General Information

SySCCon 2026 marks the inaugural edition of the International Symposium on Steel to Concrete Connections. The symposium will be held at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. This symposium aims to bring together experts from academic institutions, research organizations, and industry to provide an exceptional platform for discussing the latest advancements in the field of steel-to-concrete connections.

Dates: August 3rd to 5th, 2026

Location

Venue Information

Bowen Laboratory

Stewart Center

Loeb Playhouse

Purdue Memorial Union

Shively Club

Local Organizing Committee

Akanshu Sharma (Chair)
Amit Varma (Co-Chair)
Robert J Connor (Co-chair)

Dheeraj Waghmare
Deepak Suthar
Fasih Ur Rehman
Gaurav Chobe
Luis David Fernandez Vasquez
Prathyusha Malladi
Shivam Sharma

Scientific Committee

Akanshu Sharma, USA
Amit Varma, USA
Rolf Eligehausen, Germany
Giovanni Plizzari, Italy
Ron Klemencic, USA
Stavroula Pantazopoulou, Canada
Don Meinheit, USA
Giovanni Muciaccia, Italy
Neal Anderson, USA
Emad Gad, Australia
Keith Kessner, USA
Lisa Feldman, Canada
Julio Ramirez, USA
Jan Hofmann, Germany
Amit Kanvinde, USA
Alper Ilki, Turkey
Remy Lequesne, USA
Jerome Hajjar, USA
Roberto Piccinin, Liechtenstein
Mark Ziegler, USA
Philipp Mahrenholtz, Germany
Boglarka Bokor, Liechtenstein
Marlou Rodriguez, USA
Konrad Bergmeister, Austria
Cathy French, USA
Lennart Elfgren, Sweden
Ronald Cook, USA
Christoph Mahrenholtz, Germany
Nathan Westin, USA
Giovanni Metelli, Italy
Benjamin Worsfold, USA
Erik Stehle, Germany
Adeola Adediran, USA
Josko Ozbolt, Germany
Tara Hutchinson, USA
Peter White, USA
Clement Herve, France
Suriya Prakash S, India