CICE2025 Organizing Committee encourages the organization of Special Sessions to supplement the regular conference program, providing the opportunity to focus on specific emerging topics within the conference’s scope. A call for Special Sessions is now open. Proponents are invited to send an abstract describing the topic and objectives of the Special Session, together with their brief biographies to cice@cice2025.org (with “Special Session Proposal” as the subject) until September 15, 2024.

The abstracts for the Special Session proposals should be prepared following this template, where additional details are provided.

Note: Special Session proposals will be evaluated based on the relevance of the topic and the qualifications of the organizer(s). Notification of approval will be made on a rolling basis.

Special Sessions already approved:

• SS01 – Internal hybrid (FRP+Steel) reinforcement for concrete clements: Challenges and future perspectives (Organizers: Maria Antonietta Aiello, Luciano Ombres, Pietro Mazzuca)
• SS02 – New approaches, unexplored issues, and future challenges on bond-dominated problems (Organizers: Tommaso D’Antino, Francesco Focacci, Christian Carloni)
• SS03 – Inorganic composites for structural retrofitting (Organizers: Marta del Zoppo, Georgia Thermou, Marco Di Ludovico)
• SS04 – FRP reinforced concrete: On a global path from niche to mainstream (Organizers: Jan Bielak, Tamer El Maaddawy, Ehab El-Salakawy, Fabio Matta, Tao Yu)
• SS05 – Modern integration of FRP composites in heritage conservation: Engineering solutions and preservation ethics (Organizers: Alessio Cascardi, Salvatore Verre, Marianovella Leone)
• SS06 – Challenges and opportunities for end-of-life fibre reinforced polymers in civil engineering (promoted by TG2 of IIFC) (Organizers: Cristina Barris, Giovanni Terrasi, Chao Wu)
• SS07 – Hybrid FRP composites: Recent advancements and future applications in construction (Organizers: Luís Correia, Filipe Ribeiro, José Sena-Cruz)

• SS08 – Paradis Bridge: Challenges and successes in the design and realisation of a 42 m full composite foot and bicycle bridge for Bergen, Norway (Organizers: Liesbeth Tromp, Håkon Tryti Nilssen, Alf-Egil Jensen, Jon Inge BrattikÅs, Oystein Mehl Eide)

• SS09 – Advancements in reliability-based design for FRP composites (Organizers: Amirhossein Mohammadi, Sujith Mangalathu)

• SS10 – Composites for fatigue strengthening and lifetime extension of existing structures (Organizers: Angelo Savio Calabrese, Elyas Ghafoori, QianQian Yu)

• SS11 – Thermoplastic bars for internal reinforcement of concrete structures: Challenges and new developments (Organizers: Inês C. Rosa, João P. Firmo, Tommaso D’Antino)
• SS12 – Durability, lifetime, and life cycle assessment of sustainable composites (Organizers: Mário Garrido, Andrejs Krauklis)
• SS13 – Emerging challenges and innovations in sustainable composite materials [SS promoted by TG1 of IIFC] (Organizers: Francesca Roscini, Jovan Tatar)
• SS14 – FRP in extreme settings [SS promoted by TG3 of IIFC] (Organizers: Aamir Dean, P.M. Anilkumar, Sven Scheffler, Raimund Rolfes)
• SS15 – Advanced FRP manufacturing techniques [SS promoted by TG5 of IIFC] (Organizer: Baolin Wan)

• SS16 – Digitalising FRP strengthening measures for civil engineering applications [SS promoted by TG5 of IIFC] (Organizers: Dimitra Achillopoulou, Amr Maher Elnemr)

• SS17 – Regulatory assessment and technical approval of FRP materials used in civil engineering applications (Organizers: Ana Sofia Louro, Susana Cabral-Fonseca)