Mirage - Apple Park - Photographer: Iwan Baan
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.
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.
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.
Abstract deadline – 20 November 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
PC Hooftstraat 138 - UNStudio - Photographer: Eva Bloem
09:00 - 11:00 Conference opening & Keynote Speakers
11:00 - 18:00 Parallel sessions with paper presentations
19:00 - 22:00 Conference dinner
09:00 - 16:00 Parallel sessions with paper presentations
16:00 - 17:00 Keynote Speakers & Conference closing
17:00 - 18:00 Drinks
TU Delft, Aula Congrescentrum,
Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft,
The Netherlands
Architectural Glass Design
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Insulating Glass Units
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Numerical Modeling
Projects & Case studies
Smart Glazing
Solar Glass & BIPV
Standards
Strength, Stability & Safety
Structural Glass Design
Sustainable Glass Solutions
Thin Glass
... and more!
Glass Pavilion - Dr Rena Giesecke - Digital Building Technologies - ETH Zurich - Photographer: Evangelos Roditis
3D-Printed Glass - Mediated Matter Group - MIT
Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology
Dr Freek Bos – Technical University of Munich
Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University
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
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
Vlad Silvestru – ETH Zurich
Bert Van Lancker – Ghent University
Dr Fred Veer – Delft University of Technology – chair
Cast Glass - Dr Telesilla Bristogianni - TU Delft
Contact us at cgc9@challengingglass.com to learn about our sponsorship packages.