会议背景介绍： 
    Forensic engineering is the application of engineering principles to the investigation of failures or other performance problems. Forensic engineering may also involve testimony on the findings of these investigations before a court of law or other judicial forum, when required. Failures are not all catastrophic, such as when a building or bridge collapses, but include facilities or parts of facilities that do not perform as intended by the owner, design professional or constructor.
    征文范围及要求： 
    The objectives of the Congress are to provide a forum for the exchange of:
1) practices and procedures to reduce the number of failures,
2) **rmation on failures, their cause, and repair,
3) the state of practice and the process for conducting a forensic investigation, and
4) the state of practice for ethical conduct.