19th IABSE Congress Stockholm 2016 - Call for Papers until Nov. 30, 2015

19th IABSE Congress Stockholm 2016

Call for Papers - Extended Deadline:      November 30, 2015

Challenges in Design and Construction  of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment

Congress Dates:
September 21-23, 2016

Call for Papers:
Participants willing to present a paper in accordance with the Conference Topics are invited to submit an abstract with 300 words in English, online at: http://www.iabse.org/stockholm2016

The conference sessions are divided into Scientific and Technical Sessions. For Scientific Sessions a paper of six to eight pages in combination with an oral presentation of 10 minutes is expected. For Technical Sessions shorter papers are accepted. They will allow participants to present developments from academia and practice within the context of the global theme. These sessions will start with about three to four short presentations about the specified topic followed directly by a discussion for all attendees to actively participate in.

Conference Topics

• Flexible, human friendly and traffic efficient structures
• Cost efficiency in design and construction
• Contracts and the procurement process
• Digitalisation as an enabler in the construction industry
• Low-intrusive construction and maintenance
• Safety of temporary structures
• Strengthening and retrofitting of aging infrastructure
• Confidence in implementing innovations
• Practical use of multi-criteria decision making through big data
• Structural safety and risk assessment; systems in different countries
• Product Category Rules (PCR) as a base for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
• General or other Challenges in Design and Construction
• Forensic Engineering