EUCENTRE at the 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (ECEE 2026) in Berlin

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The 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (ECEE 2026) will take place in Berlin from 14 to 18 September 2026 (visit the official conference website). This major international gathering brings together leading scientists, researchers, and engineering professionals to explore state-of-the-art developments in earthquake risk reduction, structural engineering, natural hazard mitigation, and infrastructure resilience.

EUCENTRE Participation Highlights

  • 15 Eucentre researchers will act as official speakers during technical sessions and keynote events.
  • 21 oral and poster presentations will be delivered directly by researchers from the Eucentre Foundation.
  • 23 additional scientific contributions feature Eucentre researchers and collaborators as co-authors alongside international academic and research partners.
  • 44 total scientific contributions demonstrate Eucentre's active commitment and key role within the global earthquake engineering community.
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Below is the complete catalogue of papers contributed by the Eucentre Foundation at ECEE 2026 (view the full programme on the conference website), divided into direct presentations delivered by our researchers and collaborative contributions.

Presentations by EUCENTRE Researchers

The following 21 scientific papers will be presented directly by EUCENTRE Foundation researchers as primary speakers.

Speaker: Bazzini Miriam
A Quantitative Methodology for the Definition of Product Families and Worst-Case Scenarios in Seismic Qualification of UPS Units
Authors: Miriam Bazzini, Emanuele Brunesi, Paolo Dubini, Igor Lanese
Session: S05-04-SMD: Seismic Modelling and Design
Time & Location: 15/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S01
Speaker: Bellotti Davide
Experimentally calibrated macro-modeling of precast dowel connections
Authors: Davide Bellotti, Emanuele Brunesi, Francesco Cavalieri
Session: S01-SS24-MOD: Special Session - Seismic Challenges and Opportunities in Modular Construction Team/organizers
Time & Location: 15/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S09
Speaker: Borzi Barbara
Digital Tools for Seismic Risk and Real-Time Damage Assessment
Authors: Barbara Borzi, Mauro Onida, Marta Faravelli, Marco Pagano, Antonella Di Meo, Davide Quaroni, Alessio Cantoni, Francesca Bozzoni, Antonino Famà, Ali Guney Ozcebe, Davide Bellotti, Francesco Cavalieri, Riccardo Milanesi, Giammaria Gabbianelli, Venanzio Pascale, Daniele Intermite
Session: S02-16-SRAMH: Seismic Risk Assessment and Multi-Hazard Risk (incl. Tsunami, NaTech)
Time & Location: 14/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S03
Speaker: Borzi Barbara
Effects of Seismic Retrofitting on Risk Maps of the Italian Territory
Authors: Barbara Borzi, Marco Pagano, Davide Quaroni, Mauro Onida
Session: S01-SS04-AVMRR: Special Session - Advancing Vulnerability Modelling for Regional Risk Assessment and Resilient Communities
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S010
Speaker: Barbara Borzi
EMERGE: A Web-Based Platform for Multi-Hazard Assessment and Early Crisis Response in the Cross-Border Region of North Macedonia, Albania, and Greece
Authors: Barbara Borzi, Antonella Di Meo, Davide Quaroni, Francesca Bozzoni, et al.
Session: S01-SS15-VRAMH: Special Session - Vulnerability and risk assessment for multi-hazard resilient urban societies
Time & Location: 18/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S04
Speaker: Stefano Bracchi
Effect of cumulative damage on seismic fragility of URM buildings
Authors: Stefano Bracchi, Guido Magenes, Andrea Penna, Maria Rota
Session: S03-07-MS: Masonry Structures
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S04
Speaker: Stefano Bracchi
Effect of soil settlements on seismic fragility of a URM building
Authors: Stefano Bracchi, Andrea Penna, Maria Rota
Session: S03-07-MS: Masonry Structures
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S04
Speaker: Gian Michele Calvi
Post-earthquake reconstruction designing for minimum damage in extreme hazard conditions
Authors: Gian Michele Calvi
Session: Theme Lecture | Gian Michele Calvi
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 2:10pm-2:40pm · Location: S01
Speaker: Cristina Curti
Experimental Seismic Performance Assessment of Drift and Acceleration Sensitive NSEs Using an Innovative 9-DOFs Multi-Story Testing Facility
Authors: Cristina Curti, Elisa Rizzo Parisi, Filippo Dacarro, Emanuele Brunesi, Igor Lanese
Session: S02-09-NSE: Non-Structural Elements
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 4:35pm-6:00pm · Location: S06
