Dr. Venkatesh Kodur is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University. He also serves as Director of the Centre on Structural Fire Engineering and Diagnostics at Michigan State University. His research interests include: Evaluation of fire resistance of structural systems through large scale fire experiments and numerical modeling and Characterization of materials under high temperature. His research contributions has lead to the development of fundamental understanding on the fire behavior of material and structural systems and also resulted in numerous design approaches and innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing fire-resistance of structural systems. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences, and has given numerous invited key-note presentations. He is one of the highly cited authors in Civil Engineering and as per Google Scholar, he has more than 12,000+ citations with an "h” index of 61. The methodologies, techniques and design guidelines, resulting from his research, have been incorporated in to various codes and standards, as well practical applications, in the US and around the world and are instrumental in minimizing the destructive impact of fire in the built infrastructure. Prof. Kodur is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute, Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineering, and Fellow of the American Concrete Institute. He is a professional engineer and serves as an Associate Editor of Journal of Structural Engineering, and Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, as Past Chairman of ACI Fire Protection Committee, as Chairman of ASCE-29 (Fire) Standards Committee and as a member of UK-EPSRC College of Reviewers. He has won many awards including MSU University Distinguished Professor, AISC Faculty Fellowship Award, MSU Distinguished Faculty Award, NRCC (Government of Canada) Outstanding Achievement Award and NATO Award for collaborative research. Dr. Kodur was part of the FEMA/ASCE Building Performance Assessment Team that studied the collapse of WTC buildings as a result of September 11 incidents.

Professor Brahim Benmokrane holds the Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Composite Materials for Bridges & Structures and the NSERC Industrial Senior Research Chair in Innovative FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Infrastructures at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. Professor Benmokrane is among the world’s top and most talented civil engineer-researcher in the field of structural concrete internally reinforced with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement. His research has significantly influenced the development of concrete structures reinforced with FRP bars, building codes, design specifications, and its practical use in North America and beyond. He has pioneered the development of related specifications and industry standards for using these new structural materials. His recognition as a leader in his field is not limited to his colleagues in academia but extends to industry, professional societies, and public agencies. His contributions go beyond his cutting-edge research to include leadership and involvement in developing international design codes and specifications for engineers and users. His research and professional services have been recognized with several awards. Some of his more note-worthy awards have come from ACI, ASCE, CSA, and the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science). For the last 20 years, Professor Benmokrane has published over 645 papers and books and given over 250 lectures worldwide. He is one of the scientists most cited in the world in the field (11,423 Citations, h-index=59, by Google Scholar, by August 10, 2020). He currently leads a research group of 30 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and has trained 162 researchers.

Brian Uy is Professor of Structural Engineering and Head of the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney. He is Chairman of the Standards Australia Committees BD32 on Composite Structures for Buildings and BD-90-Part 6 on Steel and Composite Structures for Bridges. He is the Chairman of the Australia Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Australian Group of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering. Brian is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, the Institution of Structural Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers and the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering.

Rosa Lasaponara is a Researcher at the CNR-IMAA-(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute for Environmental Monitoring) since 2001 where she is Chief of the ARGON Laboratory (Earth Observation for ARchaeoloGy and EnvirONment. Professor of microwave at the University of Basilicata since 2011.She has authored more than 250 publications among papers in international journals, books, book chapters, papers in proceedings of international conferences on: Remote Sensing for environmental monitoring, risk assessment, mitigation and modelling, time series analysis, Remote sensing for archaeology and environmental studies. She set up and currently chairs the special interest group " Remote Sensing for natural and cultural heritage" of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) in cooperation with and supported by UNESCO.

Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman began his career at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), in mid-2007 as a lecturer and appointed as a senior lecturer in early 2008. In January 2010, he was appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Systems. His specialization is in the field of electronic engineering specifically in optical communication system. He has been involved in many impact researches, academic writing, teaching, supervision, leadership positions, registered prototype and innovation, policy development and community services. He was promoted to full Professor at the age of 33 years old; which is very young and rare in Malaysia. This has demonstrated his outstanding personality and contribution to the field of science and technology. He was Deputy Dean Academic in Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment before been promoted to Director of Alumni Relation Center, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is also professional engineer registered under Board of Egineering Malaysia. To date, he has produced more than 13 PhD graduates, 16 Master of Science students, 286 journal articles, 196 proceeding, 21 books, 10 chapter in book. 24 awards/medals for science and technology exhibitions, 6 granted research patents, lead more than 10 impact research with cumulative MYR 4 million, head more than 5 impact community, held more than 10 administration positions, and involved in more than 5 important committees (e.g., Program Accreditation Evaluation Panel for Washington Accord EAC & ETAC, Malaysia Academic of Science).He was giving the keynote speech in several reputable conferences such as 2020 5th International Seminar on Computer Technology, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (ISCME 2020), 2019 4th International Conference on Information Science, Computer Technology and Transportation (ISCTT 2019), 2020 World Conference of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (2020 WCASET) and many more. During his tenure at UKM, he was appointed as the appraiser grants Industrial Grant Scheme (IGS) and was involved in giving advice to the Ministry of Health in the assessment of the use of Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) before they are brought into Malaysia. He is also active in giving motivational talks to university students as well as speakers for Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) to guide the new lecturers/researchers in conducting research.

