The Conference is organized by the Italian Association of Forensic Engineering (AIF) and the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II.

The establishment, at the University of Naples Federico II, of the first Second level Master's Degree in Italy and Europe, specifically dedicated to Civil and Industrial Forensic Engineering is at the origin of the IF CRASC Conferences. Alongside the traditional sector of Structural Forensic Engineering (typically focused on the topic of collapses), in recent years the attention of the scientific, professional and civil community has grown significantly not only on the legal aspects (procedures and responsibilities) related to the activity carried out by engineers, but also on the complex of activities developed in the sectors of Industrial Engineering and Information. This has led to extending the themes of the Conferences dedicated to Collapses, Structural Reliability and Consolidation, to the multiple sectors of Forensic Engineering.

The remarkable success achieved by previous Conferences and initiatives on the same topic undertaken in Italy and abroad from 2009 to date, has allowed the Italian Association of Forensic Engineering (AIF) to organize the IF CRASC '25 Conference together with the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II. The Conference is also co-organized with the Order of Engineers of the Province of Naples, which will provide the acknowledgment of CFPs for each day attending the Congress.

• Pre-registration Authors deadline: 30 September 2024
• Abstracts deadline: 31 October 2024
• Abstracts acceptance: 30 November 2024
• Authors registration deadline: 15 March 2025
• Papers deadline: 15 March 2025
• Papers acceptance: 30 March 2025
• Non author partecipants registration deadline: 15 May 2025
• Congress: 15-17 July 2025

Notice: For tax and accounting reasons, it will be impossible to register for the Conference after the deadline, nor in person at the Conference venue.

Registration fees are different for:

• Full registration*: 450 €
• Registration for paper publication only**: 300 €
• Fee for each added paper: 100 €
• Full registration without social dinner: 400 €
• Full registration without printed proceedings: 400 €
• Reduced registration for AIF members***: 400 €
• Reduced registration for students, phd students and grant holders: 350 €
• Registration for social dinner accompanying person: 100 €
• Daily registration****: 200 €

The general purpose of the 2025 edition of this Conference is to promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences gained by academics, freelancers, public administration officials, private company operators, jurists and magistrates, in their respective areas of expertise of Forensic Engineering in the civil, industrial and information sectors. Topics of specific interest for this edition, in relation to their great current relevance, are in particular:

• Professional responsibilities and insurance aspects.
• Technical-legal issues in judicial proceedings.
• Regulatory updates in the field of design, construction, management and decommissioning of engineering works connected to new scientific knowledge.
• Regulatory updates on judicial technical advice.
• Management of contracts and workplace safety.
• Case studies of defects, faults, landslides and collapses.
• Monitoring and residual life of existing structures.
• Extreme events and effects of climate change.
• Reliability and risk of structures.
• Structural robustness and resilience to disasters.
• Risk mitigation and sustainability of consolidation interventions.
• Digitalization and artificial intelligence for the diagnostics and evaluation of existing buildings.

The Conference will include general reports, invited reports and presentations of papers in regular or special sessions, as well as specific round tables.

Legal aspects of Engineering

• Activities of experts and technical consultants
• Procedural aspects
• Professional responsibilities
• Insurance aspects

Civil Forensic Engineering

• Contract management
• Management of works
• Building defects and flaws
• Unauthorized construction
• Geotechnical issues
• Health engineering
• Estimation of economic damages
• Digital technologies for surveying and diagnostics
• Digital twins for the management of engineering works

Industrial and IT Forensic Engineering

• Fires, explosions and impacts
• Noise pollution
• Chemical and electromagnetic pollution
• Accidents in the aeronautical, chemical, electrical, railway, naval and road sectors
• IT security
• Falsification of audio and video contents
• Identification of fake information in data networks
• Robotics and drones for monitoring, inspections and interventions

Structural Forensic Engineering

• Negative performance of buildings in operation
• Collapses and structural failures
• Dynamic identification and structural monitoring
• Non-destructive techniques
• Artificial Intelligence methods

Reliability, risk, robustness and resilience of structures

• Characterization of random and epistemic uncertainties
• Reliability analysis
• Multi-hazard and multi-risk assessments
• Life cycle behavior of structures
• Extreme events and climate change effects
• Robustness and resilience of structures and infrastructures
• Risk mitigation strategies

Structural strenghtening

• Advanced materials and innovative techniques
• Modeling and analysis of existing and consolidated structures
• Reinforcement methods for multiple events and risks
• Protection of cultural heritage
• Sustainability of interventions

The official languages ​​of the Conference are Italian and English.

All documents must be sent in .pdf format to ifcrasc25@gmail.com strictly following the downlodable templates (to overcome the compatibility problems some have encountered with Google Chrome, we suggest to use another browser, such as Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Edge):

• Abstracts must not exceed one A4 page and must be written according to the AIF abstract template
• Final papers must have an extension of between 6 and 8 A4 pages and must be written according to the AIF paper template.

The presentation of final papers must be accompanied by the receipt of registration fee payment (see the REGISTRATION FEES section).

Papers will be selected for the submission of extended versions to one or more special issues of high-impact international journals.

Participants may present their contributions in oral or poster sessions.

• Nicola Augenti (President), University of Naples Federico II
• Lorenzo Jurina, Polytechnic of Milan
• Fulvio Parisi, University of Naples Federico II
• Mauro Sassu, University of Cagliari
• Enzo Siviero, eCampus University
• Tomaso Trombetti, University of Bologna

• Fulvio Parisi (Coordinator)
• Nicola Augenti
• Valentina Buonocunto
• Ciro Canditone
• Ludovico Alberico Grieco
• Federica Rauseo
• Stefania Zimbalatti

Federico II Congress Centre - Via Partenope, 36 - 80121 Naples (Italy)

Circolo Nazionale dell'Unione
Via San Carlo 99, 80132 Naples

Notice: Participation in the social dinner at Circolo Nazionale dell'Unione of Naples on Wednesday 16th July requires a mandatory dress code: wear a dark suit and tie, otherwise entry will be denied.

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This event is periodic and widely attended by researchers, designers, project managers, technical consultants, public administration officials, private company operators, jurists and magistrates.