this is the title of a one day seminar organized by DIRK India in cooperation with the Maharashtra Fly Ash Information Center on 19th April 2011 at Hotel Orchid, Mumbai (Mumbai Airport) . More than 100 concrete specialists from Mumbai, Pune and other parts of Maharashtra attended the seminar. Prof. Ravindra K. Dhir (Prof. emeritus of Dundee University, UK) delivered two excellent papers presenting the use of processed fly ash to allow for projects with improved durability and economics. The DIRK team presented their new ultrafine fly ash product POZZOCRETE 100. Mr. G. Dirk informed about the new processing installations at Nashik and Mandideep.
The program of the seminar:
| Time | Particulars | Speaker |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Welcome address + Inroduction | By Javed Shaikh |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | "'Fly Ash Technology for Minimising the Risk of Chloride-Induced Corrosion of Steel Reinforcement" | By Prof. Ravindra Dhir |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Developing High Performance Structural Concrete for Strength and Durability Using Fine Fly Ashes | By Prof. Ravindra Dhir |
| 15:00 - 15:40 | Pozzocrete 100 for High Performance Concrete | By Javed Shaikh & Mayur Pathak |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Tea Break | |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Dirk Developments and Expansion | By Mr. Georg Dirk |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Questions and Answers session + Conclusion | |