Notes: All accepted authors, presenters and moderators are required to register and attend the conference. Please confirm that you can attend the conference before submitting an abstract. The Technical Program Committee strongly requests no more than 2 submissions per person. A publishing fee [1 fee per paper] will be collected during the registration process. These fees are collected to offset the publishing expenses incurred by AEI. Post-Conference proceedings will be published by ASCE and available in digital format.

The Conference Program Committee welcomes abstracts and sessions on topics of interest to architectural and civil engineers. Emphasis is on presentations that support advancing AE and CE professions including: building and lifeline systems, emerging technologies, energy efficiency, hazard mitigation, innovative practices, integrated project delivery methods, resilience, sustainability, smart cities, and forward-looking codes and standards. The technical program will consist of a blend of individual presentations, case studies, and panel discussions from selected speakers chosen by the program committee and session moderators. 

Authors will submit an abstract during the Call For Content process. If the abstract is accepted, authors will then provide a first draft and final paper [6 -12 pages] as outlined in the Important Dates. Under-Graduate Student presentations are restricted to the Under-Graduate Student Poster Program. 

At least one presenter/author from your presentation needs to be register by the speaker registration deadline of January 15, 2026, and plan to present your presentation in person in San Antonio. Presentations that don’t have at least one author registered by January 15, 2026 will be removed from the technical program and associated papers will not be published in the proceedings.

Please consider submitting a “more than 50% expanded paper” in one of the following journals: AEI Journal of Architectural Engineering, Natural Hazards Review or Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering.

Definitions

• Presenter Authors: Individuals that are presenting in-person on the technical program during the conference AND will submit a paper for consideration to be included in the post-conference proceedings.
• Presenters: Individuals that are presenting in-person on the technical program during the conference as an individual presentation, or as part of a case study or panel presentation.
• Moderators: Individuals that are curating and organizing a full session of presenters.

Session Types

Technical concurrent breakout sessions are 60-90 minute blocks that will be subdivided per presentation type as outlined below. Practitioners proposing a technical or case study presentation are encouraged to focus subjects on the most current industry practices in a vendor-neutral format.

• Full Session: Full Session proposals shall include an industry thought leader organizing a  group of industry experts to present on various perspectives focused on a singular technical topic (60-90 minute session)
• Case Studies: Case Study presentations must include a multi-disciplinary project team. Teams will describe in detail an entire project including: project management, architecture and engineered design, challenges, failures, successes, outcome, and the owner perspective  (two 30 minute case studies per 60 minute session or two 45 minute case studies per 90-minute session)
• Panel Sessions: Panel Sessions are sessions featuring Multi-disciplinary panelists with a moderator to discuss, debate, or present knowledge in an engaging way with the audience. (two 30 minute panels per 60 minute session or two 45 minute panels per 90-minute session)

Individual Presentation: Individuals present a single subject that advances the industry practice or research. (15-minute presentation – up to 4 individual presentations per 60 minute session)

Topics

• Advances in Building and Infrastructure Systems
• Advances in Education
• Applications for Machine Learning | AI
• Building Codes & Standards
• Building Envelopes and Facades
• Community Resilience
• Complex Systems / Interdependencies
• Emerging Technologies
• Energy Efficient Optimization
• Field Studies
• Healthy Buildings
• Lifeline Systems
• Integrated Project Delivery
• Natural Hazards / Designing for Hazards
• Resilient Infrastructure Systems
• Resilient Systems Design
• Smart Cities
• Social Technical Systems
• Sustainable Materials
• Whole Building Functional Recovery

Abstract Requirements

Presentation abstracts are expected to be between 250 word max, and Session descriptions 200 word max. Abstracts cannot contain images, tables, or other graphic elements.

Submissions must include the full names, credentials, affiliations, contact information, and email addresses for ALL individuals who will be presenting at the conference. Contributing Authors for paper presentations may be recognized in the abstract and PPTs, but should not be listed as a speaker unless they are co-presenters.

Approved speakers are required to register and present at the conference. [Substitutes must be approved in advance]

Abstract evaluation will be based on:

• Technical content and topic alignment
• Contribution to science and/or practice of Architectural and/or Civil Engineering
• Quality of methodology/approach
• Impact/advancement on AE|CE profession
• Innovative or Practical applications
• Potential for a quality presentation in the chosen session type

Submission Checklist

• Session or Presentation title and description
• Presenter[s’] name, title, credentials, affiliation, and email
• Be sure to submit the presenter[s’] name as preferred to appear in the conference program (i.e. Jonathan Doe, Ph.D., P.E. vs John Doe).