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Fourth Symposium Announcement

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The annual symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures(IASS 2022)will be affiliated with 13th Asian-Pacific Conference on Shell and Spatial Structures (APCS 2022). You can get more information from the website: http://www.iass2022.org.cn/.

 

DATES AND FORMAT

The symposium will be held on 19-22 September 2022 in hybrid online and in-person format. The venue in-person format is at Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China.

 

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE (Beijing Time)

 

REGISTRATION FEES

Note:

1.All delegates outside China should pay the registration fee as an on-line delegate first, and then pay the remaining fee when they have met the requirements and can enter in accordance with China's epidemic prevention regulations.

2.As a member of IASS, the registration fee is much less than that of no-members, especially for students. You are welcome to join the IASS.    (https://iass-structures.org/Join-Us)

 

THEME AND TOPICS

The theme of the symposium is: Innovation, Sustainability and Legacy.

The theme of the symposium covers all aspects of shell and spatial structures and will include but not limited to the following topics:

1.Cooling and Solar Updraft Towers(WG 3)

2.Masts and Towers(WG 4)

3.Concrete Shell Roofs/ Future Challenges in the Design and Construction of Shell Structures for Low or Zero Carbon(WG 5)

4.Retractable Tension and Membrane Structures/ Tension Structures and Sustainable Society(WG 6)

5.Metal Gridshell Structures, Connections, and Stability/ Dynamic Response of Metal Spatial Structures (WG 8)

6.Timber and Bio-based Concepts for Sustainable Innovation in Construction(WG12)

7.Computational Methods/ Next Generation Parametric Design(WG 13)

8.Structural Morphology(WG 15)

9.Historical Spatial Structures/ Sustainable Heritage: Challenges and Strategies in the Preservation and Conservation of 20th Century Historic Concrete Shells(WG 17)

10.Life-Cycle Design and Assessment of Shell and Spatial Structures(WG 18)

11.Teaching of Shell and Spatial Structures Facilitating Innovation, Sustainability and Legacy(WG 20)

12.Advanced Manufacturing and Materials/ 3D-Printing and Molding(WG 21)

13.Innovation in New Concepts and Projects

14.Sustainability in Refurbished Facilities

15.Legacy of Antiquity Structures and Modern Exploitation

16.Disaster Mitigation, Wind and Earthquake Effects

17.Snow and Ice Engineering

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

Engineers, architects, researchers and anyone interested in shell and spatial structures are invited to submit abstracts of 300-400 words in English and participate this Symposium. Please log in the symposium website to download the abstracts template. (http://www.iass2022.org.cn/callforpaper.html)

 

KEY DATES

Submission of abstracts:

Jan. 31, 2022

Mar.31,2022

Notification of preliminary acceptance:

Feb. 28, 2022

April.30,2022

Submission of final papers:

Apr. 30, 2022

May.31,2022

Notification of final acceptance:

May 31, 2022

June.30,2022

 

HANGAI PRIZE

Hangai Prizes annually recognize talented young researchers, designers, and engineers under the age of thirty who working in the field of shell and spatial structures. This recognition is achieved by selecting outstanding submissions to the Annual IASS Symposium in the form of research papers, resumes of design projects, or presentations of innovative ideas. For more information, please check the Hangai Prize website (https://iass-structures.org/Hangai-Prize).

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Email: IASS2022@vip.126.com

Website: www.IASS2022.org.cn

 

Fourth Symposium Announcement of IASS/APCS 2022

Important Dates

Submission of abstracts:

31 March,2022

Notification of preliminary acceptance:

30 April,2022

Submission of final papers:

30 June,2022

Notification of final acceptance:

15 July,2022

Contact Us

Email:IASS2022@vip.126.com

 

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