The abstract submission deadline for the 39th AIVC –  5th venticool –7th TightVent joint conference “Smart ventilation for buildings” to be held on 18 and 19 September 2018 in Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, France, is now closed. In case of unforeseen problems with abstracts submission, please contact the conference secretariat at: secretariat@aivc2018conference.org)

Most of the topical sessions are now known. The provisional list of topical sessions is as follows:

1. Rationale behind ventilation requirements and regulations
2. Integrating uncertainties due to wind and stack effect in declared airtightness results
3. Ductwork airtightness: Ongoing work in some European countries
4. Smart ventilation control strategies
5. Sensors for smart ventilation
6. Utilization of heat recovery
7. Performances of residential cooker hoods
8. IAQ metrics
9. French initiatives for indoor air quality
10. Demand controlled ventilation in French buildings – 35 years of wide scale experience
11. Commissioning of ventilation systems – Improving the quality of installed ventilation systems
12. Measurement Accuracy of air flow and pressure difference
13. Air cleaning as supplement for ventilation
14. New annex on resilient cooling
15. BIM and Construction 4.0 opportunities in relation to ventilation and airtightness

For further information on registration etc. please visit the conference website at:

http://aivc2018conference.org/