At IABSE, 2026 has begun with new energy, and we are preparing for our upcoming conferences inCopenhagen and Incheon and the IABSE Awards 2026in Zurich at the end of this year, along with knowledge sharing for structural engineers across various platforms and media: IABSE Academy, Publications, Task Groups,Webinars, and much more!
IABSE Secretariat is in the final stages of configuring the IABSE Academy platform, making the final adjustments, and expects to complete configuration and fine-tuning in time to begin accepting students early this year. Further information about the Academy is provided below.
IABSE Awards 2026 – Submission is now open!
Submission deadline: 31 March 2026
The IABSE Awards 2026 will once again recognise outstanding talent and ground-breaking projects that shape the field of bridge and structural engineering.
This year, the Awards Steering Committee will introduce new category under the IABSE Projects and Technology Awards. Visit the official website for updates.
Don't miss this opportunity - submit your entry soon at: Please click here ...
IABSE Symposium Copenhagen 2026
IABSE Symposium on Bridging Advanced Technologies - Structural Innovation
The theme of the Symposium, “Bridging Advanced Technologies – Structural Innovation”, serves as a call for all engineers, young & curious as well as ambitious & experienced, to come together. In addition to traditional keynote speeches and session presentations, the conference will also feature invited presentations and panel discussions/master classes, where leading experts will tackle current challenges and dilemmas in the field of structural engineering. This format aims to foster dynamic interaction between the younger and the experienced participants.
Furthermore, a design/scientific competition for engineering students will be organised, and special events for young engineers will be held throughout the conference. We are looking forward to seeing you at the Symposium, and if you can register few students for the competition or register for the Symposium, then that would certainly benefit them in their career.
This Symposium will be dealing with the following main topics: Circular Construction; Structural Modelling & Structural Concepts; Codes and Standards; Material Technology; Data Driven Technologies; and Automation and Robot Technologies.
The Organising Committee has prepared a selection of Technical tours on Friday the 24th of April. Participation in these tours requires registration together with your conference registration, so please make sure to sign up when completing your online registration form.
Start preparing for your journey to Incheon to shape your career for the future!
The future is not built — it evolves. A paradigm shift is underway: from construction to continuous transformation, from fixed structures to evolving spaces. With AI-powered design, autonomous construction, and intelligent networks, we are entering an era where spaces dynamically respond to their surroundings and seamlessly integrate with both human and non-human systems. Tomorrow’s cities, infrastructures, and habitats will transcend traditional boundaries, forming hyper-connected ecosystems driven by continuous evolution.
Instead of living in fixed structures, we will inhabit autonomous, self-adaptive environments — designed by AI, shaped by nature, and evolving in real time. Are we ready for a world that builds itself?
To answer this question, the IABSE Congress Incheon 2026 will bring together leading experts to explore future-ready and transformative structures through the lenses of resilience, sustainability, innovation, and digital technologies.
Sponsorship and Exhibiting Opportunities
Sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities will be available soon on the Congress website shortly or you may contact marketing@iabse.org for booking.
Important Dates
15 March 2026: Submission of full papers Deadline
15 April 2026: Notification of full paper acceptance
30 May 2026 : Final Invitation & registration opens
30 June 2026 : Early bird registration deadline
14–15 September 2026: IABSE Annual Meetings
16–18 September 2026: IABSE Congress Incheon 2026
We warmly welcome you to join us in Guwahati, the largest city in the Indian state of Assam and the vibrant metropolis of northeastern India, for the IABSE Symposium Guwahati 2027.
The Indian National Group of IABSE is pleased to invite the international structural engineering community to join the IABSE Symposium 2027 in Guwahati, Assam (India). The aim of the symposium is to provide a unique platform for sharing knowledge and research on structural failures, promoting the development of more reliable and resilient structures, and sharing knowledge about techniques for strengthening, repairing, and renovating failed structures. There will be opportunities to learn from the experience of others on failures.
IABSE will launch two Diploma Courses—Bridge Engineering and Forensic Structural Engineering—in early 2026. Each Diploma Course consists of lectures and thesis. The lectures cover both fundamental and advanced topics and are delivered by international experts in the field. The thesis is a short report, which is completed under the guidance of a tutor and assessed by subject-matter experts.
A pilot test of the Bridge Engineering Diploma Course was conducted from June to September 2025 to evaluate the course content and the online learning platform prior to the official launch.
Eight students successfully completed both the lectures and the thesis, and were awarded the Diploma certificates:
Maiken Morsing (Denmark), Seima Chiyooka (Japan), James Ambler (UK), Riccardo Liuzzo (Italy), Hirofumi Yanagi (Japan), Jack Bowlt (Spain), Lei Qin (China), and Tingna Wang (China).
The Diploma Course is designed to provide both fundamental and advanced knowledge, making it ideal for students, young engineers, and practicing engineers. The courses will open for enrollment very soon, and interested participants are encouraged to register.
IABSE Technical Committee Activities
The Technical Committee (TC) promotes, co-ordinates and assesses the activities of all technical groups within IABSE. Below you shall find a list of recent TC activities.
IABSE Commission 1, chaired by Ana Mandic Ivankovic and vice-chaired by Andre Orcesi, had their first meeting in November 2025. This year, C1 has several projects underway. Please check the list of Task Groups under C1.
