Earth Construction Forum 2025

We are pleased to announce the final program for the Earth Construction Forum. It is available for download here.

Conference Language:
The General Earth Construction Forum on Friday morning will be held in German and English with simultaneous translation. Starting Friday afternoon, the Earth Construction Forum will be held in English. 

Keynote Speakers, General Earth Construction Forum (Friday, 3.10.2025, morning):

Lehm, der Baustoff der Schweiz 
Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert 
Chair for Sustainable Construction, ETH Zurich

Tragendes Lehmsteinmauerwerk – Herausforderungen und Chancen 
Susanne Fröhlich 
Projektleiterin Conclay, Kimm GmbH & Co KG

Bauen mit Stampflehm
Thomas Honermann
Lehm Ton Erde

Lehm just in time! Vom Aushub zum Deckputz
Miro de Monaco
Genossenschaft Werkzeug

Lehmbau – auch zukünftig mehr als Bauen? 
Christiane Löffler
Vorstand IG Lehm

The Earth Construction Forum (ECF) offers 2 different tickets:

Option 1: CHF 300.00         
Only General Earth Construction Forum, Friday morning, 3.10.2025 (incl. Keynotes)

Option 2: CHF 450.00         
Entire Conference, Friday 3.10.2025 (full day including lunch and apero riche in the evening) & Saturday 4.10.2025, morning

Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/EA4JG9qGCC

Bachelor's and Master's students receive reduced registration fees on request: ecf@ost.ch

The Earth Construction Forum will take place on the Rapperswil-Jona Campus of the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (OST).

Address:
Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil

Venue: 
Building 4, 1st fl oor, auditorium
The venue will be signposted on campus. You can fi nd a map of the Rapperswil campus here.

How to get there:
By public transport: The OST Rapperswil- Jona campus is located directly next to Rapperswil train station. We recommend using public transportation.
By car / parking: The nearest public parking lot is about a ten-minute walk away (seelocal parking guidance system). There are only a few paid parking spaces available on the school grounds (max. parking time: 2 hours).

• Prof. Simone Stürwald, OST, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Ivan Markovic, OST, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Uwe Teutsch, HSLU, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Carlo Rabaiotti, OST, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Paulina Faria, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Prof. Dr. Luca Valentini, University of Padova, Italy
• Prof. Dr. Romildo D. Toledo Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Dr. Emmanuel Keita, Université Gustave Eiffel, France
• Dr. Arnaud Perrot, Université Gustave Eiffel, France
• Dr. Wolfram Schmidt, BAM, Germany
• Dr. Mateusz Wyrzykowski, EMPA, Switzerland
• Dr. Niki Trochoutsou, Politechnico di Milano, Italy
• Fiona Langlotz, OST, Switzerland
• Angela Tetteh Tawiah, OST, Switzerland

The open call has ended. If you are interested in contributing, please send an individual inquiry to ecf@ost.ch.

The scientific sessions will focus on the technical and mechanical aspects of earth-based materials and structures. 

• For accepted constibutions: Submission of extended Abstract (up to 4 pages, Template) until September 15^th 2025 ecf@ost.ch
• For accepted constibutions: Submission of presentation until October 1^st to: ecf@ost.ch

The extended abstracts are released for download to all conference participants, but will not be published publicly.