IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 - Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs Ghent, Belgium, September 22-24, 2021
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IABSE Congress Ghent 2021
Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs
Ghent, Belgium, September 22-24, 2021
www.iabse.org/Ghent2021
Preliminary Invitation
and Call for Abstracts
IABSE Congress Ghent 2021
ICC Ghent
Ghent, Belgium
Contents
Invitation from the Organising Committee
Invitation from the Organising
Invitation from the Scientific Committee
The Congress
Committee
The City
The Organising Committee is pleased to announce that the IABSE
Call for Abstracts Congress Ghent 2021 will be held from 22 to 24 September 2021. The
Exhibition and Sponsorship International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) is
Technical Visits a scientific / technical association with members including renowned
Social Programme and top-level engineers in more than 100 countries. The Congress is
Getting Here organised by the Belgian and Dutch Groups of IABSE in co-operation
About IABSE with Ghent University. This congress will be the first international IABSE
event hosted in the BENELUX since the successful IABSE Conference
2013 in Rotterdam. The Congress will be held in the buildings of ICC
Organising Committee Ghent. The International Convention Centre is a highly facilitated
Congress venue where durability is of great importance.
Hans De Backer (Chair)
Bert Hesselink (Vice-Chair) The Congress will be an excellent forum to discuss the latest innovations
Ane de Boer on structural and bridge engineering, especially regarding the future
Bart De Pauw needs of society. Scientists, students, designers, contractors, owners
Alain Dumortier and experts from international organisations around the world are given
Pierre Mengeot the opportunity to share their latest experiences. In addition to the
Monica Nicoreac congress, plenty of technical and social events are organised in order to
Bert Snijder expand your knowledge and network. All of this is organised with the
Sven Somers historical city centre of Ghent as the background.
Aad van der Horst
We invite all of you to the heart of Europe to experience another great
Gilles Van Staen
IABSE event.
Hans De Backer, Organising Committee Chair, Belgium
Bert Hesselink, Organising Committee Vice-Chair, The Netherlands
Scientific Committee Invitation from the Scientific
Board
Bert Snijder (Chair)
Committee
Bart De Pauw (Vice-Chair) The Scientific Committee of the IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 in Belgium invites the
Ane de Boer structural engineering community to attend the IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 to discuss
Pierre Mengeot and contribute to the theme ‘Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs’. Future
Sander van Alphen societal needs comprise building and maintaining safe and reliable buildings and
Philippe Van Bogaert infrastructures while coping with the effects of climate change in a world with scarcer
resources and satisfying the ambition to reduce mankind’s CO2 footprint. Anticipated
sub-themes are therefore amongst others ‘Structural safety and reliability with respect
The Scientific Committee consists to climate change’ and ‘Circularity, re-use and sustainability of structures’. All written
of more than 70 expert members papers submitted are peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee. The large majority
from all over the world of the presentations is delivered orally in normal presentation sessions but also poster
sessions, poster ‘elevator pitch’ sessions, discussion sessions, a Pecha Kucha session
and special sessions will take place. Task Groups of IABSE can apply for these special
sessions. In order to accommodate all sessions and speakers, parallel sessions run
simultaneously in 6 to 8 breakout rooms on the three main congress days. Keynote
speakers introduce relevant topics to the congress theme and/or give a state-of-the-
art overview on these topics. The technical programme will attract all those involved
and interested in the state of the art and the future of bridge and structural
engineering. We invite you to contribute to this IABSE Congress and join us in Ghent in
2021!
