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2 September 2025
MDPI World Architecture Day Webinar 2025—“Architecture Design for Strength”, 6 October 2025
In celebration of World Architecture Day, MDPI is presenting a webinar, which is open to all who enjoy conducting any type of research on the topic of “Architecture Design for Strength” or are passionate about learning about this exciting and competitive research area. The webinar speakers will present new findings from basic to translational research. Any interesting ideas for topics and speakers for this webinar are most welcome.
Keywords: architecture design; design for strength; architecture resilience; architecture durability
Date: 6 October 2025 4:00 p.m. CEST | 10:00 a.m. EDT | 10:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 874 6114 8686
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/MWAD2025
Register now for free!
Program
| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CEST | Time in EDT |
| Prof. Dr. Derek Clements-Croome Embedding Sustainability and Transforming Intelligent Livable Buildings for the 21st Century |
4:00–4:20 p.m. | 10:00–10:20 a.m. |
| Dr. Paris Fokaides Evaluating Building Smartness as a Driver for Resilient and Adaptive Architectural Design |
4:20–4:40 p.m. | 10:20–10:40 a.m. |
| Dr. Ehsan Harirchian Shaping the Future: Sustainable Architecture with Aerated Autoclaved Concrete |
4:40–5:00 p.m. | 10:40–11:00 a.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Umberto Berardi Future Building Design |
5:00–5:20 p.m. | 11:00–11:20 a.m. |
| Q&A Session | 5:20–5:50 p.m. | 11:20–11:50 a.m. |
| Closing of Webinar | 5:50–6:00 p.m. | 11:50 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will let you know when the recording is available to view.
Webinar Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Derek Clements-Croome, University of Reading, UK;
- Dr. Paris Fokaides, Frederick University, Cyprus;
- Dr. Ehsan Harirchian, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany;
- Prof. Dr. Umberto Berardi, the International Association of Building Physics, Canada.
