Challenging Glass Conference

Challenging Glass

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 9, will be hosted by Christian Louter, James O'Callaghan, Mauro Overend & Fred Veer and will be held on Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 June 2024 at the Aula Congrescentrum at TU Delft.

Call for Abstracts

In case you are interested in presenting your work at Challenging Glass 9, you are kindly invited to submit an abstract of your work following the instructions given below. Your abstract will then be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. If the result is positive, you will be invited to submit a full paper and to prepare an oral or poster presentation for the conference.


Selected abstracts will be invited to publish a full paper in the Glass Structures & Engineering journal, special issue Challenging Glass. Final acceptance of these papers is subject to the review and revision process as required by the journal.

Abstract Submission Procedure

Please follow the steps below to submit your abstract.

1. Download the Abstract Template to write your abstract.

2. Log in (or register first) at the CGC Proceedings platform.

3. Submit your abstract following the instructions given.

Keydates for Authors

Extended abstract deadline – 4 December 2023

Abstract review notification – 15 December 2023

Paper submission deadline – 15 February 2024

Paper review notification – 1 April 2024

Paper revision deadline – 1 May 2024

Program & Location

Wednesday 19 June 2024

09:00 - 11:00 Conference opening & Keynote Speakers

11:00 - 18:00 Parallel sessions with paper presentations

19:00 - 22:00 Conference dinner


Thursday 20 June 2024

09:00 - 16:00 Parallel sessions with paper presentations

16:00 - 17:00 Keynote Speakers & Conference closing

17:00 - 18:00 Drinks


Location

TU Delft, Aula Congrescentrum,
Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft,

The Netherlands

Conference topics

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!

Publications

Conference Proceedings

Journal Special Issues

Committees

Organisers

Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology

Dr Freek Bos – Technical University of Munich

Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University

Local hosts

Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology

Prof. James O'Callaghan – Delft University of Technology

Prof. Mauro Overend – Delft University of Technology

Dr Fred Veer – Delft University of Technology

Scientific Committee

Dr Chiara Bedon – Trieste University

Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University – chair

Prof. Lucio Blandini University of Stuttgart

Dr Freek Bos – Technical University of Munich – chair

Dr Telesilla Bristogianni – Delft University of Technology

Prof. Suwen Chen – Tongji University

Prof. Paulo Cruz – University of Minho

Dr Jagoda Cupać – Technische Universität Dresden

Dr Corinna Datsiou – University of Hertfordshire

Dr Martina Eliášová – Czech Technical University in Prague

Prof. Michael Engelmann – Technische Universität Dresden

Prof. Steffen Feirabend – Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart

Prof. Markus Feldmann – RWTH Aachen

Dr Laura Galuppi – University of Parma

Dr Rebecca Hartwell – Delft University of Technology

Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology – chair

Dr Stephen Morse – Michigan Technological University

Prof. Jürgen Neugebauer – FH Joanneum

Dr Jens Henrik Nielsen – Technical University of Denmark

Prof. James O'Callaghan – Delft University of Technology – chair

Dr Faidra Oikonomopoulou – Delft University of Technology

Prof. Mauro Overend – Delft University of Technology – chair

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 – chair

Sponsors

Contact us at cgc9@challengingglass.com to learn about our sponsorship packages.

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