Dr. Stefan is a dual Ph.D., graduate from Chung Hua University, Hisnchu, Taiwan R.O.C. and the Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic. He holds a professional diploma in both Architecture and Urban Planning as well as Theory of Building and Environment. He holds the European engineering EUR ING professional title. Dr. Tkac owns a design company, therefore, his AUPP studios in Structural Principles or Building Systems are based on wide experience gained from his projects in Asia and Europe. Dr. Tkac is also active in research, focusing on micro-urban design, micro-energy, and hydro-power plants. His biggest achievements are the MUMT – Micro Urban Multipurpose Turbine development program, EEPGC – Efficiency Electric Power Grid Circles theory and the very first complex hydro-power plant mapping of Taiwan. Dr. Stefan is a dual Ph.D., graduate from Chung Hua University, Hisnchu, Taiwan R.O.C. and the Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic. He holds a professional diploma in both Architecture and Urban Planning as well as Theory of Building and Environment. He holds the European engineering EUR ING professional title. Dr. Tkac owns a design company, therefore, his AUPP studios in Structural Principles or Building Systems are based on wide experience gained from his projects in Asia and Europe. Dr. Tkac is also active in research, focusing on micro-urban design, micro-energy, and hydro-power plants. His biggest achievements are the MUMT – Micro Urban Multipurpose Turbine development program, EEPGC – Efficiency Electric Power Grid Circles theory and the very first complex hydro-power plant mapping of Taiwan.

Dr. Son Nguyen, P. Eng.,is a senior geoscience specialist with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission(CNSC) where he focuses on research in coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological media, and their implications on the safety of geological disposal of radioactive wastes. At the CNSC, he is also responsible for the development of safety standards for the management of radioactive waste and for the review of safety cases submitted in support of licenceapplications for radioactive waste facilities. Son Nguyen is also an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa and McGill University where he supervises post-graduate students. His current areas ofresearch include (1) experimental investigations and modeling of the THMC behavior of host rocks (sedimentary and crystalline) and engineered barrier materials (bentonite-based mixture) for deep geological disposal of nuclear waste, (2) mathematical modeling of gas transport in bentonite, (3) mathematical modeling of hydro-mechanical response of soils to dynamic loadings, (4) experimental investigation and mathematical modeling of bentonite swelling infiltrated with brine, and (5) the hydro-mechanics of fault reactivation. He is an active member and/or chair of several international collaborative projects involving scientific research and standards development related to the safety of geological disposal of radioactive waste. He is the current Chair of GEOSAF,aninternational project on demonstrating the safety of geological disposal, initiated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, an autonomous organization with the United Nations).

Prof. Patrizia Piro is a Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Calabria (Italy). She is currently Vice-Rector of University of Calabria (Italy) and chair of the "Urban Hydraulic Center Studies (CSDU)" in Italy. Her research principally focuses on urban water management, with main focus on real time control of urban drainage network and on LID (Low Impact Development) systems implementation. Her main interests are: combined sewer overflows, water pollution, flood risk mitigation, water saving, urban storm water management, water treatment, urban drainage, low impact development, soil science, experimental analysis, and numerical modeling. She is currently: Guest Editor of Special Issue "Innovative, Smart and Sustainable Solutions for Urban Storm water Management" in Water (an Open Access Journal by MDPI); Guest Editor of Special Issue "Sustainable Urban Storm water Management" in Sustainability (an Open Access Journal by MDPI); Guest Editor of Special Issue "Soil–Water–City Nexus in Urban Environment: Experimental Investigations and Numerical Analysis in Urban Hydrology Science" in Hydrology (an Open Access Journal by MDPI); Guest Editor of Special Issue "Climate Change Impacts on Urban Stormwater Management" in Atmosphere (an Open Access Journal by MDPI)

Behrouz Pirouz, Ph.D. researcher in the Department of Mechanical, Energy, and Management Engineering of the University of Calabria. His main research interests are sustainability of water and energy, water and wastewater treatment, sustainability of renewable energy, novel methods in using solar energy with high efficiency, NZEBs, PEDs, and AI application in different areas, such as COVID-19 pandemic analysis. Currently involved in several research project activities, Editor and referee of several academic journals.

Dr.Mehrdad Arashpour is the leader of Infrastructure Engineering Program at Monash University. He is undertaking research on computer vision, robotics, prefabricated structures and process automation.He is one of the 13 worldwide members of the Working Commission on Off-site Construction andInfrastructure Task Group established by the International Council for Building (CIB). Dr. Arashpour holdsa Philosophy Doctorate in the Built Environment, Masters and Bachelor degrees in Civil Engineering. Dr Arashpour’s research has demonstrated sustained leadership that is evidenced by his work with the Department of Treasury and Finance for developing Victorian Digital Asset Strategy (VDAS-2018) and Victorian Offsite and Modular Construction Guide (2019-2020).

Ning Lin is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. Lin’s research areas include Natural Hazards and Risk Analysis, Wind Engineering, Coastal Engineering, and Climate Change Impact and Adaptation. Her current primary focus is hurricane risk analysis. She integrates science, engineering, and policy to study hurricane-related weather extremes (strong winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surges), how they change with changing climate, and how their impact on society can be better mitigated. Lin has published in high-impact journals including Science, Nature Climate Change, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She is a recipient of NSF CAREER award and is currently leading a multi-institutional NSF Hazards SEEs project on hurricane hazards and risk analysis. Lin received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Princeton University in 2010. She also received a certificate in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy in 2010 from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Before rejoining Princeton as an assistant professor in 2012, she conducted research in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT as a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow.

