5th International Conference on

THE CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO STRUCTURAL DESIGN

06-08 July 2011 in MILAN, ITALY

Conference Chairmen: Prof Milano

Call for Papers of the following Themes:
Tall Buildings
RC Structures
Bridges
Precast Structures
Large and Spatial Structures
Conceptual Design of Underground and Tunnelling Structures
Composite Structures and new materials
Conceptual Design in Upgrading and Repairing
Heritage and Historical Aspects
Education and Environmental aspects
Case Studies
Miscellaneous


The themes are not exhaustive and submissions which fall within the conference title, may be accepted and included for presentation


Special Sessions
You are invited to propose a Thematic Session.
Thematic sessions are very small and specialized events to be held during the conference as a set of oral presentations that are highly specialized in some particular theme or consisting of the works of some particular international project. The goal of special sessions (minimum 4 papers; maximum 8) is to provide a focused discussion on innovative topics.

Each prospective organiser is invited to submit a proposal explaining the targeted topic's novelty/importance and listing the contributing authors and their contributions.

A special “OWICS” session will be organized specifically for papers presented by past OWICS authors.

IMPORTANT DATES-CDS11

-Deadline for submission of abstracts: 01 March 2011
-Notification for acceptance: 15 March 2011
-Full text to be received by: 31 May 2011
-Conference dates are: 05-07 July 2011

We invite technical papers, co-sponsors, desk-top exhibitors, advertisers etc etc

Send you abstract (A4 page) to:
CI-Premier Pte Ltd, 150 Orchard Road #07-14, Orchard Plaza, Singapore 238841
TEL: 065-6733-2922 FAX: 065-6235-3530 EM: ci-p@cipremier.com WEB: CI Premier

History:
1st conference – 2001 - Singapore
2nd conference - 2003 - Singapore
3rd conference – 2005 - Milan, Italy
4th conference – 2007 - Venice, Italy


The CDS Conference “Steering” Committee:
Honorary Chairman: Em Prof Seng Lip Lee, National University of Singapore.
Perm Chairman: Prof Franco Mola, Politecnico di Milan, Italy
Conference Director: Er John S Y Tan, CI-Premier Pte Ltd, Singapore