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Special Session Topics

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SS1 – Remote Bridge Inspection: From Advanced Sensing to Reliability Assessment

SS2 – Steel and Steel Concrete Composite Bridges in Italy: New Realizations, Innovative Features and Trends.

SS3 – From Sketch to BIM: Preserving Conceptual Structural Thinking in the Digital Era

SS4 – Bridge Collapses and Failures

SS5 – Next Generation Long and Super Long Span Bridges: Design, Construction, Control, Monitoring and Smart Management

SS6 – Digitalization of Bridge Integrity Management

SS7 – From Bridge Information Models to Digital Twins for Data-Driven Maintenance

SS8 – Footbridge Design and Assessment: Safety, Durability and Human-Induced Vibrations

SS9 – Satellite Monitoring of Built Environment

SS10 – Augmenting Human Intelligence in Structural Engineering Through Artificial Intelligence

SS11 – Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Bridges: Advanced Retrofit Strategies for Resilience and Serviceability

SS12 – Recent Developments in the Assessment of Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges

SS13 – Between Reliability-Driven and Nonlinear Approaches and the Infrastructure Assessment and Management Practice – Where Do We Stand Right Now, and What to Do Next?

SS14 – A Preliminary Study on Pre-Engineered Reciprocal Framework in Long- Span Structures

SS15 – Resource-Efficient Composite Structures for Sustainable and Circular Construction

SS16 – Life Extension of Bridge Fittings and Equipment’s

SS17 – Cable Replacement : A Global Trend for Ageing Infrastructures & Technologies

SS18 – Seismic Resilience of Precast Industrial Buildings: Design, Assessment, and Retrofitting

SS19 – Corrosion and Fatigue in Steel Bridges: Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation

SS20 – Bridging Complexity: Integrated Engineering, Urban Transformation and Sustainable Mobility in the Drammen City Bridge

SS21 – Strategies to Extend the Design Life of Existing Structures: Durable Key Components, Seismic Retrofitting, and Optimised Replacement Concepts

SS22 – Emerging Sensing Technologies and Intelligent Infrastructure Monitoring

SS23 – GFRP Reinforcement for Resilient Infrastructure: Bridging North American and European Approaches Toward Global Qualification, Design and Market Adoption

SS1 – Remote Bridge Inspection: from Advanced Sensing to Reliability Assessment

SS2 – Steel and Steel Concrete Composite Bridges in Italy: New Realizations, Innovative Features and Trends.

SS3 – From Sketch to BIM: Preserving Conceptual Structural Thinking in the Digital Era

SS4 – Bridge Collapses and Failures

SS5 – Next Generation Long and Super Long Span Bridges: Design, Construction, Control, Monitoring and Smart Management

SS6 – Digitalization of Bridge Integrity Management

SS7 – From Bridge Information Models to Digital Twins for Data-Driven Maintenance

SS8 – Footbridge design and assessment: safety, durability and human-induced vibrations

SS9 – Satellite Monitoring of Built Environment

SS10 – Augmenting Human Intelligence in Structural Engineering through Artificial Intelligence

SS11 – Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Bridges: Advanced Retrofit Strategies for Resilience and Serviceability

SS12 – Recent Developments in the Assessment of Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges

SS13 – Between Reliability-Driven and Nonlinear Approaches and the Infrastructure Assessment and Management Practice – where do we stand right now, and what to do next?

SS14 – A Preliminary Study on Pre-Engineered Reciprocal Framework in Long- Span Structures

SS15 – Resource-Efficient Composite Structures for Sustainable and Circular Construction

SS16 – Life extension of bridge fittings and equipment’s

SS17 – Cable replacement : a global trend for ageing infrastructures & technologies

SS18 – Seismic Resilience of Precast Industrial Buildings: Design, Assessment, and Retrofitting

SS19 – Corrosion and Fatigue in Steel Bridges: Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation

SS20 – Bridging Complexity: Integrated Engineering, Urban Transformation and Sustainable Mobility in the Drammen City Bridge

SS21 – Strategies to Extend the Design Life of Existing Structures: Durable Key Components, Seismic Retrofitting, and Optimised Replacement Concepts

SS22 – Emerging sensing technologies and intelligent infrastructure monitoring

SS23 – GFRP Reinforcement for Resilient Infrastructure: Bridging North American and European Approaches toward Global Qualification, Design and Market Adoption

SS24 – Innovative Seismic Retrofit Strategies for Existing Bridges: From Research to Engineering Practice

SS25 – Ponte Ferreirinha – Design and Construction of the World’s Longest Frame Bridge, Using High Strength Light Weight Concrete

SS26 – Structural Timber

SS27 – Open-Source Tools for Bridge Analysis, Design, Monitoring, and Management

SS28 – Zemun Polje – National Stadium Railway Viaduct

SS29 – Post-Tensioning Systems in Concrete Structures: Assessment, Monitoring and Practical Experiences

SS30 – Vulnerability and Structural Upgrade of Existing Structures

SS31 – Traffic Data in Bridge Assessment

SS32 – UHPFRC in Structural Engineering: From Material and Design Innovations to Code Standardisation

SS33 – Intervening on Existing Bridges: Time for a New Paradigm

SS34 – Proactive Structural Resilience: Integrating Digital Technologies and Multi-Hazard Adaptability for Infrastructure Disaster Preparedness

SS35 – Advances in Digital Condition Assessment of Infrastructure Through Image-Based Structural Inspection

SS36 – Digital Twin Technologies for Predictive Maintenance and Multi-Risk Assessment of Existing Bridges and Infrastructure