Dr. Cristian Maluk is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Research for the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland (Australia). His research and teaching activities are centred in fire safety engineering, structural behaviour, and material science. For the past 5 years Dr Maluk has actively contributed to the development of new fire safety engineering and civil engineering programs at The University of Queensland. Dr Maluk investigations have placed emphasis on various and varied engineering and scientific challenges; more specifically: the use of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) in civil engineering applications, occurrence of concrete spalling during and after fire, intumescent coatings, timber structures, timber-FRP composites, laminated bamboo structures. One key outcome of his work is related to leading the developments of new experimental test method used in structural fire safety science and engineering; for example, the Heat-Transfer Rate Inducing System (H-TRIS).

Olga Fink has been SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) professor of intelligent maintenance systems at ETH Zürich since October 2018. Olga is also a research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Expert of the Innosuisse, Swiss Innovation Agency, in the field of ICT. Before joining ETH faculty in 2018, she was heading the research group “Smart Maintenance” at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) between 2014 and 2018. Olga received her Ph.D. degree from ETH Zurich with the thesis on “Failure and Degradation Prediction by Artificial Neural Networks: Applications to Railway Systems”, and Diploma degree in industrial engineering from Hamburg University of Technology. She has gained valuable industrial experience as reliability engineer for railway rolling stock with Stadler Bussnang AG and as reliability and maintenance expert for railway systems with Pöyry Switzerland Ltd. Olga has received several research grants, including the highly competitive Professorship Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Dr. Xiong (Bill) Yu is the Frank H. Neff professor of Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University. His research emphasizes the use of interdisciplinary approaches to address the engineering problems in geosystem and civil infrastructure. His research activities include multiscale and multiphysics processes in geomaterials, smart sensors and materials, intelligent infrastructure and systems, bio-inspired engineering. He is the PI of over 40 research projects funded by federal, state agencies and private industry. He is a recipient of a NSF CAREER award in 2009.He has published around 300 papers in journals and referred conference proceedings, a number of which received awards and recognitions.He is committed to graduate student mentorship with large number of students successfully launched academic career, including 2 received NSF CAREER awards. He was elected as Fellow of ASCE in 2015. Among the awards and recognitions, he is a recipient of Case School of Engineering Faculty Research Award in 2019 and 2012 respectively, and Faculty Innovation Award in 2018. For professional service, he serves on the editorial board of a few journals, as chair of the ASCE Geo-Institute Engineering Geology and Site Characterization committee, as president/immediate past president of the International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals, asChair of Case School of Engineering Executive Committee. He currently serves as the interim chair of the Department of Civil Engineering.

Dr.Uznir Ujang is a geospatial researcher enthusiastic and the Head of 3D GIS Research Group, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Interest in 3D city modelling, 3D GIS, topology, and Geographical Information Science (GISc). He published more than 80 publications in international journals, conferences, and books. Actively involved with scientific committee activities all around the globe and being acknowledged by having more than 100 publications reviewed within 35 journals, books, and conferences worldwide.He is an active member of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) and member of the Royal Institutions of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM).

Sara Pavia is an Associate Professor in the Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Dublin Trinity College. Her work focusses on sustainable construction including thermal insulation, earth construction, building limes, bio-aggregate concretes, alkali-activated cements and pozzolanic binders. She also works on historic buildings in both academia and industry. Over the last decade,her main objective has been to produce sustainable binders for construction by activating rubbish and raw materials from all over the world. She has authored 148 publications including 4 books, and works in several European groups such as RILEM and CEN.

Dr. Cancan Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University. She received her PhD at University at Buffalo, the State University of New York.Dr. Yang’s research focuses on highway bridge engineering, specifically regarding precast concrete bridges. She uses experimental and computational methods to investigate structural systems and materials that can reduce earthquake-induced damage to precast concrete bridges. Her research contributes to deploying accelerated bridge construction in seismic regions.

Prof. Awni Shaaban is an architectural engineer graduated with B. Arch degree from Liverpool University-UK, MSc from the University of California-USA, and PhD from Texas A&M University USA. He holds Professor of Architecture title, and he taught at Texas A&M University in USA, and six Arab universities. He supervised six MSc students, four PhD students, and eighty two graduation design projects. He published ten Journals papers, twenty conferences papers, three books chapters, and forty-one Technical reports. He holds Engineering Consultant title from Iraqi Engineering Union, and Engineering Consultant title from Oman Engineering Society. He has been a practicing architect since 1969. He designed various architectural projects including one in USA, fifteen in Iraq, two in Yemen, two in Syria, and five in Oman. He occupied several leading academic posts: Head of the department of architecture at the University of Technology in Iraq, President of Tikreet University in Iraq, President of Anbar University in Iraq, Member of Iraq Academy, Dean of the college of architecture at Ittihad university in Syria, Head of the Department of Architecture at Kingdom University in Bahrain, and Coordinator of Architectural Engineering Program at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman.

Mr. Hossain received his M.A.Sc (Masters of Applied Science) degree in Civil Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in 2006. At present, he is pursuing Doctor of Philosophy degree in structural and earthquake engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He has more than 15 years experiences in structural engineering design in North America. He is a Registered Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas and State of Washington, USA. He is a former Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Alberta, Canada. He worked as an adjunct Professor in Department of Construction Management at the University of Houston. He worked as a teaching and research assistant in Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He has several publications in International Conferences. Mr. Hossain joined as a full-time faculty member (Lecturer) at the University of Texas, Tyler in 2019. His research interest includes Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Earthquake Resistant Reinforced Concrete Building design, Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Building Analysis and Design, Matrix Analysis Method and Finite Element Method.

