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Within the spirit of IABSE, all kinds of structures in all materials are addressed.</font></p> <p><strong><font face="Ubuntu"><br></font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Ubuntu"><br></font></strong></p><p><font face="Ubuntu"><font style=""><strong>Bert H.H. Snijder </strong>& <strong>Davide Leonetti</strong></font><font><br>Scientific Committee Co-Chairs, <em>The Netherlands</em></font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font face="Ubuntu"><strong><font>Bart De Pauw</font></strong></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"><font face="Ubuntu"><font>Scientific Committee Vice-Chair, <em>Belgium</em></font></font></p></div> </div></div></div></td><td style="" data-componentId="3zndIpP_separator" class="WaLayoutSeparator"><div style="width: inherit;"></div></td><td id="id_X7KMbYJ" data-componentId="X7KMbYJ" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:4%;"></td></tr></table> </div><div id="id_WUfZV4F" class="WaGadget WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="WUfZV4F" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle002" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"></p></div> </div><div id="id_1jmq87G" class="WaGadget WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="1jmq87G" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <h1 style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 24px;" color="#666666">IMPORTANT DATES</font></h1></div> </div><div id="id_pjClyPS" class="WaGadget WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="pjClyPS" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" watable="1" class="contStyleExcSimpleTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="33%" height="50%"><font style="font-size: 16px;">15 March 2024</font></td> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="100%" height="50%"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Call for abstracts</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><strike>12 September 2024</strike><font><font color="#1f272b"> </font><font style=""><font color="#1f272b"><strike>15 November </strike></font><font style=""><font color="#1f272b"><strike> 2024 </strike></font><font color="#ff0000">Closed </font></font></font></font></font></td><td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="100%"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Final deadline for abstract submission</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="" align="left" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 16px;">15 December  2024</font></td> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="100%" height="" align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Notification of abstract acceptance</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="" align="left" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><strike>06 January 2025</strike>  <font><em style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Extended</em><font><font color="#ff0000">  </font><strong style=""><font color="#414a53">28</font></strong></font><strong style=""><font color="#414a53"> February 2025</font></strong><font color="#ff0000"> </font></font></font></td> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="100%" height="" align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Submission deadline for full papers</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="" align="left" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 16px;">01 April 2025</font></td> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="100%" height="" align=""> <p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Final Invitation and Registration Opens </font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="" align="right" width="33%"><p align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">14 April 2025</font></p></td> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="100%" height="" align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Notification of acceptance of full papers and Announcement of presentation types</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="" align="left" width="33%"><p><font style="font-size: 16px;">30 June 2025</font></p></td> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="100%" height="" align="right"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Registration deadline for all presenting authors</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Deadline of early bird registration</font></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="" align="left" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 16px;">25-26 August 2025</font></td><td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="100%" height="" align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">IABSE Annual Meetings</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="" align="left" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 16px;">27-29 August 2025</font></td> <td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="100%" height="" align=""><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 16px;">IABSE Congress Ghent 2025</font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><font style="font-size: 16px;"><br></font><br></div> </div><div id="id_lQLPZv1" data-componentId="lQLPZv1" class="WaLayoutContainer" style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="WaLayoutTable" style=""><tr data-componentId="lQLPZv1_row" class="WaLayoutRow"><td id="id_sDVRRHt" data-componentId="sDVRRHt" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:5%;"></td><td style="" data-componentId="sDVRRHt_separator" class="WaLayoutSeparator"><div style="width: inherit;"></div></td><td id="id_PEFktwo" data-componentId="PEFktwo" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:4%;"></td><td style="" data-componentId="PEFktwo_separator" class="WaLayoutSeparator"><div style="width: inherit;"></div></td><td id="id_6RHyOyP" data-componentId="6RHyOyP" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:90%;"></td></tr></table> </div><div id="id_wk5vCnA" class="WaGadget WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="wk5vCnA" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"></p></div> </div><div id="id_9zFLpBA" class="WaGadget WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="9zFLpBA" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <h1 style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 24px;">ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE</font></h1> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"><font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;">The Scientific Committee (SC) is co-chaired by Prof. H.H. Snijder and Prof. Davide Leonetti. The Vice-Chair is Prof. Bart De Pauw. </font><span>The SC consists of more than 70 expert members from all over the world and is elected by the Technical Committee of IABSE.