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:
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Model Validation: Defining benchmarks to verify and validate predictive fatigue models.
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Data Integration: Aggregating a centralized database of empirical fatigue experiments.
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Open-Source Software: Supporting the development of the FatPy open-source fatigue library.
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Global Engagement: Coordinating the international FABEST competition.
The primary objective of this 2026 sevent 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.
The full gallery from the event made by https://elenphotography.com/ can be found here | Events section of this website.