The International Conference on Resilient Systems (ICRS) is coming to Darmstadt in 2027. At the end of this year’s conference on Wednesday, March 25, the Digital Resilience Xchange (DiReX) Application and Transfer Center at TU Darmstadt symbolically took over the baton from the 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering at TU Delft. From September 22 to 24, 2027, DiReX will welcome researchers from around the world to the Schader Forum in Darmstadt.
“We are delighted to bring this outstanding international and interdisciplinary conference in the field of resilient systems to Darmstadt,” said Christian Reuter, Professor of Science and Technology for Peace and Security at TU Darmstadt and Deputy Coordinator of the LOEWE Center emergenCITY. “This highlights the recognition of our research on resilient infrastructures for digital cities, which we have been conducting at the LOEWE Center emergenCITY since 2020.”
“At the same time, this increases the visibility of the Digital Resilience Xchange (DiReX) Application and Transfer Center, which has been putting emergenCITY’s research into practice since 2025,” added Michèle Knodt, Director of DiReX and Professor of Political Science. “We look forward to excellent contributions and to engaging with researchers and practitioners in the coming year.”
Leading Conference in Resilient Systems Research
ICRS is one of the leading interdisciplinary conferences in the field of resilient systems research, featuring 200 accepted contributions. This year’s conference was primarily organized by the 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering in the Netherlands, which includes TU Delft.
Other institutions involved in organizing the conference include the Singapore-ETH Centre, ETH Zurich, Technische Universität Darmstadt, and the DLR Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures. Since 2024, Christian Reuter, Deputy Coordinator of the LOEWE Center emergenCITY, and Max Mühlhäuser, Distinguished Emeritus in emergenCITY, have served on the scientific organizing committee of ICRS.
Following successful conferences in Mexico City (2023), Singapore (2024), and Delft (2026), the conference will now be held in Darmstadt for the first time. The event is being organized in close cooperation with the Schader Foundation.
