Welcome to Resilience Engineering Association
Resilience Engineering is a trans-disciplinary perspective that focuses on developing theories and practices that enable the continuity of operations and societal activities to deliver essential services in the face of ever-growing dynamics and uncertainty. It addresses complexity, non-linearity, inter-dependencies, emergence, formal and informal social structures, threats and opportunities.
The Resilience Engineering Association brings together more than 600 members and non-members, from academia and industry, to learn, collaborate, and co-create.
Joint 11th biannual REA Symposium and 14th annual Resilient Health Care Society Meeting, 20-24 October, 2025
We are delighted to announce the call for papers for the Joint 11th Biennial Resilience Engineering Association (REA) Symposium and the 14th Annual Resilient Health Care Society (RHCS) Meeting, with the theme Collaboration Across Boundaries for Adaptation in the Era of Complexity
When? 20th to the 24th of October, 2025 (Young Talent Workshop: 20 October 2025).
Where? Canela, Brazil. Canela is a cozy small town in the Gaucho Highlands in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and is a traditional venue for large and small conferences. Canela and the whole nearby region are well-known as a major touristic hub owing to attractions such as wineries, hiking, canyons, forests, amusement parks, delicious food, chocolate, and hospitality.
Transport: The closest major airport is located in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul. There are several daily flights to and from Porto Alegre and São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the main entrance gates to Brazil. There are also some international flights to/from Porto Alegre to cities like Lisbon, Panama City, Lima, and Santiago de Chile. There are hourly buses from the airport to Canela, and a taxi/van ride costs approximately 100 USD. The trip takes approximately 1h 45min.
For details regarding paper submission, deadlines, and paper formatting templates, visit the Symposium website: www.ufrgs.br/resilience
And until then, you can check out the preliminary proceedings from the 10th RE Symposium here. The final version of the proceedings is on its way!
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