How can we develop and expand the built environment for the benefit of society, while preserving resources and opportunities for future generations?
Copenhagen is one of the world’s leading green cities and aspiring tobecome the first carbon-neutral capital, offers an inspiring setting for this dialogue. Participants are invited not only to engage in technical sessions and discussions but also to experience a city where sustainability, infrastructure, quality of life are seamlessly connected
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.
IABSE Spring Meetings: Before the Symposium, Technical Committee (TC) and the Executive Committee will meet on 20 and 21 April accordingly. Should any Task Group or Board wishes to meet during this time and requires a room, please write to technical@iabse.org latest by 1 March 2026. Rooms will be given only on first come basis.
Sponsorship and Exhibition opportunities: We are excited to announce that due to growing interest, we have added new booth spaces to our floor plan. To secure the best available spot for your company or to discuss our latest sponsorship packages, please contact marketing@iabse.org at your earliest convenience. These options are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The Danish Group of IABSE, together with the organising and scientific committees, are looking forward to invite you to the IABSE Symposium Copenhagen 2026, to be held from April 21 to 24 at the Tivoli Congress Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Catch the Early Bird Registration rates. Do not miss this opportunity!
IABSE Congress Incheon 2026 - Structural Engineering Towards Evolution and Hyper-Expansion
16-18 September 2026, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Important Timelines 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
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.
The IABSE awards are grouped into two main parts: the IABSE People and Paper Awards and the IABSE Projects and Technology Awards. Take this opportunity to showcase your country's project and submit your entry under the Project and Technology Awards.
National Group Chairs are also requested to submit their nominations for the 'People and Paper Awards' categories as listed below.
IABSE People and Paper Awards (categories)
Honorary Membership
International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering
Early Career Prize
Member of the Year
IABSE National Group of the Year
Outstanding Paper Award
Best PhD Thesis Award
YEP Awards
IABSE Projects and TechnologyAwards (categories)
Small Projects
Small Building Structures
Large Building Structures
Pedestrian and Cycle Bridges
Small Road and Rail Bridges
Large Road and Rail Bridges
Infrastructure
Rehabilitation
Innovation in Construction
International Community Development
The Indian National Group (ING) of IABSE is pleased to invite the international structural engineering community to join the IABSE Symposium Guwahati 2027.
Guwahati is the largest riverine port city nestled amidst scenic hills and one of the fastest-growing urban centers in India. It is also the largest metropolis in Northeast India and is popularly known as the “Gateway to Northeast India.” Guwahati is also among the 98 Indian cities proposed to be developed as Smart Cities under the initiative by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. The city blends spirituality with natural beauty along the Brahmaputra River. If you are a nature lover, explore Assam's wildlife, tea gardens, historic temples, and silk weaving traditions, and don't forget to reserve a day to visit the most famous one-horned rhinoceros!
Theme: Structural Failures – Causes, Investigation, Resilience, Mitigation & Standardization. Read more here ...
Main Topics:
• Causes of Structural Failures
• Investigation Methodologies
• Building Resilience
• Mitigation Strategies
• Standardisation and Codes
IABSE Congress Milan 2027 - Shaping the Future of Structural Engineering - Human-Centered Design, Sustainability, Innovation in the Digital Era
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.
On 14 January 2026, the Technical Committee (TC) met with its Core group members. During the meeting, planning of activities, follow-up, and preparation of meetings with Commissions, and Boards were discussed, along with planning for the upcoming 37th TC meeting, which will be held in Copenhagen, preceding the IABSE Symposium Copenhagen on 20 April 2026, 14-17hrs CET. The TC is chaired by Niels Peter Høj, Switzerland, and vice-chaired by Maria Grazia Bruschi, USA, with Core members from across the world—Sotiria Stefanidou from Greece; Yukari Aoki from Japan; Ye Xia from China, and Igor Kavrakov from. If you wish to contact the Chair with idea for a new Task Group, write to us at technical@iabse.org. Read more about the TC in the article published in SEI February issue.
