Urban Public Safety and Disaster Prevention Track
With climate change, the frequency and intensity of natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, extreme precipitation and geological disasters keep increasing. Urbanization brings about more exposure to these natural hazards, leading to rising risk. Besides the threats from natural hazards, infrastructure safety becomes an emerging problem with the aging of existing structures and new construction in high-density urban region and harsh environments due to expansion of human activity. To cope with the above challenges in protecting urban public safety, advances in both basic hazard mechanics and multi-disciplinary research have been achieved in recent years. New “smart” technologies such as IoT, big data and artificial intelligence gradually play an important role to shape new strategies for disaster mitigation. Therefore, this track aims at promoting the discussions on the latest developments in the fundamental mechanics, new technologies, and promising practices in fields of structural health monitoring, geotechnical engineering safety, and ocean disaster mitigation with the objective of building a safer living environment in future smart city.
Invited Speakers (in alphabetical order)
Adam BEZUIJEN
Professor
Ghent University, Department of Civil Engineering, Belgium
Talk Title: Excess Pore Water Pressure in front of a TBM, Knowledge Led to Disaster Prevention
Kai-Ming BI
Associate Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Talk Title: Using Inerters to Control the Seismic Response of Adjacent Bridge Structures
Mingfu GUAN
Assistant Professor
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Talk Title: Building Flood Resilience under Climate Change
Zhigang LAI
Professor
Sun Yat-Sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), China
Talk Title: The SYSU Marine Environment Forecast System for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Vasilis SARHOSIS
Professor
University of Leeds, UK
Talk Title: Improve the Inspection and Assessment of Historic Masonry Structures Using Machine Learning and High-Fidelity Models
Huabin SHI
Assistant Professor
University of Macau, Macau
Talk Title: Changes of the Storm Surge Flooding Hazard Risk in Macao under Sea Level Rise
Alessandro STOCCHINO
Associated Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Talk Title: Small Island Developing States under threat by rising seas even in a 1.5 °C warming world
Ying WANG
Professor
Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China
Talk Title: Establishing Performance-oriented Digital Twin Models for Civil Infrastructure
Tao XU
Associate Professor
Southeast University, China
Talk Title: A biomass-enhanced Bentonite Slurry for Shield Tunnelling in the Highly Permeable Soil
Hongmei ZHANG
Professor
Zhejiang University, China
Talk Title: Testing, Simulation Evaluation, and Performance Optimization of Self-Centering Structures for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation
