Keynote Speakers

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

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

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

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

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

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 - Repair, Rehabilitation, and Replacement Actions

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

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  and Applications
Title: Deep retention pile soldier system and deep foundation for heavy structures - some experience in Melbourne

Professor Samanthika Liyanapathirana

Western Sydney University
Australia

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

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.

Dr. Olivia Mirza

BE(Hons) UNSW, PhD(UWS), MIEAust

Academic Course Advisor for Postgraduate Fire Safety Engineering
Chair of Engineers Australia Western Sydney Regional Group
Publications Co-ordinator for Women In Engineering, Sydney Division
School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics,
Western Sydney University,
Australia.

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Keynote in Main (General) session
Title: Rehabilitation for Ageing Infrastructures through Innovative Retrofitting Method

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

Professor Rafid Alkhaddar

Head of the Department of Civil Engineering
Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering
Hon Vice Presidentof the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, UK

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Keynote in Special Session on Water Resources and Climate effects
Title: Water The Essence of Life