2020 was a very challenging year in terms of Eurobitume events: the COVID-19 pandemic prompted all our local and international events originally scheduled to take place after February to be either postponed, transformed to an online format or cancelled.

The two which went ahead as planned were the 3rd Rencontres Bitume in France and the 3rd Bavarian Breakfast in Germany.

3rd Rencontres Bitume in France - Paris

Eurobitume France’s annual bitumen reception took place at the Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics in Paris and was attended by some 75 high-level figures from the bitumen industry and its stakeholders.

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Jean-Michel Michou at Rencontres Bitume 2020

3rd Bavarian Breakfast in Germany - Berchtesgaden

Eurobitume Deutschland’s 3rd Bavarian Breakfast was held in Berchtesgaden, during the biennial Deutsche Asphalttage des DAV (German Asphalt Days) conference. It was attended by approximately 40 people from Eurobitume member companies and Eurobitume Deutschland‘s stakeholders and partners.

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Key focus area

  • 7th E&E Congress
  • Originally scheduled for 12-14 May 2020 in Madrid, now transformed into an online event 15-17 June 2021

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Event formats changed and successfully delivered online

  • Asfaltdag in the Netherlands became a half-day webinar
  • Eurobitume Spring and Autumn General Meetings
  • Safe Handling of Bitumen Seminar - Autumn Meeting
  • Sharing Best Practice in the UK

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Autumn Meeting

Updates and reports from:

• HSE Committee and SHSC
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Simon Pritchard
HSE Committee Chair

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Mike Southern
Eurobitume Senior Technical Advisor

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Bruno Piguel
Safe Handling Sub-Committee (SHSC) Chair

• Technical Committee
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Vicente Perez Mena
Technical Committee Chair

• PRC Committee
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Johanna Andréasson
PRC Committee Chair

• Bitumen Sustainability Steering Group (BSSG), Task Force Secondary Materials used in Bitumen, and TF Product Life Cycle Aspects
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Carl Robertus
BSSG Chair

• Member Survey 2020
• Asphalt Institute (AI) report
• AI-Eurobitume Leadership Team joint report

Cancelled

Asfalt en Bitumen dag in Belgium - cancelled after initial postponement
Bitumen Fachtagung 2020 in Switzerland - cancelled after initial postponement