Dr.Hassan Azad, currently an assistant professor at the University of Florida, is a scholar known forhis research, teaching, and practices in the areas of architecture and technology and especially  architectural and environmental acoustics. He holds a Ph.D. in design, construction, and  planning from the School of Architecture at the University of Florida. Prior to his current  appointment at UF, Dr. Azad worked as a senior acoustical consultant in San Francisco bay area  for a year. His research interests include Environmental and Building Technology,  Environmental Acoustics, Architectural Acoustics (Building & Room Acoustics), Technology  Integration with Architectural Design, and Computer Programming, modeling, and simulation  for Architectural & Acoustical Applications. Dr. Azad is a LEED AP BD + C and holds the  membership of several professional and educational organizations such as Institute of Noise  Control Engineering (INCE‐USA), International Building Performance Simulation Association,  USA Chapter (IBPSA‐USA), Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE), Building Technology  Educators Society (BTES), Acoustical Society of America (ASA), and Audio Engineering Society  (AES). He serves as a reviewer for the ACSA annual conferences and as a member for the  Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Technical Committee (TC) on Architectural Acoustics, and  Technical Specialty Group (TSG) on Computational Acoustics. Dr. Azad has received many  awards, scholarships and grants and is a recipient of Robert Bradford Newman Medal for  Excellence in Architectural Acoustics. 

Dr.Giacomo Di Ruocco, PhD, architect. Aggregate Professor of Technical Architecture and Construction Organization courses (Degree in Civil Engineering and Degree in Building Engineering-Architecture), Lecturer in "Technologies and practices for sustainability in construction", at the PhD course in Risk and Sustainability in Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering Systems,at the University of Salerno. ASN Associate Professor for the macro sector 08/C1: Design and Technological Design of Architecture. He is holder of international agreements with: - EscuelaTécnica Superior de Ingeniería de Edificación - UPV (Valencia), referent Prof. Luis Palmero Iglesias; - Polytechnic School of the University of Patras (Department of Architecture), referent Prof. Katherine A.Liapi. Contact person, for the University of Salerno, of the Itinerant Exhibition on Constructions "EXCO"-Cevisama, Valencia. In recent years he investigates green procurement, low emissions, through the definition of guidelines aimed at the sustainability of building and construction processes.

Dr. Mandar Khanal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Dr. Khanal earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Irvine, and his MS degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He is a registered civil engineer in California and Idaho. Prior to joining BSU, Dr. Khanal was employed as a Research Associate at Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Khanal also has many years of professional engineering experience. His last professional employment was with the California Department of Transportation in Orange County, California. Dr. Khanal manages the Transportation Engineering program at Boise State. He has developed and taught various transportation engineering and planning courses. He has also led multiple research projects sponsored by various agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. He has disseminated the findings of his research via journal publications, conference proceedings, and presentations at different forums. His areas of research are roadway design, traffic operations and management, urban transport systems, transportation planning, and traffic modeling. He is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Dr. Khanal also reviews papers for various journals and serves on committees and expert panels for the Transportation Research Board (TRB), a program unit of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Dr. Schultz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He was previously Professor and Director of Hybrid Testing in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He has over 30 years of experience as a structural engineering researcher and educator and holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He teaches and conducts research in structural engineering with interest in masonry, concrete, steel and wood structures, and he has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications based on his research. He is one of the originators of the MAST (Multi-Axial Structural Testing) system concept and is currently working on enhancements to the hybrid simulation capabilities of the laboratory. He is an active member of The Masonry Society (TMS), the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), and the American Association for Wind Engineering (AAWE). He is Fellow of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and The Masonry Society, and has received numerous awards including the John B. Scalzi Award (TMS), the C.T. Grimm Award (Canada Masonry Design Centre), the Collingwood Prize (ASCE), the Charles C. Zollman Award (PCI), the Martin P. Korn Award (PCI), and the George B. Nasser Award (PCI).

Freddy Duran is a Peruvian structural engineer that works as a university professor and consultant engineer. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering in 1999 from Kobe University, Japan. His vast career in Japan lasted 14 years. In 2000 he worked as a Research Associate in the research group of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Materials at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. Between 2000 and 2003, he worked as research associate in the Complex Structural Design Research Division of the Department of Civil Engineering at Kyoto University, Japan, besides his teaching and supervision of research activities He conducted research on experimental evaluation of high strength of materials such as high strength concrete to be used in bridge and high-rise buildings. Thereafter, he worked as a consultant in Osaka, Japan dealing with nonlinear dynamic analyses for seismic retrofitting of the Minato Ohashi Bridge located in Osaka; it is the third-longest cantilever truss span bridge in the world completed in 1974 that has a total length of 980 m and a center-span length of 510 m. From 2004 to 2009, Dr. Duran worked as a Research Engineer in the Laboratory of Earthquake and Lifeline Engineering at Kyoto University, Japan, performing seismic analysis and structural evaluation of existing tunnels and underground structures, with a strong emphasis on the dynamic interaction of tunnels separated by short distance each to other. From 2010 to 2014 he worked as Associate Professor of the International Program of Global Engineering at Kyoto University sharing his teaching activities on Earthquake Engineering with his research on seismic performance of tunnels and underground structures. Dr. Duran is currently a professor of Bridge Engineering and Structural Design of Tunnels at two universities in Lima, Peru; He also works in EQELS Co., Ltd. EIRL Consultants dealing with bridge and tunnel engineering activities with work periods in Peru and Japan. Dr. Duran has about 40 publications between journals and international conference proceedings. He currently is a member of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, IABSE, and Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE.

