9-11 September 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand

The IABSE Symposium 2009 on 'Sustainable Infrastructure Environment Friendly, Safe and Resource Efficient' has been held from 9-11 September 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. More than 500 academics, researchers and practitioners from all over the world intensively discussed applicable solutions on how to achieve sustainable infrastructure through planning, design, operation, renovation, retrofitting and repairs. (for more information on the conference >>>read here).

Key Note Lecture held by GRF President Walter J. Ammann

GRF Davos President Walter J. Ammann had the honor to give a key-note lecture at the Opening Plenary Session on “On the Role of Structural Engineering in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Increase”. He in particular pointed out the importance of resilience increase in the design and operation of critical infrastructure systems. The key-note lecture can be downloaded as a pdf here.