ICTB 2021 PLUS
The ICTB 2021 PLUS will be a meeting point for engineers, architects, experts, as well as scientists and students from all over the world in the field of timber bridges, including highway, railway and pedestrian structures. The successful conferences ICTB 2010 in Lillehammer, Norway, ICTB 2013 in Las Vegas, USA, and ICTB 2017 in Skellefteå, Sweden is now being followed up by a forth conference in Switzerland, where you can be a guest or join as online participant.
Within the conference, we would like to show the past, current and future in timber bridge engineering:
- Railway, roadway or slow traffic timber bridges
- Design and construction of timber bridges
- Maintenance of historical timber bridges
- Quality management
- Constructive protection, materials and coatings
- Assessment and monitoring of timber bridges
Your benefits
- Become an ICTB 2021 PLUS participant or sponsor/exhibitor for your strategic position and relationships
- Meet and build contacts with experts, producers and scientists from all over the world
- Share experiences and information in the area of timber bridge research, construction and maintenance
- Attend a technical tour on recent and historical timber bridges in Switzerland
- About 100 people from several countries all over the world attend the conference each time.
Promotional video ICTB 2021 PLUS
International Scientific Committee
- Research Engineer, James Wacker, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., USA
- Prof. Kjell Arne Malo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Norway
- Prof. Roberto Crocetti, Lund University, Sweden
- Prof. Dr. Caroline Frenette, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
- Prof. Hideyuki Nasu, Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan
- Prof. Mats Ekevad, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
- Prof. Dr. Antje Simon, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Germany
- Research Engineer Robert Widmann, Empa – Structural Engineering Research Laboratory, Switzerland
- Prof. Andreas Müller, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
- Dr. Bettina Franke, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. Steffen Franke, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