Dr Paulina Rokicka-Konieczna obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Technology from the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin. She is currently working as a researcher at Department of Inorganic Chemical Technology and Environment Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland. Doktor's research focuses on antimicrobial properties of TiO2 based nanomaterials.

Agnieszka Sienkiewicz is a PhD student at the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland. She works in the OPUS 14 project UMO-2017/27/B/ST8/02007 in the team of Prof. A.W. Morawski. The subject of her research concerns the use of TiO2 modified with aminosilanes for photocatalytic decomposition of organic pollutants present in water.

Assistant Professor Mateo Gašparović, Ph.D. is the Head of the Chair of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing of the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb. As a scientist, Prof. Gašparović actively works on developing and applying advanced remote sensing and photogrammetry methods in environmental science, geoinformation system, documentation of cultural heritage, and the development of UAVs. He is giving lectures on Geoinformation Systems and Advanced Remote Sensing at the Faculty of Geodesy. Prof. Gašparović is currently the Vice-Dean for Business and Finance at the Faculty of Geodesy. He is a project manager on project “Advanced photogrammetry and remote sensing methods for environmental change monitoring – RS4ENVIRO” funded by the University of Zagreb and researcher on projects “Geospatial Monitoring of Green Infrastructure by Means of Terrestrial, Airborne and Satellite Imagery – GEMINI” and “Retrieval of Information from Different Optical 3D Remote Sensing Sources for Use in Forest Inventory – 3D-FORINVENT” funded by Croatian Science Foundation

Josip Atalić is the Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Zagreb. He is the leader of the team of experts for National Risk Assessment in Republic of Croatia - Seismic Risk, risk management capability assessment and national strategy in cooperation with the National Protection and Rescue Directorate (NPRD) and Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning of Republic of Croatia (2014-2018). He participates in Study on Seismic Risk Mitigation in the City of Zagreb in collaboration with the Zagreb City Office of Emergency Management from 2013-2021 (leader in 2016, 2017 and 2020). Josip is a part of Croatian Civil Protection MUSAR team and he is a member of Thematic Working Group for the Security in National Development Strategy by 2030. After the earthquakes in Croatia in 2020, Josip led the organization of damage assessments and reconstruction cost assessment (for Government and World Bank), he is author of two reconstruction books/guidelines, and participated in numerous strategic activities. He is leader and one of the founder of Croatian Centre for Earthquake Engineering.

Dr. Ioanna Papayianni is a Professor Emeritus at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. Her scientific background includes a PhD from AUTh in the field of industrial byproducts (fly ash in particular) utilization in concrete, as well as a diploma in Chemistry (Dept. of Physics and Mathematics, AUTh) and in Civil Engineering (Polytechnical School, AUTh).Her teaching background includes teaching in the Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering, in undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has also served as the Director of the Laboratory of Building Materials in AUTh, for more than 10 years. Ioanna Papayianni has published more than 270 papers at international and nationalconferences and more than 100 papers in widely recognized scientific journals. She has also been invited as a speaker in numerous international conferences, seminars and workshops. The organizing and chairing of many international and national conferences, seminars and summer schools are also included in her dissemination activities. Ioanna has been awarded with several distinctions (CANMET/ACI, EUROPA NOSTRA etc) for her participation and contribution in projects related to byproducts utilization in sustainable constructions as well as restoration of monuments of high cultural value.

Jan Včelák, Ing. Ph.D. Senior researcher, team leader and principal investigator of several projects at CTU- University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings (Czech), Senior researcher in ICT group in InnoRenew CoE (Slovenia), CTO and co-founder InoSens CZ (Czech). Till 2019 department head (CTU) for monitoring and intelligent control of buildings. His expertise is mainly in sensor networks design, sensor design for special purposes, and complex sensor system design including data processing algorithms, architecture and implementation of IoT LPWAN networks for data transmission. As a postdoc researcher (2007-2012), he was a member of microsystems group in Tyndall NI (Cork, Ireland). His tasks are mainly in coordination of R&D activities and also in modelling and simulation of longterm user behavior in buildings and influence on air handling and cooling of the buildings. He is a coordinator of several research projects in the field of renewable energy sources, energy storage as well as microgrid design. He is an author of several impacted publications, patents and utility models in Czech Republic as well as in USA. In the SmartCity topic he is focusing on smart grids, renewable energy sources usage and electromobility integration in buildings energy systems.

Dr.Ekaterina Trifanova has got her master’s degree from Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK), Russia. She is an assistances in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and a member of the ICA Commission on Sensor-driven Mapping. She has organized 3S-Summer Students Seminar ISPRSfrom 2013 to the present. Scientific interests are GIS analysis of the phytosanitary situation in territories and mapping of invasive flora and allergenic pollen vegetation in Russia.

