7 Mar 2025

Karin Gäbel to speak at WISE Dialogue

-We need to build more with less resources. Use less raw materials, use new alternative materials, optimize structures, structures that maintains its properties and resistance over hundreds of years.

What is your role as a speaker at WISE Dialogue?

I will address and discuss the concrete industry’s perspective representing Thomas Concrete Group, an international, independent, and family owed group with the ambition to lead the transition on our industry.

What is your talk about at Dialogue 2025?

My talk will explore the answers to the question; “Why does material science play a critical role in the construction industry’s transition?”

As we look toward the future, how do you see advancements in materials science shaping a more sustainable world? 

Advancements in material science plays a critical role in building resilient and sustainable societies. We need to build more with less resources. Use less raw materials, use new alternative materials, optimize structures, structures that maintains its properties and resistance over hundreds of years. To accelerate the transition in the construction industry, we rely on advancement in material science.