The Civil Engineering Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes A Panel on Advanced Structural Materials, 20-23 June 2016, Athens, Greece as part of the 1stAnnual International Conference on Structural Engineering and Mechanics.The aim of the panel is to bring together academics and researchers of all areas of structural engineering, advanced structural materials and other related areas.The authors of the best papers, as determined by the scientific committee of panel organizers, will be asked to submit journal manuscripts for possible publication in Athens Journal ofTechnology & Engineering.Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise to selected Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi.