The following Special Sessions are being organized for the Conference.


Asset Management of Infrastructures
Hitoshi Furuta
Kansai University, Takatsuki, Japan
Makoto Kaneuji
Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Bridge Assessment: Some Italian Studies
Riccardo Zandonini
University of Trento, Trento, Italy

Bridge Health Monitoring
Emin Aktan
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Bridge Management Systems in Operation
Paul Thompson
Paul D. Thompson, Castle Rock, Colorado, USA

Bridge Scour
Paulo Cruz
University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

Bridge Testing and Assessment
Fernando Branco
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Cable-Stayed Bridges: Case Studies
Ayaz Malik
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

Dynamics and Field Testing of Bridges
Hani H.A. Nassif
The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Emerging Strategies for Durability Analysis and Service Life Assessment of Bridges
Fabio Biondini
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

The European Funded Research Programme: Toward Knowledge Integration
Livia Pardi
Autostrade, Rome, Italy

Experience with Probability-based Assessment of Bridges
John Bjerrum
The Danish Road Directorate, Ministry of Transport, Copenhagen, Denmark

High-Performance Materials for Bridges
Hani H.A. Nassif
The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Identification, Modeling, Analysis and Control of Uncertainties in Design of Large Span Bridges
Pier Giorgio Malerba
Technical University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Implemented Probability-based Maintenance Management of Bridges in Denmark
Joern Lauridsen
The Danish Road Directorate, Ministry of Transport, Copenhagen, Denmark

Life Cycle Maintenance Models
Jan van Noortwijk
HKV Consultants, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Monitoring-Based Maintenance for Bridge Management and Safety
Sunaryo Sumitro
Keisoku Research Consultant, Co., Tokyo, Japan

New Trends in Bridge Management
Rade Hajdin
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Political and Other Societal Issues of Life-Cycle Costing
Ross B. Corotis
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

Railway Bridge Rehabilitation
Masahiro Sakano
Kansai University, Suita, Japan

Safety of Box Girder Bridges
Rene Maquoi
University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Safety of Bridges Subjected to Extreme Loading Events
Michel Ghosn
City University of New York, NY, USA

Strengthening of Existing Bridges
Wayne Klaiber
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

IASC (International Association for Structural Control) Special Session
Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges
Raimondo Betti and Andrew Smyth
Columbia University, New York, USA

Structural Retrofit to Wind-induced Vibration
Masaru Matsumoto
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Total Asset Management
James Cooper
Federal Highway Administration, Retired
Bridge Technology Consultant
Yozo Fujino
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan