<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body>COMPLAS XII – Announcement of the XII International Conference on <br><div><span style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications</span></font></span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3">September 3-5, 2013</span></font></span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3"><strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB">Barcelona</span></strong><strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB">, Spain</span></strong><strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"></span></strong></span></font></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"></span></span> </p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;">Dear Colleague,</span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"></span></span> </p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3">We are pleased to announce the<strong> XII <br>International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and <br>Applications (COMPLAS XII),</strong> that will take place in <br><strong><em>Barcelona, Spain, on September 3–5, 2013</em>.</strong></span></font></span></p><p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Previous meetings in the COMPLAS series were held in Barcelona in 1987, 1989, <br>1992, 1995, 1997, 2000 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011. <strong>COMPLAS</strong> <br>conferences have become established events in the field of computational <br>plasticity. </span></p><p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">The objectives of <strong>COMPLAS XII</strong> are to address both <br>the theoretical bases for the solution of plasticity problems and the numerical <br>algorithms necessary for efficient and robust computer implementation. <br><strong>COMPLAS XII</strong> aims to act as a forum for practitioners in the <br>field to discuss recent advances and identify future research <br>directions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">COMPLAS XII</span></strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> is one of the Thematic Conferences of the European Community on <br>Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS). It is also an International <br>Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) Special Interest <br>Conference.</span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;">Key Date: </span></span></strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;">Deadline for <br>presenting a one page abstract is </span><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3">December 17, 2012. <br><br></span></font></strong></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;">Further information is available <br>at </span><a href="http://congress.cimne.com/complas2013" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: black"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;">http://congress.cimne.com/complas2013</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font></span></strong><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><br><br></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3">We kindly invite you to <br>mark COMPLAS XII date in your calendar, and inform other colleagues who might be <br>interested in attending the conference. <br><br></span></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3">We thank you for your <br>cooperation and look forward to welcoming you in Barcelona in September <br>2013.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Roger Owen<br>Eugenio Oñate</span></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3">B. Suárez</span></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><font size="3">D. Peric<br><em>Conference Chairmen</em></span></font></span></p></font></div><div><br><br></div><br></body></html>