Bert H.H. Snijder, Scientific Committee Chair, The Netherlands
Bart De Pauw, Scientific Committee Vice-Chair, Belgium
Preliminary Programme “De Krook” City Library
MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2021
IABSE Annual Meetings
TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2021
IABSE Annual Meetings
WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2021
Congress Opening Ceremony
Keynote Speakers and parallel sessions
Welcome Reception
Young Engineers Event
The Congress
THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2021
The IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 is a large international structural engineering
Keynote Speakers and parallel sessions
conference bringing together scientists, students, designers, contractors,
Conference Dinner
owners and experts from international organisations around the world. The
Congress serves as an important event for stimulating industry discussion,
FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2021
exchange of cutting-edge knowledge and networking. IABSE’s aim as a
Keynote speakers and parallel sessions technical society is to promote the advancement of structural engineering
Congress Closing ceremony practice while taking into account technical, economic, environmental,
Additional technical and social events aesthetic and social aspects. IABSE Congresses are annual events held each
to be determined later September and hosted in all parts of the world. The 3-day format of the
technical Congress follows 2-days of the association’s Annual Meetings. In
recent years the number of delegates to the technical Congress has ranged
between 550 and 1000.
The City
It can’t be a coincidence that Ghent, the capital of East Flanders, was given
several pretty names: medieval Manhattan, historical heart of Flanders, a
city of all times, one of the most beautiful historical cities in Europe.
According to National Geographic Traveler, Ghent is “the most authentic
historic city in the World“. And Lonely Planet called Ghent “Europe’s best
kept secret”. The city combines an impressive past with a vivid present. You
will hardly ever find such a diversity of architectural styles and treasures of
which most are protected as national heritage by UNESCO. Strolling
through Ghent often coincides with an adventurous travel through history.
But above all, Ghent is alive! Here pounds the young heart of a dazzling city
of culture with music, theatre, film and visual arts. A city where cultural
perspectives are constantly renewed and enlarged, where culture is a feast
and where feasting is a form of culture. Not only art lovers but nearly
everyone can find something here to suit his taste. Ghent offers over 500
“Cuberdon” Typical sweets from Ghent restaurants, numerous pubs, pleasant shopping streets and an exciting
nightlife.
Important Dates
February 28, 2020 Call for abstracts
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts should address the conference theme ‘Structural Engineering
September 15, 2020 Deadline for abstract
for Future Societal Needs’. These needs comprise building and
submission
maintaining safe and reliable buildings and infrastructures while coping
November 15, 2020 Notification of with the effects of climate change in a world with scarcer resources and
acceptance abstract satisfying the ambition to reduce mankind’s CO2 footprint. Anticipated
January 21, 2021 Submission deadline for sub-themes are therefore amongst others:
full papers • Structural safety and reliability with respect to climate change;
March 1, 2021 Final Invitation and • Circularity, re-use and sustainability of structures;
registration opens • Emission free building of structures.
April 30, 2021 Notification of
acceptance of full However, also more traditional sub-themes may be addressed, if the
papers and abstract and paper refer to the main conference theme, e.g.:
announcement of • All types of bridges • Fatigue and fracture
presentation types • Large span structures • Structural analysis and
June 15, 2021 Registration deadline • Light-weight structures optimisation
for all presenting • High-rise buildings • Parametric design
authors • All structural materials • Structural behaviour under fire
June 15, 2021 Deadline for early-bird • Structural health monitoring conditions
registration • Design for earthquakes • Soil-structure Interaction
September 20-21, 2021 IABSE Annual Meetings • Case studies
• Exceptional loads on structures
• Failures and forensic engineering
September 22-24, 2021 IABSE Congress Ghent • Safety, reliability and risk
• Strengthening and retrofitting
2021 • Architecture of structures
• Dynamics of structures
• Innovative structures • Additive manufacturing
The abstract must be submitted on: www.iabse.org/Ghent2021
“Het Gravensteen” – Medieval Castle in Historic City Centre
Young Engineers Exhibition & Sponsorship
Programme A commercial exhibition is planned at the Congress venue. This offers
a unique opportunity for companies to display their projects,
All participants born in or after 1987 will
products and services.
benefit from a reduction in their
Companies interested in exhibiting can find information on the
registration fee. In addition, any main
Congress website and are invited to contact to noted link as soon as
author born in or after 1987, who
possible to confirm current availability of exhibition space.
personally presents his or her own paper
A sponsorship programme is also available. For more information
at the Congress, will be considered for
please visit www.iabse.org/Ghent2021 or contact
additional recognition. An independent
IABSE@Ghent2021.org.
jury will select two contributions from
young authors-oral or poster- and each
The Congress is organised such that corporate partners can interact
will receive a prize of 2,000 CHF. The
and engage with the Congress delegates and the engineering
prizes are offered by the IABSE Fellows
community.
and the Organising Committee and will be
presented at the Closing Ceremony of the
Congress.
