-up definition andoperations of the commissions- focus on the world’s most relevant emerging topics- with an updating every three years- prioritized in resources and communications- priority themes in 2010-2013:- Sustainable Construction)-IDDS- Integrated design and Delivery Solutions- new for 2013-2016: Resilient Urbanization

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In addition to facilitating experts to meet, exchange
and collaborate, CIB provides access:-to all potentially important knowledge and informationon all aspects of building and construction, ofbuildings and the build environment and of thebuilding and construction industry
through publications and meetings and throughindividual experts and expert organisations
via our commissions and via our members
all over the world.

Thank you8