Introduction
Structural health assessment of timber structures focuses on traditional and contemporary timber structures bridging links between timber architecture and engineering, wood-based industries and the building sector in general. The theme of the conference covers a broad range of areas, including restoration and strengthening, seismic behavior and retrofitting, inspection and monitoring, non-destructive testing, experimental results and laboratory testing, analytical and numerical approaches, historical aspects and general methodology, innovative and traditional materials technology, case-studies, codes and guidelines.This biannually held conference provides an international and multi-disciplinary meeting for researchers, practitioners and manufacturers to present and discuss past, present and future of different types of timber structures.