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Steering Committee

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Venkatesh Kodur (Chair)

Michigan State University, USA 

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Paulo Vila Real

University of Aveiro, Portugal 

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Thomas Gernay

Johns Hopkins University, USA 

Kang Hai Tan

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 

Organizing Committee

Mark F. Green

Mark F. Green (Co-Chair)

Queen’s University 

John Gales (Co-Chair)

York University

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Masoud Adelzadeh

National Research Council of Canada

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Noureddine Bénichou

National Research Council of Canada

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Bronwyn Chorlton

University of Calgary

Negar Elhami Khorasani.

Negar Elhami-Khorasani

University at Buffalo

Islam Gomaa

Islam Gomaa

National Research Council of Canada

Hamzeh Hajiloo

Carleton University

Ramla Qureshi

Ramla Qureshi

McMaster University

Scientific Committee

AbdelHamid Bouchair | Polytech Clermont-Ferrand | France
Aldina Santiago | University of Coimbra | Portugal
Alexandre Landesmann | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
Ali Ashrafi | Thornton Tomasetti | USA
Ali Morovat | NIST | USA
Ali Nadjai | Ulster University | UK
Ana Espinós | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain
Ananth Ramaswamy | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | India
Andrea Frangi | ETH Zurich | Switzerland
Andrea Lucherini | Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG) | Slovenia
Anil Agarwal | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | India
Ann Jeffers | University of Michigan | USA
Anthony Abu | University of Canterbury | New Zealand
Antonio Bilotta | University of Naples Federico II | Italy
Asif Usmani | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong
Beth Weckman | University of Waterloo | Canada
Bin Zhao | CTICM | France
Bo Wu | South China University of Technology | China
Bronwyn Chorlton | University of Calgary | Canada
Carlos Couto | University of Aveiro | Portugal
Chao Zhang | Wuhan University | China
Charles Clifton | University of Auckland | New Zealand
Christian Dagenais | FPInnovations | Canada
Cristian Maluk | DAMA Engineering Consultants | Unknown
David Barber | Arup | UK
Donatella De Silva | University of Naples Federico II | Italy
Dong Zhang | Fuzhou University | China
Eleni Asimakopoulou | University of Central Lancashire | UK
Emidio Nigro | University of Naples Federico II | Italy
Eric Tonicello | ISI – Ingénierie et Sécurité Incendie Sàrl | Switzerland
Erica Fischer | Oregon State University | USA
Faris Ali | Ulster University | UK
Felix Wiesner | University of Queensland | Australia
Florian Block | Buro Happold | UK
François Hanus | ArcelorMittal | Luxembourg
František Wald | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czech Republic
Fuminobu Ozaki | Nagoya University | Japan
Gaurav Srivastava | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | India
Grunde Jomaas | Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG) | Slovenia
Guo-Qiang Li | Tongji University | China
Hamzeh Hajiloo | Carleton University | Canada
Hélder Craveiro | University of Coimbra | Portugal
Ignacio Paya Zaforteza | University of Valencia | Spain
Ian Burgess | University of Sheffield | UK
Jean-Marc Franssen | Université de Liège | Belgium
João Ramôa Correia | University of Lisbon | Portugal
Jochen Zehfuß | Braunschweig | Germany
John Gales | Queen’s University | Canada
Kang Hai Tan | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore
Katherine Cashell | University College London | UK
Kazunori Harada | Kyoto University | Japan
Leroy Gardner | Imperial College | UK
Liming Jiang | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong
Lou Guobiao | Tongji University | China
Luís Laím | University of Coimbra | Portugal
Luís Simões da Silva | University of Coimbra | Portugal
Luke Bisby | The University of Edinburgh | UK
Mahen Mahendran | Queensland University of Technology | Australia
Manuel Romero | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain
Maria Garlock | Princeton University | USA
Marion Charlier | ArcelorMittal Global R&D | Luxembourg
Mark Green | Queen’s University | Canada
Martin Mensinger | Technical University of Munich | Germany
Masoud Adelzadeh | NRC | Canada
Massimo Fragiacomo | University of L’Aquila | Italy
Michal Jandera | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czech Republic
Mitsuo Ozawa | Gunma University | Japan
Mohannad Zeyad Naser | Clemson University | USA
Muhammad Masood Rafi | NED University Karachi | Pakistan
N Anand | Karunya University | India
Negar Elhami-Khorasani | University at Buffalo | USA
Nicola Tondini | University of Trento | Italy
Norman Werther | TU Munich | Germany
Noureddine Bénichou | NRC | Canada
Nuno Lopes | University of Aveiro | Portugal
Olivier Vassart | ArcelorMittal | Luxembourg
Panwei Du | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore
Paulo Piloto | Politechnical Institute of Bragança | Portugal
Paulo Vila Real | University of Aveiro | Portugal
Pedro Palma | EMPA – Materials Science Technology | Switzerland
Peter Schaumann | University of Hannover | Germany
Piergiacomo Cancelliere | Ministry of Interior Italian Central for Fire | Italy
Pietro Gambarova | Politecnico di Milano | Italy
Ramla Qureshi | McMaster University | Canada
Ruben Van Coile | Ghent University | Belgium
Sam Salem | Lakehead University | Canada
Serdar Selamet | Stanford University | USA
Shengxin Fan | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore
Shuna Ni | University of Maryland | USA
Spencer Quiel | Lehigh University | USA
Srishti Banerji | Utah State University | USA
Suwen Chen | Tongji University | China
Takeo Hirashima | Chiba University | Japan
Timo Jokinen | Kauriala | Finland
Tom Molkens | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Belgium
Tomaž Hozjan | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia
Vasant Matsagar | IIT Delhi | India
Venkatesh Kodur | Michigan State University | USA
Vinny Gupta | University of Waterloo | Canada
Weiyong Wang | Chongqing University | China
Yong Wang | Manchester University | UK
Zhong Tao | University of Western Sydney | Australia