Main Topic:

Resilient Structures

Year 2023 is marked with the 60th anniversary of the Skopje Earthquake, a chronological landmark, evolutional turning point of the Macedonian, as well as European structural engineering. The Symposium topics will reflect on the past 6 decades of gained and applied knowledge in the field of seismic design and its upcoming challenges. In addition, the 2023 MASE Symposium will put a spotlight on global challenges related to climate changes and its effects on demands in structural design, encompassing concepts of robustness, adaptability, sustainability, durability, maintainability and reliability of structures. In this context, the theme of the 20th MASE Symposium is Resilient Structures.

At the opening ceremony, 74th anniversary from the foundation of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UKIM in Skopje will be marked.

The main topic will be covered by technical presentations made by distinguished invited speakers. The symposium will enable a specifically dedicated exhibition area for product and technology demonstrations of companies relevant to the field. Paper submissions covering the main theme will be highly appreciated, however the symposium will cover the following topics in addition:

  • Theoretical and experimental analysis of structures
  • Contemporary methods for structural design and construction
  • Structural health monitoring, performance and damage assessment
  • Maintenance, repair and strengthening of structures
  • Reliability and durability of structures
  • Information and BIM technologies in structural engineering
  • Modern materials and technologies for sustainable development
  • Smart buildings and infrastructure
  • Resilient cities

Keynote/Invited Speakers

Record long span bridges, from Great Belt Fixed Link to Stonecutters and 1915 Çanakkale

Tina VEJRUM

President of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
Senior Technical Director, COWI, Denmark
Affiliated Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

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2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes and Lessons Learnt towards Building Resilient Cities with a Focus on Istanbul

Alper ILKI

Istanbul Technical University, Turkiye
Head of Turkish fib delegation

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European Research Synergies Towards Loss and Risk-Driven Mitigation Approaches

Gerard O'REILLY

Centre for Training and Research on Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE Centre), IUSS Pavia, Italy

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Sustainable concrete engineering - strategies for existing and new structures

Peter MARK

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

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Seismic resilience of confined masonry buildings

Svetlana BRZEV

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Director of International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE)
President of Serbian Association for Earthquake Engineering (SAEE)

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Resilient bridges in seismic areas

Marco NOVARIN

Technical Director of the CEE & ME Zone,
Freyssinet International & Cie, France

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2020 earthquakes in Croatia: from damage assessment process to the national strategies

Josip ATALIC

Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb,
Head of Croatian Centre for Earthquake Engineering

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Skopje Earthquake 1963

Vlatko SESOV

Director of the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology – IZIIS
University Ss Cyril and Methodius in Skopje
Professor of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

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Augmented Twins: Physics and Data in support of Virtualizing Structural Systems

Eleni CHATZI

Assoc. Prof., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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Future Standards for the Determination of General Actions for the Design of Structures and Components

Rüdiger HÖFFER

Prof. Dr.-Ing., Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany

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Scientific Committee

  • Grozde ALEKSOVSKI, North Macedonia
  • Sande ATANASOVSKI, North Macedonia
  • Ana BARICEVIC, Croatia
  • Golubka N. CVETANOVSKA, North Macedonia
  • Petar CVETANOVSKI, North Macedonia
  • Igor DJOLEV, Serbia
  • Liljana DENKOVSKA, North Macedonia
  • Michael FABER, Denmark
  • Vladimir GOCEVSKI, Canada
  • Rade HAJDIN, Serbia
  • Rüdiger HÖFFER, Germany
  • Elena DUMOVA JOVANOSKA, North Macedonia
  • Djordje LAĐINOVIĆ, Serbia
  • Mirjana LABAN, Serbia
  • Ljupco LAZAROV, North Macedonia
  • Duško LUĆIĆ, Montenegro
  • Mirjana MALEŠEV, Serbia
  • Peter MARK, Germany
  • Viktor MARKELJ, Slovenia
  • Zlatko MARKOVIĆ, Serbia
  • Goran MARKOVSKI, North Macedonia
  • Miroslav NASTEV, Canada
  • Tihomir NIKOLOVSKI, North Macedonia
  • Svetlana PETKOVSKA ONČEVSKA, North Macedonia
  • Doncho PARTOV, Bulgaria
  • Ivana BANJAD PEČUR, Croatia
  • Predrag POPOVIĆ, USA
  • Vlastimir RADONJANIN, Serbia
  • Bosko STEVANOVIĆ, Serbia
  • Veronika ŠENDOVA, North Macedonia
  • Vlatko ŠEŠOV, North Macedonia
  • Mladen ULIĆEVIĆ, Montenegro
  • Ales ZNIDARIC, Slovenia

Organizing Committee

  • Darko Nakov
  • Marta Stojmanovska
  • Ana Trombeva-Gavriloska
  • Simona Bogoevska
  • Andrea Serafimovski
  • Daniel Cekov
  • Gjorgji Goshev
  • Goce Lazareski
  • Koce Todorov
  • Denis Popovski
  • Vladimir Vitanov

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