The 9th International Masonry Conference will be held in Guimarães, Portugal in July 7-9, 2014 as a joint initiative from the University of Minho and the International Masonry Society.
This Conference series became one of the most important international events in the masonry world and it takes place every four years. The technical program will include plenary sessions with invited speakers and parallel sessions of selected papers arranged according to the most relevant topics in masonry. The organizers will plan an enjoyable social program, taking advantage of Guimarães (a Unesco World Heritage site), and the neighborhood city of Porto and the Douro Valley.
The main topics of the conference include: innovation and sustainability of masonry, new construction techniques/technologies, quality assurance, architecture with masonry, prefabrication with masonry, analysis of masonry structures, masonry materials and testing, new developments in design/verification, earthquake resistance and retrofitting, reliability and performance, masonry and building physics, codes and standards, fire resistance, training and education in masonry, conservation of historic buildings, earthen construction, repair and strengthening, case studies.
Further information will be available at www.9imc.civil.uminho.pt from the end June 2012.