ACF co-organized the 4th Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium (YRGS2012): Future of Structural Engineering - Research, Practice and Education on December 4-5, Hong Kong. The YRGS2012 was chaired by Dr. Jian-Guo Dai, an active ACF member, together with his colleague Dr. Songye Zhu at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction (HKIC) also sponsored this event. ....

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The YRGS series is primarily a platform for early-­?stage structural engineering professors, research scientists, professional engineers, postdoctoral fellows and PhD students to present their latest findings within the broad discipline of structural engineering. It provides a good opportunity for Asia-­?Pacific young structural engineering people to learn about future career paths, to network with fellow researchers and to develop collaborations and friendship. The previous three YRGSs were successfully held at Kunsan National University in 2009, Zhejiang University in 2010 and National Taiwan University in 2011, respectively. ...