Keynote Speaker: Professor Brian Uy
University of New South Wales, Australia
Talk Title: TBA
Biography of the Speaker: Brian Uy is Scientia Professor of Structural Engineering in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales. Brian has delivered over 100 plenary/keynote/invited lectures and has been involved in research in steel and composite structures for over 30 years. He has co-authored over 700 publications including over 300 refereed journal articles. Brian is Chairman of the Standards Australia Committee BD-032 on Composite Building Structures and BD-090-06 on Steel and Composite Bridge Structures. He is currently President-Elect and Vice President of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and Vice President of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). Brian is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Engineers Australia, Institution of Structural Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute and the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers. More detail about the speaker is available on https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/brian-uy
Keynote Speaker: Professor Rebecca Gravina
The University of Queensland, Australia
Talk Title: TBA
Biography of the Speaker: Professor Rebecca Gravina is Professor and TMR Chair of Structural Engineering, in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Professor Gravina has over 25 years of experience in academia and consulting engineering. Her research field concerns the long-term performance and durability of reinforced concrete (RC) and prestressed concrete (PC) structures, sustainability of infrastructure, rehabilitation of existing structures with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP), recycled materials in concrete, and engineering education. Professor Gravina is the Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, Executive Director of the Australasian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels (ACRS), a Past-President of ASCE Australia Section and Secretary of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC).
Keynote Speaker: Diana Zagora
Director Civil Engineering Infrastructure at Transport for NSW, Australia
Talk Title: TBA
Biography of the Speaker: Diana is a skilled transport professional with tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning, with over twenty-five years' experience in transport planning, stakeholder engagement, civil engineering, land use planning, urban design and project management.
Diana joins us from Transport for NSW where she is the Director Resilience in the Natural Disaster and Resilience team. Diana was instrumental in the development of the NSW Freight and Ports Plan, a supporting plan to Future Transport 2056. Diana is a Chartered Engineer, Austroads Bridge Taskforce Member, Engineers Australia Sydney Committee Vice President and Roads Australia Fellow..
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Keynote Speaker: Todd Clarke
Principal Engineer, BarChip Inc
Talk Title: TBA
Biography of the Speaker: Todd has worked in the concrete construction industry for the last 13 years and is currently undertaking a PhD at Victoria University. In his role as Principal Engineer at BarChip Inc, he oversees BarChip's global engineering support team, as well as instigating and collaborating on research partnerships with various International and Australian Universities. Todd is a member on several industry & scientific committees such as the Australian Tunnelling Society NSW Chapter, fib Task Groups 1.8 & 4.1 and the ITAtech Activity Group on Low Carbon Linings. He has been involved in many fibre reinforced concrete projects in Australia since 2014, facilitating the implementation of macro synthetic fibre reinforcement in this application and driving its adoption nationwide. Todd is passionate about generating research that has real industry impact, driven by collaboration between industry and universities.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Dr Siti Aminah Osman (S. A. Osman)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
Talk Title: Experimental Analysis on Beam-Column Joint under Quasi-static Lateral Cyclic Loading
Biography of the Speaker: Dr Siti Aminah Osman (S. A. Osman) graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1992 with BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, MSc in Structural Engineering from Unversity of Bradford, United Kingdom (1995) and PhD in Civil & Structural Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2006). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and actively involved in research on structural dynamics for earthquake and wind loading, industrial building systems (IBS), and engineering education. She has over 25 years of experience in teaching, training, research, publication, and administration. She has published over 150 papers related to her work, both internationally and locally. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Dean of Networking and Income Generation for the faculty and is actively involved in activities with industries and communities, which aligns with her portfolio. She has received numerous research grants and has successfully supervised many local and foreign Master and PhD students. She also serves as a member of many international and national professional committees. She is also a Professional Technologist (Ts) registered with the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT), a member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), and a member of the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM).