Technical Programme
Invitation from the Scientific Committee
Bert H.H. Snijder Scientific Committee Co-Chair
Davide Leonetti Scientific Committee Co-Chair
Bart De Pauw Scientific Committee Vice-Chair | The theme of the congress is The Essence of Structural Engineering for Society. Structural Engineering is of essential importance for society as a whole. But what is the essence of structural engineering? Society expects structures to be reliable and to perform well under all possible conditions, from normal to extreme, such as those imposed by climate change and natural and man-made hazards. At the same time, society demands modern structures to be sustainable from an economic and environmental point of view, meaning that structures need to be designed avoiding the depletion of resources and CO2 emissions. To ensure this, modern structural engineers have more and more sophisticated tools at their disposal, which shall be used with judgment coming from a deep understanding of the fundamentals of structures. One could summarise The Essence of Structural Engineering for Society as ‘back to basics’: making understandable, reliable and future-proof structures. Under this theme, the congress will address topics such as safety, reliability, serviceability, deterioration, monitoring, and maintenance of new and existing building structures and infrastructure, besides economy, sustainability, circularity, climate change, extreme loads and conditions, and natural and man-made hazards. Within the spirit of IABSE, all kinds of structures in all materials are addressed. Bert H.H. Snijder & Davide Leonetti Bart De Pauw Scientific Committee Vice-Chair, Belgium |
IMPORTANT DATES
| 15 March 2024 | Call for abstracts |
| Final deadline for abstract submission | |
| 15 December 2024 | Notification of abstract acceptance |
| Submission deadline for full papers | |
| 01 April 2025 |
Final Invitation and Registration Opens |
14 April 2025 |
Notification of acceptance of full papers and Announcement of presentation types |
30 June 2025 |
Registration deadline for all presenting authors Deadline of early bird registration |
| 25-26 August 2025 | IABSE Annual Meetings |
| 27-29 August 2025 | IABSE Congress Ghent 2025 |
ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee (SC) is co-chaired by Prof. H.H. Snijder and Prof. Davide Leonetti. The Vice-Chair is Prof. Bart De Pauw. The SC consists of more than 70 expert members from all over the world and is elected by the Technical Committee of IABSE.
To contact the Scientific Committee (SC), please send an email to: SC@Ghent2025.org
Members: Alessandro Palermo, USA Alp Caner, Turkey Ane de Boer, Netherlands Ann Schumacher, Switzerland Anna Rakoczy, Poland Bert Hesselink, Netherlands Brian Uy, Australia Bruno Godart, France Christian Cremona, France Corneliu Bob, Romania Daia Zwicky, Switzerland David Knight, UK Diogo Ribeiro, Portugal Dong Xu, China Dongzhou Huang, USA Elgar Slooten, Netherlands Elsa de Sá Caetano, Portugal Eugen Brühwiler, Switzerland Fabrizio Palmisano, Italy Haiying Ma, China Harshavardhan Subbarao, India Hélder Sousa, Portugal | Ho-Kyung Kim, Korea Hyun-Moo Koh, Korea Ian Firth, UK Jose Campos e Matos, Portugal José Oliveira Pedro, Portugal Jose Romo Martin, Spain Laurent Rus Jenni, Spain Luis Oliviera Santos, Portugal Maria Pina Limongelli, Italy Martin Hohberg, Switzerland Michael Bartlett, Canada Mikael Braestrup, Denmark Mourad Bakhoum, Egypt Naeem Hussain, Hong Kong SAR China Niels Peter Hoj, Switzerland Nisrine Makhoul, France Philippe Menétrey, Switzerland Serge Montens, France Tina Vejrum, Denmark Ulrike Kuhlmann, Germany Yaojun Ge, China Yozo Fujino, Japan |
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Call for AbstractAbstracts should address the conference theme ‘The Essence of Structural Engineering for Society’. However, also more traditional sub-themes may be addressed if the abstract and paper refer to the main conference theme, e.g.: • All types of bridges • Large span structures • Light-weight structures • High-rise buildings • All structural materials • Structural health monitoring • Design for earthquakes • Case studies • Failures and forensic engineering • Strengthening and retrofitting • Dynamics of structures • Innovative structures • Fatigue and fracture • Structural analysis and optimisation • Parametric design • Structural behaviour under fire conditions • Soil-structure Interaction • Exceptional loads on structures • Safety, reliability and risk • Architecture of structures • Additive manufacturing. Abstract submission is now closed, and 469 abstracts have been accepted. Download here the Full Paper Submission Template! (The number of anticipated pages of a paper is 6 to 9, preferably 8 pages).
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGSThe Congress proceedings will be conveniently accessible in electronic format right from the outset of the event. To ensure their papers are presented during the Congress and included in the proceedings, authors are required to register for the event. It's worth noting that IABSE Conference Reports are abstracted and indexed under Scopus. Participants who register for the event will enjoy complete access to the comprehensive proceedings. Structural Engineering International Outstanding papers presented at the congress will have the opportunity to submit an enhanced version for consideration in a dedicated issue of the prestigious SEI journal.
|  Main Sub-themes of the Congress:(1) Structural safety and reliability (2) Serviceability of structures (3) Deterioration, monitoring and maintenance (4) Sustainability and circularity (5) Climate change and extreme loads and conditions. Special sessions:
Young Engineers ProgrammeAll participants born in or after 1991 will benefit from a reduction in their registration fee. In addition, any main author born in or after 1991, who personally presents his or her own paper at the Congress, will be considered for additional recognition. An independent jury will select two contributions from young authors-oral or poster- and each will receive a prize of 500 EUR. The prizes are offered by the IABSE Fellows and the Organising Committee and will be presented at the Closing Ceremony of the Congress. On 27 August 2025, an evening networking event will be organised to promote the interaction of Young Engineers with IABSE Fellows and Congress attendees. |
