At the IASS Annual Symposium held in Melbourne, Australia, the following distinguished honors were formally conferred:

• Eduardo Torroja Medal for Matsuro SASAKI (Japan)
  
• IASS Honorary Membership for Michael Valentin BALZ (Germany)
• IASS Isler Prize for Janet ECHELMAN (USA)

The last is the first award of the recently established IASS Isler Prize described at https://iass-structures.org/Isler-Prize/.