Call for Abstract: CIGOS 2019 "Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure" . Hanoi - Vietnam

Dear Colleague,

You are cordially invited to submit abstracts to the 5th International Conference on Geotechnical, Structural and Construction Engineering (CIGOS 2019), which will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam from October 31 to November 1, 2019. The conference focuses on the theme of “Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure”, which is of vital importance in many developing countries.

The conference is co-organized by the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE-Global) and the University of Transport Technology (UTT) in partnership with the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay). Similar to the previous 2017-Edition, the CIGOS 2019 proceedings will be submitted to the book series “Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering” published by Springer and indexed in Scopus.

Distinguished keynote speakers have accepted to attend the conference:

• MATTHEWS Adam, Head of International for the UK Government’s Building Information Modelling - Chairman of the EU BIM Task Group, UK
• LACASSE Suzanne, Expert Adviser at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway - Honorary Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai and at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China
• RILETT Laurence, Professor, Director of the Nebraska Transportation Center and the Mid-America Transportation Center, USA
• SKIBNIEWSKI Mirosław J., Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Automation in Construction (SCI IF=4.032), ELSEVIER - Professor of University of Maryland, USA
• TURMO Jose, Professor of Technical University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain
• YOUNG Ben, Professor, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Constructional Steel Research (SCI IF=2.059), ELSEVIER - Dean of the Graduate School of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong, China

The deadline for abstract submission is November 30, 2018. The main topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced Modeling and Characterization of Structures
• Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies
• Smart and Sustainable Cities
• Geotechnics for Environment and Energy
• Urban Planning, Transport and Environment
• Data mining & Machine Learning
• Building Information Modeling

Please submit your abstract (250 - 500 words) via the conference website: https://cigos2019.sciencesconf.org/user/submit. 

Information about CIGOS 2019, including keynote lectures, important dates, venue, program and sponsorship opportunities, etc. can also be found on the conference website:https://cigos2019.sciencesconf.org. 

We would highly appreciate if you could forward the call for papers to your colleagues who may be interested in this conference.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at cigos@a-vse.org.

We look forward to receiving your contribution.

Best regards,

Co-chairmen of CIGOS 2019

Dr. DAO Van Dong, Rector of UTT

Dr. HA MINH Cuong, ENS Paris-Saclay, Director of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Network of AVSE Global