FORUM ON STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

DAYS FOR THE SHOWCASING AND THE IN-DEPTH STUDYNG
OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS AND MATERIALS

Technical innovation represents the element most capable of creating value and distinction.

The introduction of new technical standards amplifies this concept, because it enables the use of high-performance materials and systems, the development of more daring and modern solutions and the exploitation of more advanced technologies, thus giving rise to a new Structural Engineering.

MADE expo, the leading trade exhibition dedicated to building, the only one in Europe to represent the entire construction process, has chosen to dedicate the first FORUM on STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING to this fundamental element.

WHAT THE FORUM IS

Several days of events aimed at illustrating and exploring the solutions and materials for structural engineering.

Within the Forum, an exhibit on performance challenges will provide an opportunity to observe first hand and get to know the new technologies, new products and new systems; a packed program of conferences will allow participants to explore every topic and meet the authors of the main scientific-engineering texts; the project marketplace to purchase the research projects that leading Italian Universities place at the disposal of industry; the company exhibition spaces will offer a display of production excellence with various materials and systems. For the first time in Europe Structural Engineering will become a focus of analysis in a trade exhibition, a unique occasion for designers, project managers, contractors and clients to meet and transform a standard into a solution for re-launching and upgrading their activity.

The Forum will be staged with a high-level scientific direction: a scientific committee made up of engineering faculty professors from all over Italy with competences covering the entire field of Structural Engineering will assess the projects and products to be proposed for the exhibit and for the marketplace, define the conference program and organise the assembly.

THE FORUM SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

CALDERONI Bruno Professor of “Structural Engineering” Faculty of Engineering, "FEDERICO II" Univ. of Naples

CALVI Gian Michele Professor of “Structural Engineering” and “Structural Design in Seismic Zones” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Pavia

DI PRISCO Marco Professor of “Structural Design” and Director of the Department of Structural Engineering MILAN Polytechnic

FERRARA Liberato Professor of “Advanced Cementitious Composites for Seismic Retrofitting” and “Structural Engineering” DIS Polytechnic of MILAN

LAGOMARSINO Sergio Professor of “Building Consolidation” and “Territorial Seismi Engineering” Univ. of GENOA

LA MENDOLA Lidia Professor of “Structural Engineering” and “Structural Problems of Historical Buildings” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Palermo

LANDOLFO Raffaele Professor of “Fundamentals of Structural Engineering “ Faculty of Architecture, FEDERICO II" Univ. of Naples

MANCINI Giuseppe Professor of “Structural Engineering” and “Theory and Design of Bridges” DISTR I Faculty of Engineering, TURIN Polytechnic

MANFREDI Gaetano Professor of Structural Engineering - Director of the Department of Structural Engineering Faculty of Engineering, "FEDERICO II" Univ. of Naples

MAZZOTTI Claudio Professor of ”Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Construction” and “Elements of Structural Engineering” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Bologna

MONTI Giorgio Professor of “Structural Engineering” Faculty of Engineering, “La SAPIENZA” Univ. of Roma 1

PIAZZA Maurizio Professor of “Masonry Construction and Wood Construction” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Trento

PLIZZARI A. Giovanni Professor of “Structural Engineering” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Brescia

REALFONZO Roberto Professor of “Structural Engineering” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Salerno

RIGONE Paolo Professor of ” Building Envelope Design” Department of Science and Technologies of the Built Environment (Best) - MILAN Polytechnic

RIVA Paolo Professor of ”Seismic Zone Construction” and “Theory and Design of Reinforced Concrete and Pre-Compressed Reinforced Concrete Structures” Univ. of Bergamo

SALVATORE Walter Professor of “Seismic Zone Construction” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Pisa

SAVOIA Marco Professor of ”Advanced Design of Concrete Structures” and “Structural Design” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Bologna

SERINO Giorgio Professor of Structural Engineering Faculty of Engineering, "FEDERICO II" Univ. of Naples

TATTONI Sergio Professor of “Structural Engineering” Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Cagliari

ELEMENTS OF THE FORUM

• EXHIBITION of the “FORUM on Structural Engineering”
  A broad specialised exhibition dedicated to companies from the Structural Engineering sector
  
