About 19WCSI

PEER and ASSISi are co-organizing the 19th World Conference on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures in Berkeley, on 15-19 September 2025. The conference series started in 1989 in San Francisco, and with 19WCSI the conference returns to the Bay Area for the first time in 35 years.

Honorary Conference Co-Chairs

Conference Organizational Chair

Dr. Amarnath Kasalanati

Associate Director, PEER, University of California, Berkeley

ASSISi President

Dr. Ian Aiken

Principal, SIE, Inc., Berkeley, California

19WCSI Theme / Topics Areas

Abstracts are invited, with a particular focus on the following topics areas. Participants are also encouraged to submit additional themes and suggestions for special sessions for consideration by the conference steering committee.

• State of the art applications of seismic isolation and damping technologies in bridges
• Innovative applications to new and existing buildings
• Equipment and non-structural isolation
• Seismic hazard / ground motions – implications for isolation and damping systems
• Emerging technologies – new materials, new device concepts
• Sustainable technologies and low-cost systems
• Advances in device modeling and analytical capabilities
• Advances in device testing capabilities, ongoing challenges
• Seismic isolation and the new generation of nuclear power
• Achieving performance targets and functional recovery objectives in seismically isolated and damped structures
• Behavior of seismically isolated and damped structures in recent earthquakes
• Structural monitoring of seismically isolated and damped structures
• Long-term condition assessment of seismically isolated structures
• Evolution of codes and standard for isolation and damping systems
• Knowledge dissemination: communicating benefits to owners; educating young engineers

Important Dates