10th International Conference on Civil Engineering (CE 2026)
June 20 ~ 21, 2026, Sydney, Australia
Scope & Topics
The 10th International Conference on Civil Engineering (CE 2026) marks a significant milestone in bringing together global researchers, practitioners, industry leaders and policymakers to advance the frontiers of civil engineering. As the field undergoes rapid transformation driven by digitalization, climate change, advanced materials, automation and emerging societal needs, CE 2026 provides a premier international forum for sharing cutting edge knowledge, breakthrough research and innovative applications.
CE 2026 welcomes high quality contributions that explore the theory, methodology, experimentation, computation and real world implementation of civil engineering systems. The conference highlights both practical solutions and theoretical advancements that make fundamental contributions to the evolution of the discipline.
As the tenth edition of this distinguished series, CE 2026 continues its tradition of fostering impactful dialogue, inspiring new research directions and strengthening the global civil engineering community. Participants will engage with emerging trends, transformative technologies and visionary ideas that will define the future of infrastructure and the societies it supports.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to,the following:
Structural Engineering, Advanced Materials and Computational Mechanics
- Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) and advanced composites
- 3D printed, additively manufactured and digitally fabricated structures
- Metamaterials, architected materials and multifunctional materials
- Nano engineered, self sensing and self healing materials
- Carbon negative concrete and mineralization technologies
- Electrified materials processing (low carbon steel, cement)
- Structural optimization, topology design and computational mechanics
- Physics informed neural networks (PINNs) and hybrid AI–mechanistic models
- Large Engineering Models (LEMs) for structural analysis
- Generative design and autonomous engineering agents
- Multi hazard structural modelling (earthquake–wind–fire–blast)
- Digital retrofitting, resilience based rehabilitation and life extension
Geotechnical, Geo Environmental and Subsurface Engineering
- Foundations, ground improvement and soil–structure interaction
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering and liquefaction mitigation
- Unsaturated soil mechanics and climate driven geotechnics
- Energy geotechnics (geothermal, energy piles, thermal soils)
- Subsurface hydrogen storage geomechanics
- Geotechnics for carbon sequestration reservoirs (CCS/CCUS)
- Offshore geotechnics for floating offshore wind anchors
- AI driven inverse modelling for subsurface characterization
- Real time geotechnical digital twins and monitoring
- Geo environmental remediation, PFAS and emerging contaminants
- Microplastics in soils and groundwater
- Geosynthetics and circular geotechnics
- Deep excavation, rock mechanics and underground construction
Transportation Engineering, Smart Mobility and Future Infrastructure
- Traffic flow theory, modelling and large scale simulation
- Pavement engineering, smart materials and long life pavements
- Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and mobility as a service (MaaS)
- Autonomous, connected and electric vehicle infrastructure
- Infrastructure for EV charging, hydrogen mobility and energy corridors
- Digital mobility twins and real time traffic analytics
- Graph neural networks (GNNs) for transportation networks
- Freight logistics, last mile delivery and multimodal systems
- Safety analytics, human factors and transportation resilience
- AI driven transportation planning and automated permitting
Water Resources, Hydraulics and Climate Driven Hydrology
- Urban flooding, stormwater resilience and nature based solutions
- River engineering, sediment transport and eco hydraulics
- Smart water distribution, leakage detection and digital water networks
- AI driven flood forecasting and hydrologic foundation models
- Hydro climate extremes, atmospheric rivers and attribution science
- Compound climate hazards (heat–drought–fire–flood–storm surge)
- Hydrologic impacts of wildfire burn scars
- Water security under climate change and extreme events
- Remote sensing, hydro informatics and data driven hydrology
- Water–energy–food nexus modelling
Environmental Engineering, Sustainability and Circular Infrastructure
- Pollution control, PFAS, microplastics and emerging contaminants
- Circular construction, waste valorization and resource recovery
- Net zero, low carbon and carbon negative infrastructure systems
- Life cycle assessment (LCA), embodied carbon and sustainability metrics
- Industrial ecology, green supply chains and decarbonization pathways
- Nature based solutions for water, coastal and urban systems
- Environmental policy, climate governance and environmental justice
- Carbon neutral industrial infrastructure (steel, cement, ports)
- Direct air capture (DAC) and carbon removal infrastructure
Construction Engineering, Automation and Industrialized Delivery
- Digital twins for construction, 4D/5D BIM and integrated digital delivery
