The international conference took place in Istanbul, Türkiye, between April 26th and 28th and focused on Long Span Bridges. Topics included the analysis, design and construction of bridges, as well as maintenance techniques, inspection methods and the use of digitalisation in bridge engineering.

The paper titled “A physics-informed machine learning model for the reconstruction of dynamic loads” was presented in a special session devoted to the use of artificial intelligence approaches to structural diagnostics.

The conference featured 6 keynote lectures, 12 different technical sessions and a discussion panel on earthquake damage assessment and prevention. The last day was devoted to a technical visit to the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world with a main span of 2023 m, connecting the Asian and European continents over the Dardanelles strait.