<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body>Desde: 17-06-2013<br>Hasta: 21-06-2013<br>Lugar: Porto, Portugal<br><br><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:DocumentProperties><o:Revision>0</o:Revision><o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime><o:Pages>1</o:Pages><o:Words>560</o:Words><o:Characters>3196</o:Characters><o:Company>FEUP</o:Company><o:Lines>26</o:Lines><o:Paragraphs>7</o:Paragraphs><o:CharactersWithSpaces>3749</o:CharactersWithSpaces><o:Version>14.0</o:Version></o:DocumentProperties><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><w:WordDocument><w:View>Normal</w:View><w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom><w:TrackMoves/><w:TrackFormatting/><w:PunctuationKerning/><w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/><w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid><w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent><w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText><w:DoNotPromoteQF/><w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther><w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian><w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript><w:Compatibility><w:BreakWrappedTables/><w:SnapToGridInCell/><w:WrapTextWithPunct/><w:UseAsianBreakRules/><w:DontGrowAutofit/><w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/><w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/><w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/><w:OverrideTableStyleHps/><w:UseFELayout/></w:Compatibility><m:mathPr><m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/><m:brkBin m:val="before"/><m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/><m:smallFrac m:val="off"/><m:dispDef/><m:lMargin m:val="0"/><m:rMargin m:val="0"/><m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/><m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/><m:intLim m:val="subSup"/><m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/></m:mathPr></w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"<br> DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"<br> LatentStyleCount="276"><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 7"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 8"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 9"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false"<br> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/><w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/></w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">Dear Colleague,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; "><br></span></span></p><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">On behalf of the Organizing<br>Committee, I invite you to submit your abstract to the 17th International<br>Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS/17), at the University of Porto,<br>Porto, Portugal, 17-21 June 2013.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">As the name implies, this will be<br>the 17th in a biennial series of conferences which commenced in Scotland<br>in September 1981. They continue to be the only international forum with a<br>focus on structural aspects of composite materials and are one of the<br>longest running “composites” conferences.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">This will be the third occasion the<br>conference will be held in Porto, Portugal. ICCS15(2009) attracted more<br>than 350 delegates. ICCS16(2011) attracted more than 600 delegates. We<br>expect ICCS17 to be even larger.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">I am very pleased to inform you that<br>the following distinguished Colleagues have accepted to present a Plenary<br>Lecture:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">1. J. N. Reddy, Texas A&M,<br>USA </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">2. Anthony Waas, University of<br>Michigan, USA </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">3. Erasmo Carrera, Politecnico di<br>Torino, Italy</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">4. Serge Abrate, </span><span style="color: #282828; ">Southern Illinois University, USA</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">5. Suong Hoa, Concordia University,<br>Canada</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">6. Romesh Batra, Virginia Tech., USA</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">7. Lluis Torres, Universidad de<br>Girona, Spain</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">8. Holm Altenbach, </span><span style="color: #262626; ">Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #262626; ">9. Sergio Oller, Universidad<br>Politecnica Catalunha, Spain</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">10. Moshe Eisenberger, Technion, Israel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">11. Torsten Kuehn, EADS, Germany</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">12. Haim Abramovich, Technion, Israel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">13. Pedro Camanho, FEUP, Portugal</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">14. Paul Weaver, Bristol University, UK</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">15. Christian Mittelstedt, Sogeti, Germany</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">16. Tarun Kant, Indian Institute of Technology<br>Bombay, India</span></p><div>17. Jon Gosse, BOEING, USA</div><br><div>18. Ayman Mosallam, Univ. California, USA</div><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">Pre- and Post-Conference courses by<br>Professors Romesh Batra (Virginia Tech, USA), J. N. Reddy (Texas A&M, USA), Bazle Haque (Univ. Delaware, USA), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #141414; font-size: 12px; ">and Dr. Jorge Belinha (Univ. Porto, Portugal) are to be<br>organized. Details will be given later.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">The ICCS17 web page is</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/%7Eiccs17/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0d37a4; ">http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~iccs17/</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">Abstract submission: Step 1:<br>register online at </span><a href="http://conference.mercatura.pt/iccs17/login.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0d37a4; ">http://conference.mercatura.pt/iccs17/login.php</span></a> <span style="color:#141414">; step 2: fill your title, names, affiliation and your<br>abstract (max 1500 characters); Step 3: choose the Session in which you feel<br>your abstracts fits best.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">Step 4: After the acceptance of the<br>abstract, you can proceed to Registration/payment: after you register online<br>at </span><a href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/%7Eiccs17/registration.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0d37a4; ">http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~iccs17/registration.html</span></a><span style="color: #141414; ">, you can pay by VISA/MASTERCARD at our secure site. In<br>case you need an invoice, please inform as soon as possible. Bank transfer is also<br>possible. Please note the early registration date for reduced fee.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">After the conference, some<br>selected papers will be invited for submission in a regular<br>issue of the Journal of Composite Structures (ELSEVIER). May I stress that<br>the participation in ICCS17 does not guarantee publication of the full<br>paper in Composite Structures.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">As in ICCS15 and ICCS16, we will<br>award (a gift of about 1000 euro - in kind) the Ian Marshall's Best<br>Student Paper (only for students that submit the full paper and<br>present it at ICCS17).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">I hope to meet you again soon</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:<br>none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">Best wishes</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #141414; ">Antonio Ferreira, ICCS17 Chair</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">-- </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Antonio J. M. Ferreira</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Professor of Mechanical Engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Professor Catedrático de Engenharia Mecânica</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Editor, Composite Structures</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405928/description#description" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ca; ">http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405928/description#description</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">_______________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Departamento de Engenharia Mecanica</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Rua Dr Roberto Frias</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">4200-465 Porto, Portugal</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Phone <a href="about:blank" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ca; ">+351225081705</span></a>, email: <a href="mailto:ferreira@fe.up.pt" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ca; ">ferreira@fe.up.pt</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Monaco; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Monaco; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Monaco; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br></div></span><br></div></span><br></div></span><br></div></div></span><br><br></div><br></body></html>