Mini-Symposia & Special Sessions

We are inviting your contributions to IALCCE2025 and looking forward to welcoming you in Melbourne, Australia, July, 2025!

Participants interested in organising Mini-Symposia and Special Sessions as part of IALCCE2025 are invited to submit a proposal via the Online Submission System, accessible via the button below.

Submission of Mini-Symposia and Special Sessions proposals are due by June 30th, 2024. Prospective MS&SS organisers are requested to submit proposals conforming to the guidelines outlined below.

After proposals are confirmed, authors willing to present a paper at the Mini-Symposia and Special Sessions will be invited to submit 300-word abstracts in accordance with the Symposium topics by July 30th, 2024, through the Online Submission System.

The Symposium proceedings will be published by Taylor & Francis with Scopus indexing and will be made available at the Symposium to registered participants.

Extended versions of selected papers presented at the Symposium will be considered for publication in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering - Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design & Performance, an international peer-reviewed scientific journal endorsed by IALCCE, and included in the ISI Science Citation Index.

Organizing a Mini-Symposium (MS) or a Special Session (SS)

Prospective MS/SS organisers should consider the following items prior to submitting the proposal:

A Mini-Symposium is normally composed of no fewer than three sessions on a single topic of substantial current interest and importance in life-cycle civil engineering. A Special Session is normally composed of one or two sessions.

  • There are typically five presentations in a single session.

  • Speakers should be selected primarily for their current contributions to the topic area.

  • Speakers should be as representative of researchers in the area as possible.

  • A mini-symposium organiser may speak as part of the mini-symposium that they are organising.

  • Special Sessions/Mini-symposia are discouraged in which most of the speakers come from the same organisation or if all co-authors on the papers being presented are from the same organisation.

Preparation of the Proposal

The MS/SS Organiser(s) are requested to provide the following information:

Title: Describe the subject of the MS/SS as accurately and specifically as possible.

Organiser(s): Provide full name & affiliation of the MS/SS organiser(s) during the author stage of the submission. You will also need to ensure your online profile has been populated with the following; title, affiliation, postal address, email address, telephone number, and your bio and photo uploaded. 

Summary: Describe the MS/SS in not more than 300 words. The summary should be written to attract those who specifically work on the topic as well as those who work in related areas. Based on experience, the following outline is suggested:

  • Explain the problem area to be addressed by the speakers and why it is important in significant applications.

  • Identify current directions of research and methods being developed to solve problems.

  • Describe the scope of the MS/SS.

  • Speakers: Provide the full name, title, affiliation, address, and email address of each speaker and the title of his/her presentation.

    MS/SS Abstracts Submission

Authors in the accepted MS/SS must submit their abstracts following the standard procedure for abstract submission through the Online Submission System. Authors must select the pertinent MS/SS when submitting their abstracts.

  • Means of Submission - Online

    By clicking on the link above, you will be taken to a web page where you can cut and paste your MS/SS submission in several simple steps. The benefits of this system are many but include:

    Allowing you to preview your MS/SS summary abstract and make modifications to your satisfaction.

    Ensuring you know your lodgement is completed as you will receive an immediate email confirmation.

    Ensuring accurate indexing of all authors in the abstract listing.

    Ensuring consistent presentation of all abstracts in the proceedings (overarching formatting is imposed).

  • As long as you have filled your own email address correctly, you will get an immediate confirmation of your abstract being submitted.

    Should you wish to make changes to your MS/SS submission after you have submitted it, please log into your online registration dashboard. Click the “manage” button. Under the MS/SS heading you will be able to view, edit or submit a new abstract.

    Note: Once the submission deadline has passed and reviewing has commenced, no changes are permitted.

  • Once the summary submission deadline passes, the program committee will review all proposal submissions. Once reviewing has been completed, notification of programming decisions will come from the secretariat. A reminder that authors in the accepted MS/SS must submit their abstracts following the standard procedure for abstract submission through the Online Submission System. Authors must select the pertinent MS/SS when submitting their abstracts.

  • Acceptance in to the program is conditional on all presenters having valid conference registrations.

  • The Symposium proceedings will be published by Taylor & Francis with Scopus indexing and will be made available at the Symposium to registered participants.

    Extended versions of selected papers presented at the Symposium will be considered for publication in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering - Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design & Performance, an international peer-reviewed scientific journal endorsed by IALCCE, and included in the ISI Science Citation Index.