On 14 January 2026, the eLearning Board met with its members and discussed upcoming events. The eLearning Board discussed the progress of its various subgroups, refined webinar guidelines, and confirmed its contributions to upcoming IABSE symposia. Chaired by Maria Pina Limongelli, the meeting brought together Board members, including Mourad Bakhoum, Eloi Figuereido, Erica Lenticchia, Efy Apostolidi, Yukari Aoki, Maria Giovanna Masciotta, Haiying Ma, Ye Xia, from around the globe to advance the Association's digital learning strategy.
A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to streamlining the popular IABSE webinar series. The webinar proposal form features a multiple-choice menu for webinar themes to improve classification and includes mandatory information fields. This update aims to simplify the process for webinar proposal submission for National Groups (NGs) and Task Groups (TGs) and ensure smooth coordination with the management team.
IABSE Webinars are free for participants and aim to disseminate knowledge to engineers at all stages of their careers from all over the world. If you wish to register (free) for upcoming webinars or submit a proposal,please click here ...
Write to technical@iabse.org if you wish to join, with a brief CV and a short motivation letter for the Chair.
AI is rapidly entering civil, structural, and bridge engineering—often in safety-critical decisions. IABSE is establishing Task Group 3.11 “AI & Ethics” to ensure this transformation strengthens (not undermines) public safety, professional accountability, and trust in our work by defining ethical principles, governance mechanisms, and accountability structures tailored to engineering practice.
We invite researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals to submit full papers for a special issue of the SEI journal on this topic. This theme focuses on the analysis, design, construction, maintenance, upscaling, and resilience of large-scale infrastructure systems that are essential to modern societies.
IABSE members will get a 20% off on Prof. Jan Biliszczuk’s book titled “Bridges Across the History of Poland”, 44.00 EUR, plus shipping costs, please contact the author, who is an IABSE member at, jan.biliszczuk@pwr.edu.pl.
IABSE National Group 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
China
From 14 to 16 January 2026, a delegation of the Russian National Group of IABSE was invited by the Chinese National Group of IABSE to visit Tongji University in Shanghai, China. During the visit, Dr. Nikolai Kozak, Vice-Chair of the Russian Group, and Dr. Sergei Poliakov, Secretary of the Russian Group, held fruitful meetings with Prof. Limin Sun, the Chair of the Chinese Group, Dr. Ye Xia, the Group Secretary, Dr. Mingming Song, and other members. Read more here.
India
On 17 January 2026, ING was happy to share the news that the 31st S.B. Joshi Memorial Award was conferred on Dr Harshavardhan Subbarao, President of IABSE.
The S. B. Joshi Memorial Award is one of the most prestigious honours in Indian Bridge and Structural Engineering.
Ecuador and Chile
On 21 January 2026, the Ecuadorian and Chilean National Groups of IABSE jointly organized a virtual technical lecture titled. The session, delivered by Dr. Matías Valenzuela and Estefanía Cervantes, presented the main results of a research project led by Dr. Eva Lantsoght. Read more here...
Denmark
On 4 February 2026 IABSE Denmark - Young Engineers hosted the event “From Concept to Reality: A Roundtable with Architecture, Engineering and Construction Experts” at Ramboll Head Office in Copenhagen.. Read more here...
Russia
From 16 to 18 April 2026, the IV International Scientific and Practical conference of Siberian Bridge Research Institute is organising a conference on Research, Design; Construction and Operation of Engineering Structures from 16-18 April 2026. Read more here ...
Croatia
The IABSE Croatian National Group is supporting the 15th Central European Congress on Concrete Engineering (CCC 2026). Several members of the Croatian NG are involved in the OC and the SC of this significant congress on concrete structures in Central Europe. Read more here ...
UK
The Milne Medal is awarded to an individual engineer for excellence in structural design, both in the overall concept and in the attention to detail in their work, and is named in recognition of the late Bob Milne.The 2025 Milne Medal was given to Peter Laidler of Structure Workshop. Watch the video recording here ...
USA
The National Group is organising an IABSE US NG-sponsored full session at the 2026 World Bridge Engineering Conference in Miami, Florida, USA on 1 and 2 December 2026. If you are interested in participating, please send your proposed topic and abstract to Chiara Rosignoli crosignoli@hardestyhanover.com and to Maria Grazia Bruschi maria.g.bruschi@parsons.com by 20 March 2026. The conference is particularly interested in papers discussing how different countries approach Bridge Asset Management. Read more 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 ...