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;">To contact the Scientific Committee (SC), please send an email to: </font><a href="mailto:SC@Ghent2025.org"><font face="Ubuntu">SC@Ghent2025.org</font></a></p></div> </div><div id="id_x2IcEwS" data-componentId="x2IcEwS" class="WaLayoutContainer" style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="WaLayoutTable" style=""><tr data-componentId="x2IcEwS_row" class="WaLayoutRow"><td id="id_K9EGBsB" data-componentId="K9EGBsB" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:50%;"><div id="id_gMpJKiF" class="WaLayoutPlaceHolder placeHolderContainer" data-componentId="gMpJKiF" style=""><div style=""><div id="id_YAhYTpF" class="WaGadgetOnly WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="YAhYTpF" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p>Members:</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Adam Lubell, <em>Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;">Alessandro Palermo, <em><span>USA</span></em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Alp Caner, <em>USA</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Andreas Lampropoulos<em>, UK</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Ane de Boer, <em>The Netherlands</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Ana Mandi膰 Ivankovi膰, </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Anna Rakoczy, <em>Poland</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Bert Hesselink, <em>The Netherlands</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Brian Uy, <em>Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Bruno Godart, <em>France</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Christian Cremona, <em>France</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Corneliu Bob, <em>Romania</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Daia Zwicky, <em>Switzerland</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">David Knight, <em>UK</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Diogo Ribeiro, <em>Portugal</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Dong Xu, <em>China</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Dongzhou Huang, <em>USA</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Elgar Slooten, <em>The Netherlands</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Elsa de S谩 Caetano, <em>Portugal</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, <br></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Eugen Br眉hwiler, <em>Switzerland</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Fabrizio Palmisano, <em>Italy</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Haiying Ma, <em>China</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Heikki Lilja, </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Harshavardhan Subbarao, <em>India</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">H茅lder Sousa, <em>Portugal</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Ho-Kyung Kim, <em>Korea Republic of </em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Hyun-Moo Koh, <em>Korea Republic of </em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Ian Firth, <em>UK</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Joan Ramon Casas,<em> Spain</em></p></div> </div></div></div></td><td style="" data-componentId="K9EGBsB_separator" class="WaLayoutSeparator"><div style="width: inherit;"></div></td><td id="id_jmMIffk" data-componentId="jmMIffk" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:50%;"><div id="id_MoHJ5Za" class="WaLayoutPlaceHolder placeHolderContainer" data-componentId="MoHJ5Za" style=""><div style=""><div id="id_L2EL6DI" class="WaGadgetOnly WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="L2EL6DI" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p style=""><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Jochen K枚hler, <em>Norway</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">J枚rg-Martin Hohberg, <em>Switzerland</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Jose Campos e Matos, <em>Portugal</em><br></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Jose Romo Martin, <em>Spain</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Laurent Rus Jenni, <em>Spain</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Luis Oliviera Santos, <em>Portugal</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Maria Pina Limongelli, <em>Italy</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Marion Rauch, <em>Germany</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Martin Hohberg, <em>Switzerland</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Michael Bartlett, <em>Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Mikael Braestrup, <em>Denmark</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#3C3C3C" face="Ubuntu" style="">Monica Nicoreac,</font><font color="#3C3C3C" face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;"> The Netherlands</font></span><br></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Mourad Bakhoum, <em>Egypt</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Naeem Hussain, <em>Hong Kong SAR China</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Niels Peter Hoj, <em>Switzerland</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Nisrine Makhoul, <em>France</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Pedro Almeida, <em>Brazil</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Philippe Men茅trey, <em>Switzerland</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Philippine Van Bogaert, <em>Belgium</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Pierre Mengeot,<em> Belgium</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Richard Stroetmann, <em>Germany </em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Robby Caspeele, <em>Belgium</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Rob Vergoossen, <em>The Netherlands</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Serge Montens, <em>France</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Tina Vejrum, <em>Denmark</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">Ulrike Kuhlmann, <em>Germany</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Vincent de Ville de Goyet,<em> Belgium</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Yaojun Ge, <em>China</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><br></p></div> </div></div></div></td></tr></table> </div><div id="id_hal9ong" data-componentId="hal9ong" class="WaLayoutContainer" style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="WaLayoutTable" style=""><tr data-componentId="hal9ong_row" class="WaLayoutRow"><td id="id_ThhUmNa" data-componentId="ThhUmNa" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:100%;"><div id="id_8eUsePg" class="WaLayoutPlaceHolder placeHolderContainer" data-componentId="8eUsePg" style=""><div style=""><div id="id_dNQQ7El" class="WaGadgetOnly WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="dNQQ7El" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle002" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"></p></div> </div></div></div></td></tr></table> </div><div id="id_A8kQELL" data-componentId="A8kQELL" class="WaLayoutContainerLast" style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="WaLayoutTable" style=""><tr data-componentId="A8kQELL_row" class="WaLayoutRow"><td id="id_I3lkBBt" data-componentId="I3lkBBt" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:46%;"><div id="id_Lb9oppx" class="WaLayoutPlaceHolder placeHolderContainer" data-componentId="Lb9oppx" style=""><div style=""><div id="id_GdbHw1T" class="WaGadgetFirst WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="GdbHw1T" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 30px;" color="#666666"><span style=""><strong style="">Call for Abstract</strong></span></font></h2></div> </div><div id="id_FyvHoLE" class="WaGadget WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="FyvHoLE" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Abstracts should address the conference theme ‘The Essence of Structural Engineering for Society’.