Speaker: Filippo Dacarro
Developing a multi-hazard smart monitoring system at Milan Malpensa airport
Authors: Francesca Bozzoni, Filippo Dacarro, Fabio Germagnoli, Francesco Lunghi, Davide Silvestri, Davide Bellotti, Federica Bianchi, Francesco Cavalieri, Daniele Del Carlo, Elisabetta Gervasini, Massimo Corradi, Alessandro Balbo, Rebecca Gualdoni, Daniele Recalcati
Session: S02-11-SHM: Structural Health Monitoring
Time & Location: 15/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S07
Speaker: Filippo Dacarro
A Multi-Source SHM Framework Combining Satellite Technologies, Numerical Modeling and Anomaly Detection Strategies
Authors: Filippo Dacarro, Bruno Aster, Elena Lorusso, Davide Curone, Filippo Calamelli, Davide Bolognini
Session: S03-11-SHM: Structural Health Monitoring
Time & Location: 15/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S07
Speaker: Antonino Famà
Fragility Curves for Bridge Taxonomies Representative of the Italian Road Bridge Stock
Authors: Antonino Famà, Carlo Filippo Manzini, Davide Quaroni, Paolo Morandi, Barbara Borzi
Session: S03-13-BCIICF: Bridges, Civil Infrastructure and Industrial/Critical Facilities
Time & Location: 14/Sept/2026: 4:35pm-6:00pm · Location: S07
Speaker: Marco Furinghetti
Research and Practice applications of Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation devices: Modeling Strategies and Experimental Assessments
Authors: Marco Furinghetti, Cristina Curti, Miriam Bazzini, Klein Ramiro, Paolo Dubini, Roberto Franzolin, Filippo Dacarro, Alberto Pavese
Session: S01-SS03-APSCS: Special Session - Active and passive structural control strategies for resilient structures: bridging research and application
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 9:45am-11:00am · Location: S07
Speaker: Riccardo Milanesi
Seismic Behaviour of Tall Masonry Infills through Out-of-Plane Shake-Table Tests on Full-Scale Specimens
Authors: Onur Arslan, Riccardo R. Milanesi, Soheil Rostamkalaee, Paolo Morandi
Session: S02-SS12-AESMD: Special Session - Advances in Earthquake-Resistant and Sustainable Masonry Design
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S05
Speaker: Riccardo Milanesi
In-plane cyclic and out-of-plane shaking table tests of weak existing masonry infills and partitions
Authors: Riccardo R. Milanesi, Soheil Rostamkalaee, Paolo Morandi
Session: S01-SS11-SPNSC: Special Session - Seismic performance of non-structural components: recent findings and developments
Time & Location: 18/Sept/2026: 9:45am-11:00am · Location: S03
Speaker: Paolo Morandi
Experimental campaign on a mansory bell tower with active control device
Authors: Luca Albanesi, Numan Eren, Andrea Penna, Paolo Morandi
Session: S02-SS03-APSCS: Special Session - Active and passive structural control strategies for resilient structures: bridging research and application
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S09
Speaker: Paolo Morandi
Drift Limits at different limit states for URM Walls: Experimental Evaluation and Design Implications
Authors: Paolo Morandi, Luca Albanesi
Session: S01-SS12-AESMD: Special Session - Advances in Earthquake-Resistant and Sustainable Masonry Design
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 9:45am-11:00am · Location: S05
Speaker: Ali Özcebe
A Unified Stochastic Framework for Regional Hazard Assessment of Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction and Landslides
Authors: Francesca Bozzoni, Ali Güney Özcebe, Carlo Giovanni Lai
Session: Poster Session 04
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 11:00am-11:30am · Location: Peter-Behrens-Hall
Speaker: Giulio Proietti
A web-based tool for simplified modelling and seismic fragility assessment of air traffic control towers
Authors: Giulio Proietti, Francesco Cavalieri, Antonino Famà, Federica Bianchi, Davide Bellotti, Barbara Borzi
Session: S03-13-BCIICF: Bridges, Civil Infrastructure and Industrial/Critical Facilities
Time & Location: 14/Sept/2026: 4:35pm-6:00pm · Location: S07
Speaker: Elisa Rizzo Parisi
Seismic Vulnerability of Suspended and Self-bearing Ceiling Systems via Shake Table Qualification Testing
Authors: Elisa Rizzo Parisi, Hector Santiago Romero Jimenez, Igor Lanese, Paolo Dubini, Emanuele Brunesi
Session: S03-09-NSE: Non-Structural Elements
Time & Location: 18/Sept/2026: 9:45am-11:00am · Location: S06
Speaker: Ilaria Senaldi
From data to decisions: challenges & opportunities of integrated digital technologies in disaster risk management
Authors: Chiara Casarotti, Martina Mandirola, Ilaria Senaldi
Session: S01-SS21-AITCI: Special Session - Artificial Intelligence techniques in Seismic Engineering applied to Critical Infrastructures
Time & Location: 18/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S09

