EVM Europe

As readers of the 4th edition 2012, Measurable News would be aware from the article “Top Ten Observations for EVM Europe 2012” by the now current Vice President Communications, Mark Phillips, the EVM Europe 2012 Conference held at the University of Twente in the Netherlands was a small but highly successful conference. The EVM Europe Conferences continue to succeed and develop in spite of the ongoing less than favourable economic circumstances in Europe. This reflects the extraordinary commitment of a growing group of Europeans dedicated to advancing EVM (and associated techniques) research and practice in Europe and beyond.

The EVM Europe initiative continues to progress with a successful third EVM Europe 2012 conference held at "the Escuala Técnica Superior de Ingenieria de Edificacion, part of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia" (the School of Building Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain) on 23-24 November 2011. Valencia is a hirstoric Spanish city located on the Mediterranean coast first fouded as a Roman colony in 138 BC. The hirstoric center is a large 169 acres in size and the city is also known for many monuments including the landmark City of Arts and Sciences, an avant-garde and futuristic museum complex.

The EVM Europe initiative progresses with a successful second EVA Europe Conference held at the historic “Het Pand”, the Cultural Centre of Ghent University on 24–25 November 2010 with about 90 delegates and speakers attending. Het Pand, a former Dominican monastery, is located in the historical centre of the city of Ghent, on the banks of the River Leie. The oldest parts of this impressive building date from the 13th Century. Using Het Pand came from a collaboration between Ghent University, which owns the facility, and the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School, which sponsored the conference.