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Key Dates Deadline for abstract submission: 31 December 2018 Abstractacceptancenotification: 31January2019 Submissionoffulllengthspapers: 31March2019 Paperacceptancenotification: 31May2019 Registrationofpresentingauthors: 31May2019 Earlybirdregistration: 14June2019 Submissionoffinalrevisedpapers: 15July2019 Pre-conferencescientifictour: 26August2019 SMAR2019conference: 27–29August2019

Registration FeesEarlybirdregistrationuntil14June2019:750.00€and300.00€forstudents Standardregistrationafter14June2019:850.00€and400.00€forstudents For presenters: The inclusion of accepted papers in the conference proceedings requires thatthepaymentoftheregistrationfeeisreceivednotlaterthan31May2019.

Registration fee includes: Conference documentation of full papers, ticket for conference reception and conference dinner, coffee breaks and lunches

Accompanyingpersons(non-scientists):200.00€ including ticket for conference reception and conference dinner, coffee breaks and lunches

Accommodationsat:www.smar2019.organdwww.potsdam-tourism.com

Cancellationby16July,2019:50%ofparticipationfee from17July,2019:norefundpossible

LanguageTheofficialconferencelanguageisEnglish.

Pre-Conference Scientific TourTo be announced soon

Conference SecretaryMs.SteffiDehlau| GermanSocietyforNondestructiveTesting(DGZfP) Max-Planck-Str.6| 12489Berlin|Germany Phone:+493067807-120| Fax:+493067807-129| E-mail:smar2019@dgzfp.de

SMAR 2019 Potsdam

www.smar2019.org

Institutional Sponsors:

5th International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and

Rehabilitation of Civil Structures

27 – 29 August 2019

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Conference Venue27–29August2019| Potsdam/Germany|HotelDorintSanssouciBerlin-Potsdam https://hotel-potsdam.dorint.com

Conference ChairsDr.RosemarieHelmerich,BAM,Germany Prof.AlperIlki,IstanbulTechnicalUniversity,TurkeyProf.MasoudMotavalli,Empa,Switzerland

Organising Committee Dr.MatthiasBaeßler,BAM,Germany Dr.MatthiasBartholmai,BAM,Germany Dr.WernerDaum,BAM,Germany SteffiDehlau,DGZfP,Germany BernadetteHavranek,Empa,Switzerland Prof.YuriPetryna,TUBerlin,GermanyDr.MatthiasPurschke,DGZfP,Germany RobertWidmann,Empa,Switzerland

International Scientific CommitteeCouncil members of ISHMII, IIFC and others, as announced on the conference website www.smar2019.org

Keynote LecturersProf. Janet LeesUniversityofCambridge,UK–FRPStrengtheningofConcreteStructures

Prof. Danièle Waldmann-DiederichUniversityofLuxembourg–TheDeformationAreaDifference(DAD)MethodforConditionAssessmentofBridgeStructures

Prof. Joaquim António Oliveira de BarrosUniversityofMinho,Portugal–Extending theStrengtheningPotentialitiesofNearSurfaceMountedTechnique:FromExperimental EvidencetoAdvancedNumericalSimulations

Prof. Eugen Brühwiler EPFL,SwitzerlandFatigueMonitoringofBridgesandUHPFRCtoStrengthenBridges–RecentResearchResultsandApplications

Prof. Baochun ChenFuzhouUniversity,China–DamageControl,Repairand StrengtheningofConcreteBridgesinChina

Prof. Ahmet YakutMETU,Turkey–RecentAdvancesonAssessmentofSeismicPerformanceof Existing Structures

Sponsorship and ExhibitionAvendorexhibitionwillbeconductedtocomplementthetechnicalpresentations. Lucrativesponsorshipandexhibitionpackagesgiveallinterestedcompaniestheopportunitytopresentthemselvestobusinesspartnersandnewcustomers.Forthatreasonweofferthefollowing sponsorship and exhibition packages:

• Gold sponsor • Sponsor • Silversponsor • Exhibitor

Moreinformationonthedifferentcategoriesandtheorderform,youcanfindontheconfe-rencewebsitewww.smar2019.org.

Topics Structural health monitoring

• Smart sensors•Wirelesssensornetworks• Implementation of structural monitoring• Monitoring of off-shore structures and oil

pipelines • Advancedinspectionandtesting• Systemidentificationandmodelupdating• Vibration-based structural health monitoring • Non-destructivetestingincivilengineering

Performance and damage assessment – Safetyevaluationandreliabilityforecast

Damage control, repair and strengthening• External strengthening using FRP

composites• Strengthening of concrete, timber and steel

structures

• Confinementofconcretecolumns• Nearsurfacemountingreinforcement• Seismicsafetyassessment,rehabilitation

and monitoring• Strengthening,monitoringandlife-cycle

assessment of metallic structures

Durability issues as related to harsh environments – Fireprotectionsystems

Shape memory alloys in civil structures• Nickel-titanium,copperoniron-basedSMA• ApplicationofSMAforcivilstructuresusing

special properties such as damping superelasticity,shapememoryeffectofductility

Practical applications and case studies

Visionary concepts

ScopeThe InternationalConferenceonSmartMonitoring,Assessment andRehabilitationofCivilStructures,SMAR2019,willprovideaforumforinternationalscientists,engineers,enterpri-sers and infrastructure managers to present and discuss the state-of-the-practice and recent advancesintestingandmonitoringtechnology,instructuralmodellingandassessmentme-thods,and intheapplicationofadvancedmaterials forstructuralrehabilitation.Theconfe-rencewillprovideaplatformforexploringthepotentialofinternationalcooperation.

SMAR2019isthefifthconferenceandwillbesponsoredjointlybytheBundesanstaltfürMa-terialforschungund-prüfung(BAM),Germany, theSwissFederalLaboratories forMaterialsScienceandTechnology(Empa),Switzerland,theIstanbulTechnicalUniversity(ITU),Turkey,theInternationalSocietyforStructuralHealthMonitoringofIntelligentInfrastructure(ISHMII),theInternationalInstituteofFRPinConstruction(IIFC),theInternationalAssociationforBrigdeMaintanceandSafety(IABMAS)andRILEM.

Mirko Roš award for the best papers1paperinthefieldofStructuralAssessment&HealthMonitoring1paperinthefieldofStrengtheningandRepair

SelectedbestpaperswillbeproposedforpublicationinaJournalSpecialIssueofthePoly-merJournal(online,openaccess)orintheBulletinofEarthquakeEngineering(Springer)orintheJournalEngineeringStructures(Elsevier)