SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME IN A PDF FORMAT IS AVAILABLE HERE.
Keynote lectures
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Petr Dolínek (Czech Republic)Road tunnels in Prague |
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Viktoria Chomová (Slovakia)Contractual relationships for construction of Slovakian tunnels |
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Søren Degn Eskesen (Denmark, ITA past president)Copenhagen Metro Circle line and other Danish tunnelling projects |
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Prof. Bai Yun (China)Tunnelling Activities in China |
Thematical sessions
1. CONVENTIONALLY EXCAVATED TUNNELS
Session chairs: Libor Mařík, Dr. Pavel Růžička
Invited lectures:
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Heinz Ehrbar (Germany)Tunnelling Works for the German Railways |
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Martin Knights (United Kingdom)Lessons learned from current London tunnelling projects |
2. MECHANICALLY EXCAVATED TUNNELS
Session chairs: Boris Šebesta, Jiří Smolík
Invited lectures:
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Nasri Munfah (United States)The Alaskan Way Tunnel Project:
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James Rozek (United States)Istanbul’s Eurasia Tunnel Project |
3. OTHER UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES AND REPOSITORIES
Session chairs: Dr. Richard Šňupárek, Dr. Linda Černá Vydrová
Invited lecture:
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Jan Sochůrek, Daniel Švec (Czech Republic)Prague system of collectors |
4. GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION AND MONITORING
Session chairs: Dr. Alexandr Rozsypal, Dr. Karel Vojtasík
Invited lectures:
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Steve Parry (United Kingdom)Engineering geological model and its impact
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Prof. Adam Bezuijen (Belgium)Monitoring pressures and deformations around a TBM |
5. NUMERICAL MODELLING, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
Session chairs: Dr. Eva Hrubešová, Dr. David Mašín
Invited lectures:
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Prof. Robert Galler (Austria)DRAGON – Resource-efficient tunnelling using online technologies |
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Prof. Giulia Viggiani (Italy)Artificial Ground Freezing: engineering applications, testing,
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6. EQUIPMENT, OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE
Session chairs: Lukáš Rákosník, Dr. Tomáš Parák
Invited lecture:
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Bernhard Kohl (Austria)Findings from the new PIARC Report
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7. RISK MANAGEMENT, CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND FUNDING
Session chairs: Martin Srb, Otakar Hasík
Invited lectures:
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Prof. Wulf Schubert (Austria)Tunnelling in fault zones – problems and solutions |
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Gerhard Harer (Austria)Suez Canal crossings – soft ground tunnelling at the limits |
8. HISTORICAL UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES AND RECONSTRUCTIONS
Session chairs: Dr. Jan Pruška, Miloslav Frankovský
Invited lecture:
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Valery Chekanau (Belarus)Minsk metro – past and future |
Other parts of the scientific programme
Poster session
will be available for authors whose proposal has not been selected for an oral presentation.
Technical exhibition
of the conference partners and other companies will be installed next to the session halls and in the conference floor foyer.
Technical excursions
to tunnel construction sites in Prague and its surrounding plus Slovakia will be held on the third conference day. Detailed information
Official languages
English and Czech/Slovak
Translation
Simultaneous translation of all presentations into Czech and English will be provided.
Conference documents
All accepted papers will be published in the electronic Proceedings in English and will also include papers from the Czech and Slovak Republics in Czech or Slovak languages.
At the same time the printed Book of Abstracts with summary of abstracts in English and Czech or Slovak languages will be available.