Keynote Speakers

 

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Professor B V Venkatarama Reddy

Professor of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

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Keynotes in Main (General) Session  
Title: Sustainability of Construction Materials and Buildings: An overview

Keynote in Special Session on Building Materials and New Developments
Title: Rammed earth construction – problems, prospects and challenges

 

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Professor Pete Walker

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
and
BRE Centre in Innovative Construction Materials (BRE CICM)
University of Bath,
United Kingdom

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Keynotes in Main (General) Session  
Title: Grow your own home: greener roots to sustainable construction

 

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Dr Shawn Platt

BSc(Pittsburgh), MSc(Pittsburgh), PhD(Pittsburgh)

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
University of Bath,
United Kingdom

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Keynotes in Main (General) Session  
Title: Modern High Strength Materials: Considerations for concrete design, repair, and retrofit

Keynote in Special Session on Building Materials and New Developments
Title: Bamboo as a Resource for Modern Vernacular Architecture

 

 

 

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Professor David Thambiratnam

BSc (Eng) Hons, MSc, PhD, FIEAust, FICE, FASCE

Department of Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Queensland University of Technology,
Brisbane,
Australia

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Keynote in Special Session on Tall Buildings and Large Structures
Title: Structural Health Monitoring of Large Structures - Basics, Applications and Education

 

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Professor Gregory De Costa

BSc (Eng) Hons (Moratuwa), MBA (Colombo), MEng (Hiroshima), PhD (Hiroshima)

Open Polytechnic,
New Zealand

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Keynote in Special Session on Water Resources and Climate effects
Title: Climate change, Sea level rise and its impact on coastal areas

 

 

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Professor Upul Attanayake

Director of the Center for Structural Durability

BSc (Eng) Hons (Peradeniya), M.Eng (AIT), PhD (Wayne State University)

Civil and Construction Engineering Department,
Western Michigan University,
USA

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Keynote in Special Session on Tall Buildings and Large Structures
Title: Extending Concrete Bridge Service Life - Maintenance and Replacement Actions.

 

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Dr. Loizos Pelecanos

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering,
University of Bath,
United Kingdom

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Keynote in Main (General) session
Title: Modern analysis methods for seismic design of earth dams

 

Dr. Daniel Maskell

 

 

Dr. Daniel Maskell

Department Architecture and Civil Engineering
University of Bath
United Kingdom

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Keynote in Special Session (Parallel) on Sustainable Built Environments
Title: Sustainable Design with a human centered approach

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Mr. Ranjan Fernando

BSc( Eng ) Hons, Civil Engineering (University of Moratuwa), Master of Structural Engineering (University of Melbourne)

 

Managing Director
Ranjan Fernando structural engineering Pty Ltd. And Ranjan Fernando consulting engineers Pty Ltd,
Melbourne,
Australia

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Keynote in Special Session on Geotechnical Engineering  and Applications
Title: Deep retention pile soldier system and deep foundation for heavy structures - some experience in Melbourne

 

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Professor Samanthika Liyanapathirana

Western Sydney University
Australia

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Keynote in Special Session on Geotechnical Engineering  and Applications 
Title: Design of column supported embankments over soft clay: An overview of current practice.

 

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Dr. Dhammika Mahaarachchi

BSc (Eng) Hons, PhD, MIEAust, CPEng, NPER, RPEQ

Robert Bird Group 
Brisbane,
Australia

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Keynote in Special Session on Tall Buildings and Large Structures
Title: Super tall buildings:  Structural modelling and design.

 

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Dr. K S Nanjunda Rao

Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560 012 INDIA

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Keynote in Main (General) session
Title: Dynamic behavior of reinforced masonry structures

 

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Professor Sanjaya Senadheera

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
USA

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Keynote in Special Session (Parallel) on Sustainable Built Environments 
Title: Phase Change Materials

 

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Dr. Asiri Weerasuriya

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hong Kong

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Keynote in Main (General) session
Title: Pedestrian-level wind environment near tall buildings