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Program

ICPS6 will be organized with morning plenary keynote sessions followed by parallel technical sessions for two and a half days. To facilitate the IAPS mission of international colleague development, receptions will be held on Sunday and Monday evenings, and a conference dinner will be held on the Tuesday evening.

All papers will be peer reviewed. Selected papers will also be  invited for publication in special issues of the International Journal of Protective Structures. Papers with the main author who is 35 years old or younger will be considered for the Best Young Researcher’s Paper Award based on both the quality of the paper and presentation.

All presentations and proceedings papers must be approved for public release.  However, at the authors’ request, ICPS and the Defense Technical Information Center can help facilitate publishing of select controlled, unclassified papers submitted by U.S. researchers for publication in the Journal of DoD Research and  Engineering (JDR&E).

Tentative Presentation Titles

Keynote Speakers

Each morning (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) will begin with keynote addresses by prominent researchers and directors at the forefront of protective structures technology development. Keynote plans include:

Dr. Jason Roth, Senior Research Scientist for Weapons Effects & Structural Dynamics, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA

Prof. Dan Pope, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, UK

Dr. Marc Levitan, Lead Research Engineer, US National Institute of Standards and Technology

Prof. Zhong-Xian Li, Chair Professor in the School of Civil Engineering and former president, Tianjin University, China.

Broad Schedule

Sunday 14th May

4 to 9 p.m. – registration and welcome reception; 1 st floor Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center.

All keynote lectures, technical sessions, and lunches will be held at the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center (BKESAC)

Monday 15th May

8:00 to 9:30 a.m. – conference opening and keynote lectures

9:30 to 10:00 – coffee break

10:00 to noon – parallel technical sessions

Noon to 1:00 p.m. – catered lunch

1:00 to 3:00 – parallel technical sessions

3:00 to 3:30 – coffee break

3:30 to 5:30 – parallel technical sessions

5:30 to 6:00 – delegates walk together to the reception

6:00 to 8:00 – reception and BBQ social at Jordan Hare Stadium

Tuesday 16th May

8:00 to 9:30 a.m. – keynote lectures

9:30 to 10:00 – coffee break

10:00 to noon – parallel technical sessions

Noon to 1:00 p.m. – catered lunch

1:00 to 3:00 – parallel technical sessions

3:00 to 3:30 – coffee break

3:30 to 5:30 – parallel technical sessions

6:30 to 9:00 – conference dinner; Shelby Center Courtyard

Wednesday 17th May

8:00 to 9:30 a.m. – keynote lectures

9:30 to 10:00 – coffee break

10:00 to noon – parallel technical sessions

Noon to 1:00 p.m. – IAPS general meeting and conference closure

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. - Shortcourse:  "Blast Vulnerability Assessment – First step to economical protection!” presented by Stone Security Engineering