ISIC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Trends on Construction in the Post-digital Era
GUIMARÃES, PORTUGAL - SEPTEMBER 6 TO 9, 2022
Overview
The International Society for Intelligent Construction 2022 Conference (ISIC 2022) will be held in Guimarães, Portugal, from September 6 to 9, 2022. The conference theme is “Trends on Construction in the Post-Digital Era“. The city of Guimarães, Portugal, is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.
From the Chair of ISIC 2022 Organizing Committee:
ISIC (www.IS-IC.org) was renamed in 2019 from the International Intelligent Construction Technologies Group (IICTG), launched in Guimarães, Portugal, during the 3rd International Conference of Transportation Geotechnics, in 2016.
ISIC 2022 is the third ISIC international conference, following the first conference in Minnesota, USA, in 2017 and the second conference in Beijing, China, in 2019.
ISIC 2022 will follow the ISIC mission:
“… promote intelligent construction technologies applications to the life-cycle of infrastructure: from the survey, design, construction, operation, and maintenance/rehabilitation by adapting to changes of environments and minimizing risks. The goals of its mission are to improve the quality of construction, cost-saving, and safety.”
We will take a holistic approach to integrate civil engineering, construction machinery, electronic sensor technology, survey/testing technologies, information technology/computing, and other related fields. While the world is in the digital era, it is our vision to take a step forward by addressing societal issues and improving the wellbeing of people in their physical environments.
On behalf of the organizing committee, I am honored to invite you to ISIC 2022 in the City of Guimarães, UNESCO World Heritage, from September 6 to 9, 2022.
Sincerely
Prof. Antonio G. Correia, University of Minho, Portugal; ; Vice-President and Executive Committee of ISIC
Committees
Organizing Committee
António Gomes Correia (Chair)
Vice-President of ISIC; Chairman of ISIC European Union Chapter; Professor and Researcher at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), University of Minho, PORTUGAL
Miguel Azenha
Assistant Professor at University of Minho, PORTUGAL; PhD in Civil Engineering (2009).
Paulo Cruz
Professor of Construction and Technology at the School of Architecture, Art and Design, University of Minho, PORTUGAL; Researcher at the Lab2PT Centre
Paulo Novais
Professor at University of Minho, PORTUGAL; Researcher at the ALGORITMI Centre; Coordinator of the research line Computer Science and Technology (CST).
Paulo Pereira
Professor and Researcher of Transportation at the Department of Civil Engineering and Research Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, University of Minho.
Co-Organizing Committee
João Neves Moutinho
Business Director & Internationalization
BUILT CoLAB
António Aguiar Costa
Research, Development and Innovation Director
BUILT CoLAB
National Technical Committee
- Bruno Figueiredo (UMinho)
- Joaquim Tinoco (UMinho)
- Joel Oliveira (UMinho)
- José Granja (UMinho)
- Manuel Parente (BUILT CoLab)
- Pedro Oliveira (UMinho)
International Advisory Committee
- Anand J. Puppala, Professor, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
- Antonio Gomes Correia, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Buddhima Indraratna, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, Director, Transport Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Curt Turgeon, State Pavement Engineer, MNDOT, USA
- Dehu Yu, Principal, Shandong Jianzhu University, China
- Dietmar Adam, Professor, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Erol Tutumluer, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- George K. Chang, Director of Research, Transtec Group
- Guanghui Xu, Professor, SW Jiaotong University, China
- Jayantha Kodikara, Professor, Monash University, Australia
- Jianming Ling, Executive Dean, Tongji University, China
- Jorge de Brito, Professor, IST, Portugal
- Miguel Azenha, Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Mike Winter, Professor, Winter Associates Limited, UK
- Miroslaw Jan Skibniewski, Full Professor, University of Maryland, USA
- Paulo Cruz, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Paulo Novais, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Paulo Pereira, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Soheil Nazarian, Professor, UTEP, USA
- Suzana Svetlicic, Head of Project for Geotechnics, DRI Investment Managment – Company for Development of Infrastructure, Ltd, Slovenia
Technical Oversight Committee
- George K. Chang, Director of Research, Transtec Group, USA; President and Executive Committee of ISIC
- Guanghui Xu, Professor, SW Jiaotong U., China; Vice-President and Executive Committee of ISIC
- Soheil Nazarian, Professor, UTEP, USA; Vice-President and Executive Committee of ISIC
International Scientific Committee
