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TensiNet Partners Meeting at Techtextil 2005
8 June 2005

Agenda

Location: Room "Aspekt" in hall 3, level C west.
The general objective of the meeting is to review TensiNet’s aims and activities.
Start: 16.00h
1 Member list
1. 1 State after 6 months
1. 2 How to increase the number of members

2 Design Guide
2. 1 Price (Libraries ...)
2. 2 Promotion in professional organizations/ journals

3 Symposium - Plenary meeting
3. 1 Structural membranes 2005 (2-10 > 4-10) Stuttgart
3. 2 Contributions

4 TensiNews 9
4. 1 Contents
4. 2 Comments

5 Database/website
5. 1 Demo
5. 2 How to stimulate members to enter data?

6 General discussion
6. 1 Strategies
6. 2 Further objectives


End: 19.00h

Regional event. More information in the pdf below.

The Twelfth International Workshop on the Design and Practical Realisation of Architectural Membrane Structures.
The main objectives of this workshop are to provide fundamental information, as well as presenting the state-of-the-art in textile roof engineering. Above all, the workshop aims to provide practical answers to real-world questions. In addition to a comprehensive programme of lectures presented in English by key figures from the membrane structure industry and academia, opportunity for the study and hands-on development of practical case-studies in an informal tutorial environment will be provided.

International Exhibition & Conference on Roofing, Cladding & Allied Building Products.

Design Guide

International Exhibition & Conference on Roofing, Cladding & Allied Building Products
ROOF & CLADDING INDIA 2007 will showcase the emerging trends in Roofing, Cladding, Glazing, Metal Building Systems, Waterproofing & Insulation, Coil-Coating, Roll Forming and Facade.
26-April-2007 to 28-April-2007

Thursday 8th July
Atelier 1015

11.00 Welcome Review of the overall objectives of the Final Project Meeting Marijke Mollaert
11.15 General discussion about the future of the TensiNet Association:- Management and budget- Election of the Board- Regional representatives- Website & Database- TensiNews Marijke Mollaert
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Membership agreement on property rights: to be signed by all partners Marijke Mollaert
14.20 Current situation about the lay-out and printing of the European Design Guide for Tensile Surface Structures Brian Forster, Marijke Mollaert
15.00 Chapter 1 of the European Design Guide for Tensile Surface Structures Brian Forster, John Chilton
15.30 Presentation of the changes of the web-site (preparing the TensiNet Association)There should be at least a link to TensiNet on all partner's websites Marijke Mollaert
16.00 The promotion of the European Design Guide for Tensile Surface Structures- press info & flyer about the availability of the Design Guide- to be launched in July and again in September - send copies of the Design Guide to all important textile or architecture journals in order to get articles Rolf Kuby, Marijke Mollaert
16.30 The promotion of the TensiNet Association- press info & flyer - to be launched in July and again in September - send information to all important textile or architecture journals Rolf Kuby, Marijke Mollaert
19.30 Common Dinner in the centre of Brussels


Friday 9th July
Atelier 1015

9.00 Review of the overall TensiNet objectives Marijke Mollaert
9.30 Technical review of results, Conformity with Project (15 minutes per partner)
- Dissemination Group Johan Vyncke, Rolf Kuby
10.00 - WGMAT Guy Némoz, Sean Seery, Rainer Blum, Roberto Canobbio
11.00 - WGARCH Jürgen Bradatsch, Bill Taylor, Rudi Scheuermann, John Chilton, Juan Monjo
12.00 - WGENG Michael Barnes, Mike Dencher, Dieter Ströbel, Peter Singer, Rogier Houtman, Matti Orpana, Eberhard Haug, Marc Malinowsky, Peter Gosling, Markus Balz
13.00 Lunch
14.30 Review of administrative and financial situation with appropriate charts Myriam Essiaf, Marijke Mollaert
15.00 Summary of main achievements, summary of the future plan for the TensiNet Association, Exploitation and Marketing Plan Marijke Mollaert
Conclusions, Discussion of Questionnaire with Project Quality Indicators Maria-Cristina Marolda
16.00 Closure

Time: from 16.00h to 18.00h, Location: Allegretto Room (Block C - Service Center at the SAIE SPRING - BOLOGNA FAIR, Costituzione Square, Bologna)

- Minutes of the previous Partner Meeting
- Reports of the TensiNet Working Groups:
o Specifications
o Website and Database
o Research and Development
o ETFE …
- The status of the founding partners
- Dates for the next meetings
- Upcoming events
- Misc.

