Keynote Lectures will be delivered by scientists of international prestige in the field of the conference.

Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, TU München, Germany
Numerical simulation and design of Membrane Structures

Bernd Kröplin, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Fracture of Membranes Simulated by Discrete Elements 

Rolf Luchsinger, Empa - Center for Synergetic Structures, Switzerland
Recent Progress in the R&D of Tensairity

Eugenio Oñate, CIMNE/UPC, Spain
Finite Element Technology for Analysis of Textile Membranes and Inflatable Structure   

Mauro Pedretti, Airlight Ltd., Switzerland 
Membranes Structures for Solar Thermal Power Generation

Thomas Stegmaier, ITV, Germany
Biologically inspired Fibre-Based Materials

Rosemarie Wagner, FHM, Germany
Multifunctionality of Membranes

David Wakefield,Tensys, UK
Inflatable Membrane Structures in Architecture and Aerospace - Some Recent Projects