- Robotics, automation and autonomous construction equipment
- Swarms of construction robots and coordinated robotic systems
- Autonomous earthmoving, automated excavation and real time perception (LiDAR, SLAM)
- AI driven project analytics, productivity forecasting and risk modelling
- Modular, prefabricated and industrialized construction (DfMA, platform design)
- Automated code compliance checking and AI assisted design workflows
- Construction knowledge graphs and semantic data integration
- AI driven construction quality control and defect detection
- Lean construction, supply chain optimization and construction logistics
Earthquake Engineering, Multi Hazard and Resilience Science
- Performance based seismic design and next generation codes
- Energy dissipation, base isolation and protective systems
- Multi hazard modelling (earthquake–wind–flood–fire interactions)
- Wildfire engineering and WUI (wildland–urban interface) resilience
- Climate tipping points and infrastructure risk
- Disaster risk reduction, resilience planning and recovery modelling
- Infrastructure interdependencies and cascading failures
- Community resilience and socio technical systems modelling
- Resilience of critical infrastructure under prolonged heatwaves
Smart Cities, Urban Systems and Infrastructure Analytics
- Urban digital twins and cyber physical infrastructure systems
- Smart mobility, urban analytics and data driven planning
- AI driven zoning, automated land use planning and digital permitting
- Urban energy systems, microgrids and distributed infrastructure
- Green buildings, regenerative design and net positive districts
- Urban carbon budgeting and climate accounting
- Climate adaptive cities and nature based urban solutions
- Urban resilience metrics, decision support systems and governance
- Urban digital governance and data sovereignty
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Sensors and Non Destructive Evaluation
- Sensor networks, IoT and cyber physical monitoring systems
- AI driven damage detection, prognosis and digital diagnostics
- Long term performance monitoring and reliability assessment
- Remote sensing, UAV based inspection and automated digital inspection
- NDE technologies for aging, critical and heritage infrastructure
- Synthetic data generation for SHM and NDE
Tunneling, Underground Space and Rock Engineering
- Mechanized tunneling, TBM technologies and automation
- Underground transit systems and deep urban infrastructure
- Rock mechanics, deep excavation and ground–structure interaction
- Subsurface space planning, resilience and sustainability
- Monitoring, risk management and digital underground engineering
- Autonomous inspection and robotic mapping of underground spaces
Coastal, Offshore and Marine Engineering
- Coastal protection, nature based solutions and climate adaptation
- Offshore wind, floating offshore wind (FOW) and renewable energy structures
- Hybrid offshore energy platforms (wind + wave + hydrogen)
- Floating solar (FPV) civil engineering
- Offshore hydrogen, subsea storage and energy islands
- Offshore carbon storage infrastructure
- Marine geotechnics, subsea foundations and pipeline engineering
- Port, harbor and coastal infrastructure modernization
- Ocean engineering under extreme events and climate uncertainty
Emerging Frontiers in Civil Engineering
- Generative AI and foundation models for civil engineering
- Autonomous engineering agents and AI co designers
- Graph neural networks (GNNs) for infrastructure networks
- Cybersecurity for smart and connected infrastructure
- Quantum computing applications in civil engineering
- Bio inspired, living and self healing construction materials
- 4D printed adaptive materials
- Space, lunar and extraterrestrial civil engineering
- ISRU (in situ resource utilization) for extraterrestrial construction
- Autonomous construction on the Moon/Mars
- Extreme environment robotics (cryogenic, vacuum, radiation)
- Digital ethics, data governance and responsible AI
Civil Engineering Education, Ethics and Professional Practice
- Future ready engineering curricula and competency frameworks
- Digital pedagogy, virtual labs and immersive learning
- AI literacy, data ethics and responsible engineering practice
- Workforce transformation, diversity and global engineering practice
Human Centered Design, Social Infrastructure and Equity
- Inclusive design for vulnerable and aging populations
- Social sustainability, community resilience and participatory planning
- Infrastructure equity, accessibility and just transitions
- Behavioral insights, human factors and community driven design
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by May 16, 2026 . Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Civil Engineering and Urban Planning: An International Journal (CiVEJ) (Confirmed).
Selected papers from CE 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following journals.
Important Dates
· Submission Deadline: May 16, 2026
· Authors Notification: June 12, 2026
· Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due: June 16, 2026
Contact Us
For more details, please visit: https://cirsy2026.org/ce/index
Paper Submission Link: https://cirsy2026.org/submission/index.php