MARK BOMBERG, D.Sc(Eng) of Warsaw U, Poland, and Technology D. of Lund U, Sweden,is a ResearchProfessor at Mechanical and Aeronautical Dept. of Clarkson U., Potsdam, NY, In years1984-2019 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Building Physics (Sage Corp. London, UK).In 1976-2000 worked at Nat. Research Council of Canada. Currently he is also an RD manager in a small company in CNYworking on integration of HVAC and building enclosures in ZER buildings and leading a small international research network. He published over 222refereed papers and 7 books; has more than 1000 research citations and 40,000 reads on Research Gate (Berlin). He received the highest awards in building physics in both USA and Canada namely Ontario Building Envelope Council (BECKIE, 1999) and honorary membership of Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Committee of the Nat. Institute of Building Sci. Washington DC (2012).

Dr. Lowell E. Lingo, Jr, Ph.D. is president of DFI Enterprises, Inc. in Morrisville, NY. DFI is a small business that began developing and manufacturing unique instruments and control systems for customers in medical research related tootolaryngology and in recent years to Zero Energy (NZE) housing. His research led to the development of GEST (Geosolar Exergy Storage Technology), a system wherein a typical residence is fitted with a relatively inexpensive exterior and/or interior skin that converts the building envelope into a dynamic low-grade heat transport and exchange system that can significantly reduce purchased energy requirements for both heating and cooling. A prototype test house at DFI near Morrisville, N.Y. demonstrates the efficacy of the system. Lowell has been on the faculty of the State College of New York at Morrisville, developing a curriculum in Product Design and teaching courses in Manufacturing Processes, CAD, CAM, Metrology, Quality Control, and Plastics Technology. He has also taught as adjunct faculty at Syracuse University. He holds Bachelor's and Master's of Science degrees in Environmental Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering all from Syracuse University.

Dr.Saeed Banihashemi is a Assistant Professor of Built Environment discipline in the School of Design and Built Environment, Faculty of Arts and Design; University of Canberra (UC), Australia. Saeed has a mixed background of architecture and building and construction and obtained his PhD from the Built Environment school of University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Saeed is the editorial board member of the journal of Smart & Sustainable Built Environment and the Fellow of UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Prior to joining UC, Saeed achieved extensive experience in both academy and industry through teaching in universities and working in companies across Middle East, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Saeed’s teaching is in the areas of BIM, digital and sustainable built environment. Saeed has patented a new method in monitoring of building projects through data analytics application, and authored and co-authored more than 50 research articles and book chapters grounded on the areas of BIM, sustainable and data-driven buildings. Saeed’s work has been cited more than 700 times in frontline journals, dissertations and conferences, mostly in knowledge areas relating to digital and sustainable built environment. He has achieved UC 2019 Early Career Research Excellence award in Science and Technology and 2020 Academic Excellence Award.

Dr. Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics (DICATAM), Via Branze 43, I-25121 Brescia, Italy She is interested in sustainability and sustainable buildings; environmental and energy protocols; energy saving; renewable energies, energy retrofit, and NZEB, BIM to BEM (building information modelling to building energy modelling) interoperability; cognitive buildings; behavioral design; probabilistic models; building management systems (BMS).

Dr.Rosanna Bonasia has completed her Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Bari (Italy), her first postdoctoral study from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Naples (Italy) and her second postdoctoral study at the Geosciences Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Querétaro (Mexico). She is the President of the Fluid Dynamic Division of the Mexican Physics Society. She has recently received the Award for Educational Excellence, Cusco 2020 Edition, and Honorary Recognitions Doctor Honors Causa and Magisterial Golden Order from the International Organization for Inclusion and Educational Quality (OIICE). She currently works as full professor and researcher at National Council of Science and Technology – Polytechnic Institute of Mexico City, Civil Engineering Department. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Prof. Alejandro Luis Grindlay Moreno completed his Ph.D. Civil Engineer in University of Granada (Spain) (2001) and Specialist Course in Regional Planning and Environment, Fundicot- Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) (2000)&Master degree in Urban Planning and Management, Granada’s Official Architects College (Spain) (2005).He worked as a Lecturer from 2001-2012 and Senior Lecturer from 2012-present in Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Civil Engineering, University of Granada (Spain) and he is a Research Group Member (RNM034): “Research Cluster on Territorial Synergies”, University of Granada, Spain He is a Visiting Professor at TU Graz - Institute for Urban Development in 2019.Department of Structural, Building and Geotechnical Engineering in Polytechnic of Turin, Italy in 2017. Department of Architecture and Planning in Polytechnic of Milan, Italy in 2012. University of Alicante Spain in 2003.And he is a Visiting Researcher at Centro Internazionale “Città d’Acqua” Venice, Italy (2001) and at Centre for Earth and Environmental Science Research “Sustinable Hub” Kingston University in London, UK(2011). He is an author of a number of publications (Papers in Refereed Journals, in Edited Proceedings, Books and Chapters in Books, etc.)

Dejan Vasović, a graduate architectural engineer, received his PhD from Faculty of Architecture at University of Belgrade, Serbia in 2016. He works at the Faculty of Architecture as an assistant professor.His area of interest includes design and calculation of architectural structures, concrete technology and application of high performance concrete in buildings’ structures. As the head of the design team, he designed and supervised the construction of many buildings. As an author or co-author, he published over 20 papers at congresses and magazines. In 2001, he was engaged as the coordinator of the Republic Audit Commission in the Ministry of Urbanism and Construction. In the period 2004-2008, representing Construction Directorate of Serbia, he led several housing projects and other projects of national importance. In period 2009-2013, as the Assistant Mayor of the City of Belgrade (City Architect), he was involved in the planning and implementation of numerous city projects.

