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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Dec 28, 2023
Extended Early Bird Ends: Jan 28, 2024

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Suksun Horpibulsuk
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Title: Mechanistic Performance and Distress Model of Bottom Ash Modified Porous Asphalt Concretes
Prof. Suksun Horpibulsuk obtained a B.Eng. (Civil Engineering) with Honors Award from Khon Kaen University, Thailand in 1996. Prof. Suksun was subsequently granted a scholarship by the Royal Thailand Government to pursue a M.Eng. in Soil Engineering at Asian Institute of Technology and duly completed in 1998. He then received a prestigious MONBUSHO scholarship from the Japanese Government to pursue his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering at Saga University in Japan that he duly completed in 2001.

Prof. Suksun joined Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) as a lecturer in 2002. His outstanding research, teaching and service for the university, community and profession over the years was duly recognized when he was promoted to the level of full professor in 2010. He is an associate fellow of The Royal Society of Thailand, as well as a professor of School of Civil Engineering and a founder director of Center of Excellence in Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure Development at SUT. He is also an Academic Senate member of SUT and Rajamangala University of Technology Isan. He is presently the president of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) – Thailand Chapter, an adjunct professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia and a visiting professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. He also serves as an editor and reviewer for several prestigious national and international journals.

His most significant contributions have been in the field of ground improvement techniques and pavement engineering, specifically issues associated with compaction, earth reinforcement, chemical stabilization and sustainable rigid and flexural pavements. He has been awarded a large number of competitive research grants totalling US$10 million. He has published extensively with over 500 technical publications, including over 350 in leading journals. He has a H-index of 68 (Scopus), 12000+ citations and currently averages 1890 (Scopus) citations per annum. He is a senior professional engineer accredited by Council of Engineers, Thailand and science and technology professional in engineering geology accredited by Council of Science and Technology Professionals, Thailand. He has received Telford Premium Prize from Institution of Civil Engineers, London, UK in 2023. Due to his outstanding contributions for the profession and community as well as his national and international recognition, he was nominated as a TRF Senior Scholar in 2013 and 2016 by the Thailand Research Fund. He received an Outstanding National Researcher award in 2019 from National Research Council of Thailand and a Chair Professor award in 2020 from National Science and Technology Development Agency.
Prof. LIEW Kim Meow
City University of Hong Kong
Title: Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Modern Building Glass Facades Under Fire
Currently, Kim Meow Liew is Yeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Sustainable Engineering in City University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CityU, he was Tenured Full Professor at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and Founding Director of Nanyang Center for Supercomputing and Visualization (Singapore). Professor Liew is Foreign Member of Academia Europaea and Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. Professor Liew accumulated a rich body of experiences in computational and experimental mechanics, nano-mechanics and nanomaterials, multiscale modeling, environmentally friendly materials, and fire safety science and engineering. Over his academic career, Professor Liew has authored/co-authored numerous journal articles, and his publications have been cited over 50,000 times and achieved an h-index of 112. Professor Liew is listed by (1) the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering (since 2001), (2) the Clarivate Analytics as the 2018 Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, and 2019, 2020 and 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field, and (3) Stanford University list as Top 2% most Highly Cited Scientists. To date, Professor Liew has attracted over US$50 million research and development funds from government funding agencies, industries, and higher education institutions. He has graduated over 80 PhD students and supervised over 70 post-doctoral fellows. His students are well received by industries and many of them have become faculty members of universities worldwide.
Prof. Hong Hao
Curtin University, Australia
Title: Will update
Hong Hao is Professor in Earthquake Engineering Research and Test Center, Guangzhou University, China, and John Curtin Distinguished Professor in Curtin University, Australia, and Australian Laureate Fellow. His research interests are structure protection against earthquake, blast and impact loads, and structural condition monitoring. He has over 700 publications in international journals and delivered over 80 keynote presentations in international conferences. His publications have received about 35000 citations with H-Index 95. He has won over five dozen research awards including the Nishino medal and the Charles Bubb Medal. His research results are included in textbooks, adopted in design codes, and used in construction projects around the world. He is the immediate past President of the International Association of Protective Structures and was the president of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society. He is a Distinguished fellow of International Association of Protective Structures, fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers and International Association of Engineering Asset Management.
Prof. Sam Salem
George Mason University, USA
Title: Smart Civil Infrastructure Asset Management
Prof. Dr. Ossama Salem is a professor and former Department Chair of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University (GMU), in the Washington D.C. area in the USA.

