*Status Update* Please note that following the recent events on the Coronavirus pandemic and with the main objective to preserve the well being of our delegates, this conference will have a non-attending format. The period for submitting abstracts and papers to this conference continues to remain open. *** It is the objective of these meetings to bring together scientists and engineers from a wide range of academic disciplines and industrial backgrounds who have an interest in the structural impact and blast response of structures and materials. In this way, the major developments in different areas can be brought to the attention of the entire community. All papers presented at the SUSI conference since 1994 are archived in the eLibrary of the Wessex Institute of Technology (www.witpress.com/elibrary), where they are accessible to the international community.