TG 1.15 on Design requirement and performance of footbridges for safety, durability and reliability, is currently looking for full papers for a special issue on SEI. Submit preferably by February 15, 2025.
Commission 1 deals with assessment of design loads (in service, environmental, and accidental) on one hand and revealing material properties, structural robustness, and resistance on the other hand. It discovers advanced numerical modelling and simulations for structural analysis and probabilistic design/assessment methods with appropriate treatment of uncertainties. The commission tackles critical topics on structural performance and safety of buildings, bridges, tunnels, towers as well as special engineering structures, and covers its requirements, in the design phase and beyond. Read more here at the C1 webpage.
IABSE Commission 3, new Chair is Stephen Hicks. S. Hicks recently presented at the Second-generation Eurocode 4 at the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS 2025) & 4th International Symposium on Industrialized Construction Technology (ISICT 2025) in Singapore.
With international experts leading IABSE Commissions and Task Groups, we welcome the broader community of structural engineers, to join IABSE's ongoing projects with Commissions, learn, and shape your career in structural engineering.
Commission 3 deals with 'Structural Analysis and Evaluation' and provides a forum for discussion on problems related to structural analysis and evaluation. It aims to promote cooperation and knowledge transfer related to structural analysis and evaluation among global practitioners through online discussion boards, workshops and publications.
New Task Group 2.5 Parametric design
Parametric design, as a methodology, utilizes variables, their relationships, and algorithms to systematically generate structural solutions. This new TG’s primary goal is to compile a comprehensive review of the latest developments in parametric design for structural projects, and to identify emerging trends in its application in professional practice. Read further here ...
Read about their upcoming projects and if you wish to join this Task Group write to us at technical@iasbe.org; www.iabse.org/TG2.5
ThisTask Group aims to connect BMS (Bridge Management Systems) with existing BIM solutions, based on Open BIM standards. The complexity of maintenance and inspection requires organised, automated, open, and transparent digital processes that should consider both structural and asset management data. The BMS (Bridge Management System) aims to complete digital storage and exchange of data, cost as well as deterioration, optimisation and analysis models and their interoperability with existing BIM solutions.
New Task Group 2.7 Moving Bridges—Design, Construction, Maintenance and Operation
Moving Bridges are specialist structures that require careful collaborative design between engineering disciplines, and a deep understanding of future maintenance and operation requirements. This Task Group aims to produce a guidance document reflecting current expert knowledge (SED) on moving bridges.
50+ Task Groups List—Are you interested in joining?
Task Groups (TG) are short-term units targeted for well-defined objectives, typically investigation of technical interest or concern. Within a 2-4 year timeline, these groups produce actual deliverables, which may include a publication, a themed conference session or workshop, a suite of papers in 'Structural Engineering International', or other agreed output.
Do you have any Webinar Proposals?
For 2026 webinar proposals, National Groups and Task Groups are encouraged to send their proposals to technical@iabse.org. We shall send you further details and submit your proposal to the eLearning Board.
IABSE National Groups Activities
The National Groups are, within their field of influence, responsible for providing active support to the Association's objectives. They support IABSE in particular through the nomination of qualified members for election to the different committees of the Association.
National Groups Activities Report in SEI: Click Here
UK Journey to Success: London 2026 on 9 February 2026 at The Sekforde, EC1R 0HA
“Journey to Success” is an event for early-career engineers and designers where leading figures who have been in practice in the fields of buildings and transportation infrastructure discuss their own personal journeys. This panel will be chaired by Cameron Archer-Jones (A-JC), and will consist of Paul Managhan (City Bridge Foundation), Jennifer Anna Pazdon (CastConnex) and Jessica Sandberg (Atkins). Click here for more information and tickets ...
Denmark On 4 February 2026, 17 hrs, Young Engineers from IABSE Denmark are organising an engaging and interactive roundtable discussion on the topic: From Concept to Reality, to explore how architecture, engineering, and construction come together on large-scale projects. Join, for an insightful evening featuring three distinguished professionals representing the full project lifecycle. Click here for more information and tickets (IABSE members are free) ...
Croatia
From 18 - 19 December 2025, the Croatian group of IABSE supported the 5th (final) LWT-FLOOR project workshop held in Zagreb, Croatia, at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil Engineering. During the workshop, recent research results and project activities of the Croatian Science Foundation's ‘Innovative lightweight cold-formed steel–concrete composite floor system – LWT-FLOOR' project were presented and discussed. Read more here ...
Chile On 4 December 2025, Matías A. Valenzuela, Director of EGOB and Vice President of IABSE, and Vice Chair of the IABSE Awards Juries, participated as a jury in Lo Barnechea Runway Design Competition. Read more here ...
Philippines
The Philippines NG, is co-organising an event based on the topic of 'Engineering the Future Towards Resilience and Sustainability'. This event will showcase innovations, challenge conventions, and help shape safer, stronger, and more sustainable communities. For abstract submission, click here, deadline is 31 January 2026. Further information click here ... Blog by the Phillippines NG, click here.
Co-Sponsored Event
We are excited to announce that the European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2026) will be held from 14–19 June 2026 in the beautiful city of Braga, Portugal. Organized by ISISE - University of Minho, in association with ESRA - European Safety and Reliability Association. Read further here ...
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