Have you submitted your project for the prestigious IABSE Awards 2025? The deadline for submissions is fast approaching – 31 March 2025!
The IABSE Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in bridge and structural engineering, honouring projects that push the boundaries of innovation and excellence. If you haven’t submitted your entry yet, now is the time!
Why Participate?
• Gain international recognition for your work.
• Showcase your expertise among industry leaders.
• Be part of a prestigious event at Lake Side, Zurich, on 14 November 2025.
How to Submit
Click below to submit your project and join the ranks of distinguished engineers making a global impact.
Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available! Enhance your brand’s visibility at this premier industry event. Secure your sponsorship package today and connect with top professionals in structural engineering. For sponsorship inquiries, contact us at marketing@iabse.org
We look forward to seeing your submissions and celebrating excellence in structural engineering!
IABSE Symposium Tokyo 2025
Environmentally Friendly Technologies and Structures - Focusing on Sustainable Approaches
Registration now to take advantage of the Early Bird Rates!Click here!
The Symposium will focus on the most critical issue of our time,sustainability, and the role of structural engineers in achieving this goal. In addition to the in-depth intellectual discussions at the Symposium itself, we are sure that you will enjoy Tokyo's diverse attractions, including museums, historical sites, arts and crafts, markets, shopping, and cuisine, etc.
Note: The SEI journal February 2025 issue based on recent structures and research in Japan is now published; click here for more information. IABSE members can access the journal from their Members Area.
IABSE Congress Ghent 2025
The Essence of Structural Engineering for Society
28 February 2025: Submission deadline for full papers has been extended!
Pre Congress Workshops On Tuesday, 26 August 2025, two courses will be organised in parallel with the Annual Meetings:
Structural Health Monitoring
A 12-hour blended short course designed to pose the structural health monitoring (SHM) in the context of a statistical pattern recognition paradigm to support the damage identification process and risk-informed integrity management. Click Here ...
The primary objective of the workshop is to provide understanding of the origins, causes and consequences of failures, the lessons learned from them, and thereby to improve design practices and elevate the standard‐of‐care – all to mitigate errors that may lead to failures and liabilities of engineers. Click Here ...
31 March 2025 Abstract submission deadline
September 2025 Full Paper submission deadline
October 2025 Paper acceptance notification deadline
December 2025 Final Programme
Mid-January 2026 Early bird registration deadline
End January 2026 Final paper submission deadline
All participants born in or after 1992 will benefit from a reduction in their registration fee. Young engineers, who personally present their papers at the conference, will be considered for the best young engineers paper award. The award is sponsored by the IABSE Organising Committee. The award consists of a cash prize and a certificate that will be presented during the closing ceremony.
On 17 January 2025, the SEI Editorial Board chaired by Ana Mandic Ivankovic, held its first meeting of the year, attended by 15 members from different time zones to discuss current and upcoming issues. During this meeting, the members also nominated the next vice chair.
Submit a paper on 'Climate Change on Infrastructures: Effects, Standardisation and Adaptation 15 March 2025).
IABSE TG6.1 is investigating the effects of climate change on infrastructures with specific focus on,read further here...
Sustainable structures to foster climate change mitigation and transition towards carbon neutrality
After the inaugural meeting of this TG on 16 January 2025, chaired by Helena Gervasio, a new LinkedIN page has been set up, and anyone can join and stay informed about current and upcoming activities.
The Great Engineers: Riccardo Morandi Date: 21 February 2025.
Time: 14-15 hrs CET.
Cost: FREE
Registration: Click Here Organised by the Italian National Group.
Fern the Diplodocus: A Structural Tale Date: 28 February 2025.
Time: 14-15 hrs CET.
Cost: FREE
Registration: Click Here Organised by the British National Group.
Structural Design of Bridges Against Fire Hazards - Part 1 Date: 6 May 2025.
Time: 16-17 hrs CET.
Cost: FREE
Registration: Click Here Organised by Task Group 1.2
Structural Design of Bridges Against Fire Hazards - Part 2 Date: 13 May 2025.
Time: 16-17 hrs CET.
Cost: FREE
Registration: Click Here Organised by Task Group 1.2
On 16 January 2025, a "Talk: Proposal for the NEC-SE-DS Regulation" was organised by the "Master's Program in Earthquake-Resistant Civil Structures" at Espol Campus Prosperina ESPOL, in collaboration with the Ecuadorian IABSE NG, and on 17 January a technical visit was organised to a building in Guayaquil. The Ecuadorian NG has many more events lined up in coming months.Read further ...
Korea Rep. of
On 22 January 2025, the IABSE Korean Rep. Group hosted its New Year’s Meeting, bringing together 16 members, including senior and young engineers. The meeting was an opportunity to exchange New Year’s greetings, share a meal, and discuss the Group’s activity plans for the year ahead. During the meeting, members finalized several initiatives and events for 2025. Read further here ...
India
On 25 January 2025, Young Engineers Committee member, Jatin Singla led the YEP meeting for ING, which was attended by other YE members: Devyani Tewatia, Jithendra Bhattiprolu, Atharvi, Sanjay Thorat, Parool Priya, and invitees included, Umesh Rajeshirke (advisor), and Brindarica Bose (visiting New Delhi, from the Secretariat).
YE ING is planning a study tour (site visit) to the MPEW Missing Link Cable Stayed Bridge in Mumbai Pune Expressway Missing Link on 1 March 2025. To register scan the QR code available, read further here ...
Tanzania
On 29 January 2025, the newly formed Tanzanian National Group visited the ongoing Construction of Msalato International Airport. The technical visit aimed to understand the latest advanced technology used for the Construction of Msalato Airport and bridge the gap among civil engineers in support of the Association’s mission of sharing knowledge and advancing the practice of structural engineering worldwide in the service of the profession society.Read further here ...
Co-Sponsored Event
19th World Conference on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures, 15-19 September 2025. Click Here for further details.
The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center / PEER is organizing the 19th World Conference on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures (in short, 19WCSI) at UC Berkeley, on 15-19 September 2025. This biennial conference is a key activity of ASSISi, the international society committed to the advancement and promotion of seismic isolation and energy dissipation technologies. The WCSI conference series started in 1989 in San Francisco, and with 19WCSI returns to the Bay Area first the first time in 36 years.
