Dear Colleagues!

On behalf of the Organizing- and Scientific Committees, we would like to invite you to attend the 13th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reactions in Concrete (ICAAR), in beautiful Trondheim.

We are very honoured to be hosting this conference, and are looking forward to offering you a top-notch technical conference and a memorable experience.

We are committed to creating opportunity for professional development, for information sharing and dissemination, and for the continuous improvement of the field of AAR. Every aspect of the Conference is intended to make your time here more beneficial, both professionally and personally. You will have opportunities to interact directly with presenters who are at the cutting-edge of new topics and network with other professionals like yourself.

We would like to offer our sincere thanks to the many participants who have made past conferences so successful and memorable and to extend a warm welcome to new friends who will be joining us this time.

Mark the dates in your calendar and make your plans to attend now. We look forward to welcoming you on June 16-20, 2008 in Trondheim, Norway.

Sincerely yours,

Prof. Dr. Harald Justnes
Chairman Organizing Committee

Prof. Dr. Børge Johannes Wigum
Chairman Scientific Committee