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)