8 September

Young Authors Prize has been announced in website (see Section Awards|Young Authors Prize)

29 July

Conference and Workshop Photo Album now available in website (see Section Conference|Photo Album)

25 July

Conference Proceedings now available for purchase (contact [email protected])

Conference and Workshop Photo Album soon available in website

10 July

The Footbridge Awards presentation is now available in Section| Awards| Footbridge Award

20 June

Please find Map of Events venues in Section|Venue|Location

Workshop Programme has been updated and is now available in Section|Workshop|Programme

3 June

Conference Programme is now available in Section |Conference|Programme

26 May

Instructions for poster presentations are now available in Section Authors|Paper submission

A template for powerpoint presentations is also available

The conference Schedule will be announced soon

19 May

The Footbridge Award finalists have bee announced (see section|Awards)

6 May

Please note that authors should register before 10 May in order to have their papers included in the Conference Proceedings. 10 May is also the deadline for registration with the second lowest fee (see section |Registration)

28 April

The list of accepted papers is now available (see section|Authors)

8 April

Please note that deadline for registration with the lowest fee is 10 April (see section |Registration)

7 April 2008

Workshop program is available. Invited Speakers: Álvaro Cunha; Angus Low; Christian Meinhardt; Chistiane Butz; Christof Heinmeyer; David Mackenzie; James Brownjohn; Krzysztof Zoltowski; Pascal Charles; Philippe Duflot; Theodor Zoli; Xavier Cespedes (see Section |Workshop)

3 April 2008

Notifications of paper acceptance have now been sent to all authors. The list of accepted papers will soon be available

17 March 2008

Announcement of technical visit to Coimbra on 5 July 2008 (Please see section Venue/ Location)

29 Feb. 2008

The panel for the Round Table on "Aesthetics and Structural Design" has been appointed

Initial lecture: My experience in Bridge Aesthetics, Álvaro Siza Vieira, FAUP, Portugal

Panel:

Enzo Siviero, IUAV, Italy- Moderator

Ian Firth, Flint, Neill & Partner, UK

Keith Brownlie, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, UK

Juan Sobrino, PEDELTA, Spain

Mike Schlaich, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Germany

Final lecture: Footbridges Conferences: history,reason and the way forward, by Wasoodev Hoorpah, OTUA/MIO, France

18 Feb. 2008

Paper and entries submisssion to the Young Authors Prize are now closed

30 Jan. 2008

The Keynote Speakers have been appointed in the Conference program:

KN1- Footbridges in Portugal, António Adão da Fonseca, FEUP/ADF, Portugal

KN2- Footbridge design: Are there limits?, Andreas Keil, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Germany

KN3- Pursuit of bridge aesthethics in China- A personal experience, Man Chung Tang, TY LIN, USA

KN4- Codes of practice for lively footbridges: state of-the-art and required measures, Christiane Butz, Maurer & Sohne, Germany

KN5- Study on pedestrian-induced vibration in footbridges, Limin Sun, Univ. Tongji, China

KN6- Advanced composite materials for footbridges, Urs Meier, EMPA, Switzerland

KN7- The design of footbridges, Dietmar Feichtinger, Feichtinger Architectes, France

Round Table- Aesthetics and Structural Design

28 Jan. 2008
Registration forms for the Workshop and conference are now available.

List of hotels and prices attached.

21 Jan. 2008
The Workshop on 1 July has now been announced.
A provisional programme has been posted.

21 Jan. 2008
The Young Authors Prize entry form is now available.
Call open until 15 February 2008.

21 Jan. 2008
The provisional programme has now been posted.

2 Nov. 20078
Abstract notification messages have been sent to authors.

Download the Call for papers here.