2024-2025

On November 5-7, 2025, our Department of Structures and Bridges (University of Žilina, SK) is organizing the Conference on Existing Bridges, which will take place in Žilina city Slovakia. We would like to share our views on the management, assessment and rehabilitation of existing bridges or structures. 

We expect participants, mostly bridge engineers not only from Slovakia and Czechia but also from all around the Europe. I hope, We have also invited several European professionals (some well-known members of the IABSE are among them) to participate in the Scientific Committee of the Conference, which is currently being created.

2023

Slovakia

IABSE Slovakian NG Chair Jaroslav Odrobinak visited IABSE Vice President Jose C. Matos at the UMINHO, Portugal, for a lecture and discussion on IABSE NG activities and collaborations in November 2023.

IABSE members at the Slovakian Conference. First photo (from left to right): Jaroslav Odrobiňák, José Matos, Peter Koteš, Josef Vičan, Franitšek Wald.

Five IABSE members from Slovak NG, Jaroslav Odrobiňák - Chair SK NG, Josef Vičan, Peter Koteš, Rudolf Ároch and Vincent Kvočák; František Wald, Chair of Czech, and IABSE Vice President, Jose C Matos from Portugal, took part in a conference on 25 May 2023 for the 46th Aktiv - Meeting of the departments of steel structures and bridges from Slovakia and Czech Republic and steel companies and bridge owners. They also had a meeting about possible cooperation in the professional and scientific field as well as in the area of preparation of international projects. Mutual discussions of IABSE members continued even after the meeting, and potential members were also approached and offered cooperation.