ISEC 2025 / ASEA SEC 7

Integrating Technology for Advanced Practices in Structural Engineering and Construction
Sydney, Australia, November 17-21, 2025

Technical Program and Keynote Speakers


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Keynote Speaker I - Takashi Yamane

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Kyokuto Kowa Corporation

Takashi Yamane is the President of Kyokuto-Kowa Corporation, a Japanese company specializing in the construction of prestressed concrete bridges. He graduated from Kure National College of Technology and joined Kyokuto-Kougyo Corporation, which is now called Kyokuto-Kowa Corporation, in 1980. Mr. Yamane earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1995. His work experience includes the design and construction of various types of prestressed concrete bridges, such as box girder bridges using balanced cantilever construction, cast-in-place hollow slab bridges using span-by-span construction and composite I-section girder bridges. Mr. Yamane led the engineering and sales departments of the company before becoming president. He was a member of the Japan Prestressed Concrete Contractors Association and chaired the committee on design guidelines for precast/prestressed concrete splice-girder bridges. He has published numerous technical papers and holds several patents in the field of bridge engineering.


Title: Construction of Sustainable Concrete Structures Using FRP as Reinforcement and Prestressing Tendons
Tuesday, November 18, 2025



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