Sessions related to specific topics of the conference will be introduced by a Plenary Lecture in the field.

Confirmed Plenary Lecturers:

K-J. Bathe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
R. I. Borja, Stanford University, USA
J-L. Chenot, Sophia Antipolis, France
R. de Borst, Delft University of Technology, NL
A. Gens, UPC, Spain
P. Ladevèze, LMT Cachan, France
T. Laursen, Duke University, USA
W-K. Liu, Northwestern University, USA
H. Mang, TU, Vienna, Austria
C. Miehe, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
J. Oliver, UPC, Spain
M. Ortiz, Caltech, USA
D. Peric, University of Wales Swansea, UK
E. Ramm, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
B. Schrefler, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
E. Stein, Universität Hannover, Germany
R. L. Taylor, University of Berkeley, USA
V. Tvergaard, Technical University of Denmark
P. Wriggers, Universität Hannover, Germany
G. Yagawa, University of Tokyo, Japan