Welcome to RAR2025

The 25th anniversary of the Asphalt Rubber<>Rubberized Asphalt Conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on October 14, 15 and 16, 2025 at the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, LNEC. It’s time to mark your calendar to attend and participate in this special 25th anniversary conference. 

The details about abstract and paper submission deadlines, acceptance of abstract, paper review and paper acceptance, and presentation acceptance are shown below. The website provides information and details about conference registration and sponsorship. 

This is a special anniversary conference so make your plans to attend the conference and take some time to enjoy visiting Portugal and other European countries.

About

Key Dates

Abstract Submission

Abstract Approval

Paper Submission

Paper Acceptance

Submission of corrected paper by

 

January 1st, 2025

February 1st, 2025

April 5th, 2025

June 7th, 2025

July 1st, 2025

ACCEPTED TOPICS

The Conference is looking for rubberized asphalt and asphalt rubber papers that fall in any of the following categories:

  • Studies demonstrating the energy savings and CO2 savings that society derives when asphalt rubber or rubberized mixes are used in pavement strategies.
  • Reports on demonstration projects using rubberized or asphalt rubber mixes.
  • New methods of testing rubberized asphalt binders.
  • PG grading of rubberized asphalt binders.
  • Mechanical testing of asphalt mixes (wet, dry, semi-wet, and hybrid) containing rubberized asphalt binders.
  • Paving uses of rubberized and asphalt rubber binders with any types of mixes, dense, gap, open, SMA and others.
  • Preservation strategies using rubberized asphalt and asphalt rubber binders such as seal coats, slurry seals, all others.
  • New innovative methods of making, applying or constructing with rubberized asphalt or asphalt rubber.
  • Environmental applications of rubberized asphalt and asphalt rubber such as to reduce noise or saving energy.
  • General discussions about scrap tire rubber as applied to rubberized asphalt or asphalt rubber.
  • From the above, the RAR2025 Conference casts as broad a net as possible regarding rubberized asphalt rubber papers.

Special Awards

RAR2025 will recognize the efforts of distinguished members of our community that have dedicated they efforts to promote the dessimination of knowledge and technologies that promote a more sustainable practices. 

Their contuibutions are dully recognized.

Ângelo Pinto

Brasil

James Ding

China

Fábio Mendes

Colombia

Christophe Loiacono

France

Andreas Ruthmann

Germany

Krishna P. Biligiri

India

Shakir Shatnawi

Jordan

Hugo Bandala

Mexico

Pino Iskander

Indonesia

Kevin Trenberth

New Zealand

Manuel Prates

Portugal

Andrey Vorobiev

Russia

Miguel Coll

Spain

George Way

USA

Jorge Sousa

WORLD

Technicall Committee

Dr. Jorge Sousa (USA)

Manuel Prates (Portugal)

Dra. Lurdes Antunes (Portugal)

Dra. Fátima Batista  (Portugal)

Prof. Luís Quaresma (Portugal)

Prof. Juan Gallego (Spain)

Prof. Herve Di Benedetto (France)

Prof. Peter Sebaaly (USA)

Prof. Rongji Cao (China)

Dr. John A. DAngelo (USA)

Prof. Nader Tabatabaee (IRAN)

Prof. Davide Lo Presti (Italy)

Prof. Gabriele Tebaldi (Italy)

Prof. Ana Rodriguez Alloza (Spain)

Prof. Silvia Caro (Colombia)

Dr. Maydanova Natalya (Russia)

Prof. Manfred N. Partl (Switzerland)

Dr. Shakir Shatnawi (USA)

Prof. Zhongyin Guo (China)

Manuel Salas Casanova (Spain)

Prof. Luis Picado (Portugal)

Prof. Junan Shen (USA)

Ir. Mohd Hzam Bin Harun (Malaysia)

Prof. Jose Marcobal (Spain)



George B. Way, P.E. (USA)

Prof. Alex Visser (South Africa)

Prof. Kamil Kaloush (USA)

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri (Índia)

Prof. Jorge Pais (Portugal)

Prof. Luis Guillermo Loria-Salazar (Costa Rica)

Prof. John Harvey (USA)

Prof. Louay N. Mohammad (USA)

Prof. Ezio Santagata (Italy)

Prof. Sabine Leischne (Germany)

Prof. Jo Sias (USA)

Dr. Mona Nourelhuda (Sudan)

Prof. Márcio Muniz (Brazil)

Prof. Mena I. Souliman (USA)

Prof. Elie Hajj (USA)

Prof. Johannes Hartmut Beckedahl (Germany)

Prof. Michael P. Wistuba (Germany)

Prof. Christina Plati (Greece)

Prof. Mayca Rubio (Spain)

Prof. Angel Sampedro (Spain)

Prof. Hui Li (China)

Prof. Fernando Moreno(Spain)

Dr. Hamidreza Sahebzmani (Iran)



Organization Committee

Jorge Sousa

Chairman

Consulpav

George Way

Co-Chairman

RAF

Manuel Prates

Co-Chairman

Fátima Batista

Co-Chairman

LNEC

Luís Quaresma

Co-Chairman

Organization

Venue / Fees

Registration

EARLY BIRD – Until 15th June 2025        700 €  (770$)

STANDARD – After 15th June 2025             800 €  (880$)

STUDENTS*                                                   300 €  (330$)

*Students are required to provide proof of status 

Registration fee includes breaks, lunches, and Conference Gala Dinner, additionally, the Conference Proceedings Book and flash drive with the papers.

Conference localization

The RAR2025 Conference 25th Anniversary

will be held in Lisbon at the

LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL (LNEC)