Nau Mai, Haere Mai – Welcome!
Join leading structural engineers, industry experts, and innovators as they explore the latest ideas, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of structural engineering.
Connecting Experience, Building Communities
The theme of the 2027 SESOC Conference is "Connecting Experience, Building Communities" – recognising that the strength of our profession lies not only in what we design, but in our collective commitment to learning from each other.
Structural engineering is built on generations of shared knowledge. Every project, success, challenge, and lesson learned contributes to the collective experience that shapes our profession today. As we face increasingly complex technical, environmental, and societal challenges, the ability to connect with peers, learn from those around us, and work together towards common goals has never been more important.
The conference programme will explore how experience, collaboration, and innovation can help us create more resilient structures, stronger professional networks, and better outcomes for our communities. Through a dynamic mix of keynote presentations, plenary discussions, technical sessions, and interactive forums, delegates will be encouraged to share ideas, challenge assumptions, and gain fresh perspectives from across the industry.
Tessa Beetham
Conference Organising Chair
Topics will span advances in technical practice, lessons from significant projects and events, emerging research, developments in regulation and policy, and the opportunities presented by digital technologies and sustainability initiatives. Alongside these future-focused conversations, the conference will celebrate mentorship, leadership, and the transfer of knowledge across generations and international geographies, recognising that our greatest asset as a profession is the experience we share.
As the ninth New Zealand national conference hosted by SESOC, the event will bring together emerging professionals, experienced practitioners, and industry leaders from engineering, construction, academia, government, and industry. Through technical sessions, professional development streams, networking opportunities, and social events, delegates will exchange ideas, build meaningful connections, and explore how the collective experience of our profession can help create stronger communities and an optimistic future.
We look forward to welcoming you to Auckland for an engaging and inspiring conference as we connect experience, build communities, and explore the future of structural engineering together.
Call for Papers
Submissions Now Open
Registration
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Sponsorship & Exhibition
SESOC | Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand
Objectives of SESOC
- To promote excellence in the art, science and practice of structural engineering;
- To ensure the advancement and dissemination of knowledge relating to structural engineering; and
- To provide a forum for structural engineering practitioners to communicate amongst themselves and to the public at large.
- Promote the design of safe economical structures, built to recognised standards and sustainable design principles, which are of benefit to all New Zealanders.
SESOC Membership
SESOC Membership is now over 3500 primarily from New Zealand, but also a number from Australia, the Pacific rim and other overseas locations. Membership is targeted at persons having an interest in all aspects of structural engineering, across the range of construction materials (timber, concrete, structural steel) as well as aspects of construction management and education.
Sign up to become a SESOC Member and benefit from discounted conference registration fees along with a number of other great benefits.