Steering Committee Meeting of TensiNet

AGENDA (11.00h - 17.00h in Brussels, VUB)

- Collection of Design Guide Proposals before TSC-Meeting
- Evaluating and Assembling of Proposals
- Consulting/Corresponding Member
- EC-Research Projects in the future


PARTICIPANTS (TSC)

- Marijke Mollaert (Coordinator)
- Juergen Haase (Administr. Coordinator)
- John Chilton (Scientific Coordinator)
- Michael Barnes (WG ENG Coordinator)
- Guy Nemoz (WG MAT Coordinator)
- Bodo Rasch (WG ARCH Coordinator)
- Rainer Blum (Quality Coordinator)
- Dieter Stroebel (Assistant Coordinator)
- Johan Vyncke (Dissemination Coordinator)


LOCATION

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Building Kb, Conference Room 'MEMC' (same room as WG I)

Host: Technical University of Berlin
Represented by Lothar Gruendig


MAIN TOPIC

Discussion about the DESIGN GUIDE
in each Working Group


PROVISIONAL AGENDA

Thursday, 18 October

11.30 General Introduction, TensiNet-website, Planning for input of Database, General information accessible to the public?, Contents of next the Newsletter etc. (ALL)
13.30 Lunch

15.00 WG ARCH / WG ENG: Discussion on the Design Guide
WG MAT: Preparation of material database / working documents incl. material properties and existing regulations
19.00 Dinner


Friday, 19 October

9.00 WG ARCH / WG ENG: Discussion on the Design Guide
WG MAT: Preparation of material database / working document incl.
material properties and existing regulations
12.30 Lunch

14.00 Presentation of results / summary (minutes) of each WG (ALL)
15.30 Discussion
16.00-20.00 Tour of Berlin
- The Scandinavian Embassy
- GSW-Building in Kreuzberg
- Sony Centre at Potsdamer Platz

2-day-event:

- 1st day: Working Group Meeting
- 2nd day: Plenary Meeting with scientific officer of the commission

LOCATION
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

MEETING POINT
Building KB, Conference Room MEMC

AGENDA

Thursday, 10 October 2002
10.30h Planning of activities of Techtextil 2003
11.00h Brief overview of the Working Groups
WG ENG (Mike Barnes)
WG ARCH (Marijke Mollaert)
WG MAT (Rainer Blum)
11.45h Discussion on Design Guide Chapters within the entire group,
Proposed Chapters: Detailing,
12.15h Material Approval Proposal by Rainer Blum
See: http://www.tensinet.com/documents/working/Approval_for_structural_membranes_proposal_TABLE.xls
and http://www.tensinet.com/documents/working/Approval_for_structural_membranes_proposal_TEXT.pdf
13.00h Lunch
14.30h - 18.00h Discussion in the Working Groups about the Design Guide
The working group coordinator is setting the internal agendas.
Afterwards: common dinner in the centre of Brussels.

Friday, 11 October 2002
09.00h Summary of the work done the day before, general Discussion
11.00h Welcome (The scientific officer of the Commission will attend this meeting.)
11.15h Activities in general, role of partners, management (Jürgen Haase)
12.00h Presentation of Working Groups
WG ENG (Mike Barnes)
WG ARCH (Marijke Mollaert)
WG MAT (Rainer Blum)
13.00h Lunch
14.30h Presentation of the database (Peter Stuer, VUB)
15.00h Main Achievements (John Chilton)
15.15h Exploitation and Dissemination (Johan Vyncke)
15.45h Future Plans (Marijke Mollaert)
16.00h Discussion


HOTEL INFORMATION

ibis Hotel
Grasmarkt 100
1000 Brussels
tel: +32 (0)2 514 40 40

First Network Steering Committee Meeting of TensiNet:
Coordinator
Assistant Coordinator
Scientific Coordinator
Quality Coordinator
Dissemination Coordinator
3 WG Coordinators