Program Overview

The detailed program will be published in January 2026.

	TUESDAY (AUGUST 25TH)	WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 26TH)	THURSDAY (AUGUST 27TH)	FRIDAY (AUGUST 28TH)	SATURDAY (AUGUST 29TH)
8:30 am		Registration 8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration 8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration 8:30 am - 9:00 am

	TUESDAY (AUGUST 25TH)	WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 26TH)	THURSDAY (AUGUST 27TH)	FRIDAY (AUGUST 28TH)	SATURDAY (AUGUST 29TH)
10:30 am		Coffee Break 10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break 10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break 10:30 am - 11:00 am
4:00 pm		Coffee Break 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Coffee Break 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Coffee Break 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

TUESDAY (AUGUST 25TH)

Pre Conference Tour
4:00 pm - 8:30 pm

WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 26TH)

Registration
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Conference Opening
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Keynote Lectures
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch break
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Parallel Session
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Parallel Session
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

THURSDAY (AUGUST 27TH)

Registration
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Keynote Lectures
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Parallel Session
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch break
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Parallel Session
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Parallel Session
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Social Dinner
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

FRIDAY (AUGUST 28TH)

Registration
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Keynote Lectures
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Parallel Session
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch break
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Parallel Session
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Closing Ceremony
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

SATURDAY (AUGUST 29TH)

Post Conference Tour
9:30 am - 2:00 pm

Mini-Symposia

The call for mini-symposia is ongoing. Here you can find a detailed table of the mini-symposia that have already been accepted.

MS01 Structural health monitoring and assessment of aging railway infrastructures

organizers:
Chao Wang (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
Zhanchong Shi (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
Jaime Gonzalez-Libreros (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)

MS02 Innovative bonded solutions for steel structure repair and retrofit

organizers:
Yvonne Ciupack (Department of Steel Construction, TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Björn Abeln (Institute of Steel Construction, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Matthias Albiez (Steel and Lightweight Structures, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany)
Angelo Savio Calabrese (Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Pierluigi Colombi (Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Elyas Ghafoori (Institute for Steel Construction, LU Hannover, Germany)
Elisabeth Stammen (Institute of Joining and Welding, TU Braunschweig; Germany)

MS03 Railway track monitoring – an essential basis for the optimization of railway infrastructure

organizer:
Marc Wenner (MKP GmbH, Weimar, Germany)

MS04 Load testing of bridges

organizer:
Gregor Schacht (MKP GmbH, Dresden, Germany)