Actions Meet Ambition
Infrastructure sits at the center of today’s most pressing challenges — from escalating hazards and rising urban vulnerability to the urgent need for large-scale recovery after disasters and conflict. ICONHIC2026 brings together diverse expertise, breaks down silos, and drives resilience across systems and scales.
About the Conference
Over the past decade, ICONHIC has been established as a leading international forum for advancing resilience across infrastructure systems, cities, and communities, promoting the collaboration and synergies needed to address challenges at the intersection of climate risk, technological innovation, and sustainable development.
The technical program is structured around seven thematic streams, bridging the full spectrum of resilience — from hazard source, to infrastructure impact, to community disruptions — along with a series of expert-led special sessions, all designed to promote dialogue, challenge silos, and foster interdisciplinary thinking.
From high-level plenaries to themed sessions and live demonstrations, content is shaped from the ground up by a diverse Steering Committee and an open call for contributions. Participants are encouraged to explore session formats that go beyond traditional presentations to enable genuine exchange and engagement.
Seven Thematic Streams
Bridging the Disciplines of Resilience
Climate, Natural Hazards, and Disasters
Climate, Natural Hazards, and Disasters
– Climate models and predictive analytics
– Flood hazard: assessment and mitigation
– Extreme wind and severe storms
– Wildfire risk in an evolving landscape
– Extreme heat and droughts
– Coastal hazards and sea-level rise
– Permafrost, the Arctic, and cold regions
– Glacier outbursts and avalanches
– Volcanic hazards
– Earthquakes and seismic hazard assessment
– Hazards cascades, tsunamis, and landslides
– Infrastructure in multi-hazard environments
System-Approach to Risk and Resilience Assessment
System-Approach to Risk and Resilience Assessment
– Ιnterconnected systems: transportation, energy, water, ICT, and lifelines
– Βusiness interruption & recovery of infrastructure
– Public preparedness and recovery strategies
– Ageing Infrastructure and lifecycle modelling
– Stress testing of critical infrastructure systems
– Data-Poor Environments: Risk analysis strategies
– Threat-agnostic resilience frameworks
Urban Adaptation & Sustainability
Urban Adaptation & Sustainability
– Decarbonizing infrastructure
– Nature-based solutions for climate resilience
– Climate-tech innovations
– Infrastructure circularity and resource efficiency
– Rebuilding after disaster: Ukraine, Myanmar, and beyond
– Community-led planning and engagement for cities
People, Policy & Governance for Resilience
People, Policy & Governance for Resilience
– Participatory planning & co-design of infrastructure
– Socially inclusive resilience strategies
– Communicating risk to communities & policymakers
– Collaboration for adaptive governance
Insurance & Cat Modeling
Insurance & Cat Modeling
– Insurance as a catalyst for resilience
– Cat modeling: Challenges and advancements
– Big data and remote sensing
– Innovative insurance solutions for climate
– Climate change: Decision making under uncertainty
Financing Resilience
Financing Resilience
– Private-Public Participation for sustainable resilient infrastructure
– De-Risking climate investments
– Economic benefits of resilience: Tools & methods
– Climate investments in EMDEs: Challenges & opportunities
Technologies for Resilience Management
Technologies for Resilience Management
– Early warning systems for disaster resilience
– Remote sensing for resilient development
– Monitoring and diagnostics for lifecycle resilience and predictive maintenance
– Predict, prevent & manage catastrophe loss with AI-powered analytics
– Advances in digital twins and sensors
– Digitalization of integrity management
– Seismic isolation and retrofit
Conference
Chairs
ICONHIC2026 is guided by a dual-chair structure that brings together academic depth and industry leadership, bridging research and practice, and ensuring the conference remains innovative, inclusive, and relevant.
Our Executive Chairs — Dr Rallis Kourkoulis and Dr Fani Gelagoti — represent the founding team behind ICONHIC, bringing deep experience from the field and a strong commitment to real-world impact.
Our Academic Chairs — Prof. George Gazetas of NTUA and Professor Ioannis Anastasopoulos of ETH Zurich — have shaped the scientific direction of the conference since its inception, and serve as Editors of the ICONHIC proceedings, ensuring rigorous peer review and editorial integrity.
Academic Chairs
Prof. George Gazetas
Prof. Ioannis Anastasopoulos
Executive Chairs
Rallis Kourkoulis
Fani Gelagoti
ICONHIC2026 Committees
ICONHIC2026 is supported by a vibrant group of experts who contribute through various advisory and scientific roles. Across the ICONHIC2026 committees, members play an active part in shaping the conference agenda, curating its technical content, and expanding its global reach.
These committees bring together a uniquely diverse mix of professionals — spanning disciplines, sectors, and regions — with strong academic credentials and real-world insight. Their combined input ensures a high-quality, cross-disciplinary program that reflects both academic excellence and practical relevance to global infrastructure and natural hazard challenges.
Steering Committee
An international group of experts shapes the conference agenda and ensures that it remains novel, relevant, and aligned with real-world challenges.
