IASS-IACM 2008 Session: Advances in Shell Finite Elements -- Session Organizer: Christopher EARLS (Cornell University) -- Keynote Lecture: "Stressing thermo-mechanical analysis of FGM shells" by J.N. REDDY (Texas A & M), Roman A. ARCINIEGA (ABAQUS) -- "An investigation of the isogeometric approach from the viewpoint of finite element technology" by Ralph ECHTER, Manfred BISCHOFF (University of Stuttgart) -- "Locking-free formulation for the stabilized enhanced strain solid-shell element (SHB8PS): Geometrically non-linear applications" by Farid ABED-MERAIM (LPMM), Alain COMBESCURE (LaMCoS) -- "New prismatic solid-shell element: Assumed strain formulation and evaluation of benchmark problems" by Vuong-Dieu TRINH, Farid ABED-MERAIM (LPMM), Alain COMBESCURE (LaMCoS) -- "Evolution of the new rotation-free finite element shell triangle using accurate geometrical data" by Pere-Andreu UBACH, Eugenio ONATE (CIMNE, UPC) -- "New curvature formulation of the SFE rotation-free shell element" by Sylvain COUEDO, Laetitia DUIGOU, Gerard RIO (LIMATB, UBS) -- "Largest geometrically exact nonlinear thin beam, plate & shell elements and c-type FEM" by Debabrata RAY (Institute for Dynamic Response, Inc.) -- "A new shell element for elasto-plastic finite strain analysis: Application to the collapse and post-collapse analysis of marine pipelines" by Rita TOSCANO (University of Buenos Aires), Eduardo DVORKIN (SIM&TEC) -- "A finite element analysis of axially crushed corrugated frusta" by Mahmoud M. A. YOUNES (M.T.C. Cairo)