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 Jan Belis (UGent), Freek Bos (TU Eindhoven) and Christian Louter (TU Delft) and has been held at TU Delft (2008, 2010, 2012 & 2018), EPFL (2014) and Ghent University (2016 & 2020). In 2020, Challenging Glass 7 was held as a two-hour webinar. The latest edition, Challenging Glass 8, was held 23 & 24 June 2022 at Ghent University in Belgium.

Covid-19 regulations

The CGC8 conference organization follows the regulations and guidelines as set by the Belgian authorities. At this moment, all restrictions and requirements have been lifted. There are no limitations to group size, requirements for facemasks or requirements for proof of vaccination or recovery. Although there are currently no immediate indications, this situation may be subject to change. The conference organization cannot be held responsible or liable for the consequences of changes in regulations and guidelines.

Chairs

• Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University – Belgium
• Dr Freek Bos – Eindhoven University of Technology – The Netherlands
• Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology – The Netherlands

Members

• Prof. Suwen Chen – Tongji University – Shanghai – China
• Prof. Paulo Cruz – University of Minho – Portugal
• Dr Martina Eliasova – Czech Technical University in Prague – Czech Republic
• Dr Stephen Morse – Michigan Technological University – United States of America
• Prof. Jürgen Neugebauer – University of Applied Sciences, FH Joanneum – Austria
• Dr Jens Henrik Nielsen - Technical University of Denmark - Denmark
• Prof. Mauro Overend – Delft University of Technology – The Netherlands
• Prof. Jens Schneider – Technische Universität Darmstadt – Germany
• Dr Fred Veer - Delft University of Technology - The Netherlands