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AAC WORLDWIDE %u2022 3.2025 SCIENCE & INNOVATION 25Thomas Kubalski is Project Engineer at SDA-engineering GmbH. He received his PhD from RWTH Aachen University where he used to work as Research Assistant at the Chair of Structural Analysis and Dynamics from 2013 to 2019.Christoph Butenweg is Professor at the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Visiting Professor at the University of Belgrade, Visiting Lecturer at RWTH Aachen University and Business Manager and Associate of the engineering company SDA-engineering GmbH. He is chairman of the code committees NA 005-51-06 and NA 005-06-37 AA and member of the Executive Boards of the European Association of Earthquake Engineering the Center for Wind and Earthquake Engineering (CWE) at RWTH Aachen University.Lorenzo Miccoli is Project Leader at the Xella Technologie-und Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. He was a Research Associate at the Bundesanstalt f%u00fcr Materialforschung und %u2013 pr%u00fcfung (BAM) from 2011 to 2017. He received his PhD in Building Engineering at the University of Rome %u2018Tor Vergata%u2019. He was a visiting researcher at the University of South Carolina in 2016 and at the Yangzhou University in 2005. He is member of the technical committee of the European Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Association (EAACA). He is a member of the CEN TC 250/SC6.PT2 for the revision of the Eurocode EN 1996-1-2 and of the code committees NA 005-51-06 and NA 005-06-37 AA. His main research focuses on mechanical characterization of masonry, finite element modelling, seismic and fire resistance, dynamic and static analysis of buildings. Markus He%u00dfe is Head of International Product Management with Xella Baustoffe GmbH. After studying civil engineering at Aachen University and construction management at the University of Birmingham in UK with distinctions for outstanding results, Markus He%u00dfe has been working for the current Xella building materials group for over 25 years. Positions in sales, key account management, research and development, and product management at Xella Deutschland characterize his career. Tasks related to the support of countries and the development of new application solutions with high-performance building materials are the main features of his daily work. The technical support of license partners around the world is another part of the work. As a speaker at national and international events, he reports on developments and progress in the area of products and digital solutions for the Xella Building Materials Group. On a European level, he is involved in the task group %u201cDigitalization%u201d at the European building materials association.Fig. 1: 3D model of a typical multi-storey building