Challenging Glass

Challenging Glass is an international bi-annual conference that aims at gathering world class designers, engineers, researchers and industry partners to discuss on the architectural and structural use of glass. The conference is organised by Christian Louter (TU Delft), Freek Bos (TU Munich) and Jan Belis (UGent) and has been held at TU Delft, EPFL and Ghent University. The upcoming edition, Challenging Glass 10, will be held on 15 - 17 June 2026 at the Aula Congrescentrum at TU Delft (Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft, The Netherlands).

Conference Topics

Architectural Glass Design - Cast Glass - Composite Glass Components - Curved Glass - Glass & Adhesives - Glass Additive Manufacturing - Glass Circularity - Glass Connections - Glass Education - Glass in Facades - Glass in Fire - Glass Testing - Insulating Glass Units - Laminated Glass- Numerical Modeling - Projects & Case studies - Smart Glazing - Solar Glass & BIPV - Standards - Strength, Stability & Safety - Structural Glass Design - Sustainable Glass Solutions - Thin Glass - and more!

CGC9 - TU Delft - photographer Roy Borghouts

Challenging Glass 9 - TU Delft - 2024 - Photos by Roy Borghouts

Organisation

Organisers & Hosts
Prof. Christian Louter	Delft University of Technology
Dr Freek Bos	Technical University of Munich
Prof. Jan Belis	Ghent University

Co-Hosts
Prof. James O'Callaghan	Delft University of Technology
Prof. Mauro Overend	Delft University of Technology
Dr Fred Veer	Delft University of Technology

Scientific Committee

Prof. Chiara Bedon	Trieste University
Prof. Jan Belis	Ghent University
Prof. Lucio Blandini	University of Stuttgart
Dr Freek Bos	Technical University of Munich
Dr Telesilla Bristogianni	Delft University of Technology
Prof. Suwen Chen	Tongji University
Prof. Paulo Cruz	University of Minho
Dr Jagoda Cupać	Delft University of Technology
Dr Corinna Datsiou	University of Hertfordshire
Prof. Martina Eliášová	Czech Technical University in Prague
Prof. Michael Engelmann	Technische Universität Dresden
Prof. Markus Feldmann	RWTH Aachen
Prof. Steffen Feirabend	Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart

Prof. Laura Galuppi	University of Parma
Prof. Christian Louter	Delft University of Technology
Prof. Jürgen Neugebauer	FH Joanneum
Prof. James O'Callaghan	Delft University of Technology
Dr Faidra Oikonomopoulou	Delft University of Technology
Prof. Mauro Overend	Delft University of Technology
Prof. Jens Schneider	Technische Universität Wien
Prof. Christian Schuler	Munich University of Applied Sciences
Dr Miriam Schuster	Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dr Vlad Silvestru	ETH Zurich
Dr Bert Van Lancker	Ghent University
Dr Fred Veer	Delft University of Technology