Keynote lectures will be complemented by invited sessions organized by recognised experts in targeted research areas as well as by contributed papers received from the general call for papers.
A list of the Invited Sessions planned follows.


Advances in Modelling of Discrete/Discontinuous Systems
Y. T. Feng and N. Bicanic
y.feng@swansea.ac.uk ; bicanic@civil.gla.ac.uk

Analysis, Optimization and Process Design of Sheet Metal Forming Parts
Jean-Louis Batoz
jean-louis.batoz@insic.fr

Computational Geomechanics Including Environmental Applications
Bernhard Schrefler and Lorenzo Sanavia
bas@caronte.dic.unipd.it ; lorenzo.sanavia@unipd.it

Computational Material Failure
Xavier Oliver and Alfredo Huespe
xavier.oliver@upc.edu ; huespe@cimne.upc.edu

Computational Mechanics of Civil and Bioengineering Materials and Structures: The Multiscale Perspective
Herbert Mang and Christian Hellmich
Herbert.Mang@tuwien.ac.at ; Christian.Hellmich@tuwien.ac.at

Computational Methods for Forming Processes
Lars-Erik Lindgren
Lars-Erik.Lindgren@ltu.se

Computational Modeling of Forming and Impact Problems
Carlos Agelet de Saracibar and Jean-Philippe Ponthot
agelet@cimne.upc.es; JP.Ponthot@ulg.ac.be

Computational Modelling of Geotechnic & Masonry Problems
Jose Marques
jmarques@fe.up.pt

Computational Modelling of Impact Problems
Nik Petrinic
nikica.petrinic@eng.ox.ac.uk

Computational Strategies for Cutting & Machining Operations
Miguel Vaz
M.Vaz@joinville.udesc.br

Computational Strategies for Forming Processes
Jose César de Sa and Lionel Fourment
cesarsa@fe.up.pt; Lionel.Fourment@ensmp.fr

Contact Problems
Todd Laursen
laursen@duke.edu

Discontinuous Element Representations
Rene de Borst
R.deBorst@LR.TUDelft.NL

Discrete Element Methods
John Williams
jrw@MIT.EDU

Element Technology for Incompressible Problems
Eduardo de Souza
cgneto@swansea.ac.uk

Industrial Perspective of Computational Plasticity Modelling
M. Akiyama
akiyama-msy@sumitomometals.co.jp

Micro-macroscale Modelling
Christian Miehe
cm@mechbau.uni-stuttgart.de

Modelling of Concrete Structures
Pavao Marovic
marovic@gradst.hr

Multi-physics Modelling of Cementitious Materials
Chris Pearce and Nenad Bicanic
c.pearce@civil.gla.ac.uk; bicanic@civil.gla.ac.uk

Multiscale Plasticity
Wing Kam Liu
w-liu@northwestern.edu

Nonlinear and Higher Order Aspects in Computational Mechanics for Shells
Ekkehard Ramm and Manfred Bischoff
eramm@statik.uni-stuttgart.de; bischoff@bv.tum.de

Numerical Approaches to Can Forming Operations
Martin Dutko
m.dutko@swansea.ac.uk

Optimisation Methods in Forming Processes
Tomaz Rodic
tomaz.rodic@jupiter.c3m.si

Plasticity Issues in Shell Problems
Adnan Ibrahimbegovic
Adnan.Ibrahimbegovic@lmt.ens-cachan.fr

Simulation of Bulk Forming Problems
Jean-Loup.Chenot and Elisabeth Massoni
Jean-Loup.Chenot@ensmp.fr; Massoni@cemef.cma.fr

The Validated Modelling of Concrete Problems
Ian May
I.M.May@hw.ac.uk

Validation of Models
Olivier Allix
allix@lmt.ens-cachan.fr