Main event
Sep 03 – 05 Footbridge symposium
Keynote speeches / presentations in two rooms
Spaces to discuss at FHGR
(main auditorium / library / classrooms)
limit of 230 participant in the main auditorium
Additional program
Sep 02 Guided tour (see below)
Sep 03 Presentation Bridge Awards
Sep 03 Presentation students’ competition
Sep 04 Gala evening (see below)
Sep 05 Final reverence to Christian Menn
Sep 06 Guided tour (see below)
Conference program
Wednesday, Sep 03
08:15 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Session
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote 1
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote 2
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:30 Technical sessions
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 16:30 Technical sessions
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:15 Bridges to Prosperity
17:15 – 18:00 Footbridge Awards
18:00 – 19:00 Presentation student competition
Thursday, Sep 04
09:00 – 09:30 Keynote 3
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote 4
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 13:00 Technical sessions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 Technical sessions
15:00 – 23:00 Gala evening (see below)
Friday, Sep 05
09:00 – 09:30 Keynote 5
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote 6
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 13:00 Technical sessions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 Final reverence to Christian Menn
15:00 – 15:30 End of conference
Program for Guided Tours on Sep 02 and Sep 06
08:00 – 18:10
- Meeting point Bahnhofplatz Chur (https://maps.app.goo.gl/dEzoUhSpkSyisihi9)
- Travel from Chur to Davos Platz by minibus with a visit to the “Salginatobel Bridge”, “Landquart Bridge Dalvazza” and “Sunniberg Bridge”.
- Travel by Rhaetian Railway (RhB) from Davos Platz to Davos Wiesen. Lunch (packed lunch provided) during the journey, visit to the “Wiesner Viaduct RhB” and “Jenisberg Bridge.”
- Continue by minibus with a visit to the “Soliser Viaduct RhB.”
- Continue by minibus to the Viamala Gorge, where there is a short hike to the “Punt da Suransuns” and the “Rania Bridge” (good shoes and weather-appropriate clothing required)
- Continue by minibus via Reichenau to Chur with a visit to the “RhB Reichenau Bridge”
Program for Gala evening on Sep 04
15:00 – 23:11
- 15:00 Transfer from the conference venue to the train station by shuttle bus, meeting at the train station
- 16:18 Departure of the train to Arosa with the Rhaetian Railway
- Ride on the aerial cableway from Arosa to the Weisshorn summit
- Aperitif and supper at the Weisshorngipfel restaurant with musical entertainment
- Ride on the cable car from the Weisshorn summit to Arosa
- Rhaetian Railway journey from Arosa to Chur
- 23:11 Arrival at Chur station
