Jelsa, Hvar, Croatia
May 5-6, 2026
The FABER Conference provides a focused platform for sharing progress, ideas and challenges within the FABER CA23109 COST Action.
In 2026, the event is organised as an internal meeting of selected FABER members, aiming to stimulate deeper discussion and exchange of ongoing work across the consortium.
The programme covers a broad range of topics in fatigue analysis, including experimental methods, modelling approaches and emerging data-driven techniques, as illustrated in the detailed schedule. The informal setting on the island of Hvar is intended to support open discussion and strengthen collaboration within the FABER network.
Venue: Hotel Hvar, Jelsa.
Organising Team: Ivan Tomac, Jan Papuga
Scientific Committee: Nafsika Stavridou (Greece), Halid Yildirim (Denmark), Anghel Cernescu (Romania), Aleksandar Sedmak (Serbia), Jan Papuga (Czechia)
The program for the conference can be downloaded in pdf format via this link.
Some info on travel to the conference location can be downloaded here.
Post-Event Summary: The 1st Annual FABER Conference 2026
The 1st Annual FABER Conference successfully concluded its proceedings in the Adriatic coastal municipality of Jelsa on the island of Hvar.
The two-day event serves as a foundational platform for advancing research in fatigue analysis. The technical agenda featured 28 peer-reviewed presentations delivered across 12 hours of academic lectures, focusing on four pillars of the FABER initiative:
Model Validation: Defining benchmarks to verify and validate predictive fatigue models.
Data Integration: Aggregating a centralized database of empirical fatigue experiments.
Open-Source Software: Supporting the development of the FatPy open-source fatigue library.
Global Engagement: Coordinating the international FABEST competition.
The primary objective of this event was to cultivate strategic partnerships and establish collaborative research channels among pioneering teams. To maximize meaningful engagement, attendance at this inaugural edition was restricted to internal FABER members—a strategy that yielded highly productive academic dialogue.
Moving forward, the FABER Conference will be held annually each May. In 2027, the organizing committee will open the call for papers and registration to the broader engineering and scientific community.
The FABER Conference 2026 Proceedings can be found in the repository part of the FABER website.
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FABER organizes regular workshops and training schools to provide hands-on experience in advanced design approaches, computational modeling techniques, and data management practices.
