ICCCSC 2026
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    • The GSB Conference Centre
    • Cape Town
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Paper Submission

All delegates whose abstracts were accepted are given the following options when presenting their work at ICCCSC:

  • Oral presentation + abstract (1 page max, printed in the conference book of abstracts and published on the conference website). 
  • Oral presentation + full-length paper (peer-reviewed, online publication in the conference proceedings, min 6 pages, max 10 pages) + abstract (1 page max, printed in the conference book of abstracts and published on the conference website) – Download a copy of the paper template by clicking here.

 

Paper submission: Send your full paper as pdf via email to: ICCCSC@uct.ac.za

The proceedings of the ICCCSC 2026 (full-length papers only) will be published with Springer, and all the abstracts will be included in the conference book of abstracts. For preparation of the full-length paper, please take note of the following general guidelines:

  • The length of full-length papers should not be less than 6 pages and not exceed 10 pages.
  • The length of abstracts should not exceed 1 page.
  • The language is to be set to UK English (in Microsoft Word) and any images included in the paper should have a minimum resolution of 150 dpi.
  • In preparing their paper, authors are expected to pursue objectiveness and rigour in all aspects of their work.
  • The list of authors should accurately reflect who did the work.
  • The conference proceedings will only consider original work that has not been published elsewhere.
  • Each full paper will be fully peer-reviewed by at least two members of the International Scientific Committee.
  • Authors of accepted papers will be required to register for the ICCCSC 2026 and present their work during the conference, either with an oral presentation or a poster.
    • Oral presentations will be 15 min plus 3 min Q&A.
    • Poster presentations will be accompanied by 3-minutes ‘flash’ presentations, which also will form part of the parallel conference sessions.

Conference Themes

– Clay mineralogy and reactivity

– LC2 and LC3 fresh and hardened properties

– Durability and service life prediction

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Hotels

 

The Protea Hotel by Marriott, Cape Town Waterfront Breakwater Lodge

The conference venue will be the recently refurbished conference centre of UCT’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) in the V&A Waterfront. We have negotiated special rates with 3 hotels in very close proximity to the conference venue.

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