Keynote lectures will be complemented by invited sessions organized by recognised experts in targeted research areas.

The talks scheduled are generally invited by the organizers. Authors interested to contribute to a particular Invited Session are kindly requested to contact the session organizer(s) directly.

Persons willing to organize an Invited Session on a specific topic are kindly requested to send their proposal to the conference secretariat.

The list of confirmed Invited Sessions follows:

Computational Mechanics of Multiphase Porous Materials
Bernd Markert and Lorenzo Sanavia 
markert@mechbau.uni-stuttgart.de ; lorenzo.sanavia@unipd.it

Computational Multiphysics: Methods and Models
Carlos Felippa, Roger Ohayon and K.C. Park 
carlos.felippa@colorado.edu ; roger.ohayon@cnam.fr ; Kcpark@colorado.edu

Coupled Problems for Biomimetics
Fotis Sotiropoulos
fotis@umn.edu

Coupled Problems in Bioengineering
Alain Kassab, Eduardo Divo and Lakshmi Reddi
kassab@mail.ucf.edu ; edivo@mail.ucf.edu ; LReddi@mail.ucf.edu

Coupled Problems in Geotechnical Engineering
Sebastià Olivella
sebastia.olivella@upc.edu

Coupled Thermomechanical Simulation of Material Forming 
and Impact Problems
Carlos Agelet de Saracibar and Jean-Philippe Ponthot
agelet@cimne.upc.edu ; JP.Ponthot@ulg.ac.be

Coupling of Different Numerical Methods
Gernot Beer
gernot.beer@tugraz.at

Fast Single and Multi Discipline Optimization Tools for 
Aircraft/Aero Engines Design with Uncertainties
Jacques Pèriaux
jperiaux@gmail.com




Interaction with Time Resolved Turbulent Flow Fields
Dörte Carla Sternel
sternel@fnb.tu-darmstadt.de

Multidisciplinary Biomechanical Simulation
Ernst Rank and Zohar Yosibash
rank@inf.bauwesen.tu-muenchen.de ; zohary@bgu.ac.il

Multiresolution Biomechanics: From Nano to Macro
Wing-Kam Liu, Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, Suvranu De and Lucy Zhang
w-liu@northwestern.edu ; jessicaz@andrew.cmu.edu ; des@rpi.edu ; zhanglucy@rpi.edu

Numerical Modelling of Coupled Electromagnetic, Hydrodynamic and
Thermomechanical Problems in Engineering
Massimo Guarnieri and Carmelo Majorana
guarnieri@die.unipd.it ; majorana@dic.unipd.it

Plasticity and Damage: Experimental and Numerical Simulations
Valentina Salomoni and Francesco Marotti de Sciarra
salomoni@dic.unipd.it ; marotti@unina.it

Speeding-up Numerical Simulations: Model Reduction and Other 
Advanced Discretization Techniques
Francisco Chinesta, David Ryckelynck and Elias Cueto
francisco.chinesta@paris.ensam.fr ; David.Ryckelynck@ensmp.fr ; 
ecueto@unizar.es

Symposium Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Ahmed Sameh: 
Fluid-Structure Interactions
Kenji Takizawa, Yuri Bazilevs and Tayfun Tezduyar
ktaki@rice.edu ; yuri@ucsd.edu ; tezduyar@gmail.com