- Adelino Ferreira, Associate Professor, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Anand J. Puppala, Professor, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
- António Aguiar Costa, Dr. BuiltCoLab, Portugal
- António Gomes Correia, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- António Menezes Leitão, Dr., IST – University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Brian R. Hogge, Construction Team Leader, FHWA, USA
- Cesare Sangiorgi, Professor, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Bologna, Itlay
- Christian Louter, Professor, TU Dresden, Germany
- Claudio Lantieri, Senior Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy
- Curt Turgeon, State Pavement Engineer, MNDOT, USA
- Dehu Yu, Principal, Shandong Jianzhu University, China
- Dietmar Adam, Professor, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Dragos Moldovan, Researcher, IST, Portugal
- Eduardo Fortunato, Senior Researcher with Habilitation, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
- Eduardus Koenders, Professor, TU Darmstadt, Germany
- Erol Tutumluer, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Filippo Practicò, Professor, Mediterranean University of Regio Calabria, Italy
- Fragkoulis Kanavaris, ARUP-London, UK
- Fumio Tatsuoka, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of Science, Japan
- George K. Chang, Director of Research, Transtec Group
- Gerardo Flintsch, Professor, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, USA
- Guanghui Xu, Professor, SW Jiaotong University, China
- Hugo Rodrigues, Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Jan Belis, Professor, Ghent University, Belgium
- Jayantha Kodikara, Professor, Monash University, Australia
- Jianming Ling, Executive Dean, Tongji University, China
- Jian-Shiuh Chen, Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- Jim Preston, Technical Services, TOPCON, USA
- João Poças Martins, Professor, FEUP, Portugal
- Joel Oliveira, Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Johannes Pistrol, Head of Research Group on Soils Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Jorge de Brito, Professor, IST, Portugal
- José Machado, Associate Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- José Neves, Assistant Professor, IST, Portugal
- José Pinto Duarte, Professor, Penn State, USA
- Kevin Garcia, Road and Paving Construction Segment Manager, Trimble, USA
- Kumar Anupam, Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
- Luís de Picado Santos, Professor, IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Maria de Lurdes Antunes, Principal Researcher, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Portugal
- Mariana Popescu, Assistant Professor, TU Delft, Netherlands
- Mehran Mazari, Assistant Professor, California State University, USA
- Miguel Azenha, Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Mike Winter, Professor, Winter Associates Limited, UK
- Minh-Tan Do, Researcher, Gustave Eiffel University, France
- Paulo Cruz, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Paulo Novais, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Paulo Pereira, Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
- Pierre Hornych, Researcher, Laboratoire Auscultation, Modélisation et Expérimentation des infraStructures de Transport (LAMES), Université Gustave Eiffel, France
- Rebecca Embacher, Advanced Materials and Technology Engineer, MNDOT, USA
- Romeu Vicente, Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Sandra Lucas, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Sergey Kudriavtsev, Professor, Eastern State Transport University, Russia
- Sigrid Adriaenssens, Dr., Princeton, USA
- Soheil Nazarian, Professor, UTEP, USA
- Suzana Svetlicic, Head of Project for Geotechnics, DRI Investment Managment – Company for Development of Infrastructure, Ltd, Slovenia
- T. F. Fwa, Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Chang’an University, China
- Tetsuya Ishida, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Tim Kowalski, Hamm Applications Support Manager, Wirtgen America, USA
- Todd Mansell, Training Consultant, Caterpillar, USA
- Vitor Cunha, Dr., IB-S, Portugal
- Wilson Leal da Silva, Dr., Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
- Ziga Turk, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Ulrich Knaack, Professor, TU Delft & TU Darmstadt, The Netherlands
Programme
Conference Topics
- Additive Manufacturing and Construction
- Artificial Intelligence for Design and Built Environment
- Data Science and Data Standards
- Advanced and Edge Computing
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- City Information Modeling and Geographical Information Systems
- Collaborative and Participative Design
- Construction Automation and Robotics
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Design Concepts and Strategies
- Digital Fabrication Development and Implementation
- Environmental Protection
- Form Finding, Topology and Structural Morphology
- High Precision Survey and Mapping