He is a Board Member on both the Advisory Council of the Institute for Sustainable Earth at GMU, and Egyptian National Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, as well as a former Executive Director of the Civil Engineering Institute in Virginia. He has more than thirty-five years of professional and academic experience in civil and environmental engineering, sustainable development, Infrastructure sustainability and resilience, green buildings, construction project management and infrastructure asset management. He has received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt; Master’s degree in Construction Management from Clemson University, USA; and Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada. He is a registered Professional Engineer, Certified Professional Construction Manager, and LEED Accredited Professional.

His previous academic experience includes serving on the faculty of Engineering at Syracuse University in New York, University of Cincinnati in Ohio, and North Dakota State University. At Syracuse University, he was the Department Chair and Yabroudi Endowed Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was also the Director of the Center of “Transportation Livability by Integrating Vehicles and the Environment (TranLIVE)”, and a Board Member of the Metropolitan Water Board.

Dr. Salem has authored and co-authored more than 120 peer-reviewed articles; mentored and advised more than 70 MS and PhD students; and generated research funding that exceeded 10 million dollars. He received several research and teaching awards from several national and international organizations, including the prestigious National Educator of the Year award from the Construction Management Association of America. He conducted research and consulting work for many public and private organizations, including several US and Canadian public agencies, the Construction Industry Institute, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, City of Cincinnati, Syracuse Metropolitan Water Board, City of Riyadh and Alberta Ministry of Infrastructure.

Dr. Salem’s research interests include, infrastructure sustainability and resilience, sustainable development, accelerated construction of infrastructure, lean and green construction, project management, Public-Private Partnerships (P3), smart infrastructure, life cycle analysis, and infrastructure asset management. He served on several boards and committees of many national and international organizations, including the US Green Building Council, Transportation Research Board, American Society of Civil Engineers, Construction Research Council, Construction Industry Institute, Syracuse Metropolitan Water Board and International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (iSMARTi). He’s also an elected member of the Global Leadership Forum in Construction Engineering and Management (GLF-CEM).
Prof. Paolo Clemente
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Title: The use of modern anti-seismic technologies for new and existing structures and infrastructures
Paolo Clemente, Research Director at ENEA, Adjunct Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, got his Civil Engineering Degree (summa cum laude) at University Federico II of Naples, and his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering. He also carried out post-doctorate research activities at the Bridges Construction Institute at the Faculty of Engineering of the Univ. Federico II of Naples, Italy. His main fields of interests are as follows: Experimental vibration analysis of structures, System identification, Development and application of new anti-seismic technologies, Suspension bridges, Cable-stayed bridges, Masonry arch bridges, Structural preservation of cultural heritage. Other fields of interest are as follows: Structural stability, Reticular spatial and tension structures, Numerical modelling of bridges, Wind effects on structures, Structural control, Seismic microzoning and Local seismic response.

He was
- Head of “Prevention of natural risks and effects mitigation” (25 people) at ENEA from 2010 to 2015.
-Adjunct professor also at: the Faculty of Engineering of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria; the Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento; L’Aquila University; the telematic University Pegaso. He had collaborated for the courses of Theory and Design of Bridges and Special Structures of the Faculty of Engineering of the University Federico II of Naples. He also gave lessons in doctorate courses, joint master programs and refresher courses for engineers.
-President of Panel “15e – Sciences and technologies for sustainable development and governance: financial, energetic and environmental aspects” and Member of Panel “08 – Civil engineering and architecture”, in the framework of the Italian Research Evaluation (CIVR - VTR 2001-2003) performed in 2005.
-Member of the SOGIN Scientific Committee for the Italian National Deposit (2014-2016).
-Audited several times in parliamentary committees on subjects of his fields of interest.
-Coordinator of EU cooperative research project proposals and took part in several projects.

