ESIS NEWSLETTER - December 2024

In 2024, IGF published 86 papers of “ Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale” ( LINK ) in four different issues (January, April, July and October). At the end of 2024, in order to increase the journal visibility, the journal switched the Italian title with the English one. The new title of the journal is now “ Fracture and Structural Integrity ”. In 2025 (September 15-18), IGF will organize in Catania, Italy, and web the joint conference IGF28 - MedFract3, 28th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity - 3rd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity ( LINK ).

The main important dates are: • Registration: always open

• Symposia proposal: 01.09.2024 - 31.12.2024 • Abstract Submission: 01.01.2025 to 30.05.2025 • Acceptance notification: 10.06.2025 • Early bird registration and payment: 30.07.2025 • Conference: 15.09.2025 - 18.09.2025 • Paper submission (after the conference): 15.10.2025 • Papers acceptance: 30.10.2025

Filippo Berto

SERBIA 12 th Annual Conference of Serbian Society of Structural Integrity and Life (www.divk12.com) The twelfth annual conference (DIVK12) was held from 17-19. November 2024 in Belgrade, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The total number of participants was 160 (77 from Serbia). The program of the meeting was realized in three days, starting from Sunday, November 17, when a welcome cocktail was arranged with the registration of the participants, along with the working part of the meeting on November, 18 and 19. Plenary lectures were delivered by Jose Correia, Filippo Berto, Francesco Iacoviello, Miloš Đukić, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Bojan Međo and Dorin Radu. A special lecture was also held by Aleksandar Sedmak in honor of Prof. Dr. Mladen Berković (1936 -1999). During the conference gala dinner, the DIVK awards dedicated to the legends of fracture mechanics were delivered : "Stojan Sedmak" to Blagoj Petrovski, "Aleksandar Radović" to Vencislav Grabulov, "Mladen Berković" to Aleksandr Sedmak, Tihoslav Tošić to the IMS Institute, "Marko Rakin" to Bojan Me đo. Special awards were delivered to Jovo Jarić, the guest of hono ur, for contribution to theoretical fracture mechanics, to Filippo Berto for extraordinary contribution in fracture mechanics

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