Past conferences.

ICOSSAR 1969

Washington DC, USA

Dates: April 9-11, 1969

Conference chair: A.M. Freudenthal (1906-1977), George Washington University

Proceedings editors: A.M. Freudenthal

Live-site proceedings record: Freudenthal, A.M. (ed.): Proc., Intern. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, Pergamon Press, Oxford, New York, 1972.

No. of papers: 15

The first ICOSSAR was organized by Alfred M. Freudenthal as an invitation-only meeting covering structural reliability, extremes, random excitation, aircraft structures, and special reliability problems.

ICOSSAR 1977

Munich, West Germany

Dates: September 19-21, 1977

Conference chair: H. Kupfer (1927-2013), Technical University of Munich

Proceedings editors: H. Kupfer, M. Shinozuka, G.I. Schuëller

Live-site proceedings record: Kupfer, H., M. Shinozuka and G.I. Schueller (eds.): Proc., Intern. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, Werner Verlag, Dusseldorf, 1977.

No. of papers: 36

Herbert Kupfer and Masanobu Shinozuka revived the conference series after an eight-year gap, broadening the scope from analytical methods to codified design and major engineering applications.

ICOSSAR 1981

Trondheim, Norway

Dates: June 23-25, 1981

Conference chair: T. Moan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Proceedings editors: T. Moan, M. Shinozuka

Live-site proceedings record: Moan, T. and M. Shinozuka (eds.): Proc., Intern. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, Oxford, 1981.

No. of papers: 58

The Trondheim meeting continued the roughly four-year rhythm and featured plenary lectures by Emilio Rosenblueth, C. Allin Cornell, and V.V. Bolotin.

ICOSSAR 1985

Kobe, Japan

Dates: May 27-29, 1985

Conference chair: I. Konishi (1911-1988), Kyoto University

Proceedings editors: I. Konishi, A.H.S. Ang, M. Shinozuka

Live-site proceedings record: Konishi, I., A.H-S. Ang and M. Shinozuka (eds.): Proc., Intern. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, IASSAR, New York, 1985.

No. of papers: 244

The Kobe conference formally named IASSAR, set the regional rotation of future ICOSSARs, and established Alfredo H. S. Ang as founding President with Masanobu Shinozuka as Executive Board Chair.

ICOSSAR 1989

San Francisco, USA

Dates: August 7-11, 1989

Conference chair: A.H.S. Ang (1930-2024), University of California, Irvine

IASSAR President 1985–1989

Proceedings editors: A.H.S. Ang, M. Shinozuka, G.I. Schuëller

Live-site proceedings record: Ang, A.H-S., M. Shinozuka and G.I. Schueller (eds.): Structural Safety and Reliability Vol. I-III, Proc., Intern. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, ASCE, New York, 1990.

No. of papers: 327

The San Francisco conference established the Freudenthal Lecture as the opening keynote session in honor of the founder of the first ICOSSAR.

ICOSSAR 1993

Innsbruck, Austria

Dates: August 9-13, 1993

Conference chair: G.I. Schuëller (1942-2012), University of Innsbruck

IASSAR President 1989–1993

Proceedings editors: G.I. Schuëller, M. Shinozuka, J.T.P. Yao

Live-site proceedings record: Schueller, G.I., M. Shinozuka and J.T.P. Yao (eds.): Structural Safety and Reliability Vol. I-III, Proc., Intern. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1994.

No. of papers: 328

The Innsbruck conference introduced the IASSAR Senior and Junior Research Prizes and helped lead to the later Umbrella Committee on stochastic methods.

ICOSSAR 1997

Kyoto, Japan

Dates: November 24-28, 1997

Conference chair: N. Shiraishi (1933-2017), National Institute of Technology, Maizuru College

IASSAR President 1993–1997

Proceedings editors: N. Shiraishi, M. Shinozuka, Y.K. Wen

Live-site proceedings record: Shiraishi, N., M. Shinozuka and Y.K. Wen (eds.): Structural Safety and Reliability Vol. I-III, Proc., Intern. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998.

No. of papers: 297

The Kyoto conference continued the award tradition and included Freudenthal, keynote, and special engineering case-study lectures.

