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Paper and Poster Topics

Paper Topics

When submitting your abstract, you may select both a primary and a secondary topic most relevant to your abstract which will better assist the Steering Committee and Technical Review Panel in determining the placement of the abstract within the program.

1
Use of weigh-in-motion, and other structural health monitoring on cable supported bridges, including site specific load factors
2
Inspection and maintenance strategies (including risk-based strategies) for cable-supported bridges
3
Maintenance and replacement of cables, hangers and other critical components of cable-supported bridges
4
Risk mitigation: seismic, wind, and fire
5
Inspection, monitoring, strength evaluation and hydrogen embrittlement evaluation for main cables and stays
6
Extending the life of cable-supported bridges/components — service life, life cycle costs, and risk-based asset management
7
Dehumidification of main cables and other components (system design, installation, lessons learned, and evaluation of effectiveness after long term installation)
8
Expansion Joints and bearings – durability and replacement
9
Smart maintenance & IoT
10
Deck replacement, type of deck and fatigue considerations
11
Wearing surfaces and waterproofing of decks on cable supported bridges
12
Accommodating electric vehicles and other alternative fuel vehicles on cable supported bridges, special emphasis on EV fire risk and modeling
13
Sustainability
14
Development and application of access methods for inspection and maintenance of cable supported bridges (vehicles, rope access, UAVs)
15
Maintenance technologies for carbon reduction on cable supported bridges (e.g., corrosion protection, repainting, retrofitting)
16
And other great developing topics we need to know about in order to develop world class maintenance programs!

Poster Topics

When submitting your abstract, you may select both a primary and a secondary topic most relevant to your abstract which will better assist the Steering Committee and Technical Review Panel in determining the placement of the abstract within the program.

1
Winter maintenance
2
Going green
3
Case studies on maintenance and rehabilitation
4
Operational changes to deal with extreme weather
5
Community engagement successes
6
Other
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See you in Malmö
13 September, 2026

At the largest and most significant international forum exclusively for bridge owners, professionals, and stakeholders in the cable-supported bridge community.