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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Dec 25, 2025
Extended Early Bird Ends: May 20, 2025

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Manchao He
China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing, China
Title: Accurate Prediction of landslide
Professor Manchao He is currently an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), foreign Academician of Argentine National Academy of Engineering (ANI) and Russian Academy of Mining Sciences (AGN), the Director of State Key Laboratory for Tunnel Engineering (TESKL) in Beijing, and Professor of China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing (CUMTB), China. He is the ISRM Fellow, the Chairman of the ISRM NG China and the chairman of ISRM Commission on Rockbursts. He is the President of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (CSRME) and the President of the Chinese Union for Mining Innovation (CUMI). He is mainly engaged in the research of theory and technology of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, including soft rock large deformation mechanism and control, mining technologies, rockburst mechanism, landslide, active fault stability analysis, monitoring and control, etc. He creatively proposed the 110/N00 mining method technological system which has led the third revolution of mining science and technology in China. He successfully invented the novel energy-absorbing NPR (Negative Poisson’s Ratio) bolt/anchor. The bolt, called as “HE-bolt” in the world, can exhibit extraordinarily large elongation at very high working resistance to the external load, and also have an ideal elastic–plastic behavior.
Dr. Enrico Zacchei
University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain
Title: Will Update
Senior Structural Engineer, Researcher, and Adjunct Professor. Visiting Professor at Department of Civil Engineering of the University State of São Paulo (UNESP), Brazil. Visiting Researcher at Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC) of the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium, in Structures. PhD from University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain, in co-tutorship with the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Second PhD from University State of São Paulo (UNESP), Brazil. Master and Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering - Structures, from University of Roma Tre (Uniroma 3), Italy. 10 extension courses at USP and UNESP University. 10 grants/scholarships, 4 of which for stays in R&D centers: USP (2.5 years); UNESP (8 months) under ministerial scholarship "CAPES"; School of Industrial Engineering of the University of Malaga (UMA), Spain (9 months); UCL (3 months) under "WBI excellence scholarship". 2 prizes. 9 years of technical experience in national/international companies and institutes (Italy, Brazil, Portugal) and 7 years of scientific experience. Member of 10 technical projects (5 large projects) and 13 funded research projects (10 more than 500k euro). Coordinator of 4 projects. More than 40 papers published in high impact journals (JCR, Scopus). More than 25 participations/presentations at conferences (8 as Invited/Keynote Speaker). Member of the working group "Seismic behaviour of dams: World relevant cases", ITCOLD, Italy. Member of the research group "CERIS-Coimbra" and "Experimental dynamic analysis of structures", USP. Special Issue Editor for Infrastructures Journal (JCR). Reviewer for more than 15 JCR journals. 2 co-orientations of bachelor/master students. Evaluation member for bachelor degree students. Technical-scientific committee member (8) and organizer of mini-symposia (3) for congresses/events.
Dr. Vaibhav Mittal
CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), India
Title: Importance of Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction over Conventional Approach for Seismic Design of Structures
Dr. Vaibhav Mittal is the former INSPIRE Fellow at CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, India, affiliated with Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). His research focuses on dynamic soil-structure and soil-pile-structure interaction (SSI/SPSI), particularly in the context of seismic performance of buildings. He employs advanced numerical simulations using ABAQUS and conducts experimental studies involving scaled models and laminar shear boxes. A recipient of the DST INSPIRE Fellowship, Dr. Mittal has authored several peer-reviewed papers in leading journals like ASCE and Elsevier, addressing the influence of foundation systems, pile parameters, and soil behavior under seismic loads. He also contributes to academic outreach through webinars and training sessions on finite element modeling in geotechnical engineering.
Dr. José Luís Miranda Dias
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Portugal
Title: Assessment of the impact of environmental actions on the building envelope related to temperature and moisture variations in their infill walls and minimization of their adverse effects
José Luís Miranda Dias obtained his graduation in Civil Engineering (1984) and PhD in Civil Engineering (1998), both at IST Técnico Lisboa/Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (UTL), and currently works as Research Officer at the Department of Buildings of “National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC)”. The main areas of research/interest are related to masonry walls; pathology, conservation and rehabilitation of buildings; construction technology; industrialized construction solutions for buildings; and durability and service life of buildings. The main activities carried out refers to the participation in scientific research projects; development of applied research contract studies; participation in courses, seminars, conferences and lectures; articles in national and international scientific journals; communications at national and international scientific and technical conferences; LNEC reports and technical notes; reviewing activity (peer review) for international scientific journals.
Dr. Jurgita Malaiškienė
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Title: Influence of Differently Prepared Plastic Waste Granules on the Microstructure and Durability of Cementitious Composites
Jurgita Malaiškienė is a chief researcher at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH), where she represents the university in various organisational activities and is actively involved in the doctoral study process. As leader of the VILNIUS TECH School of Binding Materials, she continues the scientific work of experienced researchers. She has published over 80 scientific articles. She has also co-authored a monograph and two textbooks and received 7 Lithuanian patents, as well as submitting 3 applications for European patents. In 2025, she was honoured with a certificate of appreciation from VILNIUS TECH in recognition of her contributions to the university. Her main research areas include utilising various types of waste in cementitious materials. She has published numerous papers on clinker replacement using waste metakaolin, catalyst waste, municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash, biofuel bottom ash, fly ash and glass waste. She has started working on granulating fine particulate waste, such as fly ash, and is conducting research on plastic waste. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Doctoral Committee in Environmental Engineering, actively participating in dissertation defences in both her capacity as a member and as a chair. From 2012 to 2019, she was a member of the LST TK-23 committee, and since 2020, she has been a member of the LST TK-25 'Binder Materials, Gypsum, and Gypsum Products' committee. She has also been a member of the RILEM committee since 2019. She joined the American Ceramic Society in 2022. Since 2023, she has been a guest editor for the journal Materials, focusing on the topic 'Concretes and cement-based composites: Additives/Admixtures, Hydration Process and Durability Research' (Editions 1–3). She served as an expert for the Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LVPA).
Prof. Stathis BOUSIAS
University of Patras, Greece
Title: Will Update
Professor at the Dept. of Civil Engineering of the University of Patras (GR) and Director of Structures Laboratory and Manager of the Shake Table Facility of the Department. Served on the editorial board of Structural Engineering Journal (SEI) of IABSE, ex-member of fib Commission 2 (WG2.2.4), member of the Board of the International Association of Experimental Structural Engineering (IAESE) and Committee member of CEN/TC 250/SC 2 (National mirror Committee
Dr. Huixuan Han
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China
Title: 3D Vibration Analysis of Structural Members and Application
Dr. Huixuan Han is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (JUST), while concurrently serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Civil Engineering at Southeast University, China. Formerly, she was a Joint-PhD student in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Aarhus University, Denmark. Dr. Han's research focuses on structural dynamics and human-induced vibration, with research interests in disaster prevention, vibration mitigation, and composite structures for bridges. She has led multiple projects as Principal Investigator, including grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Fundamental Research Program.