Dr.Monique Head, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware. Shejoined the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware in 2018. She received both bachelor and master of civil engineering degrees from the University of Delaware in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and PhD in civil (structural) engineering with a minor in seismology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in May 2007. Dr. Head specializes in bridge and earthquake engineering to solve problems related to: 1) seismic-resistant design and retrofit of reinforced concrete structures, 2) bridge load testing evaluation using digital image measurements, and 3) evaluating composite and advanced materials to enhance structural performance. Dr. Head also serves in leading roles within the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee (AKB50) and on the editorial board for American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Practice Periodical of Structural Design and Construction. She is also an affiliated member of the University’s Center for Innovative Bridge Engineering (CIBrE) and Delaware Center for Transportation (DCT). She has received several awards including an Outstanding Alumni Achievement Citation from the University of Delaware, Department of Civil &Environmental Engineering and Outstanding Educator of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Maryland Section.

Marijan Grgic is a PostDoc researcher at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Geodesy. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Geodesy and Geoinformatics from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Geodesy, Croatia in 2017, after he defended the thesis entitled "The Estimation of the Adriatic Sea Level Variability and Changes Based on Multi-Satellite Altimetry Data", supervised by Professor Dr. Sc. Tomislav Basic (University of Zagreb) and Professor Dr. Robert Steven Nerem (University of Colorado Boulder). Marijan's research interest fall within the scientific field of applied marine, satellite, and physical geodesywith a special focus on monitoring the sea-level change and its impact by combining the radar satellite altimetry data, tide gauge and GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) collocated data, the vertical land representations and their change derived from global digital elevation models, drone mapping and InSAR (Interferometric synthetic-aperture radar) technologies. As a researcher and as a professional, he was actively involved in various research projects including the FP7 project TIRAMISU, scientific project Geopotential and Geodynamics of the Adriatic Sea and other. Marijan's research work resulted in several scientific publications, journal and conference papers and reports. He is a reviewer in journals cited in Current Contents and Web of Science databases, including the Journal of Surveying Engineering, Journal of Spatial Science, and Journal of Survey Review. He is also an active member of American Geophysical Union, Croatian Chamber of Geodetic Engineers, and Coastal Altimetry Community.

Dr.Iulia Prodan is a University Lecturer at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. She graduated with an engineering BSc and MSc degree in civil engineering in 2009 from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. After obtaining the title of Doctor in Geotechnical Engineering at the same university (TUCN), she held a position of Researcher at the Laboratoire de Mécanique des Sols (LMS) at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (2014-2015). She is co-editor of two books on Soil Mechanics and her research activities focus mainly on energy and thermo-mechanical behavior of energy geostructures, thermal and thermo-mechanical behavior of soils and soil-concrete interface. In addition to the academic and research activities, she started her entrepreneurial activity as Co-Founder of Expert Proiect (2015), a company specialized in consultancy and design in civil and geotechnical engineering with focus on bringing to the market renewable energy solutions for a sustainable urban development. Expert Proiect is the first company on Romanian market in designing, implementation, and monitoring of energy geostructures.

Dr. Carlos Rubio-Bellido is an associate professor in the Department of Building Construction II at the University of Seville. His research is focused on energy efficiency, energy poverty, and the impact of climate change in the building sector as well as building performance simulation. He is visiting professor at the Bío-Bío University (Chile) a. He is a member of the International Scientific Committee of various international conferences, recognized reviewer of various international indexed journals and international research projects.

Dr Norliza binti Mohd Isa is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying (Landscape Architecture). Has served for 13 years at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and holds a Doctor of Philosophy (2015) in Built Environment from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Master of Architecture (2009), Bachelor of Architecture (2007) and Diploma in Architecture (2004) from UTM. Among the academic and teaching awards she has achieved are; Best Student: Doctor of Philosophy, Kulliyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (2015), Teaching Award 2019- Science Technology Category, Citra Karisma UTM, Special Award of the Minister of Education, Curriculum Design and Innovative Delivery (AKRI 2019), Third Place for ImmersiveLearning Experience in addition to Gold Medal Award for NALI 2018 and Gold Medal, UTM Grand Challenges 2018. High interest and enthusiasm towards development activities and student learning projects by holding the principles based on the words of Imam Malik RA: "Manners before Knowledge" is the key to her success implementing the 21st century teaching and learning innovations.

Brian Oyegbile’s research focuses on the use of probabilistic and statistical tools for long-term performance modeling and risk assessment of infrastructure, including the subsequent quantification of resilience. He has investigated time-dependent bridge element interactions, referred to as coactiveness, in predicting bridge long-term performance resulting from preventive maintenance, rehabilitation, or replacement (MRR) activities, dynamic analysis of structures, sensitivity analysis of bridge health index to depreciation of critical bridge elements, and development of tools for bridge asset valuation. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering, with a focus on Infrastructure Resilience Systems, from the University of Georgia (USA). Dr. Oyegbile currently serves as a Research Analyst within the Caltrans’ statewide research efforts to optimize short-term and long-term funding plans for improving resilience of transportation infrastructure across California.

