8th International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures in Dresden
The SMAR (International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment, and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures) series was launched with SMAR 2011 in Dubai (UAE) and has since evolved to various global locations, including Istanbul (Turkey) in 2013, Antalya (Turkey) in 2015, Zurich (Switzerland) in 2017, Potsdam (Germany) in 2019, and Shanghai (China) in 2020. With a record of more than 350 submissions, the seventh SMAR conference was held in Salerno (Italy) from September 4-6, 2024.
The eighth SMAR conference will provide a forum for international scientists, engineers, contractors and infrastructure managers to present and discuss the state of the art and recent advances in testing and monitoring technology, structural modeling and assessment methods, and the application of advanced materials for structural rehabilitation.
Date: 26.08.–28.08.2026
Location: Campus of the TUD Dresden University of Technology
Who:
- Co-chair of the local organizing committee: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Marx
- Co-chairman of the Empa: Moslem Shahverdi
- Honorary Chairman of SMAR26: Masoud Motavalli (Empa), Enzo Martinelli (University of Salerno)
- Local organizing committee (management): Frank Schladitz, Tina Funke
- local organizing committee: Dr.-Ing. Björn Abeln, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Feldmann, Prof. Dr. sc. ETH Elyas Ghafoori, Prof. Dr. Robert Jockwer, Dr.-Ing. Chongjie Kang, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Matschei, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Mechtcherine, Dr.-Ing. Silke Scheerer, Prof. Dr.-Ing.

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Contact person

Administrative Secretary
NameMs Tina Funke
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Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of concrete structures
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