2025

The 8th Young Engineers Colloquium
Organised by the German and the Italian National Groups 

Official website: https://www.iabse.de/yec2025/

This Colloquium offers you the opportunity to present your interesting project from university, research or construction practice to an audience of fellow engineers from the civil engineering sector. It provides attendees with an overview of current research topics as well as challenging construction projects and is an excellent platform to exchange ideas among experienced and young engineers.

 Young Engineers Coordinators: For YEP activities please contact Gledson Tondo, Martin Rettinger or Jan Niklaus.

14th Japanese German Bridge Symposium (download the brochure)

September 17 - 18, 2025 in Munich, Germany, organised by the German and Japanese National Groups

The symposium will address all aspects of civil engineering structures and materials. Scientists, engineers, road and rail administrations and others interested in the symposiums technical areas are invited to participate and contribute.

Technical Program

Harmonized European specifications for bridge design and dimensioning; Structural monitoring; Fatigue; Strengthening and refurbishment;  Earthquake; Sustainability; BIM; Projects. 

Social Activities

Besides the many cultural activities Munich, the capital of Bavaria, is offering the following activities are planned including a Cocktail Hour and a Symposium Banquet. 

Registration Information

All persons interested in participating in the symposium (with the exception of members of the Japanese delegation) are requested to register online on the booking page of the Universität der Bundewehr München: https://events.unibw.de/fvki/jgbs2025)

Members of the japanese delegation are requested to send their contact and travel details by email to: osamu.oyama@oit.ac.jp

Further registration details are provided on the homepage of the symposium: https://www.jgbs.de

The participation fee for Symposium is: 380,- Euro per participant, 180,- Euro for participants from universities and authorities, young engineers 30,- Euro for students and retirees (except Symposium Banquet).

2024

 

The IABSE Young Engineers Colloquium East Asia and Germany
Organised by the East Asian and German  Groups of IABSE

Official website: https://iabse.org/YEC2025 

The primary objective of this colloquium is to help young structural engineers (under the age of 40) make friends, learn from each other, and develop their professional career together.  The event is organized by the IABSE National Groups of Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong and Germany and we welcome young engineers in the world.

In these short videos, Geralt Siebert, Chair; Prof. Barbara Siebert, and Peter Seitz, Secretary talk about the upcoming YEC which will take place in Tokyo in 2025 and also why one should join IABSE.

2023

Germany and Czech Rep.

  

L to R: Group Photo Session 1; Audience Award: Sérgio Nascimento; Site Visit Gottleuba Viaduct Bypass Pirna B 172n

The German Group of IABSE organised the 7th 'The Young Engineers Colloquium 2023 (YEC)' as an annual event for young engineers and pratictioners at the Technische Universität Dresden from 30-31 May, 2023, in association with the Czech Group of IABSE. This colloquium offered the opportunity to young engineers to present their interesting project from university, research or construction practice to an audience of fellow engineers from the civil engineering sector. It provided attendees with an overview of current research topics as well as challenging construction projects, and was an excellent platform to exchange ideas among experienced and young engineers. For further information about the Young Engineers Colloquium 2023 in Dresden, please click here: http://www.iabse.de/YEC2023