Save the Date for the 19WCSI: Sept 15-19, 2025

August 15, 2024

Save the Date

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is pleased to formally announce the 19th World Conference on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures (19WCSI) at UC Berkeley, on 15-19 September 2025. This biennial conference is a key activity of the Anti-Seismic Systems International Society (ASSISi), the international organization committed to the advancement and promotion of seismic isolation and energy dissipation technologies.

Important Dates

  • October 31, 2024 - Abstract Submissions Due    
  • Mid-January, 2025 - Notification of Abstract Acceptance    
  • June, 2025 - Full Papers Due    
  • September 15-19, 2025 - Conference at UC Berkeley, California, USA

Themes and Topics

Abstracts are invited with a focus on the following topics. Participants are also encouraged to submit additional themes and suggestions for special sessions for consideration by the conference steering committee.

  • State of the art applications of seismic isolation and damping technologies in bridges
  • Innovative applications to new and existing buildings
  • Equipment and non-structural isolation
  • Seismic hazard / ground motions – implications for isolation and damping systems
  • Emerging technologies – new materials, new device concepts
  • Sustainable technologies and low-cost systems
  • Advances in device modeling and analytical capabilities
  • Advances in device testing capabilities, ongoing challenges
  • Seismic isolation and the new generation of nuclear power
  • Achieving performance targets and functional recovery objectives in seismically isolated buildings
  • Behavior of seismically isolated and damped structures in recent earthquakes
  • Structural monitoring of seismically isolated and damped structures
  • Long-term condition assessment of seismically isolated structures
  • Evolution of codes and standard for isolation and damping systems
  • Knowledge dissemination: communicating benefits to owners; educating young engineers

Schedule At-a-Glance

The conference will feature several plenary sessions, concurrent technical sessionsa and a pre-conference international workshop on bridge isolation.

schedule at a glance

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PEER and ASSISi gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organizations for the conference:

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