{"id":70,"date":"2026-05-22T11:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esfss2027.com\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:06:03","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esfss2027.com\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steering committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rory Hadden<\/strong>, University of Edinburgh, UK<br><strong>Bart Merci<\/strong>, Ghent University, Belgium<br><strong>Grunde Jomaas<\/strong>, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG), Slovenia<br><strong>Andrea Lucherini<\/strong>, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG), Slovenia<br><strong>Arnold<\/strong> <strong>Lukas<\/strong>, Juelich, Germany<br><strong>Rabah Mehaddi<\/strong>, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine, France<br><strong>Vladimir Mozer<\/strong>, Czech Technical 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Najmanov\u00e1<\/strong>, CTU in Prague, Czech Republic<br><strong>Yuji Nakamura<\/strong>, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan<br><strong>Gilles Parent<\/strong>, Universite de Lorraine, France<br><strong>Elsa Pastor<\/strong>, Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, Spain<br><strong>Ian Pope<\/strong>, DBI, Denmark<br><strong>Hugues Pretrel<\/strong>, ASNR, France<br><strong>Guillermo Rein<\/strong>, Imperial College London, UK<br><strong>Francesco Restuccia<\/strong>, King\u2019s College London, UK<br><strong>Thomas Rogaume<\/strong>, Universit\u00e9 de Poitiers, France<br><strong>Ulises Rojas Alva<\/strong>, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG), Slovenia<br><strong>Enrico Ronchi<\/strong>, Lund University, Sweden<br><strong>Paul Antoine Santoni<\/strong>, Universit\u00e0 di Corsica, France<br><strong>Albert Simeoni<\/strong>, Worscester Polythecnic Institute, USA<br><strong>Alexander Snegirev<\/strong>, Ghent University, 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Andrlik<\/strong>, Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU, Czechia<br><strong>Hana Najmanova<\/strong>, Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU, Czechia<br><strong>Daniela Sejnova Pitelkova<\/strong>, Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU, Czechia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steering committee Rory Hadden, University of Edinburgh, UKBart Merci, Ghent University, BelgiumGrunde Jomaas, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG), SloveniaAndrea Lucherini, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG), SloveniaArnold Lukas, Juelich, GermanyRabah Mehaddi, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine, FranceVladimir Mozer, Czech Technical University in Prague, CzechiaEul\u00e0lia Planas, Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, SpainEnrico Ronchi, Lund 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