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XXII International Scientific Conference
Construction: the Formation of Living Environment
A working archive of FORM, the international conference on civil engineering and the built environment. The 2019 edition met in Tashkent for four days of research, practice and conversation.
01 / Orientation
A working conference for the built environment
The record brings the scientific programme, the people, the publication route and the practical details of the Tashkent edition into one place.
FORM is an international scientific conference on civil engineering and the formation of living environments. Its 2019 edition combined plenary lectures, six specialist tracks, poster sessions and a dedicated seminar for young researchers.
The programme was built for exchange across disciplines. Structural engineers, water specialists, material researchers, urban planners and construction managers met on one campus, with time set aside for discussion as well as presentation.
This archive keeps the working parts of that edition together: the agenda, the speakers, the committee, the fee record, the publication route and the city that hosted the meeting.
What the record covers
- The five day programme and parallel sessions
- Six scientific tracks and their chairs
- Keynote lectures and opening addresses
- Fees, tours, visas and registration
- Publication in E3S Web of Conferences
XXIIConference edition
06Scientific tracks
04Conference days
02Host universities
02 / Scientific tracks
Six tracks, one campus
Each track ran as a parallel session with its own chairs and programme. The topics are listed here as a route into the agenda.
Modern building materials
Concrete, binders, composites and the performance of new material systems.
See the sessionsSafety in construction
Risk, regulation and the protection of people and assets on site.
See the sessionsReliability of structures
Load paths, durability, assessment and the repair of existing stock.
See the sessionsWater engineering and land improvement
Hydraulic structures, irrigation, drainage and water management in arid regions.
See the sessionsNew construction technologies
Automation, modelling and methods that change how projects are delivered.
See the sessions03 / Calendar
The spring calendar
The published dates for the 2019 edition, from the first call for papers to the closing session.
Paper submission
The author window opened for full papers prepared with the conference template.
Paper review
Scientific committee review of the submitted work.
Revised paper submission
Authors returned revised texts after review.
Acceptance notice
Notifications were issued to accepted authors.
Last fee payment
The final date for registration payment before the meeting.
Conference
Four days of plenaries, parallel sessions, posters and the closing ceremony.
How the days were shaped
Arrival and registration preceded a full opening day at the Youth Creativity Palace. Parallel tracks then ran across the TIIAME campus, with a poster session, a round table and a working meeting on training and specialist development.
The final day moved from the closing ceremony to a city tour and a gala dinner. A separate Samarkand tour followed on 21 April.
04 / Voices
Voices on the programme
Six keynote topics from the published record. The speakers page carries the full summaries and affiliations.
Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov
TIIAME, UzbekistanWater and salt balance in arid settlements, with conjunctive use, biodrainage and alternatives for municipal supply.
Daman K. Panesar
University of Toronto, CanadaEngineering design education and the assessment of aging concrete infrastructure.
Borislav Hristov
HTW Berlin, GermanyHow horizontal road geometry shapes driver attention on straights and curves.
David L. Passmore
Pennsylvania State University, USAArtificial intelligence, creative destruction and the changing organisation of construction work.
Andrey Zhuravlev
MGSU, RussiaTile adhesive systems, climate exposure and the lifetime value of installed finishes.
Alim Pulatov
TIIAME, UzbekistanRemote sensing, big data and machine learning for land, water and environmental monitoring.
05 / Hosts
Hosts and organisers
The edition was organised across two universities and an engineering company, with a local technical operator for travel and events.
MGSU
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering led the scientific programme, the paper review and the publication route. Its rector served as a conference chair.
TIIAME
The Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers hosted the meeting on its campus and coordinated the local programme.
JSC Hydroproject
The engineering company joined the leadership of the conference and connected the programme to hydraulic and water infrastructure practice.
Technical operator: Agency Kvintet, trading as BaltiMix. The operator handled the cultural programme and tour arrangements recorded on this site.
06 / Young researchers
Youth Innovations
A dedicated seminar gave students, postgraduates and early career researchers a separate stage. It used poster reports and a project competition, with the best entries recognised at the closing ceremony.
Seminar papers were published in a proceedings volume indexed by the Russian Science Citation Index. The working languages were Russian, Uzbek and English.
The competition in brief
Open to full time participants under 25. Reports could be presented in person or as a poster. A separate seminar fee applied, and the best projects received gifts and diplomas.
07 / Publication
A published record
Accepted papers were published in E3S Web of Conferences, an open access proceedings journal with the eISSN 2267 1242. The journal indexed the volume in major abstract and citation services, including Scopus and Web of Science.
Authors worked within a six to ten page limit and a common formatting frame. Each person could appear as author or coauthor in no more than two papers.
Indexing recorded by the journal
- Scopus
- Web of Science
- DOAJ
- ProQuest
- EBSCO
- Google Scholar
- NASA ADS
- CAS
08 / Place
Tashkent in April
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia. Its older quarters, wide avenues, metro stations and green parks sit alongside the campuses and institutions that hosted the conference.
The venue was the TIIAME campus on Kari Niyozov street. The city tour and the Samarkand excursion extended the programme beyond the lecture rooms.
Venue, airport and railwaySchematic, not to scale