- Improved Energy Efficient Building Operations
- Infrastructure Life-Cycle Management
- Intelligent Building Control Systems
- Intelligent Compaction
- Intelligent Construction Sites
- Intelligent Maintenance Technologies
- Internet of Things in Architecture and Construction
- Intelligent and Sustainable Environments
- Machine Automation
- Real-Time Construction Monitoring
- Real-time Asset and Hazard Monitoring
- Smart Cities
- Smart Transportation Infrastructures
- Simulation, Prediction and Evaluation
- Emerging Technologies
Special Sessions, Mini-Symposia and Associated Events
Inaugural Lecture
Miroslaw Jan Skibniewski, Full Professor at University of Maryland, USA
New Opportunities and Challenges within Construction 5.0
Keynote Lectures
Luis Simões da Silva, Full Professor at University of Coimbra, Portugal
Digital Steel Construction: a hollistic viewpoint in a life-cycle context
Guanghui Xu, Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Intelligent Compaction in China: from Research to Practice
Soheil Nazarian, Professor at University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Use of Intelligent Construction Techniques toward Construction of High-Quality Pavement Foundation Layers
Andrés Muñoz Ortega, Associate Professor with the Polytechnic School, Catholic University of Murcia, Spain
Designing smart habitats: Trends and opportunities
Special Lectures
Philippe Block, Professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Sustainable Digital Concrete Construction
T. F. Fwa, Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Chang'an University, China
Post-Digital Era Challenges to the Road Infrastructure Sector – A Highway Researcher’s Perspective
Erol Tutumluer, Abel Bliss Professor in Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Applications of advanced imaging and sensor technologies in intelligent road construction
Ulrich Knaack, Professor at TUDelft, The Netherlands and TUDarmstadt, Germany
Two trends on Construction in the Post-Digital Era: Building with Paper and Additive Manufacturing
Jayantha Kodikara, Professor and Director, ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub (ITRH) – SPARC, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia
Reimagining the unbound pavement testing, design, and construction in the post-digital era
Anand Puppala, Professor, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering: Current Focus Areas and Contributions from USA
Authors
Speakers of technical sessions have 15min of talk + 5 min for discussion and are requested to send their presentations to the organizing committee (secretariat – icisic2022@civil.uminho.pt) until Friday, 2nd September.
Key Dates
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Abstract Submission: October 15th 2021 November 15th 2021 -
Abstract Acceptance: November 5th 2021 November 22th 2021 -
Full Paper Submission: February 7th 2022 February 28th 2022 -
Notification of Paper Acceptance: May 9th 2022 May 29th 2022 -
Camera Ready Due:
June 13th 2022
Useful Links
How to Become a Successful Author of Scholarly Papers for Publication in Prestigious Scholarly Journals in the Field of Intelligent Construction || September 6th
Coordination:
Prof. M.J. Skibniewski
Editor-in-Chief, Automation in Construction, an international research journal.
This one-day seminar and workshop is intended for junior academics and industry researchers in the field of intelligent construction and allied technical disciplines. Participants will gain practical, hands-on knowledge directly from a presenter with 28 years of personal experience as editor-in-chief of a top-ranking scholarly journal in this field. You will have your questions answered on how to compose a successful paper, what the paper reviewers are looking for, how to avoid bad translations from an author’s native language to English, and what to do and not to do when communicating with journal editors and reviewers. Aspiring authors are welcome to bring along the text of their papers currently in preparation to seek advice on how to maximize the chance for their acceptance after a competitive review process.
Intelligent Construction and Automation – Challenges and emerging technologies || September 6th
Coordination:
Prof. Dr. Paulo J. S. Cruz
School of Architecture, Art and Design, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
Prof. Dr. ir. Christian Louter
Institute of Building Construction, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Ass. Prof. Dr. M.A. Mariana Popescu
Dept. Materials, Mechanics, Management & Design (3Md), Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Ass. Prof. Dr. Bruno Figueiredo
School of Architecture, Art and Design, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
This mini-symposium aims to address the challenges and emerging technologies that are boosting the fields of additive manufacturing and construction and automation, exploring fundamental issues related with the design, conception, and realization of architectural structures.
