International Seminar and Workshop of State-of-The-Art and Future Directions of Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Maracaibo, Venezuela, February 1997

*9629635席尔瓦“混凝土结构维修和修复的未来方向国际研讨会”将于1997年2月在委内瑞拉马拉开波举行。来自拉丁美洲、美国和欧洲的知名研究和顾问，以最先进的R&A；R；技术向来自拉丁美洲的专业人士、学者和学生组成的受众。他们将会面，讨论研究重点和潜在的合作项目。研讨会将集中讨论钢筋混凝土结构修复和修复的实践状况、研究现状和未来发展。对腐蚀机理的预防和修复技术将给予特别关注。来自不同国家的专家之间的互动将影响环境条件和实践，但他们面临类似的问题，将允许有用的信息交流，有助于确定有效的研究优先事项，并鼓励合作项目。与会者还将有独特的机会考察世界上第一座也是最长的斜拉桥之一的马拉开波大桥的研发工作。研讨会文件、讨论和会议记录将为有效的技术转让提供依据。这次活动将是将美洲参与者和机构联系起来的宝贵机会。*

*** 9629635 Silva The "International Workshop on Future Directions in the Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures" will be held in Maracaibo, Venezuela on February, 1997. Renowned researches and consultants from Latin America, the United States and Europe with present state-of-the-art R&R technology to an audience consisting of professionals, academics and students from Latin America. They will meet to discuss research priorities and potential collaborative projects. The seminar will focus on state of practice, current research and future developments in the repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures with steel reinforcement. Prevention and remediation techniques for corrosion mechanisms will be given special attention. The interaction among experts from different countries climates environmental conditions and practices, but who face similar problems, will allow useful exchanges of information, help to set effective research priorities, and stimulate collaborative projects. The participants will also have the unique opportunity of examining the R&R work on one of the first and longest cable- stayed concrete bridges in the world, the Maracaibo Bridge. The seminar papers, the discussions and the proceedings will provide for effective technology transfer. The event will be a valuable opportunity to link participants and institutions from the Americas.***