Challenging Glass Conference 10
International Conference on the Architectural and Structural Application of Glass
16 & 17 June 2026 - TU Delft - The Netherlands
Challenging Glass is an international bi-annual conference that aims at gathering world class designers, engineers, researchers and industry partners to discuss on the architectural and structural use of glass. The conference is organised by Christian Louter (TU Delft), Freek Bos (TU Munich) and Jan Belis (UGent) and has been held at TU Delft, EPFL and Ghent University. The upcoming edition, Challenging Glass 10, will be held on Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 June 2026 at the Aula Congrescentrum at TU Delft.
Architectural Glass Design - Cast Glass - Composite Glass Components - Curved Glass - Glass & Adhesives - Glass Additive Manufacturing - Glass Circularity - Glass Connections - Glass Education - Glass in Facades - Glass in Fire - Glass Testing - Insulating Glass Units - Laminated Glass- Numerical Modeling - Projects & Case studies - Smart Glazing - Solar Glass & BIPV - Standards - Strength, Stability & Safety - Structural Glass Design - Sustainable Glass Solutions - Thin Glass - and more!
Challenging Glass 9 - TU Delft - 2024 - Photos by Roy Borghouts
Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology
Dr Freek Bos – Technical University of Munich
Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University
Prof. James O'Callaghan – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Mauro Overend – Delft University of Technology
Dr Fred Veer – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Chiara Bedon – Trieste University
Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University
Prof. Lucio Blandini – University of Stuttgart
Dr Freek Bos – Technical University of Munich
Dr Telesilla Bristogianni – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Suwen Chen – Tongji University
Prof. Paulo Cruz – University of Minho
Dr Jagoda Cupać – Delft University of Technology
Dr Corinna Datsiou – University of Hertfordshire
Prof. Martina Eliášová – Czech Technical University in Prague
Prof. Michael Engelmann – Technische Universität Dresden
Prof. Markus Feldmann – RWTH Aachen
Prof. Steffen Feirabend – Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
Prof. Laura Galuppi– University of Parma
Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Jürgen Neugebauer – FH Joanneum
Prof. James O'Callaghan – Delft University of Technology
Dr Faidra Oikonomopoulou – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Mauro Overend – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Jens Schneider – Technische Universität Wien
Prof. Christian Schuler – Munich University of Applied Sciences
Dr Miriam Schuster – Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dr Vlad Silvestru – ETH Zurich
Dr Bert Van Lancker – Ghent University
Dr Fred Veer – Delft University of Technology
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