He took part in several international conferences, also as keynote or invited speaker. He gave the keynote lecture on Modern Anti-Seismic Systems, at the 16th WCEE, held in Santiago, Chile, 09-13 Jan 2017.

He organized several Workshops, Special Sessions in Italian and International Conferences as well as Special Issues of International and Italian Journals.

He is associate editor of the J. of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (JCSHM) and member of the Editorial Boards of some int. journals.

He is: President of Anti-Seismic Systems International Society (ASSISi); Vice chair of Academic Committee of Int. Research Base on Seismic Mitigation and Isolation of Gansu Province (SMIG).

He is Member of: Council of the Int. Society for SHM of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII); Direction Council of the Italian Association of Earthquake Engineering (ANIDIS); Direction Council of the Association ISI; Research center for historic building conservation of Yangze River Delta at Jiaxing, China; Scientific Council of Consortium Fabre.He is the author of more than 400 scientific works in structural engineering and 5 patents.
Prof. M. J. Skibniewski
University of Maryland, USA
Title: Advanced Technologies for Infrastructure Construction
Prof. Mirosław Skibniewski from the University of Maryland (USA) specializes in advanced automation and information technologies for planning, design, construction and operation of built infrastructure. During the last three decades, he has been serving as Editor-in-Chief of Automation in Construction, an international research journal with the highest Impact Factor among all Civil Engineering journals listed in the coveted Web of Science database. He is an author/coauthor of over 400 technical publications, including his latest co-authored book titled Artificial Intelligence in Construction Engineering and Management.

Skibniewski holds MS and PhD degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. Among his accolades are the U.S. National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, American Society of CIvil Engineers W.L. Huber Research Prize, and the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction Tucker-Hasegawa Research Award. Skibniewski is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Construction and a member of several foreign academies of engineering.
Prof. Mark Bomberg
Clarkson University, USA
Title: Que Vadis Domine – Developing a Ford Model T approach for the next generation of residential buildings
MARK BOMBERG, Technology D. (Lund U., Sweden 1974), D. Science in Engineering (Warsaw), technical coordinator of the virtual network Environmental Quality Management (EQM) Tech, U, Poland, 1965), is a Research Prof. at Mechanical Eng., Clarkson U, Potsdam NY, RD Manager of DFIE, Inc., Honorary Member of Building Enclosure Technology and Environment (BETEC) Committee of the National Institute of Building Science (NIBS) in Washington, DC. He worked at National Research Council of Canada (1975-2000) and was an Editor-in-Chief of J. Building Physics (1984-2018) He lives in Canada but works in the US and Europe. He was teaching in, the US, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Poland and China. He is a Guest Editor in Journals: Energies and Sustainability (MPDI, Switzerland). SJEE (USA) He received the highest awards in building physics in the US and Canada.

His research background includes heat, air and moisture, material science and durability of construction materials. He wrote more than 220 peer reviewed papers and 7 books, has 83,000 reads,and 1,300 citations on the Research Gate.
Prof. Anna Romańska-Zapała
Cracow University of Technology MLBE, Poland
Title: Que Vadis Domine – Developing a Ford Model T approach for the next generation of residential buildings
ANNA ROMAŃSKA-ZAPAŁA, Cracow TU, Dr. Sc. (Eng.) leads Infotronics lab. at Electrical and Computer Eng. of Cracow U of T.Parallel to leading the laboratory of Microtronics at Electrical and Computer Engineering, where She graduated in 1995 at the Mining and Iron Production Academy (AGH) specializing in the Automatics and Robotics, completed PhD in 2001 with dissertation “Effect of vibro-acoustical inconvenience on quality of work by the operator of the machine” working at AGH. In 2013 started work at the Cracow University of Technology (CUT) to create first the “Laboratory for Integrated Control Systems” and next to create a system testing laboratory in a new heating, cooling and ventilation for low energy buildings (MLBE) (from 2014 to 2017). She was responsible for control and data acquisition system allowing different HVAC equipment to work eave measured their field performance.

she optimizes algorithms for steering and control of the HVAC processes in low energy buildings, she is also involved in the interdisciplinary team studying the field of ergonomics, and interactions between physical factors and psycho-physiological reaction of humans to form a working continuum
Prof. Chengqing Wu
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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