Keynote lectures will be complemented by thematic sessions organized by recognised experts in targeted research areas.

The talks scheduled are generally invited by the organizers. Authors interested to contribute to a particular Thematic Session are kindly requested to contact the session organizer(s) directly.

A preliminary list of the Thematic Sessions planned follows:

Computational Biomechanics
Bjørn Skallerud and Leif Rune Hellevik, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
bjoern.skallerud@ntnu.no 
leif.r.hellevik@ntnu.no

FEM-Software (In honour of Professor Kolbein Bell)
Trond Kvamsdal and Kjell Magne Mathisen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Trond.Kvamsdal@math.ntnu.no
Kjell.Mathisen@ntnu.no

Material Modeling
Odd Hopperstad, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Odd.Hopperstad@ntnu.no

Modeling in Papermaking
Jouni Freund, Jari Hämäläinen and Reijo Kuohia, Helsinki University 
of Technology and University of Kuopio, Finland
jouni.freund@tkk.fi
jari.hamalainen@uku.fi
reijo.kouhia@tkk.fi

Multiscale Modeling
Fredrik Larsson and Kenneth Runesson, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
fredrik.larsson@chalmers.se
kenneth.runesson@chalmers.se

Trends in Computational Methods
Trond Kvamsdal, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Trond.Kvamsdal@math.ntnu.no

Wind Turbine Application
Lars Damkilde and Erik Lund, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
ld@aaue.dk
el@ime.aau.dk