The MetaInfrastructure group had a strong presence at ICONHIC 2026, held in Chania, Greece, from 29 June to 2 July 2026, contributing to the conference through curated sessions, research presentations and an exhibition booth showcasing the group’s work on resilient and sustainable infrastructure systems.
Across the conference programme, MetaInfrastructure members and collaborators organised three curated sessions, focusing on:
- Resilience of ports, transport and interdependent urban ecosystems
- Rethinking wildfire resilience across the wildland–urban interface and critical infrastructure
- From data to decisions: the role of digitalisation in bridge integrity management
In addition, MetaInfrastructure researchers and collaborators presented nine technical papers, covering a wide range of topics including flood-resilient transport embankments, sustainable recovery of war-torn cities, passive ventilation in buildings, port ecosystem dependencies, bridge seismic vulnerability, sea-level rise risk to port infrastructure, wildfire exposure, power-grid recovery and steel reuse supply chains.
MetaInfrastructure also contributed to the Future Cities Forum: Co-Creating Resilient, Equitable, and Adaptive Urban Systems, a roundtable and forum focused on future urban resilience. The session created a space for discussion on how cities can become more adaptive, inclusive and resilient in response to climate, infrastructure and societal challenges.
Throughout the event, the MetaInfrastructure and Centre for Global Infrastructure Resilience (GIROS) booth provided a platform to present the group’s projects, posters, research expertise and team activities. It created a valuable opportunity to connect with researchers, practitioners and partners, and to exchange ideas on climate-adaptive, people-centred and systems-based approaches to infrastructure resilience.
