CWE2026 — Program in Brief

2026-06-07 – 2026-06-11 · London, ON, Canada
Day 0 — Sunday, June 7
Time SEI 1110 SEI 2110 SEI 4105 & 4106 SEI 4109 SEI 4110
15:00–18:00 Registration & Ice-Breaker Welcome Reception
Day 1 — Monday, June 8
Time SEI 1110 SEI 2110 SEI 4105 & 4106 SEI 4109 SEI 4110
08:00–08:45 Registration / Morning Coffee
08:45–09:15 Opening Ceremony & Welcome Remarks
09:15–10:15 Keynote: Melissa Burton (ARUP, Canada)
10:15–10:30 Coffee Break
10:30–12:00
MS07-A
S04-A
MS01-A
MS06-A
S05-A
12:00–13:00 Lunch Break
13:00–14:00 Keynote: Agerneh Dagnew (NVIDIA, USA)
14:00–14:15 Short Break
14:15–15:45
MS07-B
S04-B
MS01-B
MS06-B
S05-B
15:45–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:30
MS07-C
S04-C
MS06-C
S05-C
Day 2 — Tuesday, June 9
Time SEI 1110 SEI 2110 SEI 4105 & 4106 SEI 4109 SEI 4110
08:30–09:00 Morning Coffee
09:00–10:00 Keynote: Clara García-Sánchez (TU Delft, Netherlands)
10:00–10:15 Coffee Break
10:15–11:45 Plenary Discussion — Introducing the ASCE/SEI Computational Wind Engineering Prestandard for use of Computational Wind Engineering in Building Design
11:45–13:00 Lunch Break
13:00–14:00 Keynote: Roland Wüchner (TU Munich, Germany)
14:00–14:15 Short Break
14:15–15:45
MS07-D
S04-D
MS08-A
S06-A
S05-D
15:45–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:30
MS07-E
S04-E
MS08-B
S06-B
18:00–20:00 Gala Dinner
Day 3 — Wednesday, June 10
Time SEI 1110 SEI 2110 SEI 4105 & 4106 SEI 4109 SEI 4110
08:30–09:00 Morning Coffee
09:00–10:00 Keynote: Catherine Gorle (Stanford University, USA)
10:00–10:15 Coffee Break
10:15–11:45
MS02-A
MS03-A
S08-C
MS09-A
S09-C
11:45–12:45 Lunch Break
12:45–13:45 Keynote: John Kilpatrick (RWDI, Canada)
13:45–14:00 Short Break
14:00–15:30
MS02-B
MS03-B
S08-A
MS09-B
MS11-A
15:30–15:45 Coffee Break
15:45–17:15
MS08-C
S06-C
S09-B
MS11-B
Day 4 — Thursday, June 11
Time SEI 1110 SEI 2110 SEI 4105 & 4106 SEI 4109 SEI 4110
08:30–09:00 Morning Coffee
09:00–10:00 Keynote: Laxmi Sushama (McGill University, Canada)
10:00–10:15 Coffee Break
10:15–11:45
MS10-A
S07-A
MS05
S04-F
S09-A
11:45–12:45 Lunch Break
12:45–13:45 Keynote: Cruz Y. Li (Yutong Li) (Chongqing University, China)
13:45–14:00 Short Break
14:00–15:30
MS10-B
S07-B
S03
MS01-C
MS04
15:30–15:45 Coffee Break
15:45–17:15
S02
S07-C
S08-B
17:15–17:30 Short Break
17:30–18:00 Closing Ceremony & Best Paper Awards

Session Index

MS01 — Multi-disciplinary Efforts in Reducing Adverse Impact from Tornadoes, Downbursts and Gust Front
MS02 — New Frontiers in Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Urban Wind Environments
MS03 — Wind-Structure Interactions: from AI-driven Prediction to Resilient Design Under Extreme Winds
MS04 — AI/ML-Powered Rapid Damage Assessment and Wind Field Characterization
MS05 — Impact of Wind-Driven Rain (WDR) on Buildings and Structures
MS06 — AI-Empowered CFD: Intelligent Automation and Generative Modeling for Computational Wind Engineering
MS07 — Best Practice Recommendations for CFD in CWE
MS08 — Application of CFD to Non-Synoptic Wind Simulation
MS09 — Validating CFD: The Critical Role of Wind Tunnel Testing
MS10 — Experimental and Field Measurement Data for AI and CFD in Wind Engineering
MS11 — Session to Honor Prof. Ted Stathopoulos
S02 — Inflow Generation and Stochastic Wind Simulation
S03 — Non-Synoptic Wind Analysis: Empirical, Theoretical, and Observational Approaches
S04 — Wind Loads, Damage, and Structural Response Modeling
S05 — Building and Urban Wind Flow, Pedestrian Winds, and Ventilation
S06 — Aerodynamics of Bridges, Vehicles, and Infrastructure
S07 — Environmental Flows: Dispersion, Heat, Rain, Snow, and Debris
S08 — Wind Energy Systems and Structural Response
S09 — Machine Learning and Digital Twins for Wind Engineering
S10 — High-Performance Computing and Cross-Disciplinary Advances

Contact

Address

1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A 3K7

Email

cwe2026@uwo.ca

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