SS37 – Innovative Structural Multifunctional Materials for Energy-Efficient and Smart Constructions

SS38 – Reuse and Circularity in Infrastructure and Buildings

SS39 – Existing Buildings First: Assessment, Adaptation and Reuse for a Sustainable Built Environment

SS40 – Timber and Hybrid Structures for a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment

SS41 – Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges: From Research to Practice

SS42 – Calibration of Partial Safety Factors for the Assessment of Existing Bridges

SS43 – Utilization of Traffic Data in Research, Design, and Assessment of Bridges

SS44 – Effects of Climate Change on Infrastructures

SS45 – Carbon Footprint of Bridge and Infrastructure Construction Projects

SS46 – Optical Fiber Networks for Structural and Post-Earthquake Assessment

SS47 – Resilience and Recovery of Existing Structures: From Disruption and Downtime to Resilience Affordability

SS48 – Long Viaducts Built by the Balanced Cantilever Method: The Case of the Viaduct over Oued Sakia El Hamra, Morocco

SS49 – Moving Bridges: Design, Construction, Maintenance and Operation

SS24 – Innovative Seismic Retrofit Strategies for Existing Bridges: From Research to Engineering Practice

SS25 – Ponte Ferreirinha – Design and Construction of the World’s Longest Frame Bridge, using high strength light weight concrete

SS26 – Structural Timber

SS27 – Open-Source Tools for Bridge Analysis, Design, Monitoring, and Management

SS28 – Zemun Polje – National Stadium railway viaduct

SS29 – Post-Tensioning Systems in Concrete Structures: assessment, monitoring and practical experiences

SS30 – Vulnerability and Structural Upgrade of Existing Structures

SS31 – Traffic Data in Bridge Assessment

SS32 – UHPFRC in Structural Engineering: From Material and Design Innovations to Code Standardisation

SS33 – Intervening on Existing Bridges: Time for a New Paradigm

SS34 – Proactive Structural Resilience: Integrating Digital Technologies and Multi-Hazard Adaptability for Infrastructure Disaster Preparedness

SS35 – Advances in digital condition assessment of infrastructure through image-based structural inspection

SS36 – Digital Twin Technologies for Predictive Maintenance and Multi-risk Assessment of Existing Bridges and Infrastructure

SS37 – Innovative Structural Multifunctional Materials for Energy-Efficient and Smart Constructions

SS38 – Reuse and Circularity in Infrastructure and Buildings

SS39 – Existing Buildings First: Assessment, Adaptation and Reuse for a Sustainable Built Environment

SS40 – Timber and Hybrid Structures for a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment

SS41 – Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges: From Research to Practice

SS42 – Calibration of Partial Safety Factors for the Assessment of Existing Bridges

SS43 – Utilization of Traffic Data in Research, Design, and Assessment of Bridges

SS44 – Effects of Climate Change on Infrastructures

SS45 – Carbon Footprint of Bridge and Infrastructure Construction Projects

SS46 – Optical Fiber Networks for Structural and Post-Earthquake Assessment

Scientific Committees

Co-chair, Maria Pina Limongelli

Co-chair, Fabrizio Palmisano

Scientific Members: 

Alfred Strauss, Austria
Andrea Dell'Asta, Italy
Anna Rakoczy, United States

Antonio Bilotta, Italy

Beatrice Belletti, Italy
Brian Uy, Australia
Carlo Margheriti, Italy
Carlo Pellegrino, Italy

Carmelo Gentile, Italy

Chan Min Park, South Korea
Daia Zwicky, Switzerland
Diogo Ribeiro, Portugal
Eleonora Morleo, Italy

Elina Efthymiou, United States
Eloi Figueiredo, Portugal
Fabio Biondini, Italy
Fabrizio Gara, Italy

Fernando Madrazo, United Kingdom
Filippo Landi, Italy
Filippo Ubertini, Italy

Francesca Da Porto, Italy

Francesco Ricciardelli, Italy
Franziska Schmidt, France
Geralt Siebert, Germany
Gianluca Ranzi, Australia
Giorgio Diana, Italy

Giulia Marasco, United States
Giuseppe Quaranta, Italy
Helder Sousa, Portugal
Helena Gervasio, Portugal

Jose Matos, Portugal

Joshua Kardon, United States

Konstantinos Kalfas, United States

Scientific Committee Contact

Maria Pina Limongelli & Fabrizio Palmisano

Co-chairs Scientific Committee

scientific@iabse2027.it


Laurent Rus, Spain

Liberato Ferrara, Italy

Luigi Petti, Italy
Luis Oliveira Santos, Portugal

Luisa Carlotta Pagnini, Italy
Marco Domaneschi, Italy
Maria Giovanna Masciotta, Italy
Marion Rauch, Germany
Martin Hohberg, Switzerland
Moustafa Al-Ani, New Zealand
Nadia Zoratto, Italy

Natividad Garcia Troncoso, Ecuador
Niels Peter Hoj, Switzerland
Nisrine Makhoul, France

Paolo Riva, Italy
Pawel Hawryszkow, Poland
Peter Seitz, Germany
Pier Francesco Giordano, Italy
Rigoberto Burgueno, United States

Rob Vergoossen, the Netherlands

Said Quqa, Italy
Salvatore Di Bernardo, USA

Sorin Dan, Romania

Stefan Zmigrodzki, Canada

Teng Wu, United States

Tomaso Trombetti, Italy

Tommaso Argentini, Italy

Virginio Quaglini, Italy
Walter Salvatore, Italy
Xiaowei Wang, China

Yeun Chul Park, South Korea

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