On September 22, 2021, an evening
Technical Visits
networking event will be organised to Technical Visits to interesting projects and to research facilities
promote the interaction of Young guided by local engineers are planned during the Congress. Visits will
Engineers with IABSE Fellows and also be open to accompanying persons. More detailed information
Congress attendees will be available in the Final Invitation and on the Congress website.
Social Programme
A social programme will be organised for all Congress delegates and
accompanying persons, including the Welcome Reception (included in
the registration fee) and the Gala Dinner. An accompanying persons
program will be organised.
About the Venue
Gent ICC, Ghent’s convention centre, was Getting Here
built in the 1970s by the famous Ghent Ghent is centrally located in Europe, at the crossroads of highways between
architect Bontinck. Even back then, it was Amsterdam, Paris, London, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt. The city is easily
already one of the largest purpose-built accessible by car, by train and by air.
convention centres in Belgium, thanks to
the conference rooms that provided By car
seating for 975 visitors as well as 4 Ghent is situated at the intersection of two major European highways, the
breakout rooms. E17 connects Northern Europe with the Southern countries, and the E40 goes
from the North Sea up to Eastern Europe.
Nowadays, the centre has 15 rooms,
good for more than 15 000 m² of meeting By train
space. It is located just outside the Ghent is easily accessible from all Belgian and European cities and only
historic city centre and next to the half an hour away from Brussels Midi Station. Thanks to the high-speed
famous museum S.M.A.K. All these trains, Eurostar, Thalys and ICE, Ghent is only two hours away from Paris
elements make ICC Gent an excellent and less than three hours from London, Amsterdam and Cologne.
location to host the IABSE Congress By air
Ghent 2021. Ghent is only 45 minutes away from Brussels Airport, which has flights from
over 70 international destinations, operated by more than 140
international and regional airline companies. The other Belgian airports
(Ostend, Antwerp, Liège and Charleroi) serve several European destinations
and have easy and direct connections to Ghent.
Contact
Contact the IABSE Congress Ghent: About IABSE
Hans De Backer The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
Chair Organising Committee (IABSE) is a scientific / technical Association comprising members in 100
IABSE@Ghent2021.org countries and counting 56 National Groups worldwide. Founded in 1929 it
has its seat in Zurich, Switzerland. The President of IABSE (2019-2023) is
Yaojun Ge, China.
IABSE deals with all aspects of structural engineering: the science and art
of planning, design, construction, operation, monitoring and inspection,
maintenance, rehabilitation and preservation, demolition and dismantling
of structures, taking into consideration technical, economic,
environmental, aesthetic and social aspects. The term 'Structures'
includes bridges, buildings and all types of civil engineering structures,
composed of any structural material.
Mission
The aim of the Association is to exchange knowledge and to advance the
practice of structural engineering worldwide in the service of the
profession and society.
IABSE has the following objectives:
• to promote cooperation and understanding among all those
concerned with structural engineering and related fields by
worldwide exchange of knowledge and experience;
• to encourage awareness and responsibility of structural engineers
towards the needs of society;
• to encourage actions necessary for progress in
structural engineering;
• to improve and foster cooperation and understanding between
organisations having similar objectives.
For this purpose, the Association:
• organises conferences worldwide;
• publishes the high-quality journal SEI;
• publishes books reflecting the work of its Technical Groups;
• creates technical groups, as required by new needs and
technological progress;
• offers the possibility to join activities within National Groups of
IABSE;
• offers a programme for Young Engineers;
• presents Annual Awards.
Supporting Partners Congress Sponsors
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