2nd Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures (IWSS 2023)

Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures (IWSS 2023)
Second Edition

26th - 28th June 2023
Politecnico di Torino - Castello del Valentino - Turin (Italy)
endorsed by IASS - International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures (IWSS 2023), to be held at Castello del Valentino - Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, on June 26-28, 2023.

The technical program of IWSS 2023 includes three days of keynote lectures and talks regarding experimental and theoretical studies, analysis methods and approaches for the design, computational form finding, structural optimization, manufacturing, testing and maintenance techniques and historical reviews of all types of shell and spatial structures. These may include, but are not limited to, tension and membrane structures, framed and lattice structures, gridshells and active-bending structures, shell roofs, tensegrity structures, pneumatic and inflatable structures, active and deployable structures, concrete, metal, masonry, timber and bio-based, spatial structures.

The Conference will be held in presence and online.

Authors willing to present a paper are kindly invited to submit an abstract with up to max 1000 characters (figures and tables cannot be included) before March 15, 2023, through the online submission system available on the conference website at https://sites.google.com/view/iwss/iwss2023/abstract-submission

Short paper (6-10 pages) submission is open until April 30, 2023. Accepted papers will be indexed on SCOPUS on the book series Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Springer). For more information visit: https://sites.google.com/view/iwss/iwss2023/registration

For further details on IWSS 2023, please visit the Conference website: https://sites.google.com/view/iwss/iwss2023. For any questions and information, please email iwss@polito.it

Important dates:

• Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2023
• Short-paper (6-10 pages) submission deadline: 30 April 2023
• Early-bird registration deadline: 30 April 2023
• Conference: 26-28 June 2023

The Venue

Organizing committee

Members

Giuseppe Marano, Federico Accornero, Valerio De Biagi, Erica Lenticchia, Fabio Bazzucchi, Gianfranco Piana, Laura Sardone, Yulia Shevchenko, Costanza Anerdi, Stefanos Sotiropoulos, Jonathan Melchiorre, Marco Rosso, Raffaele Cucuzza, Carla Serra, Gabriele Betagnoli, Fiammetta Venuti, Devid Falliano, Daniel David Suarez Riera.

Scientific committee

Sigrid Adriaenssens, Alberto Carpinteri, Rosario Ceravolo, Bernardino Chiaia, Pierluigi D'Acunto, Giuseppe Ferro, Stefano Gabriele, Simon Guest, Stefano Invernizzi, Giuseppe Lacidogna, Nikols Lagaros, Carlos Lázaro, Amedeo Manuello, Giuseppe Marano, Enzo Marino, Francesco Marmo, Andrea Micheletti, Carlo Olivieri, Makoto Ohsaki, Vittorio Paris, Giuseppe Ruta, Salvatore Sessa, Francesco Tornabene, Valerio Varano.

We look forward to seeing you in Turin!

Best regards,
The Organizing Committee of IWSS 2023

2nd IWSS 2023 Secretariat
26-28 JUNE 2023
Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering
Castello del Valentino - Politecnico di Torino - Turin (Italy)
E-mail: iwss@polito.it
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/iwss/home