PSI - Issue 54

Pedro Moreira et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 54 (2024) 1–2 Author name / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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conditions. Like previous editions, ICSI2023 has been organized into a general track and a number of thematic symposia. Apart from Procedia Structural Integrity, a special issue from Engineering Failure Analysis will cover ICSI2023. The response to the organization’s efforts has been outstanding: Thirteen symposia were proposed; the number of abstract submissions was kept at a similar level to previous editions, with around 200 approved for oral communication. These are very challenging times for the organization of meaningful conferences, but the organizers strived to make this 5th Edition a memorable one, which will stimulate both young and well-known researchers in the field to contribute further to ICSI.