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Keynote Speakers
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Professor Dr. Charalampos (Lambis) Baniotopoulos is Chair of Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Birmingham, UK, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (RWTH 1987, LUH 2011, FUB 2019 & TUB 2022) and Honorary Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology. For more than three decades he coordinated teaching and research in Structural Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki where he was appointed Full Professor of Civil Engineering in 1998 and in 2007 Chair of the Civil Engineering Department till 2011. That year he was appointed Chaired Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK, where since then systematically works on the adaptation of Artificial Intelligence to Civil Engineering Infrastructure with focus on the Wind Energy Infrastructure. Professor Baniotopoulos successfully carried out 65 international research projects, he was the TU1304 COST Action-Chair (2014-18) and currently the CA20109-Vice-Chair (2021-25). He is author/editor of 25 scientific books, and 480 scientific papers. Baniotopoulos was also delegate at a plethora of International Organisations (CEN, CISM, CESAER, RFCS, DC COST etc) and Editorial Board member in 15 prominent Engineering journals. He collaborates with a plethora of leading Technical Universities from all EU countries and around the world. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/civil/baniotopoulos-charalampos.aspx |
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Wioleta Barcewicz, Ph.D., Eng. is an Associate Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering. Her area of research interests are steel and composite steel-concrete building structures and special metal structures (among others lattice towers). She is a Council member of the Polish Chamber of Steelwork (PIKS) and the representative of PIKS in the Technical Management Board of the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) and ECCS Technical Committee TC11 “Composite Structures” as the Scientific Secretary. She is a Vice Chairman of the Technical Committee TC 128 “Design and Construction of Metal and Composite Structures” of the Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN) and the Polish delegate for CEN/TC250/SC4. https://www.il.pw.edu.pl/member/barcewicz-wioleta/ |
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PhD, Eng. Edyta Bernatowska Assistant Professor, eb.v.prz.edu.pl Rzeszów University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture Areas of research interest are steel structures in particular tensile bolted lap connections: net section resistance, block bearing resistace and the influence of the shear lag effect on the tensile capacity for asymmetrically loaded elements (e.g. angles connected by one leg). https://eb.v.prz.edu.pl/ |
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Prof. Piotr Iwicki https://pg.edu.pl/p/piotr-iwicki-11101 |
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Slawomir Labocha, Ph.D., Eng. is an Assistant Professor at the Academy of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, Faculty of architecture, construction and applied arts. His area of research interests are steel, composite steel-concrete building structures, advanced numerical analysis and special structures in energy industry (among others foundations and support structures of energy stations and transmission line towers). He is a designer of support structures of most important 400kV OHL in Poland. He is a Council member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) and member of ECCS Technical Committee TC11 “Composite Structures”. He is a member of the Technical Committee TC 80 “General Design of Transmission Lines” of the Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN). https://www.wst.com.pl/files/biogramy_wabis/labocha_slawomir.pdf |
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Prof. Wojciech Lorenc deals with steel and steel-concrete structures. He is a full professor at Faculty of Civil Engineering of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. His research and practical activity is focused on steel-concrete composite bridges and especially on composite dowel shear connection and steel-concrete hybrid beams. He developed scientific concepts and engineering solutions that are the basis of new type of modern steel-concrete bridges to be covered by new design rules “Eurocode 4 — Design of composite steel and concrete structures – Part 1-102: Composite Dowels” (currently prCEN/TS 1994-1-102). He is the author of the concepts and designer of various bridges in which the developed solutions were implemented. https://k2-wbliw.pwr.edu.pl/pracownicy/wojciech-lorenc |
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Jakub Marcinowski is a full professor at Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering in University of Zielona Góra, Poland. Structural stability phenomena and the shell buckling in particular are the main fields of his scientific activity. He is an author or co-author of more than 270 journal and conference papers and other publications. Since 2008 he is a member of Task Working Group TWG8.4 (stability of shells) acting within European Convention for Constructional Steelwork, ECCS. He is a member of the technical committee ECCS TC8 “Stability”. He is also a member of three evolution groups of European Committee for Standardization (CEN) acting in frames of TC 250/SC 3 on amendments to existing European standards: WG 15 "Evolution of EN 1993-4-1 - Silos", WG 16 "Evolution of EN 1993-4-2 - Tanks", WG 6 "Evolution of EN 1993-1-6 - Shell structures". He is the author or co-author of many technical opinions on steel structures generally and steel silos particularly. https://pers.uz.zgora.pl/pracownik-16036 |