Other Scientific Contributions with EUCENTRE Collaboration

The following 23 scientific papers are presented by researchers from partner institutions and universities, with EUCENTRE researchers and collaborators participating as co-authors.

Speaker: Aedo-Maluje Sebastian
CONTRIBUTION OF INERTIAL SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION IN THE SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF AN EXISTING BUILDING: A CASE STUDY
Authors: Seabstian Aedo-Maluje, Martina Caruso, Rui Pinho
Session: S01-12-AR: Assessment and Retrofitting
Time & Location: 14/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S05
Speaker: Amendola Chiara
Assessing Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Cross-Border Regions: The EMERGE Project
Authors: Chiara Amendola, Evi Riga, Dimitris Pitilakis, Ricardo Monteiro, Gianrocco Mucedero, Mattia Calò, Rikard Luka, Roberta Apostolska, Radmila Salic-Makreska, Aleksandar Zlateski, Aleksandar Zurovski, Goran Chapragoski, Elena Delova, Daniel Tomic, Antonella Di Meo, Francesca Bozzoni, Barbara Borzi, Stevko Stefanoski, Olga Ktenidou, Nikolla Klajdi, Valentina Atanasovska, Rezeart Zgjanjolli
Session: S07-16-SRAMH: Seismic Risk Assessment and Multi-Hazard Risk (incl. Tsunami, NaTech)
Time & Location: 15/Sept/2026: 4:35pm-6:00pm · Location: S03
Speaker: Arslan Onur
Seismic Behaviour of Tall Masonry Infills through Out-of-Plane Shake-Table Tests on Full-Scale Specimens
Authors: Onur Arslan, Riccardo R. Milanesi, Soheil Rostamkalaee, Paolo Morandi
Session: S02-SS12-AESMD: Special Session - Advances in Earthquake-Resistant and Sustainable Masonry Design
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S05
Speaker: Buttazzoni Margherita
A pre-screening tool for decision support in the design of sustainable retrofit interventions
Authors: Margherita Buttazzoni, Martina Caruso, Chiara Passoni, Alessandra Marini, Rui Pinho
Session: S02-SS06-NGSR: Special Session - Next Generation Seismic Retrofit Strategies: AI, Resilience and Sustainability-based approaches
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S011
Speaker: Buttazzoni Margherita
Life cycle-oriented design of a timber exoskeleton for seismic retrofitting
Authors: Margherita Buttazzoni, Martina Caruso, Jacopo Zanni, Chiara Passoni, Simone Labò, Alessandra Marini, Rui Pinho
Session: S02-SS06-NGSR: Special Session - Next Generation Seismic Retrofit Strategies: AI, Resilience and Sustainability-based approaches
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S011
Speaker: Carbone Caterina
Assessment of seismic vulnerability of wind turbine towers
Authors: Caterina Carbone, Andrea Penna, Annalisa Rosti, Maria Rota
Session: S02-13-BCIICF: Bridges, Civil Infrastructure and Industrial/Critical Facilities
Time & Location: 14/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S07
Speaker: Chioccarelli Eugenio
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EARTHQUAKE CLUSTER MODELS FOR HAZARD AND RISK
Authors: Eugenio Chioccarelli, Pasquale Cito, Iunio Iervolino
Session: S02-SS01-NGPSHRA: Special Session - Next-Generation Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment: Scientific Advances and Emerging Challenges (EFEHR Session)
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S08
Speaker: Cito Pasquale
CONSISTENCY OF MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY OBSERVATIONS WITH PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS
