Dear colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the International Conference and Workshop on Seismic Design of Steel Structures and Retrofit for Resilient Future to be held on 16-17 October 2025 in Istanbul. The theme of the conferences is based on the resilience and adaptability framework of the European Union in seismic regions.

The workshop aims to discuss readiness of earthquake zones for the expected seismic activities in the future. During the conference, various topics related to the seismic design of steel structures and retrofit will be presented by researchers, academics and experts.

The annual meetings of the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) will also take place for members of the ECCS, which will be followed by the conferences and workshop on seismic design of steel structures and retrofit, as well as the activities listed in the following schedule:
   14-15 October 2025     ECCS Annual General Meetings (Members only)
   14 October 2025     Presidents & Directors Dinner (Members only)
   15 October 2025     Gala Dinner and 70th Anniversary of ECCS
   16 October 2025     TC13 Seismic Design Technical Committee Meeting (Members only) at Yeditepe University (YU)
   16 October 2025     European Steel Design Awards (ESDA 2025) (YU)
   16 October 2025     Workshop (YU)
   17 October 2025     Conference (YU)

As stated at the Background and Scope section below, the city of Istanbul is one of the best places to organise the earthquake conference, located between Europe and Asia on both sides of the Bosphorus, where very important earthquakes have occurred in her history dating back to prehistoric times around Golden Horn, Khalkedon, Bathonea etc.

The seismic activities in the region calls for a mission to organize this international conference and workshop to bring together architects, engineers, designers, steel fabricators, builders, urban planners and environmental scientists to discuss solutions for resilient cities with earthquake resistant structures.

We sincerely hope you will join us on 14-17 October 2025 in Istanbul.