ConferenceSchedule 9 Dec 2025Tuesday10 Dec 2025Wednesday11 Dec 2025Thursday12 Dec 2025Friday 18:00 – 22:00 Registration and Welcome Reception 08:30 – 17:30 Registration 09:00 – 09:10 Opening Address by Prof Richard Liew 09:10 – 09:20 Photo-Taking Keynote Session – I (ICASS) 09:20 – 09:55 “Progress through technology: recent developments in metal additive manufacturing for steel construction” by Professor Leroy Gardner, Imperial College London 09:55 – 10:30 “Concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures: life-cycle-based analytical theory, standards and engineering applications” by Professor Lin-Hai Han, Tsinghua University 10:30 – 10:55 Coffee/Tea Break Keynote Session – II (ICASS) 10:55 – 11:30 “Advances in High Strength Steel Structures: Research, Specification, and Applications” by Professor Gang Shi, Tsinghua University 11:30 – 12:05 “Challenges in Connections of Large-Diameter Offshore Wind Structures” by Professor Milan Veljkovic, Delft University of Technology 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch/Lunch time talks by Sponsors Keynote Session – III (ISICT) 13:30 – 14:05 “The Research and Practice of Modular Construction in China” by Professor Guoqiang Li, Tongji University 14:05 – 14:40 “Digital Intelligence as an Enabling Technology to Integrate Intelligence, Construction and Performance” by Professor Thomas Ng, City University of Hong Kong 14:40 – 15:15 “Enabling Industrialised Construction: Singapore’s Integrated Approach to Industry Transformation” by Mr. Tan Chee Kiat, Building and Construction Authority 15:15 – 15:40 Coffee/Tea Break Keynote Session – IV (ICASS) 15:40 – 16:15 “Behaviour and design of next generation steel and steel-concrete composite structures for buildings and bridges” by Professor Brian Uy, University of New South Wales 16:15 – 16:50 “Addressing the geometric drivers of sustainability – illusion, revolution and celebration of performance-based minimalist structures” by Mr. Samuel Wang, a leading industrial expert from KTP Consultants Pte Ltd 16:50 – 17:25 “Effective use of S690 to S960 high strength steel in construction” by Professor Kwok Fai Chung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 08:30 Registration 09:00 – 09:35 “Structural behaviour of additively manufactured stainless steel tapered square hollow section stub columns” by Professor Ben Young, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 09:35 – 10:10 “Prospects of steel structure reuse” by Professor Y.C. Wang, University of Manchester 10:10 – 10:30 Coffee/Tea Break 10:30 – 12:15 Parallel technical sessions – I 12:15 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 14:45 Parallel technical sessions – II 14:45 – 15:05 Coffee/Tea Break 15:05 – 17:20 Parallel technical sessions – III 19:00 – 22:00 Conference Banquet 08:30 Registration 09:00 – 09:35 “Advances in the Application of Fracture Mechanics to Seismic Steel Connections” by Professor Amit Kanvinde, University of California, Davis 09:35 – 10:10 “Design of steel joints by advanced FEM: modelling, assessment of results, reliability and code specification” by Professor Luis da Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal 10:10 – 10:30 Coffee/Tea Break 10:30 – 12:15 Parallel technical sessions – IV 12:15 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 14:45 Parallel technical sessions – V 14:45 – 15:05 Coffee/Tea Break 15:05 – 16:20 Parallel technical sessions – VI 17:00 – 17:30 Closing Ceremony 9 Dec 2025 | 10 Dec 2025 | 11 Dec 2025 | 12 Dec 2025