Authors: Pasquale Cito, Eugenio Chioccarelli, Iunio Iervolino
Session: S01-01-SHS: Seismic Hazard and Seismology
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 9:45am-11:00am · Location: S03
Speaker: Di Salvatore Chiara
Analytical-to-experimental comparison of dowel connections shear strength in concrete structures
Authors: Chiara Di Salvatore, Riccardo M. A. Baltrocchi, Andrea Belleri, Davide Bellotti, Emanuele Brunesi, Francesco Cavalieri, Bruno Dal Lago, Marius Eteme Minkada, Nicola Nisticò, Paolo Riva, Ali Sadeghi Raveshti, Gennaro Magliulo
Session: S04-06-CS: Concrete Structures
Time & Location: 15/Sept/2026: 4:35pm-6:00pm · Location: S05
Speaker: Franchin Paolo
Reliability-based calibration of isolation system design in the second-generation Eurocode 8
Authors: Paolo Franchin, Alberto Pavese, Marco Furinghetti, Fabrizio Noto
Session: Theme Lecture | Paolo Franchin
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 2:10pm-2:40pm · Location: S05
Speaker: Furiosi Alessia
Seismic assessment of retrofit strategies for masonry arch bridges using discontinuum models
Authors: Alessia Furiosi, Nicolò Damiani, Maria Rota, Andrea Penna
Session: S03-07-MS: Masonry Structures
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S04
Speaker: Grella Antonio
Investigating the difference between uniform hazard and risk targeted design spectra
Authors: Georgios Baltzopoulos, Antonio Grella, Pasquale Cito, Iunio Iervolino
Session: S05-SS01-NGPSHRA: Special Session - Next-Generation Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment: Scientific Advances and Emerging Challenges (EFEHR Session)
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S08
Speaker: Janevski Antonio
Performance-based seismic assessment of RC wall structures considering higher-mode effects
Authors: Antonio Janevski, Ryan Hoult, Andrea Orgnoni, Tatjana Isaković, Rui Pinho, João Pacheco de Almeida
Session: S02-04-SMD: Seismic Modelling and Design
Time & Location: 14/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S01
Speaker: Nascimbene Roberto
A holistic framework for evaluating seismic fragility of industrial tanks and associated health in natech scenarios
Authors: Riccardo Milanesi, Giammaria Gabbianelli, Alberto Gotti, Roberto Nascimbene
Session: S01-SS10-NATECH: Special Session - NATECH RISK AND RESILIENCE OF HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IN SEISMIC AREAS
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S05
Speaker: Nascimbene Roberto
Parametric Analyses for the Evaluation of Behaviour Factors for the Seismic Design of the Supporting Trapezes in Suspended Piping Systems
Authors: Seyedaliakbar Mirpour, Derek Rodriguez, Emanuele Brunesi, Daniele Perrone, Roberto Nascimbene
Session: S02-09-NSE: Non-Structural Elements
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 4:35pm-6:00pm · Location: S06
Speaker: Ismail Ozan Demirel
Experimental Validation of a Lightweight Steel Exoskeleton for Seismic Retrofitting of Deficient Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames
Authors: Ismail Ozan Demirel, Simone Galano, Andrea Rossi, Paolo Morandi, Ugurhan Akyuz
Session: S03-10-ET: Experimental Testing
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S05
Speaker: Roberto Paolucci
Physics-based damage scenarios from volcanic-induced earthquakes in Campi Flegrei, metropolitan area of Napoli, Southern Italy