Digital Construction Revolution in Portugal || September 6th @ 14H30 to 18H30
Coordination:
João Neves Moutinho
Business Director & Internationalization I BUILT CoLAB
António Aguiar Costa
Technical Coordinator REV@Construction | RD&I Director BUILT CoLAB
This session is addressed to the AEC community in general and will provide a view about the future of the construction sector in Portugal. It will present the intermediate results of the largest project for digital construction ever conducted in Portugal: REV@Construction. The project will be presented by the several work packagescoordinators. The session will also include several inspirational Keynote Speakers,coming from prestigious Universities and Companies to present the latest scientific and technical breakthroughs in the area.
The project “Digital Construction Revolution – REV@Construction” focuses on the digital transformation of the AEC sector to promote their competitiveness, sustainable growth, and strategic alignment with the sector at the European level. Its R&D activities focus on developing digital tools and solutions to create the foundation for future innovations, attract new companies to the AEC sector, and create new business models to emerge in the future.
Asphalt Process Control – Using Digital Technologies to improve construction performance || September 6th
Coordination:
Seirgei Miller (PhD)
ASPARi research unit, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Curt Turgeon
US Minnesota department of transportation
George Chang
President of ISIC, Transtec Group
Recent advances in intelligent construction machinery have seen several new sensors and software being added to asphalt construction equipment. Digital technologies such as GPS, infrared and other sensors, real-time process control, and advanced communication systems enable tracking, visualization, and data mining of key process parameters during asphalt construction, such as logistics, temperature homogeneity, and compaction consistency. Yet, despite the availability of these technologies, implementation is slow, and barriers to technology adoption remain an obstacle. Using the Netherlands as a case, this workshop will address SMART technology implementation for the asphalt construction industry, its benefits, challenges, complications, and strategies to make it successful and sustainable. A panel discussion will include international experiences from the US Minnesota department of transportation and global experiences.
Workshop focus:
- Addressing variability in the asphalt construction process
- Digital technologies that will benefit the asphalt construction industry
- How to implement digital technologies efficiently and effectively
- How to overcome challenges of implementation, barriers to technology adoption, digitalization
- Key organisations to involve in the implementation and sustainable adoption of digital technologies
Short presentations during the Workshop:
- Addressing challenges of variability and construction quality – the case of the Netherlands Digital Technologies – the answer to all our challenges?
- First steps to be taken toward a Digital Technology Roadmap
- Panel Discussion with Seirgei Miller, Curt Turgeon, and George Chang
Intelligent Construction of Flexible Pavements – Recent Theoretical and Technological Advancements in Australia || September 6th
Coordination:
Jayantha Kodikara
Jayantha Kodikara, Professor and Director, ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub (ITRH) – SPARC, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia
Arooran Sounthararajah
Arooran Sounthararajah, Research Manager, ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub (ITRH) – SPARC, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia
SPARC Hub (https://sparchub.org.au)at the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University is the focal point for university-industry based transport pavements research in Australia sponsored by the Australian Research Council’s Industry Transformation Research Hub (ITRH) Scheme with 20 leading industry partners, 8 local universities and 7 overseas partners. SPARC Hub is leading the effort to implement the intelligent compaction (IC) technology and make further advancements in IC across Australia. The workshop will focus on our recent theoretical and technological advancements in the intelligent construction of flexible pavements. This includes:
- Relevance of unsaturated soil mechanics to unbound pavement performance and new and more practical approach to testing and design.
- Proximal measurement technique for pavement material density and other properties in real-time during compaction
- Proximal measurement of pavement material moisture content using GPR in real-time during compaction
- Two practical approaches,established by SPARC, for developing IC specifications with a framework for cost-benefit analysis and their evaluation in IC field trials
- Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) as a QA/QC tool for pavement compaction– addressing the effect of variability in the material moisture content and properties
- The limitations of IC technologyin asphalt pavement compactionand proposed potential ways to overcome these limitations with a view to establish performance-based specifications for QA/QC of asphalt compaction
The conference encourages the submission of proposals for special sessions, Mini-symposia, and associated events such as workshops and exhibitions.
Proposals should be sent to the organization (icisic2022@civil.uminho.pt) including a title, a brief abstract, organizers. Find here the proposal template.
This will held at the CCVF on September 6
Presentation Template
Publications
Full-length papers submitted to the conference and accepted after a rigorous peer-review process will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by Springer Series Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering and further submitted for indexing by Scopus and Web of Science.
