BE SPONSOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM SSCS 2010
You can be a sponsor for the international symposium “Steel Structures: Culture & Sustainability 2010” to be held in Istanbul between 21 and 23 September 2010, by selecting one of the following sponsorships:

Istanbul is not only one of the most important historical places in the world, but also is the economic centre of Turkey. Moreover, Turkey is also recognised as structural steel fabrication centre of the region. You may find the detailed information about and advantages of sponsorships at enclosures.

EVALUATION OF ABSTRACTS COMPLETED
The Scientific Committee of the symposium has completed its evaluation and full text of papers are being requested from the authors whose abstracts were accepted. Full papers will be submitted not later than 23 April 2010.

SPECIAL ISSU OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION – DESIGN AND RESEARCH FOR SSCS 2010
It is a great pleasure to announce that the best papers (4 scientific papers and 4 technical papers) of SSCS 2010, selected by the following board of editors will be published at the September issue of “Steel Construction – Design and Research”

Members of Editors Board for this special issue are Prof. Nesrin YARDIMCI, Prof. Harun BATIRBAYGIL, Prof. Luis da SILVA, Prof. Milan VELJKOVIC and Prof. Cavidan YORGUN.

EUROPEAN STEEL BRIDGE AWARDS
The ceremony of the European Steel Bridge Awards organized by ECCS will be held on 22 September 2010. You may reach to the announcement of the European Steel Bridge Awards by clicking here.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS EXTENDED TO 18 JANUARY 2010
Although 110 abstracts have been submitted to the symposium, considering the importance of the above mentioned attracting news for participants, organisers of the international symposium “Steel Structures: Culture & Sustainability 2010” have decided to grant a final extension for deadline of abstract submissions for all Authors who are still interested in contributing a paper to the Symposium. If you have not yet submitted an abstract, you are urged to do so as soon as possible, and by the new deadline of 18 January 2010 at the latest.

If you have already submitted an abstract, you should expect to receive an acknowledgement within 5 days, but have not received an acknowledgement up to now, you are advised to re-send your abstract to sscs2010@tucsa.org as a matter of urgency. This will be acknowledged soon.

DATES OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Dates of the International Symposium has been moved one day ahead according to the planned ECCS Meetings. During the coordination meeting in Barcelona in September 2009 it was decided that dates of the symposium would be 21-23 September instead of 20-22 September 2010. Therefore, participants of symposium may arrive in Istanbul on Monday. You may find the revised dates on the Program Chart above.