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Prof. Martin Mensinger (Technical University of Munich) deals with issues of steel, light metal and composite construction. His research focuses on steel and composite bridge construction, the assessment of historical steel structures and the fire protection of steel and composite structures. There he was able to make significant scientific contributions with his research on the membrane effect of composite corners in case of fire, the development of a natural fire curve for fires in cavities of suspended ceilings and raised floors, as well as on the influence of hot-dip galvanizing on the heating behavior of steel components. Mensinger has been and continues to be involved in the development of new innovative construction methods. In bridge construction, examples include the VTF-Rail construction method and the Greißelbach pilot bridge; in building construction, the development of the sustainable Top-Floor-Integral floor system or the development of new types of ultra-high load-bearing composite columns (bar-bundle columns, plate-lamella columns). Other research areas include historic steel structures, additive manufacturing of metal components using SLM, and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) during the design phase of structural engineering structures, which he first applied in the development of Sustainable Office Designer, a SketchUp plug-in for generating sustainable structural systems for composite office buildings. https://www.professoren.tum.de/en/mensinger-martin |
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Prof. Günter Seidl since 2018 is Professor of Steel and Steel Composite Construction and Head of Construction Laboratory for Structural Engineering (BKI) at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Since 2009 to 2018 he was working in SSF Ingenieure AG as bridge and civil engineer and since 2004 as Head of Application Development developing and implementing many new bridge technologies, especially VFT method and composite dowels. He was the leader of international RFCS Preco-beam project that resulted in invention and implementation of composite dowels. His first bridges with this new shear connection laid the foundations for later development of hybrid sections and other forms using composite dowels. https://www.fh-potsdam.de/en/university-network/people/gunter-seidl |
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Prof. Markus Schäfer deals especially with composite constructions in steel and concrete and the holistic approach to bring together the elements from structural engineering, building materials, construction methods and design. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Schäfer studied at the University of Wuppertal. After his study, he worked as PhD-student in the department of steel and composite structures at University of Wuppertal, supervised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hanswille. There he was involved in the implementation of the National Codes for composite constructions. Furthermore, he did researches for international companies. The focus of his investigation was primarily on composite systems and fire design. Main topic was the research on composite beams and the evolution of design rules for slim-floor girders. He finished his doctoral thesis with distinction in 2007. During his post-doctoral professional activities as technical manager in the construction industry, he was involved in projects in Germany, France and Luxembourg. He led project teams for the realization of building projects in “design & building”, he was responsible for the development of alternative structural solutions and the junction of structural design and execution. At the end of 2013, Schäfer started at the University of Luxembourg. In July 2017, he received a full-professorship for Structural Engineering and Composite Structures. Today he continues the research about composite structures in steel and concrete at the University of Luxemburg in collaboration with INCEEN (Institute of Civil Engineering & Environment at the University of Luxemburg) and other research institutes. Furthermore, he is strongly engaged in further development of the European Design Codes for Composite Structures in Steel and Concrete (EuroCode 4). https://www.uni.lu/fstm-en/people/markus-schafer/ |
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Lucjan Ślęczka, professor at Rzeszów University of Technology. Chairmen of the Technical Committee TK128 Design and Construction of Metal and Composite Structures of the Polish Committee for Standardization. https://sleczka.v.prz.edu.pl/ |
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Prof. Michał Wójcik https://pg.edu.pl/p/michal-wojcik-16049 |
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Prof. Dr. Olivier Vassart has been working at ArcelorMittal since 2002 when he joined the R&D team in Luxembourg. He held several roles in ArcelorMittal Global R&D, specifically in the field of applied construction research and development. In 2015, he joined the leadership team of ArcelorMittal Global R&D, taking the responsibility for the portfolio dedicated to construction, infrastructures and Long Products. Since November 2018, Olivier Vassart is the CEO of Steligence®, the new Business division of ArcelorMittal devoted to Construction solutions. In addition to his activities with ArcelorMittal, he is Professor of Steel, composite construction and Fire Engineering at the University Catholic of Louvain in Belgium. Olivier Vassart is a graduate in civil engineering in construction and environment, and holds a PhD in structural fire engineering. |
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Professor Krzysztof Żółtowski a faculty member at the Gdańsk University of Technology and a designer. He works on numeric analysis of structure load-carrying capacity, tension structures, cable-stayed and suspension bridges, structure dynamics, and diagnostics. He participated in designing bridges over the Oder and Vistula Rivers as well as sport arena roofs in Turin, Stuttgart, Gdynia and PGE Arena Gdańsk - the main designer. He was also the leader of consulting teams developing repair programs and assessments for the roof structures of the Silesia Stadium in Chorzów and the National Stadium in Warsaw. https://pg.edu.pl/p/krzysztof-zoltowski-3375 |
