StructE NatCon 2026

National Conference on the theme "Towards a Safe and Enduring Built Habitat"
5-7 February 2026 | Hyderabad, India
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Event Programme

Day 1 - 5th February 2026, Thursday
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:10 Inauguration
10:10 - 10:40 Key Note-1 : Prof. Mike Schlaich, sbp Schlaich Bergermann Partner, Berlin, Germany
Feasible – Contemporary Structures. What can we do already and what still needs to be done? (25+5 min)
10:40 - 11:00 Patron Sponsor's Presentation (20 min)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break
11:30 - 12:00 Key Note-2 : Er. Girish Dravid, Director, Sterling Engineering Consultancy Services, Mumbai
AI - the Eye in the Sky (25+5 min)
12:00 - 12:20 Invited Speaker -1 : Ar. Charanjit S Shah, Founder Principal, Creative Group LLP (15+5 min)
12:20 - 12:35 Principal Sponsor's Presentation (15 min)
S-1: Innovations for Resilient Construction - 1 S-2: Durability and Sustainability issues in Building materials and Systems
12:40 - 13:16 Technical Paper Presentations
13:16 - 13:21 Q&A
13:25 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 14:45 Key Note-3 : Ms Aditi Kulkarni, Associate Director – Sustainability, Buro Happold Engineers India Private Limited, Navi Mumbai
Climate Change and the Built Environment: A Call to Action (25+5 mins)
14:45 - 15:05 Invited Speaker - 2 : Mr Majid Hashmi, Managing Director, KMH Engineering (15+5 min)
15:05 - 15:35 Sponsors' Presentations (3x10 mins)
S-3: Innovations for Resilient Construction - 2 S-4: Performance based design, safety assessment and remaining life estimation
15:40 - 16:16 Technical Paper Presentations
16:16 - 16:21 Q&A
16:25 - 16:55 Tea Break
S-5: Innovations for Resilient Construction - 3 S-6: Disaster resilience, Repair and Rehabilitation - 1
17:00 - 17:36 Technical Paper Presentations
17:36 - 17:41 Q&A
18:05 Networking Tea or Dinner from 19:00
Day 2 - 6th February 2026, Friday
09:00 - 09:30 Key Note-4 : Ms. Alpa Sheth, Managing Director, VMS Consulting Engineers, Mumbai
Composite Tall Building Code and Proposed Changes in Tall Building Concrete Code – Whys, Whats and Hows (25+5 min)
09:30 - 09:50 Invited Speaker - 3 : Dr Shailesh Kr. Agrawal, Former Executive Director, Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council (15+5 min)
09:50 - 10:20 Sponsor's Presentation (10 x 3)
10:20 - 11:20 Panel Discussion on Regulation of Engineering Profession
11:20 - 11:50 Tea Break
S-7: Innovations for Resilient Construction - 4 S-8: Emerging Technologies: BIM, Digital Twins & Asset Management (CAM) - 1
11:50 - 12:38 Technical Paper Presentations
12:38 - 12:43 Q&A
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:45 Pecha Kucha Session for Young Engineers
14:45 - 15:05 Sponsors' Presentations (2x10 mins)
S-9: Disaster resilience, Repair and Rehabilitation - 2 S-10: Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering
15:10 - 15:58 Technical Paper Presentations
15:58 - 16:03 Q&A
16:05 - 16:35 Tea Break
S-11: Emerging Technologies: BIM, Digital Twins & Asset Management (CAM) - 2 S-12: Safe and Environmentally conscious built forms - policies, codes and best practices
16:35 - 17:24 Technical Paper Presentations
17:24 - 17:30 Q&A
17:30 - 19:30 Poster Session and Rapid Design Competition for Young Engineers
Day 3 - 7th February 2026, Saturday
09:00 - 09:30 Key Note-5 : Dr David Michael Volpe Ruggiero, Managing Director, EPFL Enac IIC Construct (Subject to confirmation) (25+5 min)
09:30 - 09:50 Invited Speaker - 4 : Prof. Mahesh Tandon, Chairman, Tandon Consultants Pvt Ltd (15+5 min)
09:50 - 10:10 Sponsors' Presentation (2 x 10 min)
10:10 - 11:10 Panel Discussion - Paradigm Shift in Pedagogy / Panel Discussion on NBC
11:10 - 11:40 Tea Break
S-13: Disaster resilience, Repair and Rehabilitation - 3 S-14: Forensic Engineering
11:40 - 12:28 Technical Paper Presentations
12:28 - 12:33 Q&A
12:35 - 13:05 Key Note-6 : Prof. C.V.R. Murty, Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT (M), Chennai
Retrofitting of Houses - the near future of India (25+5 min)
13:05 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Panel Discussion on NBC
15:00 - 15:45 Valedictory Session & Closing Ceremony
15:45 High Tea
Notes
  • 1. Young Engineers Programme: Pecha Kuccha and Bridge Design Competition are to be detailed out
  • 2. Two Prizes along with Certificates to be given to two Best YE below 40 years