  
• CONFERENCES: ENGINEERING TOPICS
  An important exhibition with an opening conference, four important conferences and a program of meetings dedicated to building technology and structural engineering
  
  
• Exhibit of INNOVATIVE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PRODUCTS and SYSTEMS
  A concrete exhibit of innovative products and systems developed by Universities and Industry and a program of meetings for professionals
  
  
• RESEARCH PROJECT marketplace
  Meeting point for Universities, Industry and Finance Providers, aimed at promoting joint ventures and the undertaking of new research projects
  
  
• STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING assembly
  Meeting restricted to representatives of government, industry and universities operating in the realm of Structural Engineering
  
  
• Showcase of BOOKS on STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
  Specialised selection of books on this subject and program of meetings with authors
  
  
• To get an idea of a SEISMIC SHOCK
  A plate simulating earthquakes, which makes it possible to appreciate the emotional impact of a seismic shock
  
  
• “Structural Engineering” VISITOR ROUTE
  The MADE expo portal will feature a route that will guide visitors inside the exhibition facility, making it easier for them to meet the exhibiting companies which operate in the structural engineering sector.

EXHIBITION OF THE “FORUM ON STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING”

The central feature of the Forum is an exhibition of companies that operate in the structural engineering sector

The exhibition of the Forum on Structural Engineering embraces all areas: the wide variety of materials, products and systems falling within the scope of engineering is reflected by the presence of exhibitors in different pavilions of the Milan exhibition centre, according to a layout designed to facilitate technical visits by specialised professionals and enable them to concretely pursue their quest for structural engineering solutions.

The exhibition is a meeting point for those who would like to get to know companies that produce:

• traditional materials like steel, iron, concrete, bricks and wood
• composite products and advanced constituents like carbon, steel and polymer fibre, additions and fillers, mortars and binders, traditional steel bracings
• systems and components, such as seismic bearings, concrete and wood prefabricated structures, REP beams, inserts, pre-compression and post-tensioning
• software for computing, dimensioning and verification.

ENGINEERING CONFERENCES

Technical innovation, Safety, Durability, Sustainability are some of the keywords that should imply a new regulatory and institutional approach for the upgrading of existing structures and construction of new ones. These are the themes forming the backdrop of the opening conference and the four important technical conferences of the Forum on Structural Engineering.

Wednesday 3 February 2010
Technical-economic conference
Technical innovation: driver of the building market
Technical conference
The performance challenge

Thursday 4 February 2010
Technical conference
Engineering for sustainability

Friday 5 February 2010
Technical conference
Fireproof construction

Saturday 6 February 2010
Technical conference
Intervention on existing buildings in a seismic zone

The Forum is not only this: associations, exhibiting companies and publishing houses can request the organisation to include their own conferences and meetings in the official programme in order to reach a specialised technical target.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING ASSEMBLY

The dramatic events of L’Aquila and the ability subsequently shown in managing the processes of reconstruction have highlighted the positive and active role that universities can play when an effective partnership with government is developed.

An example of efficiency is ReLUIS (Network of University Seismic Engineering Laboratories).

This positive experience serves as background for the meeting that will be held among representatives of government, industry and the academic community who operate in the field of structural engineering in order to reflect on the organisation and funding of Italian university engineering departments and research activity.

Thursday 4 February 2010, 2.30 p.m.
The following are invited to participate
Ministry of Education - Ministry of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Infrastructure
Higher Council of Public Works
Federcostruzioni (Federation of construction companies)
All full and associate professors and researchers from the structural engineering sector

RESEARCH PROJECT MARKETPLACE

It is both a virtual and real bridge for establishing contact between Universities and Industry on the subject of research projects, with the aim of disseminating the thematic competences of different university technology hubs to the world of Industry, informing about the funding opportunities for research projects and favouring the creation of research projects and/or consortiums between universities and companies. The research project marketplace will involve the publication, on the exhibition website, of information about the university technology hubs which propose projects and requests for the development of research projects. Moreover, prior to the event a communication will be sent to companies in the sector, including a presentation of the Marketplace and a list of the partnership proposals.
During the exhibition it will be possible to present the research projects within the framework of a defined programme.

The organisation of MADE expo 2010 will be happy to provide further information (tel. +39 051 6646624) and to present the Forum to companies and assist them in choosing a place within the exhibition.