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

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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.

Call for papers

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

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