IAFSS 2026
Committees
Symposium Planning Co-Chairs (SPCC)

Prof. Yuji Nakamura
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Dr. Yi Wang
FM, USA
Program Scientific Co-Chairs (PSCC)

Prof. Eulalia Planas
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Prof. Stanislav Stoliarov
University of Maryland, USA
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Prof. Thomas Rogaume, Chair
Université de Poitiers, France

Prof. Benjamin Batiot
Université de Poitiers, France

Prof. Franck Richard
Université de Poitiers, France
Program Communication Co-Chairs (PCCC)

Prof. Xinyan Huang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Prof. Pedro Reszka
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
Program Proceedings Co-Chairs

Prof. Luke Bisby
The University of Edinburgh, UK

Prof. Bart Merci
Ghent University, Belgium
Poster & Image Committee Co-Chairs

Prof. Pascal Boulet
Université de Lorraine, France

Dr. Alex Filkov
University of Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Miho Seike
Hiroshima University, Japan
Workshop Committee Co-Chairs

Prof. Rory Hadden
The University of Edinburgh, UK

Dr. Randy McDermott
National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

Prof. Maria Thomsen
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chairs

Prof. Anthony Abu
University of Canterbury, NZ

Dr. Sara McAllister
USA
Early Career Committee Co-Chairs

Prof. Vinny Gupta
University of Waterloo, Canada

Dr. Mélanie Rochoux
CERFACS, France

Prof. Yuxin Zhang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Awards Committee Co-Chairs

Prof. Carlos Fernández-Pello
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Dr. Tuula Hakkarainen
VTT Technical Research Center, Finland

Prof. Erica Kuligowski
RMIT University, Australia
IAFSS Chair

Prof. Naian Liu
University of Science and Technology, China
IAFSS Past Chair

Dr. Brian Meacham
Crux Consulting, USA
16th IAFSS Symposium Local Host

Prof. Andres Fuentes
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Secretary

Victoria Cuff
UK
Program Scientific Committee Members

Prof. Eleni Asimakopoulou
University of Central Lancashire

Prof. Tarek Beji
Ghent University

Prof. Yan Ding
China University of Geosciences

Prof. Bogdan Dlugogorski
Charles Darwin University

Prof. Natalia Flores Quiroz
Stellenbosch University

Dr. Jason Floyd
UL Fire Safety Research Institute

Prof. Gaëlle Fontaine
Université de Lille

Prof. Andres Fuentes
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Prof. Thomas Gernay
Johns Hopkins University

Prof. Michael Gollner
University of California Berkeley

Prof. Simo Hostikka
Aalto University

Prof. Richard Hull
University of Central Lancashire

Dr. Haukur Ingason
RISE

Prof. Jie Ji
University of Science and Technology of China

Prof. Nils Johansson
Lund University

Prof. Kazunori Kuwana
Tokyo University of Science

Prof. David Lange
University of Queensland

Prof. Jiao Lei
University of Science and Technology of China

Dr. Isaac Leventon
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dr. Andrea Lucherini
Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute

Dr. Eric Mueller
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Prof. Shuna Ni
University of Maryland

Prof. Daniel Nilsson
University of Canterbury

Prof. Rosario Ono
University of São Paulo

Prof. Elsa Pastor
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Prof. Sayaka Suzuki
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Prof. Qingsong Wang
University of Science and Technology of China

Prof. Elisabeth Weckman
University of Waterloo

Dr. James White
FM

Dr. Dong Zeng
FM
Exhibition
Showcase your company at IAFSS 2026. You are a startup, a SME, a large corporation... You want to exhibit new products, new technologies, new researches...

Call for papers
The call for papers will be open soon. Manuscripts must be original work and must not have been submitted to another forum.

Agenda
September 24, 2025 : Submission deadline for full papers — November 14, 2025 : Reviews and requests for rebuttal are sent to authors. See more : click on the link below
