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ASES Congress 2026

Zlatibor, Serbia, 23-25 September 2026

The Association of Structural Engineers of Serbia (ASES), in cooperation with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Belgrade and the Faculty of Technical Sciences of the University of Novi Sad, is organizing a congress to be held from September 23 to 25, 2026, at the “Tornik” Hotel in Zlatibor.

FIRST CALL

 

📢 Keynote Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce Gregor SchachtPhD, Managing Director of MKP GmbH (Dresden, Germany), as a keynote speaker at the 17th Congress of the Association of Structural Engineers of Serbia.

👤 About the speaker:

Gregor Schacht studied Civil engineering at TU Dresden, where he also completed his PhD in concrete structures. Since 2014, he has been with Marx Krontal Partner, serving as Head of Bridge Engineering since 2018 and Managing Director since 2024. He has extensive experience in bridge engineering and has lectured on existing concrete structures at Leibniz University Hannover.

🎤 Keynote lecture:  “The Collapse of the Carolabridge – a tragic individual case?”

The collapse of the Carolabridge raised fundamental questions that go far beyond a single failure. Through an in-depth forensic analysis, this lecture will address structural safety, assessment of existing structures, and the broader lessons for modern structural engineering practice.

 

Second announcement is now available SRB / ENG

 

 
Call for nominations for the ASES Lifetime Achievement Award in the Field of Structural Engineering 

Nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award, including all relevant materials, must be submitted no later than March 20, 2026.

More information is available here.

 

 

Call for entries for ASES Awards for the Best Scientific and Professional Achievements in Structural Engineering for 2024 and 2025

Nominations for the Best Scientific and Professional Achievements in Structural Engineering for 2024 and 2025, including all relevant materials, must be submitted no later than March 20, 2026.

More information is available here.

 

 

Traditionally, three best papers by young authors will be published in Building Materials and Structures Journal (IF = 0.6). 

Building Materials and Structures (Građevinski materijali i konstrukcije) is an open access peer-reviewed international journal for research in the area of building materials and structures. Journal publishes high quality original scientific articles as well as technical articles (at lesser extent) on the application of recognized scientific achievements of relevance to the field of building materials and structures. 

 

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