ICOSSAR 2001

Newport Beach, USA

Dates: June 17-22, 2001

Conference chair: M. Shinozuka (1930-2018), University of Southern California

IASSAR President 1997–2001

Proceedings editors: R.B. Corotis, G.I. Schuëller, M. Shinozuka

Live-site proceedings record: Corotis, R.B., G.I. Schueller, and M. Shinozuka (eds.): Structural Safety and Reliability, CD-ROM, ISBN 90 5809 197 X, Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, The Netherlands, 2002. Selected papers appeared in Structural Safety, Vol. 24, Nos. 2-4, 2002.

No. of papers: 336

Masanobu Shinozuka organized the Newport Beach conference, with Ross B. Corotis chairing the scientific committee.

ICOSSAR 2005

Rome, Italy

Dates: June 19-23, 2005

Conference chair: G. Augusti, Sapienza University of Rome

IASSAR President 2001–2005

Proceedings editors: G. Augusti, G.I. Schuëller, M. Ciampoli

Live-site proceedings record: Augusti, G., G.I. Schueller, and M. Ciampoli (eds.): Safety and Reliability of Engineering Systems and Structures, CD-ROM, ISBN 90 5966 040 4, Millpress, Rotterdam, 2005.

No. of papers: 520

The Rome conference was organized by Giuliano Augusti, with Masanobu Shinozuka as co-chair and Gerhart I. Schuëller leading the scientific committee.

ICOSSAR 2009

Osaka, Japan

Dates: September 13-17, 2009

Conference chair: H. Furuta, Kansai University

IASSAR President 2005–2009

Proceedings editors: H. Furuta, D.M. Frangopol, M. Shinozuka

Live-site proceedings record: Furuta H., Frangopol, D.M. and Shinozuka, M. (eds.): Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structures, Infrastructures and Engineering Systems, CD-ROM, ISBN 13 978-0-415-47557-0, Taylor and Francis, London, 2010.

No. of papers: 549

The Osaka conference was chaired by Hitoshi Furuta, with Dan M. Frangopol chairing the scientific committee and Alfredo H. S. Ang chairing the advisory committee.

ICOSSAR 2013

New York, USA

Dates: June 16-20, 2013

Conference chair: G. Deodatis, Columbia University

IASSAR President 2009–2013

Proceedings editors: G. Deodatis, B.R. Ellingwood, D.M. Frangopol

Live-site proceedings record: Deodatis, G., Ellingwood, B. and Frangopol, D.M. (eds.): Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures, ISBN 978-1-138-00086-5, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, London, 2014.

No. of papers: 694

The New York conference introduced a formal Awards Committee role and produced the largest workbook-listed proceedings volume, with 694 papers.

ICOSSAR 2017

Vienna, Austria

Dates: August 6-10, 2017

Conference chair: C.G. Bucher (1956-2023), Technical University of Vienna

IASSAR President 2013–2017

Proceedings editors: C.G. Bucher, B.R. Ellingwood, D.M. Frangopol

Live-site proceedings record: Bucher, C., Ellingwood, B. and Frangopol, D.M. (eds.): Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, 6-10 August 2017, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

No. of papers: 370

The Vienna conference was organized by Christian G. Bucher, with Dan M. Frangopol as Vice-Chair and Bruce R. Ellingwood chairing both the Executive Board and Scientific Committee.

ICOSSAR 2022

Shanghai, China

Dates: September 13-17, 2022

Conference chair: J. Li, Tongji University

IASSAR President 2017–2022

Proceedings editors: J. Li, K.K. Phoon, P.D. Spanos

No. of papers: 485

Originally scheduled for 2021, the Shanghai conference was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and renamed the Senior and Junior prizes as the Distinguished Research and Early Achievement Research Awards.

ICOSSAR 2025

Los Angeles, USA

Dates: June 1-6, 2025

Conference chair: R. Ghanem, University of Southern California

IASSAR President 2022–2027

Proceedings editors: R. Ghanem, E.A. Johnson, S. Masri, A. Olivier

No. of papers: 397

The Los Angeles conference introduced the IASSAR Distinguished Service Award and established four new technical committees on emerging topics.

ICOSSAR 2029

Hannover, Germany

Conference chair: Michael Beer, Leibniz University Hannover

IASSAR President 2027–

The draft lists Hannover as the next European host, under the joint organization of incoming IASSAR President Michael Beer and Executive Board Chair Jian-Bing Chen.

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