Authors: Roberto Paolucci, Arsalan Bazrafshan, Sara Alfano, Serena Cattari, Daniela De Gregorio, Iunio Iervolino, Sergio Lagomarsino, Margherita Merani, Lorenza Petrini, Salvatore Sessa, Daniele Sivori, Chiara Smerzini, Manuela Vanini, Aldo Zollo, Giulio Zuccaro
Session: Theme Lecture | Roberto Paolucci
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 2:10pm-2:40pm · Location: S03
Speaker: Natalia Pingaro
A generalized formulation of the stress reduction factor for seismic demand estimation in geotechnical and soil-structure interaction problems
Authors: Natalia Pingaro, Francesco Cavalieri, Antonino Famà, Francesca Bozzoni, Ali Güney Özcebe, Barbara Borzi
Session: S02-02-GEE: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, SSI and Site Response
Time & Location: 14/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S02
Speaker: Polese Maria
Multi-risk assessment and support for emergency planning in cross-border regions: example application of the BORIS2 methodology and tool at the Italy-Slovenia border
Authors: Maria Polese, Serena Cattari, Daria Ottonelli, Marta Faravelli, Elisa Zuccolo, Beatrice Di Napoli, Marco Lazzati, Chiara Scaini, Valerio Poggi, Davide Quaroni, Neja Fazarinc, Katarina Zabret, Klaudija Lebar, Matjaz Dolsek
Session: S01-SS15-VRAMH: Special Session - Vulnerability and risk assessment for multi-hazard resilient urban societies
Time & Location: 18/Sept/2026: 11:54am - 12:06pm · Location: S04
Speaker: Simone Reale
Influence of friction models on the seismic risk assessment of quasi-isolated existing bridges: a sensitivity analysis
Authors: Simone Reale, Marco Furinghetti, Alberto Pavese
Session: S03-SS03-APSCS: Special Session - Active and passive structural control strategies for resilient structures: bridging research and application
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 11:30am-12:55pm · Location: S09
Speaker: Radmila Salic Makreska
Near Real-Time Shaking Information to Resource Prioritisation in Cross-Border Regions
Authors: Radmila Salic Makreska, Igor Gjorgjiev, Julijana Bojadjieva, Roberta Apostolska, Vlatko Sesov, Goran Capragoski, Barbara Borzi, Antonella Di Meo, Francesca Bozzoni, Davide Quaroni, Dimitris Pitilakis, Evi Riga, Chiara Amendola, Markel Baballëku, Ricardo Monteiro, Gianrocco Mucedero, Mattia Calo, Olga Ktenidou, Konstantinos Boukouras, Stevko Stefanoski, Valentina Atanasovska, Klajdi Nikolla, Vlatko Jovanovski, Theo van Wijk, Rezeart Zgjanjolli
Session: S01-SS08-EMHS: Special Session - Earthquakes and Multi-Hazard Scenarios: Beyond Conventional Risk Assessment and Design Approaches
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 4:35pm-6:00pm · Location: S01
Speaker: Christian Salvatori
Effect of the seismic action on the carbon footprint of AAC masonry buildings
Authors: Christian Salvatori, Stefano Bracchi, Maria Rota, Francesco Pomponi, Andrea Penna
Session: S04-07-MS: Masonry Structures
Time & Location: 16/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S04
Speaker: Marco Smerilli
Seismic numerical modelling and analysis of a base-isolated timber building for quick reconstruction in earthquake prone areas
Authors: Marco Smerilli, Emanuele Brunesi, Davide Bolognini
Session: S13-04-SMD: Seismic Modelling and Design
Time & Location: 17/Sept/2026: 2:45pm-4:10pm · Location: S01