Plenary & Keynote Speakers

Dr. Maria do Carmo Conde
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Keynote Speaker

Adjunct Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at Lisbon School of Engineering. PhD in Civil Engineering in the specialty of Geotechnics from Nova University Lisbon. Her main research interests include thermo‑hydro‑mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils, soil‑atmosphere interaction, and laboratory characterization of geomaterials. She participated in research projects and has authored and co-authored in national and international conference papers.

Topic of Keynote: Influence of Climatic Factors on the Performance of Geotechnical Works
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Dr. Muhammad Shafique
Brunel University London, UK
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Muhammad Shafique is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University London, Since May 2022. Prior to this, he was a Postdoc fellow in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degree in Architecture and Civil Engineering from the City University of Hong Kong and his M.Eng in Smart City and Construction Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, Korea. Dr. Shafique’s research uses life cycle assessment, circular economy, and scenario modeling to identify the environmental problems of emerging products and systems. Historically, our society has taken a reactionary approach to the environment. By proactively understanding the environmental issues of technologies that are still under development, we can identify a greater number of optimal options and innovative solutions to avoid or reduce negative consequences. Shafique works on interdisciplinary topics including sustainable construction and transportation systems, green buildings, building information modeling (BIM), carbon-neutrality, sustainable design of energy systems, advanced fuels, sustainable and smart materials, machine learning, energy, environment & economics nexus, and climate change adaptation.

Topic of Keynote: Driving the Future: The Role of Electromobility towards A Net Zero Transportation
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Dr. Maged A. Youssef
The University of Western Ontario, Canada
keynote Speaker

Dr. Maged A. Youssef is a Professor at Western University, Canada’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Elsevier consistently recognizes him as one of the top 2% of civil engineering researchers globally. His expertise spans earthquake engineering, structural fire engineering, prefabrication, and modular construction. Dr. Youssef pioneered utilizing Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) to enhance infrastructure resilience, particularly in response to seismic events and fire hazards. His contributions to the design and optimization of reinforced concrete and modular steel structures have resulted in several patents and numerous high-impact publications in leading journals and conferences.

Throughout his career, Dr. Youssef has been a driving force in bridging the gap between academia and industry, facilitating the application of cutting-edge technologies in real-world settings. His collaborations with international researchers and industry leaders have significantly advanced the development of seismic-resilient structures, and his work continues to shape the future of infrastructure design, particularly in hazard mitigation for buildings and bridges.

Topic of Keynote: Enhancing Seismic Resilience of Reinforced Concrete and Modular Steel Structures Using Shape Memory Alloys
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Dr. Kamyab Zandi
Director and CEO at Timezyx Inc., Canada/Sweden
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Zandi is the Founding Director and CEO of Timezyx (https://www.timezyx.com/), a leading firm in the Infrastructure Management and Risk Assessment industry that utilizes advanced structural modeling and Artificial Intelligence for infrastructure resilience. Under his leadership, Timezyx has been developing Structural Digital Twins for buildings and infrastructures, thereby enhancing resilience and revolutionizing risk assessment in the face of extreme climate events. With a portfolio of over 100 scientific articles, Dr. Zandi has made a profound impact on structural engineering, including structural assessment and analysis, structural simulation and modeling, structural health monitoring, structural forensic engineering, and structural codes and standardization. He is also an affiliated member of the Structures and Composites Lab at Stanford University and the Principal Investigator of the research area Digital Twin of Civil Infrastructures. He serves as the co-convenor of the International Federation for Structural Concrete fib TG3.2 – Modeling of Structural Performance of Existing Concrete Structures, member of fib TG3.5 – Forensic engineering, and member of the technical committee at IWSHM – International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring.

Topic of Keynote: Structural Digital Twins of Structures and Infrastructure
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