Head of the Committee
Marianna Loli, Grid Engineers
Bryan Adey, ETH Zurich
Kalliopi Anastassiadou, BAST
Michael Bardanis, Edafos/HSSMGE
Diane Binder, Regenopolis
Eleni Chatzi, ETH Zurich
Guillermo Franco, Guy Carpenter
Marcia Giacomini, TUV
Bill Halkias, Nea Attiki Odos
Leon Kapetas, RCN
Elco Koks, VU Amsterdam
Eva Lantsoght, Univ. San Francsisco de Quito
Maria Pina Limongelli, Politecnico di Milano
Stergios Mitoulis, UCL
Henry Moazzo, Ergo Hellas
Pablo Nuñez, GIB
Tetsuo Tobita, Kansai University
Mark Taylor, Tonkin & Taylor
Jon Van de Lindt, Colorado State University
Dimitrios Zekkos, UC Berkeley
Ying Zhou, Tongji University
Scientific Committee
A diverse network of researchers and practitioners reviews submissions and upholds academic and editorial standards across the conference program.
Orestis Adamidis, University of Oxford
Sotirios Argyroudis, Brunel University London
Ihsan Bal, Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Katrin Beyer, EPFL
Dan Bompa, University of Surrey
Emily Boyd, Lund University
Mike Brown, University of Dundee
Rolando Chacón, Barcelona Tech
Panos Dakoulas, University of Thessaly
Asaad Faramarzi, University of Birmingham
Sebastiano Foti, PoliTΟ
Hermann Fritz, Georgia Tech
Raul Fuentes, RWTH Aachen University
Agathoklis Giaralis, Khalifa University
Phillip Gueguen, University of Grenoble
Denis Istrati, University of Nevada, Reno
Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London
Vanessa Katsardi, University of Thessaly
Amir Kaynia, NTNU
Tracy Kijewski-Correa, University of Notre Dame
Anastasia Kiratzi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Jonathan Knappett, University of Dundee
Elco Koks, VU Amsterdam
Stavroula Kontoe, University of Patras / Imperial College London
Panagiotis Kotronis, Ecole Centrale de Nantes
George Kouretzis, University of Newcastle
Kostas Lagouvardos, NOA
Anne Lemnitzer, UC Irvine
Anthony Leung, HKUST
Dimitris Lignos, EPFL
Christos Makropoulos, NTUA
Bruno Merz, Potsdam University
Zina Mitraka, FORTH
Amaryllis Mouyiannou, Swiss Re
Guido Musso, Polytechnic University of Turin
Efthymios Nikolopoulos, Rutgers University
Jelena Ninic, Durham University
Jose Palma, Factor Social
Mathaios Panteli, University of Cyprus
Maria Papathoma-Köhle, Boku University
Costas Papazachos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dimitris Pitilakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Evangelos Sapountzakis, NTUA
Anastasios Sextos, University of Bristol
Eleni Smyrou, Hanze UAS
Andreas Stavridis, University at Buffalo
Bruno Sudret, ETH Zurich
Alexandros Taflanidis, University of Notre Dame
Mahdi Taiebat, University of British Columbia
Mark Trigg, University of Leeds
Dimitris Vamvatsikos, NTUA
Michalis Vassiliou, NTUA/ETH Zurich
Apostolos Voulgarakis, Technical University of Crete
Christos Vrettos, TU Kaiserslautern
Liam Wotherspoon, University of Auckland
Lidija Zdravkovic, Imperial College London
Antonios Zervos, University of Southampton
Katerina Ziotopoulou, UC Davis
Sustainability efforts at ICONHIC2026
We are dedicated to ensuring a sustainable conference experience through eco-friendly practices and smart resource management. We’re committed to reducing our environmental footprint while delivering a high-impact, forward-thinking event.
ENERGY SAVING
Room temperatures for Conferences, Exhibition and Meeting Rooms will be set at optimum temperature for energy savings.
REDUCE PLASTIC
Water will be served in several locations and in glasses in the lecture theater. Guests are encouraged to bring their own bottles for refills.
RECYCLING
Used lanyards will be collected post-event for recycling.
NO HARD COPIES
Only digital version of proceedings will be handed.
INSIGHTS FROM ICONHIC2022
Planning proactive measures to live with wildfires means rethinking how we pool risk and communicate the nature of vulnerability and exposure that people and institutions are taking on.
Dr David Green
Program Manager for NASA's Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Program.
When it comes to resilience investments in transportation systems, optimization is the key to scaling up the benefits, convincing authorities and eventually gaining funding and implementing solutions.
Dr Sissy Nikolaou
Earthquake Engineering Group Leader for NIST, US
Insurance can be a pillar of resilience by delivering its triple role as a risk manager, risk carrier, and risk investor.
Henry Moatsos
Chairman, Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies
There are four essential ingredients of disaster recovery:
- Secure the money
- Increase information
- Support collaboration
- Balance time constraints
Dr Laurie Johnson
California Earthquake Authority