The increasing number and age of in-service bridges worldwide, combined with accelerating environmental and climate changes, extreme traffic and accidental loads, and natural disasters such as earthquakes and windstorms, result in the accelerated degradation of bridge structures and their functions. There is also a need to meet the ever-increasing social demands for transportation capacity and speed. Addressing the safety and sustainability issues, such as long-term strength, reliability, durability, resilience, and service quality over the entire life cycle, is an essential consideration.

To promote the application and development of jointless bridges, the International Association of Jointless Bridges (IAJB) initiated and organized the International Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges (ISJSB). The first three International Symposia (ISJSB’2016, ISJSB’2019, and ISJSB’2022) were successfully organized by Fuzhou University, Northeast Forestry University, and Fujian University of Technology in 2016, 2019, and 2022, respectively. The 4th International Symposium (ISJSB 2026) will be held in person in Barcelona, Spain, on June 12–13, 2026. The organizing committee welcomes your contributions (technical papers and presentations). The symposium theme is 'Technology Application and Development for Sustainable and Jointless Bridges.'

Topics

· Review of research and application of jointless bridges

· Soil-structure interaction in integral abutment bridges (IABs)

· Seismic response and rehabilitation using jointless bridges

· Design and analysis of jointless bridges

· Retrofitting of existing bridges with joints into jointless bridges

· Application of new and high-performance materials for jointless bridges

· Health monitoring of jointless bridges

· Technologies for sustainable bridges

· Bridge durability

· Bridge life-cycle costs

· Impact of climate change on bridge engineering

· New Technologies for the intelligent construction of jointless bridges

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Symposium Chairs:

Chair: Habib Tabatabai（University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA）

Co-chair: Khaled Sennah (Toronto Metropolitan University, CANADA)

Co-chair: Joan Ramon Casas (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, SPAIN)

Symposium Chairs of the Scientific Committee:

Chair: Bruno Briseghella (Fuzhou University, P.R. CHINA)

Co-Chair: Fu-yun Huang (Fuzhou University, P.R. CHINA )

Scientific Committee Membership:

Ahad Javanmardi (Fuzhou University, P.R. CHINA )

Alessandro Contento (Fuzhou University, P.R. CHINA)

Anastasios Sextos (Bristol University, UK)

Andreas Kappos (Khalifa University, UAE)

Aurelio Muttoni (Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology, SWITZERLAND)

Bao-chun Chen (Fujian University of Technology, P.R. CHINA)

Giuseppe Carlo Marano (Polytecnico di Torino, ITALY)

Bijan Khaleghi (Florida International University, USA)

Camillo Nuti (Roma Tre University, ITALY)

Cheng-yu Li (University of Colorado, USA)

Christian Cremona (Cerema Est Co., Ltd, FRANCE)

Choi Donguk (Hankyong National University, KOREA)

Fu-yun Huang (Fuzhou University, P.R. CHINA)

Habib Tabatabai（University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA）

Hani Titi (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)

Ian Buckle (University of Nevada Reno, USA)

Jian-zhuang Xiao (Guangxi University，P.R. CHINA)

Joan Ramon Casas (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, SPAIN)

Jun-qing Xue (Fuzhou University, P.R. CHINA)

Khaled Sennah (Toronto Metropolitan University, CANADA)

Konstantin Sobolev (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)

Linda Kuo (IABEE, USA)

Ming XuTsinghua University, P.R. CHINA）

Murat Dicleli (Middle East Technical University, TURKEY)

Pierfrancesco Cacciola (Fuzhou University, P.R. CHINA)

Qiu-hong Zhao (Tianjin University, P.R. CHINA)

Rosemarie Helmerich (Federal Institute for Materials Testing and Research, GERMANY)

Steve Denton (WSP, UK)

Tamon Ueda (Shenzhen University, P.R. CHINA)

Vinnay Gupta (Indian Association of Bridge Engineers, INDIA)

Voo Yen Lei (Botra University, MALAYSIA)

Yong-jian Liu (Chang’An University, P.R. CHINA)

Yuan-feng Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. CHINA)

Yeong-bin Yang (Chongqing University, P.R. CHINA)

Yi-yan Chen (Shenzhen Industrial prospecting Geotechnical Group Co., LTD, P.R. CHINA)

Yi-zhou Zhuang (Zhejiang University of Technology, P.R. CHINA)

Zlatko Šavor (University of Zagreb, CROATIA)