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">However, also more traditional sub-themes may be addressed if the abstract and paper refer to the main conference theme, e.g.:</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><br></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• All types of bridges</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Large span structures</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Light-weight structures</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• High-rise buildings</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• All structural materials</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Structural health monitoring</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Design for earthquakes</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Case studies</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Failures and forensic engineering</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Strengthening and retrofitting</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Dynamics of structures</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Innovative structures</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Fatigue and fracture</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Structural analysis and optimisation</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Parametric design</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Structural behaviour under fire conditions</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Soil-structure Interaction</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Exceptional loads on structures</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Safety, reliability and risk</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">• Architecture of structures</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">• Additive manufacturing.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><br></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong>Abstract submission is now closed, and 469 abstracts have been accepted.</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Download <a href="/resources/Documents/Events/Ghent/Full%20Paper%20Template-IABSE%20Congress%20Ghent%202025.docx" target="_blank">here</a> the Full Paper Submission Template!</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#0000ff"><em>(The number of anticipated pages of a paper is 6 to 9, preferably 8 pages).</em></font></p></div> </div><div id="id_I916uu7" class="WaGadget WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="I916uu7" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle002" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"></p></div> </div><div id="id_QZRvQFA" class="WaGadget WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="QZRvQFA" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <h3><strong>Pre Congress Workshops </strong></h3></div> </div><div id="id_bn983KQ" class="WaGadget WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="bn983KQ" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p><span style=""><font color="#3C3C3C" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;">On Tuesday, August 26th, 2 courses will be organised in parallel with the Annual Meetings:</font></span></p><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#0000ff"><strong style=""><em>Structural Health Monitoring</em></strong></font></h3> <ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"> <li><font color="#414a53">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. </font></li><li><font face="Ubuntu" color="#414a53" style="font-size: 18px;">This course is organised in the context of the IABSE Congress Ghent, August 27-29, 2025.</font></li> <li><font color="#414a53">Organised by: Eloi Figueiredo, Ionut Moldovan, Michael Havbor Faber.</font></li> </ul>More info on:  <a href="https://civilresearchgroup.ulusofona.pt/courses/blended-shm-belgium">https://civilresearchgroup.ulusofona.pt/courses/blended-shm-belgium</a><br> <ul style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"></ul> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><img src="/resources/Pictures/Events/Ghent/1.png" alt="" title="" border="0"><br></p></div> </div><div id="id_NbdIPCd" class="WaGadgetLast WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="NbdIPCd" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <strong style=""><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size: 18px;"><em>Forensic Engineering Workshop</em></font></strong><br><ul> </ul><p><em style=""><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size: 18px;">Structural Failures – Investigations, Causes, Lessons Learned to Mitigate Failures. </font></em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">26 August 2025</p><p style="margin-top: 0px !important;">Location: Gent ICC, Ghent Belgium</p>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鈥恛f鈥恈are – all to mitigate errors that may lead to failures and liabilities of engineers. <ul> <li>Organised by John F. 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In addition, any main author born in or after 1991, who personally presents his or her own paper at the Congress, will be considered for additional recognition.</p> <p>An independent jury will select two contributions from young authors-oral or poster- and each will receive a prize of 500 EUR. The prizes are offered by the IABSE Fellows and the Organising Committee and will be presented at the Closing Ceremony of the Congress.</p></div> </div><div id="id_AX4xOfI" class="WaGadgetLast WaGadgetHeadline gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="AX4xOfI" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 24px;" color="#666666">CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS </font></h4><p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px !important;">The Congress proceedings will be conveniently accessible in electronic format right from the outset of the event. 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