In addition, authors may be also invited to submit full-length papers for special issues of the following journals:
Automation in Construction
Updated and expanded versions of the selected best papers presented at the Conference will be recommended by the Chair of the Organizing Committee for review and consideration for publication in Automation in Construction, an international research journal published by Elsevier
Abstracts & Full papers
All accepted abstracts, after rigorous peer-review, will be published in the Book of Abstracts provided that the presenting author of the abstract is registered for the conference and has paid the registration fee before the deadline.
Authors with accepted abstracts are welcome to submit a full paper, which will be subjected to further peer-review to be included in the Springer publications Series Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering.
Upon reviewer recommendations, if found suitable, some of the full papers will be published after the conference in one of the above mentioned Journals.
Venue
Conference Venue (7/9/2022 to 9/9/2022)
The Cultural Centre of Vila Flor is located in the historical centre of Guimarães, combining the rehabilitation of the ancient Palace of Vila Flor with a modern building complex for the organization of cultural events.
Furthermore, the Cultural Centre of Vila Flor is located near the rail station and near to the main hotels of Guimarães.
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Address: Centro Cultural Vila Flor
Avenida D. Afonso Henriques, 701
4810-431 Guimarães - Portugal
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GPS Coordinates
N 41.437198 (Latitude) W 8.295522 (Longitude)
Associated Events Venue (6/9/2022)
The special sessions, Mini-symposia, and associated events such as workshops and exhibitions will take place at the University of Minho.
* Venue: Find here the map with the location..
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Address: University of Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães - Portugal
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GPS Coordinates
N 41.452999 (Latitude) W 8.289768 (Longitude)
Sponsors & Exhibition
Silver
Bronze
Non-financial Sponsors
Institutions
Sponsors
Invitation for Sponsors
The local organisers kindly invite the potential sponsors and exhibitors to join the ICISIC 2022 and contribute to its success. Sponsors are welcome to make their selection from the list of sponsorship options below.
The final agreement about the sponsorship options will be negotiated with the Organising Committee representatives.
The Sponsor Categories
Sponsor | Price |
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Platinum sponsor | 6.000€ |
Golden sponsor | 4.000€ |
Silver sponsor | 2.500€ |
Bronze sponsor | 1.500€ |
Sponsor of the coffee breaks | 1.500€/day |
Sponsor Benefits
Benefits | Platinum | Golden | Silver | Bronze | Coffee Breaks |
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Floor | 6m2 | 6m2 | 3m2 | — | — |
An advert in the Announcements | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | — |
An advert in the Final Programme | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | — |
Pre-event and post-event advertising announcement on the conference’s website | Starting at least 8 months before the conference | Starting at least 8 months before the conference | Starting at least 2 months before the conference | Starting at least 2 months before the conference | — |
Promotional leaflet in the conference bag (provided by the sponsor) | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | — |
Acknowledgement in chairman’ s address | At the opening ceremony | At one of the plenary sessions | — | — | — |
Speech by sponsor’s representative | At the Welcome Reception +
at one of the plenary sessions, with paper in the Proc. | — | — | — | — |
A logo in the Final Programme | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
Company logo on the main hall | Full time | Temporary announcements | Temporary announcements | Temporary announcements | — |
Full conference passes (exhibition and technical program access) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
Complimentary tickets for the Gala Dinner | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
Publication of logo in the schedule at the sponsored coffee break | — | — | — | — | ✔ |
Special announcement of sponsor at the end of lecture before the sponsored coffee break | — | — | — | — | ✔ |
Other options to be discussed | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Exhibition
Join us as an exhibitor at ICISIC 2022 in Guimarães, Portugal, and showcase your products and services to a highly targeted market of education, researchers and professionals. The Exhibitor registration will be subject to individual agreements and available on a first come, first served basis.
Exhibit Space Rental Fee: €2000 (6m²)
Other spaces can be arranged by individual agreements.
To Become an Exhibitor, please contact:
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ICISIC 2022 Secretariat
University of Minho, Civil Engineering Department School of Engineering, Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães – PORTUGAL
Email: icisic2022@civil.uminho.pt
Contacts
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ICISIC 2022 Secretariat
University of Minho, Civil Engineering Department School of Engineering, Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães – PORTUGAL
- Tel.: +351 935 485 802 (Whatsapp available)
- Email: icisic2022@civil.uminho.pt
