| Title | From the Mechanics of Generalized Continua to Hybrid and Block Element System Models | 
| Author | *Eduardo Romano de Arantes e Oliveira (Technical Univ. of Lisbon, Portugal) | 
| Title | Developments in Robust and Reliability-based Design Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems | 
| Author | *Byung Man Kwak (KAIST, Korea) | 
| Title | Metamodel Techniques for Solving Seismic Probabilistic-Based Design Optimization Problems | 
| Author | *Manolis Papadrakakis, Nikos D. Lagaros, Anargyri Th. Garavela (National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece) |