Plenary Lectures will be delivered by scientists of international prestige in the field of the conference.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Knut Göppert
Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Germany
High tension - Tensile Architecture

Peter Gosling
Newcastle University, UK
Material "know-how" for Analysis, Design and Manufacture

Klaus Linkwitz
University of Stuttgart, Germany
The Olympic Roofs 1972: The impossible comes true

Marijke Moellart
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Folding Tensioned Membranes

Sergio Pellegrino
Calthech, Usa
Soft-Matrix Composite Materials and Structures

Riccardo Rossi
CIMNE, Spain
Advanced Methods for the Coupled Simulation of Membrane Systems: Towards a Virtual Wind Tunnel

Thomas Stegmaier
ITV Denkendorf, Germany
Solar Thermal Building with Seasonal Heat Storage System

Tayfun Tezduyar
Rice University, USA
FSI Modeling of Ringsail Parachutes With Disreefing and Modified Geometric Porosity