Dr. Amirul Khan is a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in environmental Fluid Mechanics with extensive experience in innovative computational approaches for wall-bounded turbulent flow simulation applied to the indoor built environment and outdoor environments. He has expertise in mathematical modelling, numerical optimisation methods and high-performance computing. His expertise on turbulent flow modelling allowed him to lead and co-lead several inter-disciplinary research projects including a CONFAP-Newton Fund award, EU-GeoTech, EPSRC HECOIRA and UKRI GCRF COVID-19 grant. He is currently co-leading the computational group of Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) which is a university-wide hub to facilitate world-leading research and education in fluid dynamics. He has developed computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based optimisation approaches to design healthcare environments, and developed the novel massively parallel lattice Boltzmann (LBM) based method for real-time building environment simulation, which was recognised with a 2015 best paper award. He has over 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers across top journals in fluid mechanics, and computational methods, including top journals for the built environment. Amirul obtained his PhD from the Department of Applied mathematics & Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at Cambridge University. Before joining Leeds, he carried out research work at Manchester’s Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and the Department of Mathematics at Glasgow University as a research associate.

Albina Cuomo gained her degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2007 andhas completed herPhDfrom Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Salerno (Italy) in 2012. She is now a research fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Salerno and a Lecturer in the hydro-geomorphology at the Department of Science at the University of Salerno. Her research mainly focuses on the hydrology of mountains and forested catchments by using Electrical conductivity as a natural tracer and the geomorphology for optimizing the rainfall-runoff modeling on the ungauged catchment for flooding risk mitigation. She has published several papers in reputed journals and has also been a reviewer for some international scientific journals

Simon P Michaux is an Associate Professor in geometallurgy at the geological survey of Finland. Work done and research is focused on mineral processing and resource securityfor the current industrial ecosystem, by examining data patterns in the global mining/minerals/metals industry. The next generation of mineral processing paradigm is being developed at the GTK pilot plant, with the integration of theoretical methods of prediction, empirical methods or measurement and machine learning driven instrumentation. Long term objectives include the development and transformation of the Circular Economy, into a more practical system for the industrial ecosystem to navigate the twin challenges of the scarcity of technology minerals and the transitioning away from fossil fuels. Also, he is working on opening up Europe as a mining frontier to manage minerals supply to resource the incoming renewable energy and electric vehicle network.

Sotiria Lagouvardou, Ph.D. Student at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) conducting her research on Market Based Measures (MBM) for Shipping. Graduated as Marine Engineer and Naval Architect from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) her work is focused on combining technical and operational knowledge under the prospects of contributing to the research on shipping’s decarbonization. This Ph.D. project aims to develop an MBM scheme by which greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping can be reduced by at least 50% by 2050 as compared with 2008 levels. This target is what the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided in April 2018 (among others), in the context of what is known as “Initial IMO Strategy to reduce GHG emissions from ships”.

Petrit Pasha (Ph.D. Candidate) holds a BSc, Architecture & Engineering, University of Pristina, Kosovo, (2011), a Master in Parametric Architecture, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences - Bauhaus, Germany, (2013). Petrit is currently working on his Ph.D. topic: The role of Metadata Processing in Generative Designs, at the UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (expected conclusion 2020)

Darko Pavićević (1991), was born in Gornji Milanovac, where he completed elementary education. He finished High school of construction engineering in Čačak, module – Construction and geodesy. He finished undergraduate studies at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture (grade point average: 9.15). He completed his master degree at the same faculty, module – Architectural Technology (grade point average: 9.41). His master thesis mentor was Associate Professor Goran Vojvodić. At the final year of graduate studies (2015), he was chosen as an teaching associate for the following courses: Mechanics and strength of materials, Architectural objects construction principles, Studio Project, Constructive systems, Design and analysis of structures, Studio project ( SP03a, M03AK). In the final year of master studies (2015) he was elected to the position of teaching assistants in the field of architectural structural engineering at the Department of Architectural Technology. He is a PhD student at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Belgrade. He is a teaching assistant at elementary and master academic studies in subjects from a narrow scientific field Architectural engineering. From 2018, the junior researcher is on the scientific project TR36035, Spatial, ecological, energy and social aspects of settlement development and climate change, mutual influences. He was a scholar of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2015), 1st place at the republic competition in the field of Building organization and based on that stipend of the Fund for Young Talents of the Republic of Serbia (2010).

Mohammad Arif Rohman, PhD is a lecturer in Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Planning and Geo Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya Indonesia. Dr. Rohman which is currently Head of Construction Management Laboratory, graduated from Department of Civil Engineering, ITS Surabaya and completed his Master of Science from Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) Malaysia. He holds a PhD degree from Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His PhD thesis focused on investigating the concept of project social benefit as part of the success criteria in Public Private Partnership (PPP) toll road projects in Indonesia. He has been teaching several course subjects ranging from construction project management, time and cost management, as well as risk management. His research area is lying in the area of projects success, construction sustainability and risk management and he has published many conference and journal papers in this particular fields. He has been involved in reviewer activities from several international conferences and journals in the area of construction management.

Dr.Sara holds a bachelor of civil engineering and received her master's and Ph.D. degrees in transportation and traffic engineering. She has 17 years of work and research experience in the field of traffic and transportation. She has been working in the School of Engineering at RMIT University, from 2010. Sara is highly engaged in a range of research and professional activities within and beyond RMIT. She has published numerous journal papers, and presented in many prestigious conferences in traffic/transport engineering. She has served as technical and organising committee member of different conferences and editorial board member of journals. She has been invited to speak at traffic/transport conferences, workshops and symposiums.