About the Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee (SC) is under the leadership of Y. Fujino, Honorary Chair, Japan, and Co-Chairs S. Nakamura, Japan and L. Sun, China. The SC consists of expert members from all over the world and is elected by the IABSE Technical Committee, chaired by Prof. Daia Zwicky, Switzerland.
Themes and Topics
- Recent Extreme Events on Infrastructures
- AI-based Monitoring and Maintenance of Infrastructures
- Development of Long-span Cable-supported Bridges
- Digital Inclusion in Structural Engineering
Schedule Overview

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Keynotes

Klaus H. Ostenfeld, Denmark
Independent Expert Consultant, Past President COWI A/S, Former President of IABSE and Chair of IABSE Foundation
Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Change the Way We Think, Plan and Work as Civil- and-Structural Engineers?

Prof. Koichi Kato, Japan
University of Tokyo
Construction in the History of Social Change: Learning from Epidemic in Late Medieval Europe

Dr. Liming Yuan, China
Central-South Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd
Rapid Design and Construction Management of Emergency Specialty Field Hospital during the COVID-19 Epidemic

Prof. Youngsang Kwon, Korea
Seoul National University
What Will Happen to Our City After COVID-19?
Topics and Invited Speakers
T1: Recent Extreme Events on Infrastructures
T1-1: Alessandro Palermo, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Bridge damage, repair and recovery: lessons learnt from the 2016 Kaikoura earthquakes and pathway to resilience based design
T1-2: S. Fujikura, Utsunomiya University, Japan
Field Investigation and Restoration of Damaged Bridges in 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
T1-3: K. Nishijima, Kyoto University, Japan
Disaster of Buildings Caused by Typhoons Jebi and Faxai in Japan
T1-4: Yaojun Ge, Tongji University, China
Wind-induced Vibration and Serviceability of Long-span Cable-supported Bridges in China
T2: AI-based Monitoring and Maintenance of Infrastructures
T2-1: José Matos, University of Minho, Portugal
The contribution of AI tools in Intelligent Transportation Management Systems
T2-2: Pang-jo Chun, University of Tokyo, Japan
Application of AI to Infrastructure Maintenance and its Future Prospects
T2-3: Hongbin Xie, China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Co. Ltd., China
Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and its Artificial Intelligence
T2-4: HyungChul Yoon, Choongbuk National University, South Korea
Drone-based Monitoring of Long-suspended Footbridges
T3: Development of Long-span Cable-supported Bridges
T3-1: Kent Fuglsang, COWI, Denmark
1915 Canakkale Bridge: A World Record Span Suspension Bridge
T3-2: Gongyi Xu, BRDI of China Railway, China
Recent Long-span Rail-and-road Bridges in China
T3-3: H. Kanaji, Hansin Expressway, Japan
Cable-stayed bridges on the Osaka Bay Road
T3-4: Wonsuk Park, Mokpo National University, South Korea
Dynamics of Long- suspended Footbridges
T4: Digital Inclusion in Structural Engineering
T4-1 T. Nagayama, University of Tokyo, Japan
Monitoring Taking Advantage of and Materialising Digital Twins
T4-2 Changsu Shim, Chung-ang University, South Korea
Digital Engineering Model for Prefabricated Bridge Members
T4-3 Wanshui Han, Chang'an University, China
Digital Fusion and Intelligent Traffic Load Identification
T4-4 Teng Wu, University of Buffalo, USA
A cyber-physical system for fluid-structure interaction: wind engineering applications
Recent Structures Display
Recent structures in China, Japan and Korea that have been completed, or are under construction will be displayed/shown during the Lunch Breaks.
Scientific Committee
Y. Fujino, Japan, Honorary Chair
S. Nakamura, Japan, Co-Chair
L. Sun, China, Co-Chair
A. Boegle, Germany
E.K. Cho, South Korea
N.P. Hoj, Switzerland
N. Hussain, Hong Kong
H.K. Kim, South Korea
A. Lampropoulos, UK
M.G. Limongelli, Italy
J.A. Lozano-Galant, Spain
F. Madrazo Aguirre, UK
A. Martin, Denmark
T. Nagayama, Japan
W. Park, South Korea
X. Ruan, China
L. Rus Jenni, Spain
H. Subbarao, India
T. Takeuchi, Japan
J. Turmo, Spain
C. Xiao, China
G. Xu, China
T. Yamaguchi, Japan
H. Yoon, South Korea

Yangsigang Bridge, China