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Scope

The following is a non-comprehensive list of key topics covered by the conference.

Key Dates

Plenary Keynote Speakers

Professor R. Al-Mahaidi	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia
Professor T. Aravinthan	University of Southern Queensland	Australia
Professor Jian-Fei Chen	Southern University of Science and Technology	China
Professor P. Feng	Tsinghua University	China
R. Kanitkar	KL Structures Group	USA
M. Kemp	Wagners	Australia
Professor T. Ueda	Shenzhen University	China

Organising Committee

S.T. Smith (Chair)	University of Adelaide / Southern Cross University	Australia
T. Yu (Chair)	University of Wollongong	Australia
D. Fernando (Chair)	University of Queensland	Australia
Z.Y. Wang (Chair)	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
E. Del Rey Castillo	University of Auckland	New Zealand
H. Fang	University of Adelaide	Australia
A. Hadigheh	University of Sydney	Australia
Y.Y. Lim	Southern Cross University	Australia
A. Thabet	Southern Cross University	Australia
J.Q. Yang	Tsinghua University	China
D. Sims (Secretary)	Southern Cross University	Australia
N. Sirach (Secretary)	Southern Cross University	Australia
A. Tang (Secretary)	Southern Cross University	Australia

International Scientific Committee

R. Al-Mahaidi	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia
T. Aravinthan	University of Southern Queensland	Australia
Y. Bai	Monash University	Australia
C.E. Bakis	Pennsylvania State University	USA
L.C. Bank	City College of New York	USA
J. Barros	University of Minho	Portugal
A. Belarbi	University of Houston	USA
B. Benmokrane	University of Sherbrooke	Canada
K. Benzarti	IFSTTAR	France
L.A. Bisby	University of Edinburgh	UK
A. Castel	University of New South Wales	Australia
G.M. Chen	South China University of Technology	China
J.F. Chen	Southern University of Science and Technology	China
L. Cheng	University of California - Davis	USA
J.R. Correia	University of Lisbon	Portugal
K. Crews	University of Technology Sydney	Australia
J.G. Dai	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	China
L. De Lorenzis	Technical University Braunschweig	Germany
R. Eid	Shamoon College of Engineering	Israel
R. El-Hacha	University of Calgary	Canada
A. Fam	Queen’s University	Canada
P. Feng	Tsinghua University	China
E. Ferrier	Université Lyon I	France
S.J. Foster	University of New South Wales	Australia
E. Ghafoori	EMPA	Switzerland
N.F. Grace	Lawrence Tech University	USA
R.J. Gravina	RMIT University	Australia
M.F. Green	Queen’s University	Canada
M. Griffith	University of Adelaide	Australia
M. Guadagnini	University of Sheffield	UK
M. Hadi	University of Wollongong	Australia
H. Hao	Curtin University	Australia
K.A. Harries	University of Pittsburgh	USA
I.E. Harik	University of Kentucky	USA
T. Ibell	University of Bath	UK
R. Kalfat	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia
T. Keller	EPFL	Switzerland
R. Kotynia	Technical University of Lodz	Poland
Y.J. Kim	University of Colorado Denver	USA
X. Ma	University of South Australia	Australia
A. Manalo	University of Southern Queensland	Australia
F. Matta	University of South Carolina	USA
P. Mendis	University of Melbourne	Australia
M. Motavalli	EMPA	Switzerland
J.J. Myers	Missouri University of Science and Technology	USA
A. Nanni	University of Miami	USA
T. Ngo	University of Melbourne	Australia
T. Ozbakkaloglu	Texas State University	USA
C. Paulotto	Acciona	Spain
G. Ranzi	University of Sydney	Australia
H. Rasheed	Kansas State University	USA
S. Rizkalla	North Carolina University	USA
H. Ronagh	University of Western Sydney	Australia
B. Samali	University of Western Sydney	Australia
J.W. Schmidt	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark
J. Sena-Cruz	University of Minho	Portugal
R. Seracino	North Carolina State University	USA
R. Shrestha	University of Technology Sydney	Australia
T. Stratford	University of Edinburgh	UK
S. Taylor	Queen’s University Belfast	UK
J.G. Teng	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	China
T. Ueda	Hokkaido University	Japan
P. Visintin	University of Adelaide	Australia
D.Y. Wang	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
X. Wang	Southeast University	China
Y.F. Wu	RMIT University	Australia
Z.S. Wu	Ibaraki University / Southeast University	Japan/China
G.J. Xian	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
W.C Xue	Tongji University	China
I. Yoshitake	Yamaguchi University	Japan
Q.Q. Yu	Tongji University	China
S.S. Zhang	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China
X.L. Zhao	University of New South Wales	Australia
Y. Zhuge	University of South Australia	Australia

Awards

The following awards will be presented at the conference.

One paper in the “Strengthening of Existing Structures” category

One paper in the “New Construction” category

One paper in the “Practical Application” category

(Notes: Best paper awards will only be presented to award quality papers, as determined by the APFIS 2019 Awards Committee comprising of selected members from the International Scientific Committee. Papers must be presented at the conference to be eligible for an award.)

Enquiries

Email: apfis2019@scu.edu.au