IASS-IACM 2008 Session: Membrane and Tension Structures -- "Realistic modeling of tensioned fabric structures" by Julio B. PARGANA, David LLOYD SMITH, Bassam A. IZZUDDIN (Imperial College London) -- "Vaccumatics: Vacuumatically prestressed (adaptable) structures" by Frank HUIJBEN , Frans van HERWIJNEN (Eindhoven University of Technology) -- "Wrinkling evaluation of membrane structures" by Lu GUO (Cybernet Systems Co.) -- "Wrinkling of stretched elastic films via bifurcation" by Ron-Bin CHENG , Tim HEALEY (Cornell University) -- "A comparison of four flattening methods for tensioned fabric structures" by Slade GELLIN (Buffalo State College) -- "On the calculation of elastic systems having blocks and sagging cables" by Vadym GORDEIEV , Oleksandr OGLOBLYA, Maryna SHYMANOVSKA (V. Shimanovsky UkrRDIsteelconstruction)